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INDEX TO THE NINTH VOLUME OF THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



Carriage wheels, preparations for 



gre.Tsin: 

 Cattle, &c. 



63 



15 27 32 4G 76 33 176 127 

 127 1.5 J 



Cattle, extra in iN. H. 180 



Celery, an excellent vofretibie, 103 



Cereal grains, cultivation in cold 



climates. 

 Chandler, Capt. D. notice of, 

 (-'harcoal recomn^ended t'ur health, 

 Cheese, how to inaUe a new kind, 



" makini^ in N. Y., 



" making rule in Eng. dairies, 

 Chddren, diarrhea from teething, 

 China, early inventions, 



" mechanic arts and social life, 

 Cholera, Asiatic, its approaches, 

 Church'es, largest in the world, 

 Clement, Asa Jr., his present <ir trees. 

 Clock, electrical, B.mis' inven., 

 Coccoons, Ijrst spinning ol' silk, 

 Clover hay, how cured, 

 ('lover, value, &c.. 

 Cochran. Benj. death liy a bull, 

 Colic, cure ol painters' 

 Cole, J. \V. his bonk. I'or larmers, 

 Cofftie, its prej>ar;.tion. 

 Colonns, yellow, green, &c., 

 Concord, cold day in .\pril, 

 Connecticut st:ite prison convicts, 

 Consuinplion, causes ol'. 

 Corn, mode of cultivation &c., 



" crop in the U. S. 



" benefits of'skillul cultivation, 

 Cotton, quality and value, 



" gin, us etft'Ct, &c. 



*' Its cultivation in India, 

 Cottcm crop of 18i7, 

 Cows, famous for milk, 

 Counsel to sons and daughters 

 Cow, &c 



119 



25 

 153 



26 

 38 

 12B 

 115 

 C3 

 98 

 83 

 112 

 76 

 100 

 32 

 11)0 

 153 

 90 

 57 

 90 

 151 

 25 

 63 

 79 

 2 

 58 

 90 

 176 

 5 

 67 

 - 73 

 179 

 181 

 32 

 26 36 43 73 

 Cranberries, &:c. 7 23 77 127 137 



Cream, how made with ice, 63 144- 



Creed of the Farmer. 8 



Crops, .lacob b^heimer's rotation, 71 



'• ol' the U. S. for 1846, 95 



Croup — remedy for, 178 



Cultivation without fences, 179 



Curculis, how destroyed, 80 



Cucumbers, how pickled, 119 



D 



DairyiniT, 38 



Dairy utensils, how treated, 94 



'• success in management, &.C., IIB 



" statistics in IS. "Y. 119 



Day, Stephen, first printer, 17 



Deep ploughing, Mr. JallVey's ex., 6 



" reeomineiided in Scotland, 116 



Deep tillage, lavorable, &.G , 128 



Domestic economy , &LC, 95 



Draining of reclaimed swamps, 23 



" and fencing, 53 



" thorough, 157 



" essay trom Southern Planter, 173 



Duke of Devonshire's conservatory, 6 4 



Duraiid, L.,on sheep husbandry 



and turnip culture, 12 



'* in approbation of the Visitor, 112 



Durand, L. on ploughs, iScc. Ib3 



B 



Karlh, its distance frmn the planets, 16 



" what It may be in idf?, &.C., 72 



r.arly planting ot potatoes, 182 



Edes, Ben)ainin, printer, 20 



Editor, 1.5d,iys abroad, 107 111 119 



Editor's journey to Ivcene, 15') 



'■ appiial to patrons. 170 



EJucalion : we are all at school, 93 



Eggs a favorite food, 7.'^ 



" preserved in salt. 101 



*' how tliey may be kept, 61 6.5 



Electricity, a pleasing experiment, 16 



Emigration to the west, 173 



Ether, effects of inhalation. 60 



Europe, prospects of its lood, 93 



Eye, motes how removed, 93 



F 



Kail River, gniwtli, &-C.. 133 



Eaniiiie, li.iglish and Irish, G'-' 



Farm, a productive one in 111., 60 



" m inigcmcnt good, .Mr. filaltison. 103 



" editor's conversation,' 108 



" in Vermont, 80 



" results of industry, 101 



Farms, small, most advantageous, 13 



'• a new mule to make them, 1*12 



Farmer of C.ilifornia, (i i 



Farmers, ic. ilKi 30 80 91 121 16 101 



M 53 38 59 



Farming. &c. 5 42 61 .37 77 78 



I-'ar. Monthly Vis. rocominetidt;d, 117 



Federalist, initiatory number, 



where written. 1 1 



Female fanner in Conn. 181 



Fencing and draining, 53 



Fever, lyplius, prevention of infec- 

 tion, 11.') 

 Fishermm to the Grand U.mks, .) 

 i'lsh. how fried, 133 

 ■' baked, 127 

 Fishes. Ineir migration. 26 

 Flax and Flaxseed in Ohio, 128 

 Fleet, Thorn IS, prinier, 18 

 Flour and grain at .-Mhany. 141 

 Flour, prip.es in N. V. 20 years, 81 



32 

 31 



96 



100 



85 



31 



100 

 18 



Food, excess in use. 



** nature of nourishment. 

 '• relative value of hay and veg- 

 etables, 

 " of the mastodon. 

 Flowers lovely and delightsome, 

 Fowls, language of those of the 



barnyard. 

 Flower seed sowing, 

 Franklin. Benjamin, printer, 

 French, B. B. address at Washington, 24 

 Frenc.i! Henry !■'.. &.C. 183 



Freshet on the Merrimack in April, 61 



Fuel, how best prepared, __5 



Funeral in the forest, 71 



G 

 Gaine, Hugh, printer, 

 Garden, how worked. 

 Gates preferable to bars, 

 Gates, their value, 

 " P. W. his invention for screw 

 cutting. 

 Gems of thought. 

 Genius in Connecticut, 

 Giddings, J. R. visit to editor, 

 Germans, an Ebenezer society 



near Buffalo, 

 Gipsies 



Girls, working girls happy, 

 Glass, blowing m Maine, 

 Glover, Joseph, 1st printer in U. S. 

 Gold, produce in Russia, 

 Goo.seberries, how varieties may 



be originated, 

 Gowen, J., farming at Mt. Airy, 

 Grape vines, their management, 



" culture by Dr. Underbill, 

 Grapes, Col. Mcintosh in Flor,. 

 Grapes, number in IJ. S., 

 Granite for iSew Orleans, 

 Great Britain, her mineral wealth, 

 Greene, family of printers. 

 Ground, covering it useful, 



*' should be stirred. 

 Guano as used by the Peruvians, 



" {see editor's address,) 

 Gypsum, how it acts, 



Hamilton, Mrs. Alexander, 



*■ Gen. duel with Burr, 

 Hams, mode of cure. 

 Happy, how one may be. 

 Hay, how cured bright and clean, 



'• how measured in mow. 



" rake, 

 Haynes, T.. death of a soldier. 

 Health, hints upon, 

 Heart, how educated, 

 Hemp, its cultivation in the U. S., 



" sisal and .Manilla, an impor- 

 tant discovery, 

 Hills of N. E. compared with 



western prairies, 

 Hints for the farmer, 

 Hogs, how managed in N. C. • 



'■ great ones, J. S. Yeoman's, 



" salt beneficial, 

 Hominy puddings, how made. 

 Honey, its iiitliience on the skin, 



" produced in Poland, 

 Hop trade in Great Britain, 

 Horticulture, its influence, 

 Horses, colic relieved. 

 Horse, speedy cure for foundered &.e 



20 



34 



5 



179 



92 



64 



143 



90 



123 

 84 

 14 

 92 

 17 



112 



94 



103 



82 



126 



142 



45 



182 



79 



17 



16 



91 



154 



164163 



80 



10 

 11 



97 



71 



45 



160 



91 



47 



2 



92 



, II 



11 



73 



81 



59 



104 



143 



32 



64 



95 



95 



97 



112 



15 



29 

 14 

 70 

 92 



138 

 15 



112 



Loadstone, native in Lake Su., 

 London post office. 

 Loafer, death, a poetical parody, 

 Lover, Samuel, poem on war &.C., 

 Lowell, growth and manufactures, 

 Luck, Rev. Mr. Beecher on, 

 Lungs, soundness liow proved, 



M 

 Machine shop for locomotives &.C, 



" for boring rocks, 

 Manufactures in the South, 



" at Lowell and Lawrence, 

 Madison. Mrs. James, 

 Manures, their application. 

 Markets in F.urope thrown open, 

 Manure, composting, 



" its durability, 

 Marriage, compared with single life, 

 Maryland, farming in, 



'* valuation (d' lantis in. 

 Matrons at the Federal city. 

 Mad-dog, bite cured. 

 Meals and vegetables, how boiled, 

 Mecon, Benjamin, printer. 

 Melons, plan of growing. 

 Merrimack County Ag. Soc, 

 Mexico, agricultural productions, 



" farming utensils, 

 Milk, manufactories of on L. I., 



■' diff'erence of qualities, 

 Mother ; tribute of John Randolph, 

 Mountain of ice in Oregon, 

 Mutual (ire insurance, 

 Mycrle, David, to the ed. on hemp, 



N 

 Nature's laws to be studied. 

 Navigation, a new era, 

 NewEngland, its millionaires, 

 ]New Jersey, inarketgardens and farms, 37 

 iSlewspapers, som« ace. of in the U. S., 17 

 JNew York city commerce, 112 



" farmer's club, 125 



JSitrogen, distinction between animal 

 and vegetable substances, 

 JNorthcrn Railroad, a trip to the sum- 

 mit, 133-136: 



Railroads in New England, 

 Recipes. &.c. 



Riches of the husbandman, 

 Raising onions in Mass., 

 Register N. H. notice. 

 Riches of mother earth. 



179 

 59 127 

 29 

 186 

 139 

 189 

 105 



29.36 36 133 143 29 



Horticultural : work in the garden, 34 



Houses, building in Wisconsin, 41 



Husbandry in Holland &c., 140 



Ice houses, how constructed, 39 



" at Vera Cruz, in July, 12.3 



" and wine, 176 



Idleness harder than labor, 80 



Imorovements iScc, 171 



Iiulian corn, &.C., 83 



Indi.ins, a city &.e., 98 



I ii!u*try rewarded, l"?!* 



Infection, remedy discovered, 143 



Insects, how prevented t.S:.c., 29 



*' destroyed by bottling, 126 



Insanity subdued by ether, 95 



Iron manufacture. iSiC., 93 



" in Berkshire, Ms., 1 12 



" trade of America, 112 



Irrigation, 131 



Items of domestic economy, 151 



J 



J ifTrcy, J. on deep ploujhing, 6 



Jenkins, Joe, Aic. 15 



Jones, commodore, &c., 10 



K 

 Kremlin at Moscow — its great bell, 2o 



T. 



Labor, dignity of I 



Laboring man. a poetical tale, li*0 



Ladies' hlonm washed away. 96 



l.iwrence. Abbot, d.ination &c., 87 



Leatlii'r trad,! of Oiiio, 112 



Lee, Dr. Diniel.on soils &c.. 124 



Legs arii'.icial. Mr. Palmer's inven. 12 



Limestone indisjiensable &e., 27 

 Lime, &c. 27 63 75 l.-)9 176 



Linseed oil adulterated, 93 



Lincoln Pippin, 181 



Little's report on farms, 172 



14 



89 



78 



175 



10 



58 



29 



101 



123 



o 



69 



133 



10 



143 



142 

 20 



138 

 91 

 61 

 61 

 7 

 92 



133 



6 



64 



12 



95 

 112 



86 



32 

 150 



Road making, a plan by Mr. Gillespie, 105 

 Roads, advantage of good ones, 44 



" true philosophy of construction 83 

 Roadsides and footpaths, 176 



Pioofa, cheap buildings, 29 



Roses, growing front the seed, 60 



Rose culture, 91 



Rotation of crops, 146 



Rumford, (Countess introduced to the 

 President ; at home w-ith old ironsides, 107 

 Russell, Benjamin, printer, 21 



Russia, machine for railroad jaaking, 14 

 Rye, a principal bread corn in Germany 

 and Russia *' 



103 



S 



Sailor's life, its perils 



St. Lawrence, a thrilling incident, 70 



Salt and soot as a manure, 3 



'' beef how cooked, 31 



Salmon caught in Merrimack, 96 



Sayard. ivlr. extraordinary discovery. 8 

 Sawtell, Rev. Mr. on slavery. Ill 113 114 

 1361.37 138 129 

 Scions, time of cutting, 32 



Scientific American, paragraphs from, 1 12 



" terms d'-fined, 138 



Scottish national feelings, 7 



Scraps of interesting information, 95 



Scythes, Mr. Dunn's commended, 117 

 Season, production of German farmers 



JNorway, music of nature in its vallies, 14 

 JNurses, their faults, 



176 



% 

 61 

 UG 



15 

 16 



for 1817. 

 Seed, best the cheapest. 

 Seeds, how they should be sowed, 

 Seeding ground for grass, 

 Servant consistent. 

 Sheep husbandry : Mr. D. to the ed. 



32 

 43 

 92 

 129 

 143 

 12 



15 23 29 146 



O 



Oak, its durability and age, 

 Ocean, an inquiry why it is salt. 

 Old Virginia. Mr. Gold to the editor. 

 Orange tree in Worcester, 

 Orchards, how to increase their fruit. 

 Oxen, how managed, 



Paper manufacture in U. S., 112 



Parchment mnde at N. y., 128 



Park. Dr. J. his letter, 45 



Paris, pauperism of, - 115 



Peach trees, preserved from insects, - 13 

 Peas, best method of cultivation, 44 



Pear, the Dix tree. 63 



Pennsylvania farming, 63 



" its riches in iron and coal, 89, 142 

 Pennyroyal preventive of iiiusquitocs, 116 

 Peach tree cultivation, l-^O 



Peppermint distill. itlon, 179 



Pictures in China, '> 



Pigeon expresses, 61 



Pigs, management of, 3 



Pine trees at sources of the Merrimack, 77 

 Plants, sources and places of nativity, 4 

 " their instinct, 93, 142 ; age S'? 



" in iMexico, 46 



Ploimh, Mrs. Sigourncy's poetry. 71 



Ploughing deep, ' 6969 127 



Ploughs, 170 



Plumes borrowed from Mexicans, 112 



Ponds drained, 138 



Popular errors. 4 



Post rilfice in London, 14 



Potatoes, mixing, f' 1 



Potomac, great water power, 10 



Potatoes, Air. Lee on insects, 116 



Potato rot on N. 11. Asylum farm. 181 

 Potato rot, 153, 170 



'■ a prize cs^ay, 173 



Poultry, method of prolilable raising, 73 

 '• diseases how treated, 126 



" age 'ascertained. 134 



Poetry, by Samuel .\. Walker, Esq., 186 

 Pocket memorandum, notice of, 18' 



Praalin tragedv — a tale of horror, 177 



Premature death, a distressing account, !'.!) 

 Premium farm, 183 



Prices current in Concord, 64, 96, 112. 

 128, 144, 176 

 Printers, some account of in the U. S., 17 



92 

 112 

 115 



27 

 115 



94 



Products and profits, 



Profits of fanning; IN. P. Morrison, 



Providence, 11. I . Us manufaclurcs, 



Piiity. old, how softened, 



Piiiiijikias, 



Q 



Queen ot England ; 



Quince trees raised from cuttings. 



H 



Railroad to O^idoiuhurg contemplated, 

 '• new route to the Pacific, 

 " 'Treat labor saving machines, 



R ulroads, first opening and progress, 



U ispbcrries, second crop, 



Rits and mice, a simple mode of rid- 

 dance, 



59 

 102 



i;s 



93 

 186 



59 



91 



71 

 79 

 91 



161 



Shoes and Boots for children. 

 Ship fever, deaths at Grosse isle, 

 Sister and brother : affecting story, 

 Skin, its healihy preservation, 

 Sleep of infants. 



Snake, description by an Irishman 

 Smoking, consequences of, - 



Soap, mode ot making 79 ; as a manure, 96 

 Soil and climate, effect on fruits, &c. 29 

 *' nature and qualities should be stud- 

 ied, 81 

 Soils, an important fact, 31 

 '* results of analysis, 101 

 " their texture 148; study, 149 '■ 

 Southern Agriculture : Hon. D. H. L., 123 1 

 Springfield, establishment for engines, 1 13 ;' 

 Specul.itinii contrasted with farming, 37 

 Steady, a rolling stone gathers no moss, 92 

 Steuben, his character by Headly, 84 ' 

 Stocks, sale ill Boston, 64 

 Stock, salt and ashes as a medicine, 79 

 Subsoiling, Its sure effects, .35 

 Stocking loom invented, 1-43 

 Strawberries, how their season may be 

 extended 79; planting, 147 

 " raised in JN. Y., 128 ; 

 Streets cleaned, good pay for manure, 95 

 Subsoil plough, a handsome present, 170 

 Snijar. produiUion. &c. S 134 

 Suiillower cultivation, 32 

 Syrup and sugar ■. acknowledgement of 

 editor, " 95 

 T 

 T:iblo for measuring boxes, 128 

 'Part, apple, cranberry, rhubarb. 115 

 Tax upon the farmer, the unproductive 

 ptol'esslons, 140 

 in favor of, 128 

 Tennessee lanils, their cheapness, 43 

 Thomas Isaiah, printer, 20 

 'I'hurnis Serces, his golden mail, 95 

 Timber on the Merrimack, 77 ■ 

 'Pinie, how best used. 16 

 Trees. &c. 32 79 85 90 101 103 1 12 125 

 143 144 151 160 170 171 

 Turnip culture, 12 

 " tlv. remedy suggested, 79 

 Tyler, John, ^:c. 122 

 'Pyphus fever, &.c. 138 



U 

 Unproductive professions, &c. 145 



V 

 Van Huren, President. &c. 4.3 



Vegetable kingdom. &c. 1 



Vir'Muians of the army and navy. 8 



Visttor, Farmer's Monthly, 3b 189 190 

 Vinegar, pjneess of making, 38 17^- 



Volunteers in Mexico. 4',il>' 



W 

 Washington, anecdote of, 2 



Water, cold injurious to catllo, • 6 



Wayne, (!en. storming of Stony Pt., 08' 

 Wet land improved, 159 



Wealth, national sources of, 7 



Whaling, us profits, 43 



U'hcat smut how prevented &c. 26 ; 40 ; 

 Wiiuer educations for farmers. 5 



Wool growing. «!c. 41 ; 1,35; 61; 83; 138 

 Words, influence of, &.c. 64 



Work, not derogatory to a lady, 116 



Y 



I Young man. eonscieniious. &-c. 



95 



