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INDEX TO THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR 1839. 



Agricultural cheniistrj, 134 



" fairs in N. E. for 1839, 71 

 " Geology, 134 



" improvement, 92 



- *' occupation, dignity of, 2 

 " observations, 90 



" publications, 7 



*' report from Coos, N. H. 158 

 " survey of the editor, 113 138 

 Agriculture, communication on, 51 

 ** connected with publica- 

 tions, 9 

 '* spiritof improvement in 



England, 14 173 



Address before Cheshire Ag. Soc. 147 

 Admiral l^Iosier's ghost, 143 



Apparatus for boiling food, &c. 186 

 Apple and fruit orchards, 162 



Arnold's escape, 165 172 



Ashes, remarks on, 20 60 



Ashburnham, Mass. 82 



Atwood's planting machine, 174 



Bank note table, 112 128 160 176 



Bartlett, N. H. IIS 



Battles v>'ith the Indians, 117 



Bees, treatmeiit of, 75 



Bee, economy of the, 88 



Bee, houses and hives, 88 89 90 91 

 Beer, spruce, 75 



Diseases of horses and cattle, 112 77 



Draining, 136 151 



Durham cattle, 44 155 107 



Dutch butter, 101 



Early rising, 78 144 



E. D. communication from, 33 



Education, 19 79 



Education of Farmers, 85 101 106 125 



342 157 



Eggs and poultry, 12 



England, elTcct of war on, 71 



Erie canal, 32 



European kings, 103 



Evening sketch, 68 



Exhausted lands, 148 



Experiments, 41 



Fairlee, Vt., mountains in, 141 



Farmer, 68 



Farmers, a hint to, 30 



" life and duties of, 11 



Farmer's glory, 173 



" lot, 92 



" wife, 126 



" song, 146 



Farming interest in N. England, 164 



Farms, improiied cultivation of, 36 



" in the mountains of N. H. 115 



Fattening cattle, 3 



Feeding cattle, 183 110 



" cows in summer, 110 



Female influence and energy, 23 



Fences, &c., 165 



Ferry, H. Esq. letter to the Ed. 36 



Fine crop, 165 



Fine wooled sheep, 184 



Fire, prevention against, 29 



Fireside amusements, 5 



First Flower, 33 



Fish, statistics of, 31 



Flax, culture of, 157 



Flour, test of good, 27 



Flour and wheat, 100 



Foreign exchange, 32 



Form and shape of cattle, 185 



Franklin, Dr. 95 159 



Fragments, 93 



Frugal Housewife, 6 22 46 56 74 86 



Fruit trees, 132 60 



Lake Erie, 



Lakes in America, 

 Lancaster, N. H. notice of, 

 Lapland, a season in. 

 Large hogs, 

 Leanto, foj cattle. 

 Lightning, effects of, 

 Lime, on potatoes, '' 

 '' use of, 



■ 20 



80 



152 



111 



37 



20 



124 



174 



110 1.53 



Roots compared to hay, 



" sugar, t^c. 

 Rough lands, improvement of, 

 Russian Empire, 

 Rutabaga, for fodder, 



" and the garden flea. 



Rye, N. H., Editor's visit to, 

 Rye, to prevent blast in, 



103 

 55 

 83 

 61 

 10 



145 

 33 

 34 



Fryeburg, Me. 116 



Future hfe, 30 



Gap in chickens, 60 



Geologist, letter to the Editor, 146 



Geologists, a fact for, 37 



Geology, 4 



" letter from J.W. Weeks on, 70 



" of Maine, 13 26 45 57154 166167 



Goodrich, C. letter to the Editor, 109 



Good roads, value of, 151 



Gofistown, N. II. notice of, 162 



Granite mountains, value of, 2 



" roads and bridges, 157 



Grass lands, top dressing of, 158 



"■ seed, sowing of, 12 



Happy condition of N. E. Farmer, 14.8 



126 



141 



189 



111 



53 



155 



103 



76 



29 



132 



11 



34 83 



32 



:39 



187 



Hay making, 



Haverhill, N. H., 



High compliment, 



High prices, cause of. 



Highways in New England, 



Hints, 



Hints for July, 



Hoeing corn, 



Hog pens. 



Honey bee, v,'onders of, 



Hops, 



Hops, culture of. 



Hops, inspection of. 



Horse, cost of keeping idle, 



Horses, harnessing, of 



Horses, diseases of, 

 *' liniment for, 

 " treatment of wounds on, 

 Howe, Dr. Z., letter to the Ed., 

 Husbandman's song, 

 Ice, 



Illinois, description of, 

 Important facts. 

 Improved short horned oxen, 

 Indian corn crops, 

 Insanit}', 

 Interesting facts. 

 Internal improvements, 

 Jackson, N. H. 

 Jaffrey, N. H. 



Jarvis, L. Esq., latter to the Ed. 

 Journey of twenty -seven hours, 

 Kearsarge mountain, 

 Keent , N. H. new road to, 

 Kentucky, cattle in, 

 Kitchen gardens. 

 La Fayette, wife of 



Lines, by Dr. O. W. Holmes, 106 



" to a cricket, 158 



Live stock, choice of, 101 



London, statistics of, 62 



Loudon and Gilmanton, N. H. 114 



Lovewell's fights, 131 



Low land in the mountains, &c. 156 



Maine, finances of, 25 



Maine flour, no 



" Geology of, 13 26 45 57 



Mammoth hogs, 59 



Manner of dividing an ox for table, 186 

 Manufactures, domestic, 59 



Manure, 15 22 



Markets,&c. 16 48 64 80 96 112 128 

 144 160 176 190 

 Marl, its nature, &c. 74 



Masons, hints to, &c. 125 



Meat, corned, &c. 6 



Mechanics' fair at Boston, 174 



Merrimack Go. N. H. farming in, 42 

 Milch cows, treatment of, 102 



Milking, ]03 



Mississippi valley, 31 



Monadnock mountain, 156 



Moosehillock mountain, 102 



Moral code of Dr. Franklin, 62 



Mountain farming, 4 



Mountains in New England, 81 



Mount Vernon farmer, 4 



Mowing, 101 



Mulberry, 20 57 



Mulberry trees, forcing of, 29 



" how to cultivate, 78 



Multicaulis, not adapted to N. E. 149 

 New England, 67 133 



New Hampshire, a hill town in, 141 

 New Hampshire farmer, 177 



" view of from Vt. 97 



" wealth of, 141 



New husbandry, principles of, 182 

 New York, banks of, 32 



" common schools in, 31 



Notch of White mountains, A.C. 118 

 Nowell, S. letter to the Editor, 69 

 Oats, 63 



" exportation of from Maine, 63 

 Ohio, agriculture in, J21 



Old facts, new tiieory from, 3 



Orchards, ]43 



" effects of lime on, 23 



Ovens, brick, sy 



Oxen, treatment and fattening of, 24 

 Ox, remarks on, ° 1) 



Ox, Olympus, p5 



Parents, advice to, ;i~ 



Fearing and burning, 144 



Paris, quarries under, 62 



Pattern farming town, 33 130 



Peabody, communication on hops, 34 Weeds 



Saco river, 117 



Salisbury, N. H , com. from, 1 



Salt, value of, 151 



Saving money, remarks on, 96 



S. C, communication from, 92 



Scarborough, Me., farmers in, 31 



Schools of agriculture, 187 



Season of 1838, 45 



Season of 1839, 189 



Seed, influence of climate on, 158 



Seed sower, improved, 40 



Shakers at Canterbury, N. H. 71 



" enterprise of, 141 



Sheep, fine wooled, 35 



Sheep, rearing and keeping of, 17 



" statistics of, 77 



Slate in Maine, 1]2 

 Snow covering near the bear 



ground, 188 



Silk, American, 20 



" culture of, 30 



" farm Concord, N. H. 38 



'* French, 71 



Soils, analysis of ' 4 



Spring work, hints for, 59 



"Steamboats, 63 



Steam boilers, for potatoes, 10 



Stetson A. Esq., letter to Ed. 188 



Stoddard, N. H. 1S8 



Sugar from beets, 181 28 150 



" manufacture of maple, 80 123 



Sugar tree, 



Swallows, 



Sward lands, preparation of, 

 Swine, 

 Tea, 



Texas, ogicial salaries in. 

 Things that I have seen, 

 Thistles, 

 Thorn hedges, 

 Thread, 



Tilling the earth, 

 Tornado at New Haven 



Ct. 



Peas, 



Peas, to destroy the bug in, 

 Penn., coal trade ofin 1839, 

 Phenomenon of tlie atmosphere, 

 Philadelphia, commej-ce of. 

 Pierce, Gen. Benjamin, 

 Pin making, improvement in, 

 Pittsfield and Earnstead, JJ. 11. 

 Ploughing, best time for, 

 1681 Pleasure carriages, 

 48 Ploughs, 



Popular errors, 



Potatoes, 



Poultry, management of. 



Pray witiiout ceasing, 



Prescott, Dr. W., letter to the Ed. 46 



Prices current, 16 32 48 64 80 128 144 



Prospectus for Visitor, 1 



Prussic acid, 63 



Public officers, &c. 93 



Rail road from?4e. Ihro'N. h. & Vt.116 



Recipes, &c. no 126 



Regulation of diet, 160 



Report on swine, by W. Lincoln, 180 



28 



81 



77 67 



3 



■183 



181 



73 



161 



69 



ill 



174 



117 



1.56 



109 



55 



64 



156 



23 



37 



62 



52 

 68 

 32 



113 

 29 

 49 



144 



115 

 48 



104 

 40 

 11 

 31 

 41 

 11 94 



Trees by the road sid 



" grafting and inoculating, 



" transplantino-. 

 Tripe, method of curing. 

 United States, commerce of, 

 " public lands of^ 



Useful animals destroyed. 

 Valuable cow. 

 Valuable emigrant, 

 Vegetable matter for manure. 

 Vegetables, 



" decomposition of, 

 Vermont, snow in, 

 v., letters frfiin, 

 Wayward Editor, 

 Weather at two places. 



79 



100 



9C 



9 



62 



31 



188 



94 



84 85 



111 



60 



167 168 



Revolutionary army, 

 Revolution, heroes of the. 

 Revolutionary reminiscences, 

 Rhubarb pies. 

 Rich man's daughter, 

 Roads, repairing of, 



Rohan potatoes. 



78 



69 



130 



85 



77 



103 



150 159 162 



77 

 43 

 167 

 147 

 127 

 32 

 127 

 87 

 184 

 76 

 59 

 96 

 95 

 107 132 

 104 

 175 

 extraordinary change of, 21 

 129 143 151 

 Wetatick mountain, Mass. 62 



West Cambridge, Mass. 169 



Western States, patrons from, 17 



Wheat, crop fi:ir 1839, 129 



" crop of in light ssil, 184 



" culture of, &c. 51 53 146 



Egyptian, 188 



" European, 189 



fly, 107 



" great crop o.*", 174 



" in Conn, river valley, - 54 



" in Maine and Mass. Ill 



" Odessa, 111 



" smut in, 23 



Whitefield, N. II. 139 



White mountains, visit to, 118' 



White washing, 125 



Wilderness far west., ]g6 



Wild lands in Maine, ' 20 



" value of, 66 



Wingate, J,, letter to the Editor, [87 

 W^nnipisseogee lake, &c. 115 



Women, society of, 189 



Wonders of Horticulture, 188 



Wool in Vermont, 14 



" raised by J. Barnard, 158 



Woodbury Levi, letter to Editor, 17' 

 Worn out lands, , 17 



Working dress for farmers, ' 103 

 Writing ink, 127 



Y'earling calf, 72 



