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INDEX. 



on an acre by different persons. 140 ; his address to 

 the Hampshire. Franklin and Hampden Agricultural 

 Society, 228, 233,241. £ 



Colts, on breaking'. 113, 178. 



Combustion, spontaneous, of drunkawls, 373. 



Composts, how made, 374. 



Consumption, horehound and milk recommended for, 

 93; caution to females concerning, 163, 254. 



Convicts, a remarkable *f act concerning, 103. 



Cork mattress, Knapp's. notice of, 61. 



Corn race for a thousand dollars. 169. 



Corn, salting of to prevent its becoming musty, 140. 



Corn and oats, early crops of. 51. 



Corn soup, recipe for making, 77. 



Corns, recipes for curing. 45. 69. 



Cornucopia, on selecting seed corn, 1G4 . 



Corn planter, on cultivating Indian corn, 404. 



Cottage, the felicity of. 83. 



Cotton manufactures, improvements in, 5, 17. 



Couch or quitch grass, best mode of destroying, 77. 



Cough, a prescription fur. 77. 



Cow that produced six pairs of twins, 45 ; domesticated, 

 237. 



Cows and milch heifers, report on by a Committee of the 

 Essex Agricultural Society,!); remarks on the man- 

 agement of, ltili ; winter feeding for, 106 ; profits de- 

 rived from. 408. 



Cream from milk, new method of obt lining, 12. 



Credit system, remarks on, 336. 



Crocodile birds, 389. 



Crops, failure of, in Canada, 118. 



Croup, a recipe for, 77 ; another, 3i 



Crows hatched under hens in New/Hampshire, 97 ; the 

 utility of destroying them doubtou, 973 ; debate on in 

 the Massachusetts Legislature, 280. 



Cucumbers, recipes for pickling, 70, 81 ; how cultivated, 

 286. 



Currant wine, receipt for making, 381. 



D. on preserving bacon from sk.ppers, 131. 



Dairy, remarks on, 20. 



Dandelion, cultivated by Mr. G. Pierce, 366. 



Danvers, on a new mode of cultivating melons, 358. 



Deafness of the aged, remarks on, 43. 



Dearborn, H. A. S. his report on horticultural proceed- 

 ings, 75. 



Delavan, Henry W. on draining, 309. | 



Derby, E. H. his application for a premium on live 

 hedges, 227 ; his premium crop of turnips. 235. 



Docking horses, impolicy and cruelty of. 372. 



Dogs, uses of, 92, 294 ; muzzled in Philadelphia, 414. 



Draining, remarks on by J. D. 230 ; bjjEt. Howard, 273 ; 

 by Judge Bud, 306 ; by Henry W. Delavan, 309. 



Dress, household goods and fuel, from Cobbett s Cottage 

 Economy. 269. 



Drought in Georgetown, D. C. 73 ; stirring the ground, 

 a remedy for, 382. 



Drunkards, spontaneous combustion of, 3' 



D. T. on Gania grass, 245. 

 Ducks, wild, instinct of, 24. 

 Dutch, cleanliness of, 296. 

 Dwelling houses, on the erection of, 301 

 Early rising recommended, 68. 



E. A. N. on milch cows, 212, 

 Eaton, Amos, statement, by. relative to a s 



merit to its birth place, 1-7. 

 Economy, domestic, 282 ; worthy example 

 Eddy, Joseph, on destroying the Canada th 

 Eddystone lighthouse, how built. 59. 

 Education, remarks on from Sullivan's Add'ess 

 Eggs; Scotch method of preserving, 423. 

 Elder, black orcommon, uses of, 302, 

 Elephants for ploughing, J 77; sagacity of, 424. 

 Elliot's patent winnowing mill, 249. 

 Elm, a large, notice of, 149. 

 Eminence attained by men of obscure origin 80. 

 Employment indispensable to comfort, 229. 

 Engrafting and setting out trees in the same Leason, 299. 

 Erie canal, value of. 991. 

 Essence peddling, remarks on. 181. 

 Essex North, on bolts in horses, 219; on warming 



houses, 219. 

 Everett, Hon. A. H. his address to the Mass. Hort. Soc, 



959. 957. 365. 

 Everett, Hon. Edward, notice of his address before the 



Mercantile Library Association of N. York, 163. 

 Ewes and lambs, remarks on, 318. 

 Exercise and diet. Dr. Danforth's advice on. 251. 

 Experimental agriculture, notices of by G. Parsons, Esq. 



and by the Editor, 246. 

 Experiment, on the use of lime in wheat crops, 236. 

 Experiments, partial remarks on, 5. 

 Eyes, hints for people with, 285. 



line's attach- 



if, 400. 

 Btle, 308. 



152. 



Factory girls, not so much oppressed as represented, 24. 



Fair sex, advertisement addressed to, 216. 



Fall ploughing recommended, 93. 



Fall of Gersburg, 192 feet, 128. 



Farm, a profitable, 139 ; size and stocking a, 219 ; pro- 

 ductive small one, 291. 



Farmer, the profession of recommended, 270. 



Farmer, the practical, on sowing grass seeds, tin ; re- 

 marks on the arithmetic and profits of, 196 ; to make 

 a, 284. 



Fanner, a Dorchester, his remarks on the proceedings of 

 the Mass. Hort. Soc, 4119. 



Farmer, an old, on working it right, 148. 



Farmers, hints to, 2 ; a table useful to, showing the num- 

 ber of plants in an acre, planted at different distances, 

 149. 



Farmer's life, may be happy, 01. 



Fanner's work for November, 134, 158; for December, 

 166; for March. 286, 294; for April, 318,334,347; 

 for May, 358, 374, 3s2; for June, 398; for July, 414. 



Farming operations, notices of, 104. 



Farming with rum, and farming without rum, 144 ; 

 practical effect of .seasonable, 147 ; profits of, 180 ; 

 capital, requisite in. 346. 



Farm school, and Boys' Asylum, notices of, 357. 



Farriery, curious case in, 325. 



Female education, remarks on, 120. 



Female industry, instances of, 51. 



Fences, remarks on,,83 ; how best made of boards, 402. 



Fence posts, locust recommended for, 983 ; planted top 

 end down, 331 , 303 ; rendered durable by salt, 371. 



Ferry, Hiram, on the successful culture of wheat in 

 Northampton, 20. 



Figs, New England, 93, 142. 



Fig tree', ancient and remarkable, 349. 



Fire, not known to some ancient nations, 424. 



Fire blight, remarks on, 14. 



Fire wood, comparative value of the different sorts of, 381. 



Fires extinguished by steam, 107. 



Fire wood, time of cutting and management of, 274. 



Fish, mortality among, 195 ; a new way to catch, 387. 



Fish pond, artificial, inquiries concerning, 273. 



Flax, quere respecting, 292; growth of, and manufac- 

 tures of linen in the United States, 301. 



Floral dictionary, 48. 



Flour, on making the most of. 5. 



Flour and sugar, milk and butter, mixing of, 296. 



Flowers, on the culture of, 235 ; improvement in raising 

 the seeds of, 236 ; how preserved after being cut, 283. 



Flower pots, new manufacture of, 81. 



Foddering cattle, remarks on, 200. 



Fossil ship, 334. 



Fowls, in breeding, the male and finale should not be 

 taken from the same litter of eggs, 291. 



Franklin en swimming, 186. 



Franklin Institute, extract from the last report of, 102. 



Frost, how prevented from throwing plants out of the 

 ground, 181. 



Frost, E. on the culture of silk, 122. 



Fruits, remarks on from the Detroit Journal, 85, on ob- 

 taining new varieties of", 113; on gathering and pre- 

 serving. 122; summer, and fruit gardens, acvantage 

 of, 130; catalogue of those considered by the Mass. 

 Hort. Soc, as worthy of cultivation, 250 ; fallen, how 

 best disposed of. 414. 



Fruitste aling, extract of the statute for punishing. &c, 54. 



Fruit trees, loaded, remarks on, 44 ; remarks Trim Van 

 Mons catalogue, 73; choice varieties alone s.iould be 

 cultivated, 105; remarks on pruning, 385; bow ren- 

 dered productive, 3t3o; how preserved agaii.st mice, 

 395. 



Fuel, loss by using unseasoned. 348. 



Gage, Justus, on making butter in winter, 308. 



Gama grass, remarks on. 34, 42, 93, 900, 245. 



Gangrene, a cure tor, 913. 



(t U'dener's work, 2-0. 



<ii lens and orchards, on robbing, 19. 



Garget, remarks on. 492. 



Genista, or yellow flower, notices of. 22. 



Gervase Markham on transplanting white pin^s, 409, 

 410. 



G. H. recommends bleeding and salting cattle, and cut- 

 ting el}' the tails of calves, 373. 



G. K. his queries relative to hedges, 244. 



Gloves, produced from hair combed from the bick of a 

 common cat, 158. 



Goat nurses, 190. 



Golden rules, &c.,.356. 



Gooseberries, large, notices of, 31. 



Gordon, Alexander, on making torpid seeds vegetate, 125. 



Gould, Augustus A., on the locust, 417. 



Grafting, 315, 305. 



Grain preserved from the weevil by stacking it round a 

 green pole of sassafras, 30. 



Grapes, raising of in Charlestown, 107 ; low training of 

 recommended, 149 ; large, notice of, 920 ; new and 

 valuable variety of, 252 ; preserved by John Rupp, 

 259; preserved in saw dust, 201 ; varieties of. 331. 



Grape vines, remarks on pruning, &c, 1, 77, 150, 220 ; 

 on the summer management of, 37 ; Dr. Thatcher's 

 observations on, 150; those vines farthest from the 

 ground, suffer most by mildew, 203; means of render- 

 ing more productive, 332; native recommended, 381. 



Grass cloth, notice of, 205. 



Grass land, on recruiting, 337. 



Grass seeds, sowing of, remarks on by W. Claggett, 

 307; not enough usually sown on an acre, 334 ; fur- 

 ther remarks on, 349. 



Grindstones on friction rollers, 417. 



Gumption, explanation of, 272. 



Gypsum, its utility as a manure, 18; proper time for 

 sowing, 52; remarks on. 195. 



Happiness, in what it consists, 104. 



Hard water, how rendered soft. 373. 



Harmon Lawson, Jr., on keeping bees in a garret, 34, 

 259 ; on the harvest in Wheatland, 42 ; large crop of 

 wheat raised by, 100. 



Harrow and seeding machine, 18. 



Hats, a chapter on, 32. 



Hay, fraud in packing, 319. 



Hay ward, Joseph', on earthing up potatoes,. 105; on prep- 

 arations for watering peach trees, 105. 



Haymaking. 380, 414. 



Hazelnut, American, culture of, 104. 



H. C. his remarks on the culture of wheat, 25, 49, 57, 

 65 ; on cutting hay for cattle, 249. 



Health and cleanliness, 398, 400. 



Heat, solar and artificial, difference between, 300. 



Hedges, live, Mr. Welles' report on, 227 ; Mr. Derby's 

 application for a premium on. 227 ; queries concerning, 

 by G. K., also by Wm. Cooly, with an answer by the 

 Editor. 310. 



Here and there folks, 224. 



Hermit, the, and the vision, 152. 

 '^Hessian fly, simple method of destroying, 44. 



Highwayman, a loan to. 90. 



Hints to mechanics and workmen, 53 ; to families, 192 ; 

 to housewives, 272, 275, 299; to farmers, 3S.3 ; on 

 pruning, 412. 



H. M. on mildew in grapes, 203. 



Hog weighing fourteen hundred pounds, 157 ; see far- 

 ther swine. 



Hog-troughs, improvement in, 248. 



Hones, patent, made of glass, [0. 



Honey, new, sometimes poisonous, 53. 



Hop, culture of in- Maine, 150, 207. 



Hop growers, advice to, 99. 



Horse chesnut, fruit of useful in feeding pigs, 112. 



Horses, Osage, &c., notices of, 12; Arabian. 19; cannot 

 be poisoned by arsenic, 43 ; on the care of, 02 ; should 

 riot be left without hitching, 148; to prevent from 

 breaking their bridles. 149 ; receipts for black tongue 

 in, 173, 190, 218, 222, 237, 244 ; preparing food for, 

 180; slobbering in, 190; anecdote of one, 240; to 

 save their shoulders from being chafed by the collar, 379. 



Horticultural festival, notices of, 85. 



Horticultural Society, Massachusetts, proceedings of. 3, 

 11, 19, 27. 35. 43, 5! . 59, 07. &c. ; premiums awarded 

 by, 195 ; catalogue of fruits deemed by thorn worthy 

 of cultivation, 950 ; garden and cemetery committee, 

 of their report, 89 ; remarks on from the Yeoman's 

 Gazette, 231. 



at Albany, notices of. 1119. 



of Berkshire, notices of, 155. 



Hot beds, uses of, 9-3. 



Houses, situations for. 106; mortuary, notices of. 106. 



House bells, improvement in, 318. 



Housewives, hints to. fii. 



Howard Sanford, his notices of improved breeds of cat- 

 tle, 378. 



Howe, William, his observations on caterpillars, 110. 



Howard, R. on draining swamps, 273. 



Hoyt's Antiquarian researchi s. extracts from, 155. 



H. P. recommends mulberry hedges, 379. 



Hudson. David, on destroying the caterpillar, 419. 



Human team, 100. 



Husk mattress, how prepared, &c, 185. 



H. W. on the capital requisite in farming, 346. 



Hybernation of animals, 285. 



Hydrophobia, distressing case of, 53; cured by steam 

 bath, 213; remedy for, 310. , 



Ice house, best mode of constructing, 45. 



Ignorance vs. knowledge, 384. 



Immensity of space, 408. 



