iSrain worm, remedy, tkunk, 301 

 , \Grub9, peach tree, 44 

 Gypsum un acid soils, 245 



H. 



Ham9, preserve, 373 

 iHarria, T. W., on wheat insects, 300— Plum Tree Grub, 

 405 

 Hariison, President, death of, 326 



Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin Agricultural So- 

 ciety, 124 

 Hartwell, J. M., un borer, 53 — birds, 69 

 " blind staggers, 349 

 '•• corn, 234 

 Hartford County Agricultural Society, 165 

 Hawks, 48 



Hayes', (Judge) farm, 52, 8d4 

 Hay seed among corn, 222 



" quantity of, 301 

 Hay making in France, 3 

 Hay and fodder, 409 

 Hay making, 40G 

 Hawthorn Hodges, 394 

 Hedges, uimming, 22, 42, 395 

 Henery, 98 

 yHessian Fly, Miss Morris, 236 

 Hints, useful, 171 

 Hired men, treatment of, 342 

 Hogs, 270, 349, 356— pens, 306 



" staggers in, 349 

 Hollow-horn, 29, 59 

 Home pleasant, 211 

 Horses, rearing, 259 

 " feeding of, 44 

 " Arab, powers of, CI 

 " best age of, 131 

 " colic in, 211 

 " dockingof, 229, 412 

 ** spavins in, 243 

 " hoof ail in, 343 

 " good, S. Jaques, 277 

 Hoof ail. cause and cure, 309 

 Hot air furnace, 219 

 " beds, 213 

 Horticulture, 4G 

 Horticultural Society, present to Mr Vose, 219 



" " annual report, 113, 



How, J., on Turnips, 353 

 Huntington's address, 257, 2C6, 302 

 Humus, origin and action, 396 

 Husbandry, good, Mr Drew, 44 

 " principles of, 51 



" European, 84 



I. 

 Important discovery, 410 

 Improvement of stock, 331 

 Improved short-horns, origin of, 281 

 Incubation, artificial, 93 

 Intemperance, 288, 315 

 Irrigation, 402 



Jackson, C. T., Report on R. Island, 57, 65, 70 

 Jaques, S., points of a good horse, 277— remarks upon, 



byC. M.VV., 333 

 Jewelt, S. W., cutting timber, 13 

 Jokes, &c., 24 



K. 



Kennedy, T F., statement on subsoil plowing, 33 

 Kenrick, Wm , silk culture, 4 



Labor procurable, Farm School, 33 



" saving implements, 323 

 Laboring classes, 78 

 Language, science of usi-ful, 107 



** (if animals, 232 



Lake, bottomless, 96 



Large and small farms, 147, 196, 221, 226 

 Lathrop's Paoli, statement, 267 

 Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry, 198 

 Legislative aid to Agriculture, 299 

 LeiDig's Chemistry, 281 , 294, 334, 338, 363 

 Leisure days, 398 

 Legare, J. D., 14 

 Lettuce, preparation of, 14 

 L'F.tang lime, 381 ) 



Letter to T. G. Fessenden, 366 

 Lime, 83, 285 



Lightening conductors, 345, 350 

 Lucerne, 'M, 108, 310 



M. 



Manures, green, 50 



" pig, for fruit trees, 57 



'* salt and lime, 83 



" compost, 90 



" calc:irious, 331 



" niirate of soda, 94, 321 



" saving, 374 



" experiments, A. Nichols, 87,91,93,99,185, 

 213,321,337,379 

 Manuring, 347 



Managementof cows after calving, '340, 353, 380, 387,402 

 Mail, 242 



Marsh, salt, improved, 266, 277 



Mass. Horticuluiral Society Reports, 14, 23, 30, 38,46,54, 

 62,70,86, 94, lOB, 110, 123, 130, 134, 164, 175, 191, 

 195, 206, 215, 219, 245, '294, 358, 390, 398, 406,414 

 Massachusetti Charitable Meclianic Association, 293 



'* Society for promotion of Agricultural 



premiums, 21 

 '* Society premium Hat for 1841, 314 



Meadows reclaimed, 58, 108,260, 277 

 Measures, the dimensions of, 355 

 Merrimac county crops, 60 

 Merrill, James, letter, 237 

 Mildew on vines, remedy for, 27 

 Middlesex Cattle show, 132, 140 

 Mites in cheese, 45 

 Milking, 90, 109 

 Milk extraordinary, 299, 406 

 Milking, 414 

 Mixing of plants, 24 

 Mixture of soils, 389 

 Moore, Abel, statement, 260 

 Muck, 318 



N. 

 National Agricultural Society Circular, 402 

 National Agricullural Society, 334 



" museum of Agriculture, 191 

 New Haven, exhibition at, 110, 153, 162, 169 

 Night soil, preparation of, 397 

 Nitrate of Soda, 321 



Nichols, A., on analysis of soils, 290, 294 

 Nurseries, Winsliips', 92 



O. 



Occupations, 218 



Ochra, 179 



Old limes in gardening, 178 



Oliver, H. K., bees, 45 



Opinions of a correspondent, 330 



Operation of Bronchotomy, 332 



Orchard, grass, 180 



" " cultivation of, 298 



" " afTectcd by grain, 348 



Organic matters in soils, 236 

 Oxen, mercy to, 42, 182 



Paint, oil, not boiled, 61 



Pauperism, 120 



Peach tree, preservation of, 13, 44, 235, 261, 333, 306 



4." " worm, 395 



Pears, 139, 192 



*' trees, ancient, 131 

 Peat meadows, 277 

 Perry, G. B , on Apples, 3.58 

 Perrine, Henry, death of, 78 

 Peters, L., on Cows, 380 

 Phinney's, E., farm, 50 — hogs, 270 

 Physical degeneracy, 412 

 Pine in Gascony, 282 



Plants, valuable, recent introduction of, 58 

 Plows, trial of, 125, 142, 146, 150, l.">8 

 " premiums on, 93 

 " Howard's, 270 

 Plowing, 85 

 Plum Tree Grub, 405 

 Plugging fiiiit trees, 2 



Plymouth County Agricultural Society, 181 

 Poinsett's, J. R., Address, 339 

 Popular folly, 408 

 Pork, making of, 197,209, 220 

 Portraits of animals, 289 

 Potato, (is it a mot.' 273) 329 — early, 14 



" harvesting of, 50 



" planting, 189, 251 



" boiling, 189 



'* blossoms taken off, 346 



" how best to cultivate, 350 

 Poudroite, 180, 196, 198, 265,264, 372— Boston, 398 



Poultry, efFecls of warmth upon, 75 



Prince, John, fancy farmers, 13 



Proctor, J. W., Dennis' troughs, 53, 205 



Pruning, 379 



Preserves, 89 



Producing classes, 2'.!5 



Poetry, New England, 56— Tillage, 112— Bob Hecter 

 and his Wife, 256 — Tlie old Farm Gate, 256— Remem- 

 ber the Poor, 296— The press, 304— A Father to his 

 Children, 336- The weather, 342— The Departed, 344 

 — May Snow Storm, 358 — Dirge, 368 — Home in the 

 Skies, 400— Sow thy Seed, 408 — A Mother's Even- 

 ing Thoughts 416 



a. 



Qualities of food, 240 



Quince bushes, 86 



R. 



Rain in May, June and July, 45 



Read, Z., statement of, 277 



Recipes, Eggs, preserved, 13 — Bacon, 42 — Scab in 

 Sheep, 44 — Mites in Cheese, 45 — Dysentery in horses, 

 51 — Sores and galls in horses, 58— Horn distemper, 59 

 — Wounds, .59 — Making bread, 59 — Vinegar making, 

 67 — Mutton broth, 74 — Against mice, 75 — preserves, 

 89— Moths, 92— Hams, 117— Cholic in horses, 211— 

 Hogs and Sheep, 211 — Rat stopping, 221 — Rattle- 

 snake's bite cured, 227. — Blind staggers in sheep, 235 

 —Spavins, 243— Hoof ail, 243— Choaking 259— pois- 

 oned lambs, bots, hic-up, 274 — to color Madder red, 

 293— Potato Pudding, 299— burns, 357 



Renovation of exhausted lands, 372 



Reports on farms, 2.^8 



Report on Dr Nichols' proposition, 294 



" on expeiiment with artificial manures, 97 



Rhode Island Agricultural Society, 57, 65, 107, 316 



" " premiums for 1841, 324 



Robbins, P. G., canker worms, 2.5 



Rohans, 227 



Rollers, value of, 52 

 " town, 317 



Root culture, 306 



Roots, 32(1, 340 



Rose Slug, how to destroy the, 410 



Rose bush insects, 107 



Rotation of crops, 157 



Rural Education, 26, 36 



Ruta liaga, 77, 228, 284, 307, 315, 323, 353, 387 



Rye and Barley, 410 



S. 



Salt and lime, 83, 387 



Saltpetre in meat, 11 



Salt lur animals, 133 



Salt, common, as a manure, 354 



Salt maish, 277 



Salmagundi, or Odds and Ends, 413 



Salisbury, William, statement of, 275 



Save your salt hay, 405 



Sea bottom, 256 



Sea weed, 202 



Secretion of milk, 299 



Seed sower, 326 



Seeding, 132 



Seeds, gathering of, 45, 284 

 " vitality of, 45 

 " forwarding, 41 

 " sprouting, 301 



Sheep, agra of, for mutton, 67 

 " education of, 302 

 " scab in, 44, 100 

 " protection of, 133 

 '* ilifferent breeds of, 149 



.*hort Horns and Herefords, 186 



Signs, 250 



Sick, animals, treatment of, 105 



Silk Culture, William Kenrick on, 4 

 " " Field, J , 20, 160 



" " Gannett, 211 



" " D. Benedict, 250 



" " discovery in, 354 



" growers, 194,228, 250 



Slug, rose bush, 94, 410 



§mut, preventatives of, 83 



Sows, age of, as breeders, 226 



Sow thy seed, 408 



Skunk, value of, 347, 357, 381 



Skunkiana, 413 



Speculation, 403 



Spring work, 310, 318 



Strawberries, premium, 51 



Soap, 379 



