INDEX 



TO THE TWELFTH VOLUME OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



A. on raising good crops of Wheat and Indian Corn, 2; 

 on the utility of Gypsum for Manure, L60; on the 

 practical effect of seasonable fanning. 147; on the arts 

 of managing Sheep, 402; on destroying the Canada 

 Thistle. 41*° 



Acclimation of Fruits. 331. 



Adansonia Digitata. the largest tree in the world. 180. 



Address to the Bridgewater Agricultural Society, by 

 Rev. J. Richardson. 153 ; to the Worcester Agricul- i 

 tural Society, by the lion. Judge Strong. 201. 309; 

 to the Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden Agricul- 

 tural Society, by Henry Colman, 228, 233, 241 ; to the 

 Mass. Horticultural Society, by Alexander H. Everett, 

 252, 257. 265 ; to the Berkshire Horticultural Society, 

 by Samuel W. Bush. 281,289 ; to the New York State 

 Agricultural Society, by J. Buel, S05, 313; to the 

 Essex Agricultural Society, by Jeremiah Spofford, 

 321,829. 



Aerial Plants, notices of. 399. 



Agricola, on the proper time to sow Gypsum, 52 ; on I 

 "improved breeds of hogs, 105 ; on winter ploughing, 

 170. 



Agricultural implements, remarks on, 174, 213. 



Agricultural School in Rhode Island, 140. 



Agricultural Society, Hampshire, Franklin and Hamp- 

 den, officers of. 338; of Worcester, officers of. 333. 



Agriculture, Prejudices relating to, 20 ; exact and ex- 

 perimental recommended, 30; pleasures of, 100; re- 

 marks on the science of, 285, 292; remarks on, from 

 the Boston Courier, 377 ; requires a greater variety of 

 knowledge' than any other art, 389 ; improvement in. 

 404. 



Agricultural Terms, explanation of 300. 397, 420. 



Otural Societv. Massachusetts, officers of, 422. 



Allen. Rev. M.. his speech in Mass. legislature, in favor 

 of reviving the act for the encouragement of Agricul- 

 ture. 397.^ 



Alternate Husbandry, remarks on, 367. 



American Farmer's Library, proposals for publishing, 27G. 



American Institute, premiums awarded by, 126. 



A. N. on the uses of Pomace, 170. 



Animal, a strange, notice of, 00. 



Animal friendship, L87. 



Animals, on improving the breeds of,*S00. 



Antiquarians, a moral for, 138. 



Antiquities of South America. 424. 



Anti-tobacco Society in Haverhill. 54. 



Ants, Chasseur, and their prey. 102.' 



Anvil, an invention for diminishing the noise by beating 

 on. 45. 



Apple butter, how made. 157. 



Apple and Cabbage seed, peculiarities concerning. 149. 



Apples, large, 82, 111,144; great yield of, 181 ; bitter 

 rot in. 207. 



Apple of Peru, children poisoned by, 77. 



Apples, food for farm stock, 78, 03, 130, 301 ; sour, for 

 swine, 203 ; large, 03 ; on preserving through winter, 

 101. 



Apple trees, on raising from seeds, cross fertilization 

 of &c., 35; a very large and productive, 158; revived 

 by a wash of quick lime, 230; insects on, how destroy- 

 ed, 41-. 



Archer, Robert, his mode of cultivating lucerne, 244. 



Ardent spirits, traffic in, wrong. 125. 133; may be used 

 to destroy rats, crows, and bears, 200. 



Armory, farmer's, 326. 



Aroma of flowers, plants, &c. protect against insects, 10. 



Artichoke, the uses of. 188. 



Ashes, applied to pear trees, 110; their value as manure, 

 3:S4, 300. 



Asthma, remedy for. 399. 



Asparagus, on its culture, 348 ; forced by hot water in 

 four days, 411. 



Astronomical. 352. 



August 1833, remarkably cool. 63. 



Authorship, periodical, injurious to health. 240. 



Awakening suddenly, injurious to children, 347. 



B his remarks on the failure of wheat crops in New- 

 England, 1 ; his hints to farmers, 2; on the wheat fly, 

 100 ; on fattening hogs on apple pie, 172 ; on the man- 

 agement of horses while travelling, 386. 



Bacon, how preserved from skippers, Sec., 131, 405. 



Barley, on the cultivation of, 207 ; and hops by Judge 

 Buel, 307. 



Barnitz, C. A., notice of his breed of hogs, 84. 



Baths, hot, for the legs, utility of, 112. 



Bayberry, or candle-berry tree, 123, 187; bark of the 

 root of, useful in dying, 149. 



Bean, the garden, Cobbett's mode of procuring double 

 crops of, 200. 



Beach trees, proof against the electric fluid, 59. 



Bee house, invented by Mr. Eben Wilson, 84. 



Bees, remarks on keeping in a garret, 33, 84, 259 ; on 

 preserving fruits from, 38 ; curious fact in the econo- 

 my of, 53; a parasite found on, 140; preserved in a 

 dark cellar, 325 ; maybe made tame, 389 ; improved 

 management of, 413. 



Beets, large, 112, 134, 150 ; on making sugar from, 157, 

 244, 396; patch of, how cultivated, 166. 



Bennet, Nathl. S. on preserving fruit trees from mice, 395. 



Bird killing, combination against in Pennsylvania, 316. 



Birds, number of. kinds of, 326; advantages derived 

 from. 372. 384, 407. 



Blackmer, Jirah, large crop of wheat raised'by, 325. 



Black tongue in horses, sweet oil a remedy for, 245 ; in 

 cattle, 253; see farther under the heads Recipes, Cat- 

 tle, Horses. 



Bleeding cattle, &c., in the spring recommended, 373. 



Blowing glass, an implement for. 187. 



Blvdenburgh, Samuel, on the growth and manufacture 

 bf flax, &c, 361. 



Bog. a house found in, 416. 



Books, preserved from mould and damp by perfumed oil, 

 260; good properties of. 285. 



Bone manure, notices of, 358. 



Boot, J. W. his donation of seeds to the Mass. Hor. Soc, 

 315. 



Borders in which fruit trees grow should not be cropped, 

 204. 



Botts in horses, remedies for, 170, 334. 



Boys' Asylum and Farm School, notice of, 357. 



Breadmaking. remarks on, 21. 334. 



Breeds of domestic animals, Bakewell's, 206. 



Bremen geese, 194. 



Brickniaking, improvements in, 91. 



Bridges, A. on destroying caterpillars, 419. 



Brighton Market, review of, 204. 



Brimstone for cattle, 402. 



Brooks' patent silk spinner, 30, 148 ; cut of, 377. 



Broom corn, cultivated extensively in Hadley, Ms., 83. 



Buel, Matthew Jr., on unfermented manure, 332. 



Buel, J. on the culture of turnips, 180 ; his address to 

 the New York State Agricultural Society, 305, 313 ; 

 his lecture before the Young Men's Association of Al- 

 bany. 353 ; his hints on pruning. 412. 



Button, mode by which he accustomed himself to rise 

 early, 250. 



Buildings, painting of. receipt for, 169. 



Bulbs, remarks on forcing, 52. 



Bull, asplendid. 67. 



Burning clay, for correcting the soil for gardens, &c, 

 105. 100. ' 



Burning springs, notice of, 45. 



Burying alive, instances of, 416. 



Bush. Samuel W. his address to the Berkshire. Horticul- 

 tural Society, 281, 239: 



Bushes, how destroyed, 334. 



Butchers, extraordinary day's work performed by, 139. 



Butter, on making, 10; how made irr winter by Hector 

 Coffin, 20 ; salt, how made fresh, 120 ; official state- 

 ment of an exhibition of, 171 ; on making in winter, 

 100. 220, 308 ; rancid, made sweet by churning with 

 sweet fresh milk, 283. 



Button cloth, manufactured near Northampton, 112. 



Cabbages, Savoy, notices of, 402. • 



CaiTers of Southern Africa, 352. 



Calf, a large, 247. 



Calves, notice of a disease in, and its remedy, 52; on the 

 rearing of, 315. 



Canada cotton, notices of, 81. 



Canada thistles, on destroying, 14, 18, 92, 139, 274, 308, 

 364, 418. 



Cancer, alum recommended as a remedy for, 139. 



Canker worms, remedies against, 22, 156, 308, 410. 



Capers, how made, 173. 



Capital requisite for farming, 34G. 



Carrots for live stock, 362. 



Carolus, on the cultivation of turnips, 10. 



Carter, William, Iris cultivation of premium crops, 243. 



Castor oil for lamps, 206. 



Caterpillars, remarks on by Wm. Howe, 110; modes of 

 destroying, 316, 363, 371, 379, 419, 423. 



Cattle, fine, raised by A. Morse, 61 ; food for fatting, 

 134 ; remarks on by Mr. Marshall, 171 ; improved 

 breeds of, 180 ; increase to human sustenance by, 253 ; 

 on preparing food for, 270 ; to remove vermin from, 

 273 ; cause and cure of bloody murrain in, 273 ; im- 

 proved breeds of, 300. 



Cattle and horses, a disease in, 53. 



Cattle market, on attempting the establishment of one at 

 Cambridge, 234 



Cattle shows, premium crops, &c, at Pawtuxet, 75, 79. 

 103 ; at Worcester, 81, 116, 117, 137, 133 ; at Kenne- 

 bec county. Maine, 91 ; at Brighton, Mass., 97, 102, 

 113, 114, 118, 131, 210, 235, 236, 243, 253; toasts 

 drank at, 126 ; at Concord, Mass., 98, 185, 324 ; of Es- 

 sex county, at New Rowley, 100 ; of Bristol county, 

 102, 370 ; of Plymouth county, 109 ; of Berkshire 

 county, 145 ; of Franklin county, 132. 



Cattle yard, how constructed, 158. 



Cement, a new, 21 ; a tire proof, 61 ; for stoves, 155. 



Cemetery, a magnificent commenced in England, 377. 



Chaise, patent spring, 01. 



Chapped hands, remedy for, 158. 



Chapman, William, on the use of lime in agriculture, 76. 



Charcoal to preserve vessels, meat, Sua., 220 ; danger of 

 burning in close 'apartments, 237 ; dust of, useful in 

 raising crops of onions, &c, 278. 



Cheese and butter, official statement of an exhibition of, 

 171. 



Cheese making, G, 124, 139. 



Chemistry in the kitchen, 267. 



Cherries, second growth of, 136. 



Cherry and peach stones should be more generally pre- 

 served and planted, 112. 



Chesnut orchards recommended, 179. 



Chess, 231. 



Chilblains, remedy for, 214. 



Chinese mulberry, 211,212, 226. 



Chloride of soda, cure for a burn, 83. 



Chloride of lime in pulmonary complaints, 33. 



Cholera at Lexington, Ky., notice of its ravages, 3 ; at 

 Frankfort, Ky., 14 ; among chickens, cured by spirits 

 of camphor, 15 ; progress of in the Western States, 

 and remedies for, 29 ; remarks on byjDr. Waterhouse, 

 68 ; great number of deaths by, 213. 



Chrysanthemum, Indian, notices of by John Lewis 

 Russel, 14r. 



Churning, jerformed by dogs, 304. 



Cicada or locust, remarks on by Augustus A. Gould, 417. 



Cider, premiums on, 301. 



Claggett, W. his remarks on manures, 266 ; on sowing 

 grass seeds, 307. 



Clarke, Anna L. statement relative to the manufacture of 

 silk, 90. 



Clarke, Wm. Jun. on ploughing and recruiting grass 

 land. 345. 



Clay, Hon. Mr. notice of his visit to Col. Jaques' farm, 

 134 ; handsome present to, 167. 



Cleanliness and health, 393. 



Cloak, gum elastic, 77. 



Close of the twelfth volume, observations on, 422. 



Clothes catching fire, 316. 



Clover, a new kind, (trifolium incarnatum) Mr. Lowell's 

 notices of, 161 ; on the culture of, 405. 



Clover hay, remarks on curing. 410. 



Clover and timothy hay for stock recommended, 24. 



Clover seed, great yield of, 310; should not be kept in 

 oak casks, 414. 



Clover and wheat, remarks on, 349. 



Coal mines of Pennsylvania, notice of, 264. 



Cobb, J. H. on the Chinese Mulberry, 212. 



Codding, W. T. his notices of farming operations, 164. 



Coffin, Hector, on making butter, &c., 20. 



Colman Henry, recommends exact and experimental ag- 

 riculture, 36 ; on the quantity of Indian corn raised 



