INDEX 



111 



Harvesting corn, experiment in, 156 



Health, 208 



Hens, success in raising, 67 



Hints to tlie working cliisses, 155 



Hints fur December, 172 



Hill's Got. of N Hampshire, address, 212 



Horticultural Society, 6, 14, 22, 30, 3d, 46, 54, 62, 70, 

 78, S-6, 90, 102, 105, 110, 118, 126, 134, 140, 158, 178, 

 332. 358 



Hocrs,59, 141,195,381 



Horses, 96,97, 154, 179 



Horse riding, 107 



Home, 155 



Honest cordwainer, 184 



Hogs and Manure, 194 



How,Joseph, to the Committee of the Massachusetts Ag- 

 ricultural Society on Fauns, 153 



Husbandman, 89 



Husbandmen, importance of educating them, 163 



Husking Party, 192 



Hydrophobia, recovery from, 85 



Hydrophobia, cuie of, 19 



Hymns sung at liie IMechanics Fair, 90 



Ichabod Slack, 196 



Imports of Grain, 7 



Indian Corn, 3 



Insects on Vme9,to destroy, 26 



Indian Corn, 36, 61, 376 



Indian Corn, a new variety from Mexico, 69 



Insects on Wheat, 77, 146, 158 



Indian Wheat, 154,2-38,358 



Infirmary, of Diseases of the Lungs, 160 



Indian Traditions, 200 



Insectivorous Birds, 408 



Improvements on Husbandry, 195 



Islander's Lament, 200 



Jelly of Currants, &c. 11 



Late Crops, 2 



Laundry at Newton, 22 



Large Productions, 1.59 



Lawton Joshua, to the Trustees of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Society, 268 



Leached Ashes, 140 



Let us Live while we Live, 182 " 



Lightnin;;, 11, 40 



Lime on Potatoes, 58 



Lime on Wheat, use of, 126, 134 



Lime, 148, 210 



Lime, advantages of, 188 



Liquid Manure, 203 



Lowell John, Report of State of Season, 374 



Manure Farm Yard, 3 



Marl, 7,76 



Marine Silk, 19 



Manure (lom Privies, 36 



Maine, Agricullurfil Pro.^pects of, 41 



Martineau Miss, 48 



Manure, 60,76,84, 117, 181, 190, 194,203, 307,348,390, 

 398, 414 



Maine Farmers, More for the, 60 



Mans E.vislence, 80 



Massacre of the Bradleys, 80 



Mansfield Corn, 88 



Matrimonial Currency, 88- 



Mastodon, Remains of, 88 



Mangel Wutlzel, 101, 153 



Mangel Wurlzel, leuvesol, 85 



Mariners Mountain Simg, 112 



Mammoth Productions, 125 



Mammoth Squash. 93 



Massachusetts Agri'-uliural Society's Reports, 325, 334 



Manning's Book of Fruits, Notice of, 310 



Madder Roots for planting, 379 



Massaehus^'tts Agricultural Society, announcement of 

 Premiums, 244 



Merrimac County Agricultural Society, 33, 212 



Mechanic Association, 42, 94 



Mechanics and Workmen, hints lo, 02 



Meteoric Stone, 74 



Meadow Hay, making of, 85 



Meadows, 97 



Memento Mori, 3.55 



Milch Cows, soiling of. 34 



Middlesex Cattle Show, 81, 121 



Milk Strainers, 115 



Migration of Birds, 169 



Money, S 



Mowinff Machine, Wilson's, 35, 90 



Mountain Ho ne, 104 



Morus Multicaulis Seed, 143; Preserving of, 150 



Morrill E. T , communication on Wheat, '235 



Multicaulis Tree, 35 53 



Mulberry Trees, 96, 195, 234 



Mulberry Facts, 308 



Mulberry Brussa, 395 



Naturalization Law, 144. 



Natural Curiosity, 136. 



New Year, 202, 206. 



New System of Agriculture, &o. 217. 



New York Agriculture, 286. 



Neat Cattle report on by W. A. S. North, 207. 



Norwegian Farmers, 24. 



Noisy Curs, 112. 



Notice to Patrons 206. 



North American Antiquities. 410. 



Nutritive Qualities of Vegetable Esculents, 409. 



Nurseries in the Vicinity of Boston, '282. 



Oats Berkshire crops of, 325. 



Ode to May, 376. 



Officers of Hort. Society, 118 



Old ways and New, 296. 



Opium, Elixir of 2. 



Organs of Taste, 364. 



Ox Olympus, 115. 182. 



Oxen, 180. 



Patent Office, Reorganization of 40. 



Packing Plants in Sawdust, 44. 



Patrons°of theN. E. Farmer, 206. 



Parsnips, 306. 



Pauper Statistics of iMass. 267. 



Perkins Ste.im Gun, 5. 



Pea Straw, 31. 



Penobscot Cattle Show, 102. 



Peach Trees, 126, 133. 



Peat, 134, ISO. 



Petersham Cattle Show, 139. 



Pennsylvania Improvements, 218. 



Peat Earth and Peal Ashe-<, 226. 



Perrine's Dr H. Memorial, 358- 



Pig Weeds, 21. 



Pine Lands 106. 



Pitlsfield Cattle Show, 172 



Ploutrh Cline's combined, 34. 



Plou|h, Side Hill 113. 



Ploughing Wheat, 115. 



Plaster of Paris, 116. 



Plough, a Song, 12S. 



Plymouth Cattle Show, 137, 190, 



Planting Trees, 172. 



Plymouth Co. Ag. So. 361. 



Plough, Black Heath 389. 



Planting Corn (by W. B ) 406. 



Poudrette, Franch Mode of Preparation, 1", 



Pond Mud, 19. 



Poudrette, 43, 373. 



Potatoes, Lime on 58. 



Poultry, Raisinsr of, 67, 68, 69. 



Pork Making, 84. 



Pot.itoes. experiment wilh 123. > 



PoisimOak, 129 



Potatoes, Measuring of 154. 



Population and Cultivation, 402. 



Potato Onions, Cultuie of 261. 



Premium for latlening Swine, 99 



Pruning Orchards, 108 



Preservation Powers of Cold and Animal food, 190. 



Premiums, Hort. S.. 332. 



" Agricultural So, 337.345. 



" Plymouth Co. Ag So. 361. 



Premiums on Silk and Beet Sugar, 389. 



Prince, J. Jr. tlsq. Statements of Premiums &c. 349. 



Products and profits of Land iS^^c. 381. 



Prognostics of the Weather, 404. 



Premiums of Ag. So. 244. 



Premium (Jarrotcrop, 261. 



Premium Vegetable crops, 268. 



Progress of Horticulture in America, 29*2. 



Pruning Forest Trees and Ornamental Shrubs, 285, 



Prince. William, Letter on the Mulberry, 300. 



Product of one and a half acres, 301. 



Punctuality, 3. 



Quercitron Bark, 158 



Raspberry, Mason's new one 25. 



Rasping Machine, 45. 



Receipts for making Pork Pie, 28 ; White Walnut Pick- 

 les, 28; Veal and Lamb Pie, 28; to preserve Parsley, 

 28; for making Rusk and Dough nuts, 28; Potato 

 Starch Bread, 39; f.r Destroying Bed Bugs, 38; to 

 prevent Fleas, 38 ; for fattening Swine, 38 ; Cure for 

 the effi^cis of Arsenic, 40 ; (or cheap Bioth, .50; for 

 Potato fritters. 50; Minute Pudding, ,50; Virginia 

 Johnny Cake, 50; Raspberry and Strawberry Jelly, 50; 



Ginger Beer, 50 ; to cure the Disentery, 50; Makin," 

 I'read, 50; for cooking Tomatoes, 53; Preserving 

 I Pumpkins, 76, 82; Making Cakes, 88; for Boiling 

 Ham, 107; for Scours in Horses, 124: Preserving 

 I Roots, 124 ; Making liquid Opodeldoc, 124; to re- 

 1 move swellings on Horses, 124; to make boots light. 

 133; lor the Scouring ill calves. 139; for a White wash, 

 142; lo destroy Insects 142; to destroy the Hessian 

 Fly, 150; to preserve Pumpkins, 171; Purifying wat- 

 er, 366 ; for the Catarrh, 366. 

 I Reaping Machine, 45. 

 i Remarkable Preservations, 72. 

 ! Report on Farms, 337. 

 ' Report of Wm, Grey on Farm School, 242. 

 I Report of J. T. Buckingham ou the subject of granting 

 I a bounty on Wheat, 245. 



i Repoit of the Trustees i)f the Mass. So. for promoting 

 1 Agriculture, 252. 



Report of Commissioners of Patents, extracts from 260. 



Report by J. Buel at the N. Y. Agr. Convention, 289. . 



Report by W. A. North of Schenectady on Neat Cattle, 

 297. 



Report of Committee of Agriculture in Congress, 298. 



Ring Bone, 331. 



Rhubarb, Pond's, 14, 



Rot in sheep, 43. 



Roots, 75. 



Rotationof Crops, 93, 147, 180. 



Root Crops, Cultivation of 315. 



Rohan Potato, 243. 



Rust in Iron, 80. 



Rust in Wheat, 1.50. 



Rural Embellishments, 350. 



Ruta Bag I, Cultivation of 267, 



Rye Two headed, 43, 



Rye, 44. 



Rye, Cultivation of 402, 



Rye and Wheat from the Commissioner's Report, 393 



Sawdust for Packing Plants, 44. 



Salt and Watei to quench 'Phirst, 109. 



Small Pox among the Indians, 240. 



Sayers' Book on Flowers, notice of, 310, 



Saturday Night, 64. 



Speculations, 42. 



September, Hints for, 84. 



Sentry Cats, 13. 



Seeds of Plants, 14. 



Seeds, Vitality of*, 29 



Season of Flowers, 48. 



Seed Corn, 67, 7S, 150, 158. 



Seed Wheat, 73, 124. 



Science, 89. 



Seed, Necessity of changing, 1"29. 



Sea.<ons, 176. 



Seasim, State of, by John Lowell, 374. 



Sheeii Washing, 44. 



Sheep Husbandry, 293. 



Shaker Barn, 189. 



Sheep, Management of, 17, 219, 



Shepaidia, 73 



Sheep, Diseases of, 177. 



Silk VVinding, New process, 3. 



Silk Worms, Mr Clark's directions, 13. 



Silk Culture, 363, 326, 309, 37. 



Silk Worms, native, 49. 



Silk Grower, Results of a,' 59. 



Side Hill Plough, 113. 



Silk, James Walker's letter on, 5. 



Silk Culture in a Nutshell, 60 



Silk Culture, 171. 



Silk Culture in Massachusetts, Early History of, 30D. 



Soil, 233. 



Song at Charitable Mechanic Association, 136. 



Smul on Wheat, 20, 36, 157. 



Smelting Iron, 149. 



Spring Wheat, 329, 321, 85, 77, 42. 



Spring Work, 310. 



Spruce Trees, Insects on, 14. 



Spring Wheat and Baden Corn, 61. 



Squirrels, 32. 



Straw Cutting Machine, 34. 



Strawberries, 102 



Steam Packet Home, loss of, 126. 

 Slaughtering Calves, 373. 



Stebbins, Dr 1)., to the Congressional Committee on 



.Agriculture, 385 

 Summer Fallows, 100. 

 Subterranean Bees, 147. 

 Sun Flower, 202. 

 Subsoil Plough, 379. 

 Sug ir Beet, James Walker's Letter on 5 



