INDEX 



TO THE SEVENTH VOLUMe' OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



A. B., his quere on engrafting grape vines, 34. 

 Abbot, Dr Abiel, extract from his letters, 339. 

 Abbot, John, his remarks on thei'ulton pear, 386. 

 Acorns, uses of. 37. 

 Address by William E. Richmond, extracts from, 36. 



by Joseph L TilKnghast, 108 — of Samuel Brack, 



172— by Myron flo-'ley, Esq. 260, 26S, 276, 284— by 

 George N. Brigg.-, Esq. 356, 364 — by Col. Picker- 

 ing 396, 404. 



A. E. on inifuoved breeds of cattle, 129 — on premiums 

 for stock, 129. 



Agricob, on the rheum palmalum, or pie plant, 11 — on 

 geology for schools, 214 — on broad wheels, 226. 



Agricultural Memoranda, 22 — Schools established in Eu- 

 rope, 2 10. 



Agricultural Society, Massachusetts, list of its officers, 6 — 

 rules and regulations of their cattle show, 94 — their 

 show at Brighton, 102, 110 — premiums granted by, 

 102 — Committees of, 103 — report of, on agricultural in- 

 ventions, 105 — on fat cattle, 106 — on agricultural ex- 

 periments, 106, 206 — on working oxen, 114 — onsheep, 

 114 — on cows and heifers, 122. 



,— of Essex, cattle show, &c. 86, 323— officers of,P9 



report of committee of, 249 — remarks on said report, 

 265 — extracts from a pamphlet by, 412. 



of Worcester, 98, 101— officers of, 333. 



of Middlese.x, 99. 



. of Cheshire, 101. 



of Hartford, 107. 



of Rockingham, N. H., 110. 



of Bristol county, Mass., 118, 338. 



of Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin, 124. 



of Rhode Island, 126, 309. 



-, of Merrimack county, N. H., 130,331. 



of Plymouth county, 140. 



of Washington, Penn., 147. 



of Philadelphia, officers of, 219. 



of Waldo, Me., 341. 



Agricultural Societies, Gov. Lincoln's remarks on, 211. 



Agricultural and geological surveys recommended, 222. 



Agricultural School, proposed at South Hadley, Mass., 

 366. 



Agriculture, advantages to be derived from, 54 — Flemish, 

 notices of, 57, 212 — in Nova Scotia, 148, 154 — article 

 on, by the Editor, 173, 185,-193— Board of, in North 

 Carofina, 219. 



Agriculturist, an, on the culture of silk, 237. 



Air, course of, how ascertained, 272. 



A. K., his remarks and queries on cultivating forest frees, 

 138. / 



Alcohol, quantity of, in different liquors, 403. 



Almanack, New England Farmer's, directions from, for 

 the month of May, 342. - 



Almonds, bitter, alleviate the evils of drunkenness, 40. 



Amateur, on the cultivation of plums, 22. 



Animals, domestic, changes in, when transported to Ameri- 

 ca, 237. 



Anthracite coal, formation of, 83. 



Apoplexy, classes of, 13 — blood letting recommended for, 

 58 — from white lead, 101. | 



Apples, on their preservation, uses, &c. 44 — notice of 

 large ones, 86 — of double ones. 111 — kept in grain, 236 

 — and pomace, as food for stock, 274 — different sorts of, 

 in possession of J. Buel, Esq., preserved in dry sand, 

 407. 



Apple Jelly, recipe for making, 45. 



Apple trees, query concerning, 273 — how treated by Da- 

 vid Gray, 412. 



Arable ground, in large lots, 91. 



Armistead, W. R., on engrafting grape vines, 329. 



Arrachaca, vain attempts to cultivate, 243. 



Asparagus, improved by irrigation, 127 — early specimens 

 of, 254 — on cultivating, in single rows, 406. 



Ashes, as manure, &c. 61. 



Ass, remarkable instance of instinct in, 48. 



B., his remedy against canker-worms, 12 — his query on 

 woodlands, 367— on gypsum, sources of moisture in 

 soils, &c. 221. 



Backlog, hollow iron, filled with water, 1S9; 



Bacon, how cured in Virginia, 251 — on preserving, 378. 



Baldness, remedy for, 171. 



Banking up houses, best mode of, 70. 



Bark-louse, or Coccus, remarks on, by Dr Harris, 289. 



Barley, Mr Parson's note on, 177 — Dr Bradford's remarks 

 on 177. 



Barley, pearl, a substitute for rice, 101. 



Barstow, John, his query respecting diseased sheep, 267, 



313 — on ruta baga, raised on new land, &c. 267. 

 Bartlett, L., on insects on fruit trees, ^c. 202. 

 Bathing, warm recommended, 37. 



Baylies, Alfred, his Aildress to the Bristol County Agri- 

 cultural Society, 325. 

 Beal, David, his cultivation of lucerne, 62. 

 Bean, great increase of, 234 — winter, notices of, 394, 395. 

 Beach tree, said never to be struck with lightning, 171 — 



uses of, 182. 

 Bee Miller, methods of destroying; 14, 45, 234. 

 Beer, excellent, how made, 407. 

 Beer barrels, floating lids recommended for, 104. 

 Bees, accident by, 58— preserved against insects by salt, 

 81— essay on, 114, 133, 141, 149— management of, 230 

 — Dr Thatcher's treatise on, 302 — remarks on, by Medi- 

 cus, 345— great increase of, 348 — procure pollen in 

 March, 361, 380— cruel custom of, 394. 



Beet, on its cultivation, 250, 261 — disease iq, 292 on 



making sugar from, 12, 285, 346, 362. 

 Bell, Benjamin, on the use of India rubber for pruning and 



grafting, 31.3. 

 Bene plant, uses of, 45. 

 Birch tree, notices of, 131. 

 Birds that destroy insects, 1 — how scared from garden 



crops, 119. 

 Birnie, C, on hedges, 53. 

 Bison, notices and inquiries concerning, 361. 

 Blackberries, alcohol procured from, 255 — cultivation of, 



recommended, 351. 

 Black-dying, remarks on, 132. 

 Blacking for leather, 380. 

 Bleaching flax, notice of a patent for, 247. 

 Bleeding at the nose, remedy for, 247. 

 Blight in fruit-trees, remarks on, 19. 

 Bones of soldiers at W'aterloo, uses made of, 141. 

 Borer in apple trees, how extirpated, 46, 354. 

 Boscavaine, on a horse's age, 35. 

 Botanic garden, at Cambridge, report on, 26. 

 Botts in horses, said to be cured by giving them unslack- 

 ed lime 23 — salt said to be a remedy for 74 — recipe 

 for, 299 — notice of, by Professor Eaton 324. 

 Boylston, J. L., Esq., great crops by 134 — on the culti- 

 vation of Indian corn, &c. 225 — tine stock raised by 

 401. 

 Bradford, Dr, his remarks on barley 177. 

 Brains, loss of not fatal 40. 

 Brakes, how destroyed 14. 



Bread, brown, remarks on making 379 — and milk, recom- 

 mended for children 64. 

 Breck, Samuel, E.sq., extracts from his address on the 



death of Judge Peters 172. 

 Briar, Mohawk, a remedy for sores 6. 

 Briggs, L. W. on different sorts of locust trees 81. 

 Broccoli, Cape, how raised in England 73. 

 Bronchotomy, operation of 141. 

 Brunswick, on cultivating silk in Maine 382. 

 Budding stone fruit 217. 



Buel, Jesse, Esq., on the horticulture of the U. S. 108 — 

 on fire blight in fruit trees 137, 169 — on forest and or- 

 namental treesl47, 234— on insects on fruit trees 169, 

 263 — on the uses of gypsum 188 — on forcing rhubarb 

 285 — on the propagation of fruits 305 — on the climate 

 of the United States compared with that of Great 

 Britain 316 — on planting timber, cultivation of sugar- 

 maple and live fences 324. 

 Bull, E. W., on a native grape 409. 



Burns, spirits of turpentine recommended for 58 — linseed 

 oil and lime-water, for 72 — dredging them with flour 

 131, 299— tar said to be a remedy for 224. 

 Burying grounds of a people 19 inches in length 16. 

 Butchers' meat, market for in Ghent, how kept clean 28. 

 Butter, by whom invented, and from what animals pro- 

 duced 3 — how preserved in Turkey 29 — how made in 

 winter 69, 222, 395— how purified when rancid, 71 — 

 premium for to Mr Boylston 109. 

 Buttons, manufacture of 161. 



C. his observations on haymaking, 1 — on staggers in 



Bwine, 1 — on the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 



278. 



Cabbage, preservation of, 155 — how obtained early, 341. 



Caledonian Horticultural Society, deputation of, their 



proceedings, 212. 

 Caldwell, J. A., his remarks on broad wheels, 274. 

 Calves, remarkably large, 37, 78, 82, 155, 327, 401, 410 

 — best mode of fattening, 181 — scouring in, 233. 



Canals and rail roads in the United States, 69 — in Ohio, 

 231. 



Cancer, recipes for, 5, 407. 



Candles, improvement in, 171, 181, 283. 



Canker worm, remarks on by Mr. Lowell, 2 — supposed 

 remedy for, 5 — tarring fruit trees to preserve against, 

 25 — on destroying by burning straw, Sic. 41 — Mr. 

 Houghton's remedy for, 94 — another by B., 129. 



Canine madness, remarks on, 292. 



Capiaumont pear, notices and cut of, 409. 



Capron, Joseph W., his queries on grass seeds, 350 — on 

 cultivating the quince tree, 361. 



Carol, James, on preserving Indian corn from the wee- 

 vil, 20.5. 



Carrots, juice of, used in making butter in winter, 23 — 

 on their cultivation, 347. 



Casks, foul and musty, how purified, 329. 



Castor oil, how made, 6, 291. 



Caterpillars, modes of destroying, 213, 230, 310,355,413. 



Catnip poultice, how made, and use of it. 



Cattle, improved breeds of, 129, 388, 389— premiums for, 

 remarks on, 129 — large and premiums for by J. H. 

 Boylston, Esq. 166 — North Devon recommended, 171 

 ---economy in feeding, 173,206 — horn ail in, how cured, 

 194, 234 — on changing from poor to fertile soils, 202 — 

 hoven or swoln, remedies for, 48, 510 — should have wa- 

 ter in their yards, 65 — query respecting frozen feet, 267 

 — remarks on stall feeding, 281 — queries respecting 

 food for, 293— on the loss of cud in, 337, 353— fine 

 imported into Bennington, Vt., 389 — valuable breeds 

 of, owned by J. Prince, Esq. 001. 



Cattle market, English, notices of, 100. 



Caution, his remarks on rural economy, 266. 



Cedars, transplanting of, 395 — recommended for hedges, 

 206. 



Charcoal dust, a top dressing of, for onions, &c. 354. 



Cheese, how preserved against mites, 59, 414 — how made 

 with seeds in Switzerland, 229, 238 — directions for 

 making, 358. 



Chesnut trees, notices of large ones, 36, 230 — on their 

 cultivation, 138 — bark useful in tanning, 83. 



Chiccory, on its extirpation, 33. 



Children, shoes for should be made large, 80 — should not 

 be rocked, 313. 



Chloride of lime, uses of, 402. 



Cider, on making, 4, 123, 182— best vessels for, 119— re- 

 marks on making, by a physician, 1^. 



Cider brandy, ruinous to farmers, 253. 



Cider mill grater, notice of, 63. 



Cinnamon, fields of, 80 — management of, 230 — raised in 

 France, 285. 



Circulation of sap in trees, remarks on 369. 



City and country, dependence of the former on the lat- 

 ter 253. 



Clergymen, industrious, notices of 366. 



Climate and silk, remarks on by J. M. G. 252. 



Climate of the Middle States, compared with that ol 

 Great Britain, by J. Buel, Esq. 316. 



Clover, green salted, quere concerning, 14 — flesh colored, 

 notice of 388. 



Coal gas, experiments in burning 344. 



Coal, Lehigh, dust of mixed with clay and burnt 218. 



Coal fire, how kindled 165. 



Coal mine, Worcester, notice of 59, 151. 



Cochineal introduced into Spain 49. 



Cocks singing, notice of S3. 



Cockroaches, how to destroy 3, 6, 21. 



Coflte, how first obtained in the West Indies, 24 — no- 

 tices of, 182. 

 Coffin, R. A., queries proposed by, 329. 

 Colds, on the prevention of, 86. 

 Combustion of the human body, SO. 

 Cookery, domestic, spirituous liquors should not be used 



in, 181. 

 Cordage, new material for, 383. 

 Corn husks for beds, 127— for making paper, 293. 

 Corns in horses' feet, remarks on, 340. 

 Correspondent, a new, on disease in fruit trees, 153. 

 Cottages, English, notices of, 5. 

 Cotton raised in Salem, Mass., 109. 



Cowing, Cornelius, his cultivation of turnip rooted cab- 

 bage, 62. 

 Cows, to prevent their contracting bad habits, 30 — on 

 their going dry too soon, 31 — how they should be kept, 

 31 — useful in teams, 38 — good food for, 54 — marks of a 

 good one, 56 — on the management of, 162, 176 — more 



