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INDEX TO THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR FOR VOL. V., 1843. 



A. 



Apple in Al:ibnina, 1 



AnimriU. cue of, M' 



Anti-ju irisn, to tlie, *I 



Aiircra Boipalis, remnrks on, 55 



Agricullur.il sl.iiistics, ^'■^ 



Amitrur thrilling, *J3 



Aunt Tolly's rido. 01 

 Agriculture, essay on, 91, 1^6 



A';in:n!s, impr(»veiucnt of, lO'i 



A^iricuUural aphorisms, 131) 



Appips. presrrvalion oC, lf'5 



Air liyiit stove, Vio 



Agriruhiire, important facts in, 179 

 Agriculture and Horticulture, wonderful results of, ISO 



American union, states of, 183 



B. 



Br:lTi;in Husbandry. 1 



Butter mnliing in iSew York, 2 



" experiments nn, 151- 



Bnrn to love pi^'s and chickens^ 3 



Bt^c linisp, Beard's pntent, 15, GO 



Bl:izini( the eyes of the Deer, 19 



Bartlett. Levi, on farming, 25 



Bees and bee-boobs, 40 



" Insrnry of, ■ I'23 



Blinds to brulles for Imrsre, 61 



Bull, short-horned, Faufux, 56 



Botany, Gl 



Boys and iiirls. 6G 



Blindcis for horses, 67 



Bees of St. Simon's, (poetry) 77 



Bird, instinst in, 77 



Be soinethiii :. 30 



Buddipfj or gij.riing trees, * 97 



Beet, Bassano, JOS 



Bow, JS. H., timber in, 19 



Bm- rhoap a;id sell Jcar. 125 



B ' larHs. imnrnvetnent of, 138 



Birds. ■ ...VLr, 131 



r. 



(■ 1- n I- r-.c, coin;:.iiiiication on re-cliiiming l^nd, 13 



< i, .■ :, [--, 27 



v'o[i;-.,tviJ on and Guerriere, 48 



flhiriRse ciiston»3, 5^ 



Cooking foi <1 for stock, 84 



Connecticut decks, 119 



Cash and credit, 123 



Cr; : ■«. comparative value of, 124 



Cry = r the children, (poetry) 132 



C<>lnian, Henry, speech at Derby. Eng., 135 



Can:!da east, a tour in, 137 



Cattle, h'tive breeds, 147 



*• native and imported, 169 



Cultivation of hills and high grounds, 149 



Cattle drovers in En-jiund, 155 



Cuttinci grain, corn, &:c., and editor's remarks, 158 



Commerce and ntivigation, 160 



Cfjppcr inck of lake Superior, 165 



Crop, a fiir, 175 



Cranberries, cultivation of, 175 



Cheese, irinoculation of, lb9 



Cows hoitiing up milk, 179 



D. 



Diirv. trc^ilmcnt of cuv-s, 42 



Deep plnnnitin;;, b^^d. G6 



Diiiy. imporlunce of a irood. . 102 



Divorces, courtslii])?. marririge, &zt., 106 



Domestic i=lnck, in»;.>rovemf:nt of, 107 



De:!d Spaniel, (p'lctry) llo 



Di:>trict of Cr^Iuinbia", a.;riculture in, 132 

 Draininjr. imp'iriance of, 14G, 1G7 



Daniels, the late Mrs. E. T., poeiuE by, 176 



£. 



Economy for farmers, 3 



Expansion. eflVcts of, 1 1 



K;n:l'ind and France, notes on by W. Kenrick, II 



Editor's visit to Maine, 28, 78 



Eitswinlh, n. L., comtuissiouer of patcute, 56 



Education of larn-.ers, 59 



E*;lra';rdu)ary f;irm produce, 85 

 Ellis. Bev. Mr., pr:iyer at Bunker Hill. June 17, 1345, 91 



Editori-il r.imbles, {Farmer's Ms. Advocate) 104 



Eirih, rotary motion of, 114 



]".tyniol()Liy of *' Sivccl-heart," 115 



r.lio, growth of llie. 133 



£..j ett, Edward, speedi at Derby, Eng., 131. 



Eiuih, wnndcrlul pr'>creali"n of. " 173 



Editor's notes fjii journics in 10^3, 188 



European tour, cost of, 179 



F. 



Februari'. work '"nr, 11 



Fencing, cutting timber, &,c., 17 



Fiour markets in Holland, Si7 



Farm on Staten Island, 28 



February V'lt-itor, notes on. 47 



First and la>t dinner, 50 



Farmiuq: wilhoul rum, 59 



Farmers' dau/hters, GO 



" wives, 1*5 



Fruit trees, prnnliig of, 6'> 



Flowers, &<:., 71, 1 K» 



Farmers' clubs, benefit of, 136 



Far west, letter from, 139 



Firmer, (poetry) 143 



Fenrde dress, 15^1 



Farmers' sons and daughters, 155 



Fiiher boat (poetry) 179 

 G. 



19 

 20 



Girabiing in Paris, 

 Gossamer Spider, 



Grapes, cultivation of, 45 



Gypsum, for manure, ol-,'H}6 



iVrave ol a doi;. 1(KJ 

 Ganimage, J. Esq., death of a Bnnker Hill soldier, F2U 



Gernnnation, 1-1 



Gooil old times, 15^ 



Gone are thy beauties, summer, (poetry) 163 



Gardens, site and size of, I'O 



H. 



Hemlock for sheep, 14 



Harvest Hymn, (poetry) 154 



Hops, culture nt', 41 



Hemp, cultivation of", 67 



How things used to be done, 73 



Health, hints on, 78 

 Hunter. Lt. VV. \V. (U. S. N.) submerged water-wheel, 81 



Horse and cow compared as to value, 92 



House martin. 97 



Harvesting, chapter on, 101 



Hominy, 114 



H:impton Beach, (poetry) 119 



Horses, errors in treatment of, 1^1 



H'mie breed of anim.ils, 129 



Hawk and eagle, anecdotes of, 133 



Hints t') farmers, 138 



H'ty , '^rreat crop of, M2 



Hallowed he thy name, (poetry) 1 17 



Horses and niules, 1-18 



H'n\e, Dr., in Germany, 151 



Husbandry, new system of, 177 



Home on the mountain, (poetry) 131 



I. 



Indian tradition, 1 



Interesting relic, 24 



Irish peasantry, 28 



Indi.Tn corn and ruta baga, 41 



Irrigation, 58 



Illinois, prairies and sheep in, 121 



Indian weed, 155 



Imported cattle, by N. Colby, 181 



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John Smith and John Brown, 13 



Jeiiiiy and the watch, 168 



K. 



Key, F. S., to the memory of, 2 



Keeping a horsse too many, 122 



L. 



Lime on clayey soils, 5 



and sa"U, 169 



Lost found, 6 



Lime f'»r manure. 48 

 *' on I otaioes, 143. 165 



Lard oil and candles, 54 



Letter i'rom a firmer's wife, 77 



Land, improvement of, 85 



Locust, 93 



Labor and study, alternation of, 1 16 



Li:ihtn:ng, protection from, 116 



Lucerne or French clover, ' 121 



Madam de Slacl, notice of, 7 



Manures. 14, 114.84,92 



'' Bommer's method, 163, 166 



Markets. &c., 16, 32, 13, 64, SO. 96, 112, 128,114, 160. 



176, 190 



My mother's butter, 17 

 Meteoroloirical Journal, by A. Chandler. 20,45.55.74. 

 9o, 101, 124, 137, 150, 173, 18^2 



Mary .Ma^'dalene. by F. S. Key, 27 



Music, nicral effect of, 29 



Meadow and i^wamp lands, 30 

 Miscellany. . 30, 31, 62, 78, 95, 122, 144 



Morton. Gov., extracts from message, 36 



Manures, Fooie's prize essay on, 39 



Manure, iVnm road wa^h, 43 

 Maine, visit to by the editor, 23, 78 



Ma.viins and precepts, 100 



JVlules, chcosiaiT, &.c., (poetry) 105 



Model farm, ~ - 120 



MachinesTor sowing seeds, 124 



iMis.-issippi valley, 136 



Mandan chief, costume of, 146 



Maryland, wheat in, 153 



Merrimack Co. W. H. Ag. Sor. 156 



Morris, Robert, sketch of, 164 



N. 



j\pv/ York, premium crops in, 35 

 jNapoleon Bonapirte, 58, 67 



■• before aud after Waterloo, 145 



Nival stratigems, 60 



r^ew inventions, the West India farmer, 127 



Is'iarxara falls, 147 



iSational silk convention, 149 



iN. y. Ag. Fair, report of, 152 



•' .^.J_* transactions of the 1st, 161 



* o. 



Oichartls, necessity for, '13 



O Its, Mature of, i'c, 49 



OrnamRntnl-trees, 58 



Oil painting, Co 



Oak, 147 



Ohio, vineyards in, 17i 

 Osen and Ijorses lor ploughin;^, conaparative value of, 187 



P. 

 Poultry, 14.52 



'■ ' vnrds^lbr, 159 



P'.rk,gno(l, 17 



l^eacii trees, cultivation of, 18 



Premium Ijrras iu Mass., 40 



Potatoes, how to plant and ccoli, (poetry) 



Ploughing, fubsoii, 



PotaToe root, 



Prentice, E. P., of Albany, N. Y., 



Premiums vi' Mass. Ag. Soc, 1843, 



Potomac river, shad and herring lisheries, 



Pekin, recollections of. 



Premitnn crops. 



Paint on boilding.s, 



Parental government. 



Peaches, 



Plants, carbon of. 



Power loom, Carlwright's invention of. 



Plants in houses. 



Paraphrase, poetical of Gen. Heath's journal, 



Phelps, Henry, jr.. his grafted apples, 



Prairie and inountaiu life. 



Pirate lover, (poetry) 



R. 

 Rives. Hon. W. C, address of before agrictil'.ural 



society in V'a., 

 Reminiscence of the iate war, 

 River counties of J\ew Vork, firming in. 

 Rocky iMonntatii Indians, 

 Roots, cultivation of. 

 Rot in sheep, cure for, 

 Recipes, 

 Rose water, 



" John Smith on, 



Randolph, John. 

 Reaper and the flowers, (poetry) 

 Rattle-snakes, nature of. 

 Razors, how to sharpen. 

 Revolutionary army, summer campaign of in 1779, 



S. 



Small productive farm. 



Song of (he forge. 



.Si nuKrn and the Arabs, 



Small larms the best. 



Strange story, 



Stevens, Henry, manufacturing statistics, 



Spanish scenes. 



Silk business at Auburn. IV. Y., 



Stoneham murder, 



Sugar, 



Subterranean fires, cause of. 



Soils, wheat straw, stock, 



Stuart, M.iry, 



Soil, exhaustion of. 



Scythes made at Wayne. Me.. 



Stark, John, Cnpt., list of his rangers, 



.Somnambulism. 



Steaming hay for cattle. 



Sheep, (inc wooled, 



Silk, report on by J. Searle, 



.Seasoning posts, 



Saw mills, 



Salem K. I. Marine Society, 



Spot pond aqueduct, 



Small farmers, friendly advice to, 



Sheep, scab in, 



.Sullivan, Gen. among the Indians, 



Swine at the A". H. Insane .Asylum, 



Swamp land. 



Season, (poetry) 



T. 

 Tools, take care of them. 

 Tumble dams for^ water. 

 Triumph of steadfast integrity, 

 Turkish dress, 



'I'opliff, Capt., the sailor farmer. 

 Time lor cutting grain, corn and iiay, 

 Tiiou:;hts and sentiments, by Jean Paul. 

 Tomatoes. 

 Taking the veil, 

 Trumbull, Col. J., death of. 



U. 

 Uncle Jacob's reminiscencep, 



*' on me^^ and animal:'. 

 '■ on thanksgiving, 

 L'rine as a manure, 

 United States and Macedonian. 



\'. 



Vermont, "manufactures in, 



'• sugar in , 

 Vegetation, influence on the air. 

 Virginia crop. 



Voices of autumn, (poetry) 

 Virginia farmer, 



\y. 



Woman and marriage, 



Wonderful Eights in the air, iN. Webster, 



Wheat, 



" in Maryland, 

 Western emigrants, information to. 

 Wheat crop of 1843 in L'. S. and England. 

 Webster, Daniel, address of at Bunker Hill, June 



17, 18'13, 

 Wheat culture in Franco'. 

 West and far west, to those looking that way, 

 Washington's favorite supper, 

 White mountains, excursion to, 

 Wood thrnsh, 

 VVashington city, storm at, 



*• " fruits and flowers at. 



Wood, etfect of shade on, 



Y. 

 Young man's leisure. 

 Young women, instruction to, 

 Yankee ingenuity. 



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63 

 65 



71 

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 96 



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154 

 162 

 174 

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55 



61 



63 



72 



100.130 



73 



75 



102 



136 



139 



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 21 

 21 



27 



33 



31 



39 



44 



46 



47 



47 



61 



145 



157 



170 



53 



85 



123 



126 



128 



130 



130 



133 



135 



136 



139 



143 



154 



159 



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 72 

 83 



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117 

 120 

 129 

 163 

 173 



52,75,98 

 134 

 171 



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 143 

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 182 



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