INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE FARMER'S MONTHLY ViriilOK, ISIUJ. 



Agricultural newspapers. 



Address of I. Hdl before the Candia 



16 



34. 

 50 



11 



TJ 



GG 



^ 87 



111 



118 119 



120 



123 130 



Lyceum, 

 Ag. meeting in Boston, Jan. 13, 

 Ag. investments are not unprofitable, 

 Andre Major, tailing of, 

 .\gricuitural premiums. 

 Art of Heallli, 



Agricultural liints, by J. Corant, 

 An acricultural editor in office, 

 Agriculture, the early history of, 



'• in Great Britain, 



Amoskeag, IN'. H. remarks on, 

 A'^riculture treatise on, by Judge Buel, 13(1 

 Apples, to preserve for winter, 160 



Amateur Farmer, lljl 



Agriculture,practical improvements in, 164 

 Ames. Thomas Esq, obituary notice of, 171 

 Architecture, Farm House, by S. 



Gilman, ,m 118 



Articles of special improvement in 



Merrimack Co. N. H. report on, 181 

 Ashes value of, 1^*^ 



Agricultural census in U. S. 52 



Action of lime, . ''■8 



Anticipated benefits of a Geological ; 



survey, 



B 



Brighton Market,statement of for 1339, 15 



Dutchess Co. N. Y. 172 



Dwelling houses remarks on, 46 



Division of labor, 31) 



Disease in calves, ''6 



Different breeds of elieep compared 164 



Ejiping K. H. wheat crop in, 

 Europe, renovated husbandry of, 

 Every day rules, 

 Eng. Ag. papers, extracts from, 

 England, agriculture in, 

 European agriculture, notes on. 

 Eastern Railroad 

 English summer. 

 Earthquakes and their efiects. 

 Education oi' ,\griculturists, 

 Experiment with buck-horn hedge. 



16 

 35 



42 

 43 70 

 6'J 

 71 

 lljl 

 136 

 137 

 170 

 101 



Butter, essay on, by the editor. 



Birds, value of, 



Bnel Judge, essay on the importance 



of agricnlture, 

 British Agricultural newspapers, 

 Bosawen K. H'.JVlr. Stone's tarm in, 

 Buel Judge, a self-made man, 

 Baigrie John, a Scotch farmer, 

 Bartlett Levi, letterfrom, 

 Brown corn, 

 Bots, remedy for, 

 Berkshire swine improved, 

 Bakewell Robert, 



Batchelder's corn planter, witli cuts, 

 Buck-thorn hedge, experiment with 

 Borer, damage done to trees by. 

 Bog meadows, reclaiming of, 

 Butter, packing of, 

 Belgian husbandry. 

 Bee-hive, social economy of 

 Bog meadow redemption of, 

 Barnet, V't. 



Brown J. 2d, communication from 

 Brother Jonathan's wife's advice, &c. 

 Butter, report on, 



Hock farming. 



17 

 18 



26 



27 



32 

 36 

 41 

 44 

 5y 

 65 

 79 

 89 

 101 

 1U7 

 109 

 112 

 135 

 142 

 113 

 152 

 159 

 173 

 181 

 lyo 



Forest trees, cultivation of 5 



Farming in New England, H 



Franklin, N. H. paper mills at, &,c. 25 



Frost F.lias, letters of to the editor, 47 



Farmer in Maine, letter from 54 



Fruit trees, grafting of, 63 



Foreign wars, 64 



Farmer's life, by H. Coleman, 86 

 Farm House .Architecture, by S. 



Gilman. 108 129 



Farmers philosophers, HI 



Farmers vvives and daughters, 129 



Fruit trees, management of, 140 



Farmer's Song, by J. Dana, ' 156 



French Hon. Daniel, obituary of, 174 

 Farms in Merrimack County N. H. 



report on, '■' ^^^ 

 Farm of twenty acres compared with 



one of forty, 183 



Farm House architecture, 177 178 



Farming in Kentucky, 12 



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Leavett Dudley, essay by, 63 



Lightning rods. Inquiry, 85 



Lowell Ms. rise and progress of, 130 



Lightning, effects of, 141 



Lyndon Vt. 155 



Lime in Maine, 161 



Labor, wrong notions of, 167 

 Long-eared corn, from R. Boylston, 170 



' V- ^. ■ . 

 Management of sheep, report on, 1 



M. communication signed, _ 4 



Merrimack Co. Ag. Soc; reports of ^ ^ 



committees at, 6 



Milk, methods of keeping. 

 Miller Gen. grandmother of. 

 Manures, calcareous for renovation 



of land. 

 Miss juri minerals of. 

 Mountain scenery, by Dr. Morrison, 

 Maryland State of. 

 Mowers, instructions to, 

 Merrimack Co. N. H. fanning in. 

 Mountain pastures. 

 Musings, poetry, by S. C. 



18 

 23 



30 

 32 

 67 

 77 

 80 

 83 

 83 

 81 



Chinese tree corn, 



Caladonia Count), Vt. 



Cattle, extraordinary mortality of, 



" essay on, by Frof. Emmons, 

 Can and cant, difference between 

 Coke Thomas W. the great farmer. 

 Chap, on roads, dwelling-houses, &c. 

 Census of Agriculture in the U. S. 

 Chemistry, 



Connecticut, State of. 

 Census of 1840, 

 Carey, Matthew, and his wife. 

 Clergymen farmers. 

 Calves, disease in. 

 Curd cutters improved 

 Cider, making of. 



Gaylord W. Esq. letter to the editor, 9 1-4% 

 Geological Survey, ■ 22' 



Growing corn, 3J 



Green cropping, a plan of 42 



Gray Harrison Esq. green house iStc. 224 

 Good sense from a practical man, 145 



Geological survey of N. Hampshire, 173 

 Geology, lecture on, by M. F, 

 Morrison, 184 



Gapes in Chickens, 

 Garden and field vegetables, 



Oiafting J'ruit Ircco, 



H 



185 186 187 



122 

 63 

 63 



Mississippi, depreciation ofproperty in, 94 

 Meado\v lands, 127 

 Maine, State of. 161 

 Mount Katadin in Maine. 163 

 Monthly Visitor, Prospectus of, 176 

 Markets, (••iee last page of each No.) 

 Merrimack County Agricultural So- 

 ciety 1340, 180 

 Mares and colts, report on, 181 

 Milking. 187 

 ManurS, 190 

 Manufacturing towns, 123 130 

 Miscellaneous discourse, 10 

 Mutton, proper age of sheep for, 141 



12: 



4 

 4 

 11 



13 

 28 

 35 

 46 

 52 

 53 

 75 

 86 

 89 

 92 

 96 

 96 

 136 105 

 Conant JohnTcommunication from 107 

 Cheshire Farmer, editor of, 108 



Canterbury, N. H. Shakers at, detailed 



notice of, 113 114 115 116 117 



Chickens, gapes in, 

 Cheshire Co. (N. H.) Ag. Soc 

 Carpeting. 134 



Cahdonia Co. (Vt.) .\g. Soc. address 



before by the editor, 148 149 150 101 

 Caladonia C^o. Vt. tisu days in, 152 153 

 Corn, l<«ig-eared 170 



C,attle i'nd sheep, utility of select 



breeds of. 178 



Caledonia Co. Vt. statistics of, 179 



.; .^ u a remarks on, 179 



Chester, ?f. H. farming & orchards in, 188 

 Chadwi<?k Samuel, letter from, 189 



Corn pl.uitCTT, with cut^^, 89 



Conatrilfl^tiou of roads, 45 



Calcareous manures, 30 



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Dearborn K. A. S. letter from, 6 



Discourse, miscellanous, of the editor, 10 

 D.siries, remarks on, 17 



Durhain short horned cattle, 22 



Despise not the day nl'small things, 23 

 Draining and sub-soil ploughing 66 132 



Hoes made at .\ntriin, N. H. 19 

 Hayes, Hon. VV.-\. remarks of at Boston, 21 



Hedges, construction of, 54 



Horses, diseases of, 78 

 Hoes made at Milton ct Wilton, N. H. 93 



Horn ail. 94 



Horse rakes, made by E. Burgess, 96 



Husbandry, general principles ot, 108 



Habits of re,iding in children, 121 



Hooksetti\. H. ' 123 



Horn Pond. Woburn Mass. 124 



Hofwyl Switzerland ag. school at, 126 



Hand'cultivator, with cut, 127 



Hints to the girls, 143 



Haverhill N.H. 165 



Harvest Hvmn, by S. C. 165 

 Howe Dav'id. Esq. Haverhill, Mass. 182 



Imports and exports of U. S. 31 



Italian seed wheat, 79 



Improvement should not stop, 135 



Intermf^dHrir.g, 11-3 



Insane .Vsylum at Worcester Mass. 165 



Instructions to mowers, 80 



Inquiry respecting lightni'ig rods, 85 



Intrcduction of plants and grains 108 



Jackson, Dr. ('. T. adtlresj of, 19 



Jewett S. W. essays of on sheep, 46 



Journal of the editor on liis way 



south, 73 74 75 76 77 



Jnlv, hints for, ^ 88 



Journey of the editor in N. H. Maine 



and Mass. 97 



Jaques Col. S. account of his farm &c. 103 



N 



N. Hampshire farmers, thrift of, 

 •{Jorthfield N. H. farming in, 

 New England, thrift of. 

 New Jersey, State of, 

 "New England, (poetry,) 

 Notes, by the editor at home and by 



the way. 

 Neat cattle. 

 New Hampshire, statistics .o/, 



" '* . geological survey of. 



Nourishment ofplants, 



o 



'• Observator," communication signed, 

 Optical phenomenon, 

 .•" '• observations on, 



Q^ as a iuanure, 

 '^Observer," commtinication signed. 



41 

 44 

 49 

 75 

 110 



139 

 171 

 173 



Seeds, method of improving 4 



Severe storm, incident of, 8 



Sheep, English breeds of, 13 



Simpson H. B. letter from, 40 



Sub-soil ploughing, 55 



Swine, improvement of, with cuts, 60 



Silliman Prof, remarks of at Boston, 69 



States Middle, land in, 73 



Scotland, farming in, 81 



Striped frock, a tale, 90 



Strafford Co. N. H. towns in, 98 



Shakers at Alfred Me. 100 



Ship building at Portsmouth, N. H. 101 

 Shakers .at Canterbury visit toby the 



editor, 113 

 Soils, properties of, as determined by 



Chemical Analysis, 118 

 Southern Agriculture, 124 

 Sugar, IM 

 Stumps and stumi> fence, 127 

 Stark Gen. lines to, by V. 139 

 Sheep for mutton, proper age ot', 141 

 Smith, J. K. Esq. address of at Dub- 

 lin, N. H. 145 

 St.Johnsbury,Vt. 154 

 Sheep, different breeds compared, 164 

 Silk, importation of, 165 

 Salt for animals, 166 

 Statistics of New Hampshire, 171 

 Sight of a pastoral life, (poetry) 188 

 Schools for farming, 189 

 Scotch farmer, 36 

 Social economy of a bee-hive, 142 

 Sub-soil ploughing and draining, ^ 132 

 Sheep essays on, by S. W. Jewett, '16 

 Statistics of Pauperism, 138 

 Short-horned cattle, 22 



Too much credit, 3 



To^vn corporations, value of, 19 



Turnip husbandry in England, 37 



Trees, the way to plant, 46 



True policy of the farmer, bi 



The Stranger, poetry, by E. M. 69 



Tares, 70 



Ten Hills farm, Charlstown Mass. 103 



Thatcher B. B. obituary notice of, 110 



To make wives love their homes, 142 



Thomaston, Me. 161 



Twenty acres enough for a farm, 183 



Obituary notices^ 



110 174 



Dropscy, cure tor. 

 Danger of new theories, 

 Dead Sea, watei-s of, 

 Drought, severe, 

 T.Mirliain cow " Blos'^om,'' 

 Dan\illc, Vt. 



69 

 85 

 95 

 1C9 

 l.'!8 

 153 



Plouglis and ploughing, remarks on, 5 



Poetry. A winter scene, 5 

 Peter'boro' N. H. interesting facts about, 23 



■•' " town of 100 yeare ago, 2*1 



Potatoes, important experiment with, 27 



Paddock J. A. Esq. letter from, 27 



Potatoes preparation offer seed, 28 

 Ploughing, inquiries in regard to, bv 



L. Bartlett, Esq! " " 29 



Product of seven acres in three vears, 29 



Poultry, ' 43 



Philosophy, 53 



Pot.U<ics. planting of. 54 



Ploughs, several kinds, v. ith cuts, 60 



Peace or war ? 61 



Ploughs from Fairbanks' manufactory, 62 



Plants, nourishment of, 78 

 Pitt's Horse Power, &c. cut of, 142 87 



Ploughing in crops I'or manure, 88 



Post office department of L' . S. 93 



Plants and grains, introduction of 108 



Pauperism, statistics of 138 



Poor Richard's Almanac, 139 



Peacham Vt. ' 153 



Penobscot Co. Me. 162 



Picarooning, 165 



Plantinir, advantageB of, 190 



Portsmouth N. H. 101 



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United States, financeBof, 32 



" " commerce of, 32 112 144 

 *' " exports of, 95 



V 



\ermont, farming in, 4 



Vegetables, garden and field, 63 



Value of Birds, 18 



w 



Wood nm* timber, growth of, 



Weston, S. cominuiiication from, W 



Wild rice of the West, 16 



Winnipisseogee Lake and River, 2-i 



Wool, 32 163 



Wilton N. H town of, 49 50 



Why and because, 53 G8 



Want of courtesy, S4 



West Cambridge Mass. town of, 102 



Wood, seasoning of, 103 



Walker, James, letter from, 106 



Wool growers, hints for, 121 



Washing houses, 133 



Worcester. Mass. Ag. Soc. 1840, 157 



'* Horticultural Society, 167 168 169 

 Weeks Hon. J. W. letter to the 



editor, 178 



Wheat crop in Epping, N. H. 16 



Wrong notions of labor, 167 



Wheat Italian seed, 79 



K 



Kent, Geo. Eaq. hymn by, 

 Kentucky, farming in, 

 Kennebec Co. Me. 



L^bor, Division of, 

 Lime, action of, 



R 



Recipes, 



Rake used with a horso, 



Roots for fodder, 



Koads cu]tiv:!t!nn of, withdi-j; 



Kockweed for hogs. 



Reciprocity of trade, 



Rain, abundance and want of" 



Root crops. 



Rogers Josiah Esq. obituary notice of, 174 

 Roads, remarks on, ' 46 



Sheep, minagement of, reporton, 1 



Sb.nkcr?, commuaication Irum, 4 



York Co. Me. town in, 



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Zoology, 



99 



104 



