IK^DEX TO THE FARMEr's MONTHLY VISITOR, FOR VOL. VI., 



1844. 



43 



Asparnffus, cnltivalinn of, 



Aiiricuiiurnl papers, 



Aminonin, snaking corn in, 



Adam, the first liirmer, and his wife, 



Allies fur manure, 



Allernatinti ol crfips, 



A<»riculture in tlie U. 5., 



Alpachn wool. 



American Institute in N. Y., call of, 



Apple trees, ai^e nl, 



Artichokes Inr sheep. 



Agricultural improvements, 



Agricultural meeting at the Capitol, 



B. 

 Birds, pnelry by Mrs. J. Grey. 

 Butler from scalded milk. 

 Bleeding ol the nose, to stop it. 



Butter in Virginia ,,,11-! lo 



Budding and gralting. H. 17, lii. U 



Bees, niaiia;;emelit of, history, 11, driving out, tc. / 1 

 Blight on Iruit trees, 

 Bone dust. 

 Bulls, ringing of. 

 Bogs, more light wanted on, 

 Bult.r, experiments in making, 

 Bushes, cutting of. 

 Butter, 74: of Goshen, N. Y., 

 Butchers and oxen in Paris, 

 Beef, milk iScc, 

 Buckwheat, 

 Barn-cellars, 



Boft rye, from Oxford, Me., 

 Battle of Plaltsliurg. 



Bancrolt, Hon. G.. address at N. Y. Slate Ag. lair 

 Bristol brick, a remarkable fact, 

 Boys mind your mother, 

 Biography of a porker. 

 Butter, pui chasing of, 



C. 

 Commerce and navigation of U. S. in 1842, 

 Courtship of Miles Standish, 

 Crows, how to catch them 

 Curing hams, 



Chenango, or Mercer potato, 

 Connecticut river farm at Claremont. (by editor) 



Contracting debts, 



Chemistiy applied to agriculture rationally. 



Calves, rearing of. 



Clover seed, preparation of. 



Corn in the District of Columbia, (by editor) 



Cucumbers, culture of, 



Carrots, 



Charcoal for mnnnre. - 



Chinches, how I., i xlirpate them. 



Chemical solutions, soaking seeds in, 



Cypress and olher western trei-s. 



Calcareous manures, observations on 



('lean culture. 



Concord, its iiitrrvalej. (by editor) 



(.larcmnnt, or Kubbar.l •■>.. 



Corn, best method of ciiroig, 126 ; grinding with co.j 



Cobbett, VVm., on gardenrig. 130,145 



Commerce and navigation >. I '•.:. S., 



(Caledonia county, \^t.. 



Crops of 1 844, 



Capture of Burgoyne — poetry 



C^heese exported to F.ngland, 



Commerce fi. revenue of U. S. from 1789 to 1844, 



Corn crop, 



D. 



Dignity of Agricultural labor. 



Dairy House, construction ol, 



Draining, its good effects. 



Driving trees in the western backwoods. 



Deep ploughing, (by editor) 

 Debt a blessing, 



E. 



r.nglish cattle. 



[■".xlraordinary Miser, 



Kruption of 'Ml. Kliia in 1843, 



lv;idosion on hoard V. S. steamer Princeton, 



Education of young men as vvorkingmen. 



Exports of domestic produce from 1S21 to 1842, 



English cllllery, 



English Harvest, an, 



Eben Elshender, the Moor farmer, 



Egirs hatched by steam, 



Economy of farm labor. 



Emigration — turkies, 



Engineering, essay or, by M. F. M. 



P. 

 Eircs from aslios. 

 Food r)f different nations. 

 Flying strawberries, 

 Finest leaves for manure. 

 Fiflv years since. 

 Floods in Arkansas. 

 Flax and hemp, by H. L. Ellsworth, 

 Feeding ol cattle. 

 Farming on the Aroostook, 

 Farm, .Massachusetts premium, 

 Farmers, their position in society. 



12,69 

 14. 19 



'52 



64 



66 



69 



85 



106 



13 J 



136 



163 



166 



177 



84. 106 

 76 



Gypsum, 



Gralting. budding &c., 



Cit'od orchards, 



Guano for manure. 



Circcn fodder for cows. 



Garget in cows, 



Gartlens, 



Great Britain, statistics of, 



Grooming — care of horses, 



G. 



68 



11 



II. 17, 18, 19,46 

 6.') 

 76,78, 101, 119, 132, 136 

 97 

 114 

 161 

 147 

 151 



130. 146 



H. 



by T. r.uffia 



10 



39 



48,161 



101 



85 

 102 

 113 

 186 



1 



3 

 4,39 

 26 

 27 

 30 

 34 

 52 

 58 

 62 

 102 

 115 

 185 



35 

 86 

 91 



14, 84 

 19, 100,164 



Husbandry & manufactures of the Flemish and 



Irish (by editor) 

 Hemp and cordage, statement of value import- 

 ed from 1821 to 1842. 

 Hampton, farms in, (by editor) 

 Hemp, American, 

 Hoi-tieds, preparation of, 



Hay-niaking, &c,, 57, 72, 90 ; sailing in the mow, 

 Hints to farmers. 

 Hops, 



Heidsgrass, and editor's remarks. 

 Hogs, of Merrimack Co. 



1. 

 Improved cattle — by J. A. Jones, 



E. P. Burton, 

 Imports of U. S. from 1821 to 1812, statement of, 

 '• I'm going hiune" — poetry by Annette, 

 Iron and steel, essay on by T. Gill, 

 IiitercstiMg chemical discovery, 

 Iniprove.aielil ol the plough, 

 " in machinery, 



Indian corn, 



" " largo crops of, 

 Ireland, state rd'agriculture in. 

 Improved farming in Massachusetts, 

 Improved Stock 



K. 

 Keeping a day book. 

 Kenrick's American Orchardist, 

 Kearsarge — poetry by B. E. P., 



L. 

 Lard oil. 

 Lime, 



Land of Washington, Virginia soils, (by editor) 

 Lady's dream — poetry 

 Labor of the farmer his great blessing 

 Lowell, its manufactures. 

 Lime, use of. 

 Landlord and Tenant, 



M. 

 Meeting of farmers at State House, Boston, 2. 56 



Mctereological tables, by A. Chandler. 3, 42, 64, 73, 96, 

 109, 123. 139, 158, 174, 184 

 Maple sugar — J. Woodworlh, 

 Mechanism of standing. 

 Manufacture of needles. 

 .Mineral and inorganic manures, by Prof. S 

 Melons, cultivation td'. 

 Milch cows, report rni, by J. Scarle, 

 Maple sugar. 



.Marl in tlie Southern Stales, by T. Bulbn. 

 Merrimack river, poor lands upon, (by editor) 

 Manchester, IN. H,, 

 May— an ode. by H. J. R. 

 Manure, five kinds, experiments with, 



•' guano. 

 Morse's magnetic telegraph. 

 Manures, by H. L. Ellsworth, application of, 117; 



compost, 

 Miscellaneous articles, 110,111,116,113, 119, 127, 134, 



159, 165, 175 

 Metals, manufacture of. 137 



Matters and things in general — editors obseiva- 

 tions, 15o--r-3 



Mercantile honor, '^^ 



Markets, &c.. If., 32, 48, 64, 80, 95, 112, 126. 144. 



160, 175 

 K. 

 iSotes from the journies and conversations of the 



editor m 1843. 6,22.53 



JSiible white pine, (by the editor) 64 



Nauvoo. the iMorman city. 99 



l\ew mode of tannine, 100 



Nose bags for horses, ^ ' 1"^ 



JNew York State Ag. Soc. [iremiums for Jan. 1845, ^ 167 

 iXever too late to do good (by editor) 17Q-1-2 



O. 

 Orcharding, cider &.C. 

 Olden tiniL-, 



Obilnary notice, (by the editor) 

 One acre, value ol. 

 Opposite opinions — birds. 

 Open market most valuable to the farmer, 



P. 

 Poisons and antidotes. 

 Poultry, 



Potatoes, disease in, 

 Preservation of le.ither. 

 Peach trees, diseases of, 

 Physiology of animals, 



Planting potatoes, new method, by L. Bartlelt, 

 Pears, disease in, 

 I'otalo cultivation, (by editor) 



engcl. 



61 

 •JO 

 180 

 188 



26 

 29 

 38 

 45 

 47 

 51 

 57 

 61 

 63 



75 

 76 



163 



Pulverizing the soil. 



Potato crops, discussion on in a meeting ol N. Y. 



farmers, 31, potatoes. 

 Pasturage of bees. 

 Pitching hay by horse power, 

 Pickles, of various kinds. 

 Political economy. 

 Profitable sheep. 

 Pressing hay, 



Preinium slock at Worcester, 

 Potatoes, improvement of quality, 158 ; disease of 



in 1844, 

 Premiums at Merrimack co. ag. fair, 

 Productions of U. S. (letter of Simon Brown,) 



R 

 Unndolph, John, the farmer and statesman, (by editor) ^7 

 Rye, town of, farms in, (by editor) 

 Recipes, 



Rainy days, employment for. 

 Report of Ag. committee in iN. Y. Assembly, March 



1844, 

 Revolt of the Pennsylvania Line (com.) 

 Rur,.l ccmetaries. 

 Renovation of worn out lands, 

 S. 



Selecting seeds 



Song of the shirt, by T. Hood, 



Spring work. 



Seeds, manuring and steeping of. 



Sow liberally. 



Spring diseases of animals. 



Soils must he reclaimed, (be editor) 



Scotch farming, by R. H. Grey, 



Sliepherd's dog. 



Salt and lime, 74; durability of salt as a fertilizer, 



Slavery in Louisiana, by T. Flint, 



Saw-mills, 



Science and agriculture, 



Sheep in the highlands of Scotland, 



Sycamore trees, decay of, 



Saving beans, mode ol, 



."^ong of the hay-makers, 



Seed, proper depth of. 



Strawberry, value of. 



Saxony sheep of N. D. Grove, 



Situation of gardens, soil &c.. 



Swine, 



Sand, an improver of soil. 



Sheep, driving of. 



Sailing — fish-ponds — birds — editor's remarks, 



Subsoil ploughing, 



T. 

 Tobacco — Products of Connecticut, 

 Transactions of JS. Y. State Ag. Society, 25 years 



since. 

 Turnip flv. how to prevent its depredations, 

 Turnip crops. 



To niv ancestor, poetry by G. T. 

 The Suicide, pi'ctry by H.J. B. 

 The Farmers, poetry, by a tiller of the ijround, 

 Things to be aimed at on a farm. 

 Trees, season for trimming, 77 ; transplanting, 

 The last Sea Fight, 

 Thunder storms and lightning rods. 

 Tillage of the corn crop. 

 To farmers' daughters— '■ Dear Girl," 

 Toads useriit. 

 Ttme is money. 

 Too much land. 

 Tall grass in Hill, and large rye. 



Take care of your woodlands. 

 U. 



Unrulv horses, invention for controlling, 

 ■' e<tws. 



Upper California. 



V, 



Virginia, farming in. Gen. Washington, Chancellor 

 Livingston, &.C. (by editor) 



Volcanic eruptions at the Sandwich islands, 



Victoria's resnect for the Sabbitli, 



Value of irrigation, (by editor) 



Vagaries of an invalid (by the editor,) 92, 103, 120, 140 



139 

 97 

 110 

 113 

 114 

 118 

 140 

 156 



163 

 160 

 181 



30 

 31 



'13 



49 



79 



122 



4 

 21 

 35 

 42 

 50 

 51 

 59 

 61 

 65 

 106 

 85 

 97 

 98 

 104 

 109 

 111 



117 

 119 

 126 

 130 



143 

 150 

 151 

 167 

 169 



8 



10 

 U 



29 



69 

 71 

 150 

 87 

 88 

 90 

 105 

 114 

 132 

 134 

 144 

 164 



2 

 18 

 66 



10 



£0 

 33 

 50 

 147 



11 



It, 48, 55, 164 



15 



19 



28, 99 



37 



*; 



47 



7 

 19 

 45 



Visit lo Lindetnvotd, 

 Vermont catlle-shovvs, 



\V. 



Wives of farmers, as agricultural writers. 



Western railroad, transportation over in 1843, 



Winnipisseogee lake and its environs (by editor) 



Wonderlul cow. 



Wintering farm stock, 



Worceste^r county, Mass. (by editor) 



Wile worth having. 



Water of farms, '• 



Willis Gavlord, death of, 



Washington's farewell to his army. 



Wax for grafting. 



Wool, history and growth of, 



Wheat, prevention of disease in, 



Waste manures. 



Whipple J. address before M. C. Ag. Society, 



Wool trade, 



Worm or Potato Insect, 



Wheat, drilling of. 



117 

 164 



2 

 4 

 6 

 8 

 14 



26 

 68 

 70 

 71 

 73 

 SS 

 97 

 148 

 148 

 163 

 187 

 189 



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