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INDEX. 



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Proverbs, select, 10, 64. 



Pruning Trees, &c, proper time for, 230. 



Pugilism in England, fatal results of, 45. 



Pumpkin bread, how made, 17:'.. 



Pumpkins, anew kind of, and remarks on their culture, 

 348. 



Pyrites, description and uses of. 419. 



R.. on the Chinese Mulberry, 211, 326. 



Radish, how cultivated. 386. 



Railway, Sandwich, notice of, 106; suspension, notice 

 of, 131 ; from South Amboy to Bordentown, 357. 



Rain-water, remarks on, 378. 



Rake, patent revolving, 393. 



Raspberries, garden, how cultivated, 187. 



Rats, sagacity of, 177 ; ravages of in Jamaica, 315 

 mode of exterminating, 395. 



Rattlesnake, recipes for the bite of, 302. 



Recipes for protecting fruit trees against moles 

 mice, 1 ; for making soda water, 3 ; to preserve beans 

 and peas, 12; to make a sweet-apple pudding, 13 J 

 for making Posalle and Sacca, preparations of Maize 

 or Indian corn, 28 ; for preserving peas and beans 

 through the winter, 37; for stopping blood, 37 ; for 

 boiling salmon, 45; for making jelly, 45; for curing 

 corns, 45; for producing an edge to a razor, 45 ; for 

 making a Nottingham pudding. 45 ; sweet-apple pud- 

 ding, 45 ; for cements, 21 , 61 ; for making pickles, 76, 

 SI ; tor tie croup, 77 ; for a cough, 77 ; for horses and 

 cattle which have eaten too much grain, 77 ; tor 

 making corn soup, 77; for fever and ague. 77; for 

 consumption, 93; for making potato pudding, ln7; 

 to make salt butter fresh, 129 ; to make sour kraut or 

 salted cabbage, 129 ; for cance*, in the use of alum, 

 139; for a cement for stoves, 155 ; for making apple 

 butter. 157 ; for chapped hands, 158; to prepare cold 

 potatoes, 163; for making Indian cakes, 103; several 

 for using rice flour, 103 ; for the tooth ache, 165; for 

 painting buildings, 169; for botts in horses. 170; to 

 make apple pie for hogs, 171 ; for making pumpkin 

 bread, 171!; for a superior composition for trees, 173; 

 black tongue in horses, 173, 244 ; for a sprain, 173 ; 

 for preparing molasses for preserving fruit, 177; for 

 making domestic yeast, 177 ; for destroying insects, 

 177 ; for black tongue in horses, 190 ; for pressed beef, 

 393; for hunter's beef, 2U3 ; for Italian beef steaks, 

 203; to preserve cheese, 205 ; to prevent woollens from 

 shrinking, 205 ; for keeping suet and lard, 305; to 

 cook salsify or vegetable oysters, 205 ; for sore tongue 

 in horses, 205 ; for French cake, 205 ; to cure hams, 

 205; to improve Candles, 205 ; to take ink spots out 

 of linen cloth, 205; to prevent snow water from pen- 

 etrating boots and shoes, 305 ; cure for oxen strained 

 by over drawing, 205 ; for the black tongue in cattle, 

 306, 221 , 253 ; a number for cooking rice. 210 ; cure for 

 gangrene, 213 ; for hydrophobia, 213; for tooth ache, 

 219, 243 ; for making yeast, 237 ; for sore throat, 230 ; 

 for a sprain, 230; for preserving m\ince, 243 ; for a 

 baked beef steak pudding, 244 ; padoves, 244 ; beef 

 cakes, dressing meats, ecc. 244 ; for a catarrh or cold, 

 244 ; for chilblains, 244 ; for the film in the eye of 

 a horse or an ox, 254 ; for removing stains from fruits, 

 254; for scarlet fever, 259; for bleaching wax, 262 ; 

 to preserve bonks from mould and damp, 269; for the 

 presi rvation of ink, 273 ; to remove vermin from cat- 

 tle. '-'73 ; for making potato balls, 275 ; several under 

 the head of hints to housewives, 272; for making 

 corn bread, 275 ; for making beefcakes. 275 ; to kill 

 rats or crows, 2-0 ; for painting buildings, 2.-3 ; to 

 destroy moles in gardens, 290; for aj olive green, 

 290 ; for making Indian meal bread, 20l ; to preserve 

 bacon or ham, 391 ; to make rice porridge, 396; for 

 k i i nir stacks clear of rats and mice, B02*; for rheu- 

 matism, 309; to remove stains of fruits* 300 ; to ren- 

 der leather, &c. water proof, 317; for making indel- 

 ible ink, 323; for polypus, 334; for baking potatoes, 

 355 ; to take ink spots out of mahogany, 355; for des- 

 : ing caterpillars, 363; for sore throat 37:!; for the 

 prevention of mildew, 379 ; to prevent beer from be- 

 coming acetous, 381 ; tor making currant wine. 381; 

 for burns and tooth ache, 362; tor murrain,:!".'; to 

 make a sick horse drink freely, 382; for slight colds. 

 36 for tempering large instruments, 38b ; for the 

 bite of rattlesnakes. 392; for preserving teeth, 302; 

 for exterminating rats, 395 ; for rhigwoims, 308; for 

 asthma, 300 ; to cure a sprained ankle. 410 ; to destroy 

 caterpillars, 423; for preserving eggs, 423; to make a 

 substitute for India Ink. 433. 



R. F. his method of raising wheat, 275. 

 Rheumatism, gum elastic recommended for, 309. 



Rhubarb, on making pics from, 10; remarkable leaf of, 



Rhyming letter, 48. 



R. H. H. on diseases of swine, 405. 



Rice flour, several receipts for using, 103. 



Rice Mill, at South Boston, notices of, 142, 243. 



Richardson, Rev. Joseph, his address to the Plymouth 

 County Agricultural Society, 153. 



Ring, a tight, on the finger, how removed, 159. 



Ring worm, a remedy for, 308. 



Road, the common mode of working on, condemned, 

 303. 



Robinson, Abednego, on grafting, 305. 



Rocks, mode of splitting in Seringapatam, 181. 



Rollers, W. Claggett's remarks on, 307 ; use of by On- 

 tario, 309. 



Rooks, their use in destroying insects, 397. 



Rose, a fine, notice of, 22. 



Rotation of crops, 284. 



Row culture in crops, advantages of, 382. 



R. T. his remarks on cropping borders, on which fruit 

 trees grow, 204, 



Ruggles, Nathan, recommends stopping the ascent of 

 canker worms by chesnut burrs. 308. 



Russel, J. Lewis, his notices of Indian chrysanthemum. 

 147. 



Rusticus, on making pies from rhubarb, 10. 



Ruta baga, sufficient to fatten hogs if steam boiled, 157 ; 

 on transplanting. 365; and mangel wurtzel cultiva- 

 tion and uses ot, 380. 382. 



Rye, on its cultivation, by John Keely, 4, 27; great pro- 

 duction of, by Jacob Davis, 77 ; premium crop of, by 

 Richard Jaques, 253; a long stalk of. 398; 



S. his poetical address to an early rose, 410. 



Saffron, article of field culture. 398. 



Salmon, on boiling, 45. 



Salt, the common, an account of, 194 ; application of for 

 the destruction of trees, 130; mixed with lime for the 

 destroying of grubs, snails, l\c. 278 ; medicinal qual- 

 ities of, 308; for cattle and sheep, may be mixed with 

 ashes, 382. 



Salt petre. as a manure, 112 ; on its use in preserving 

 meat, 129. 



Sandy soil, on the management of, 180. 



Sargent, Z. recommends engrafting and setting out trees 

 in the same season, 200. 



Sassafras tea, recommended, 143. 



Scarifier and cultivator, cut and description of. 401, 



Scarlet fever, a simple remedy t!ir. 250. 



Scientific discoveries, often the result of accident, 400. 



Scions for grafting, when cut. 220. 



Season in Canada, 5. lo. i. 122 . in Maine, 14 ; in other 

 parts of the U. S„ 47, 142. 247, 334, 300. 374, 375, 3-2. 

 383,389,400.411. 



Sea weed for manure, 230. 



Seckle pear, parent stock of, 8 I. 



Seed beds, management of. 357. 



Seeds, after having become torpid, how made to vege- 

 tate, 125 ; on the change and improvement of. 2m! ; 

 preserved in brown sugar, 382 ; should be buried in 

 the ground soon after ripe. 403 ; on selectin 

 ing, 414. 



S. H. on the cultivation of tiie sugar maple, &c., 356. 



Sheep, anecdote of, showing their fondness for music, 

 123; on the proper selection of, &c., 148; a remarka- 

 bly fat, 163; sheep husbandry improves land, 190; 

 manure from, 204 ; and lambs, wintering of, 238; no- 

 tice of one buried in snow. 259 ; a I at one, 201 ; killed 

 by cats. 31 1 ; how freed from ticks. 318 ; on the was! - 

 ing of, 380; heedlessness of, 389 ; on the art of man- 

 aging of, 4112. 



Sheldon, Amos, his statement relative to advantages of 

 cutting straw and hay, 133, 270. 



Sherman, Thomas, his notices of the mammoth syca- 

 more tree, 411. 



Shurtleff, B. his remarks on locusts, 374. 



Skin and stomach, connexion between, 68. 



Silk, manufactures of in South Carolina, 3; manufacture 

 of not new in New England, 00; on its culture by E. 

 Frost. 133, 237; Mr. Mauley's specimens of and ob- 

 servations on. 15t!; cultivation of at Mansfield. Conn. 

 250 ; remarks on its culture in the Massachusetts Le- 

 gislature, 253; further remarks on, 348 ; a vegetable 

 sort. 389 ; Mr. Kenrick's observations on, 303. 



Silk spinning machine. Brooks' patent, 377. 



Silk worms, how managed in Persia. 1 04 ; remarks en 

 by J. D. B. 251. 



Slaughtering animals without pain, 274. 



Smut in wheat, remedy for, 187. 



Soap, the reason why it ourdles with hard water. 237. 



Soils, light, on the management of, 250 ; temperature 

 of, 278; the best should be selected for cultivation, 41. >. 

 Soot to stop blood, 285 ; destroys cut worms, 388. 

 Spaffdrd, Jeremiah, his Address to the Essex Agricul- 

 tural Society, 321, 320. 



Spear Grass, not profitable, 419. 



Spring Wheat, how to insure a crop of, 91 ; on its culti- 

 vation, 280. 



Spring work, notices of, 270, 278. 



Stafford, George, on the utility of burning clay, <fcc., 

 105. 



Stars, fixed, notices of. 208, 400. 



Steam Boiler, to prepare food for swine and cattle, 142. 



Steam and hot water Stove, 179. 



Steam-boat, Burden's, notices of, 92. 



Steam Carriages, improvements in. 109, 102. 



Steers and Colts, how broken to the draught and saddle, 

 113. 



St. John's Wort poisonous to horses, 00. 



Slimson's Farm, notices ot' 186, 317. 



Storr. on the cultivation of Silk. 250. 



Strawberries monthly, notice of, 100; how preserved 

 from grit, &c. 204. 



Straw-Cutter, Willis's, cut. and notices of. 133. 



Strong. Hon. Judge, his. Address to the Worcester Ao-ri- 

 cultural Society. 201, 209, 217. 



Stubble of grain crops, how managed. 22. 



Stump Extractors, notice of, 205. 



Subscriber A, on horses, 12 ; on the expense of fatten- 

 ing pork, measuring manure, itc, 101 ; on burnt 

 tongue in horses, 218 ; on corn-husk mattresses. ~'21 ; 

 on manuring Indian corn in the hill, and trench 

 ploughing, 400 ; on destroying the Canada Thistle, 



Sugar from beets, how made. 157. 



Sugar Corn, recommended. 102. 



Sugar Maple, cultivation of, Arc, 350. 



Swan, longevity of. 100. 



Swart Potatoes, rules for housing and preservinc. 17 ; 

 a substitute for. 238 ; how to cultivate, 291. 



Swine fattened on dry peas, or corn and raw potatoes, 

 but no drink. 51 ; Grass and apples for, 51 ; Burdocii 

 roots for, 51; remarks on fattening, &c.» 70; Mr. 

 Barnitz's breed of, 84, 105 ; notice of a prolific. 112 ; 

 Report of the Committee of Middlesex Cattle Show, 

 on, 114 ; how fattened on apple pie, 172 ; fattened on 

 apples, 177; attachment of to its birth place, lc7; 

 sour apples useful for, 303; a mammoth, 246, 295; 

 fed on clover. *x:c, 300 ; throwing hickory ashes ov.-r 

 them recommended, 371; on the diseases of. 405; 

 different breeds of, 412 ; to obtain manure from. 414. 



Sycamore Tree, a mammoth, 41 1. 



Tar from pit coal, for the roofs of houses, Arc. 105. 



T. D., his remarks on draining, turnips, chess, 231. 



Teasel, profitable cultivation of. 45. 



Teeth, on the preservation of, 107 ; argument for clean- 

 ing, 379. 



Temperance Convention, notice of. 82; too much com- 

 plained of. 145 ; remarks on, 3-17. 



Temperance Lamp. L38. 



Terapin, a gold, 389. 



Toscliomacher, J. E.. on the acclimation of fruits. 331. 

 and say- Thacher, Dr., his remarks on the vine, canker-worm, 

 &c., 156. 



Thinning plants, remarks on, 31 2. 



Thistle, modes of destroying. 139. (See, farther, Cana- 

 da Thistle.) 



Thomas, J. J., on unseasoned fuel, 348. 



Timber made durable by charring, 237 ; best time of 

 cutting. 283; made durable by lime, 325. 



Time, economy of, 312. 



Tobacco chewers. remarks on. 200. 



Tdmato, uses of as an article of diet, 188 ; how to raise 

 early. 285. 



Tools, fraud in the purchase of, 10 ; advice on the care 

 and management of. 362. 



Tooth actio, said to be cured by nitric acid. 105; by al- 

 um and salt. 1-4 : by an oil produced by burning pa- 

 per on pewter. 343. 



Top dressing for permanent pastures. 180. 



Tracy, Joseph, notice of a new variety of wheat intro- 

 duced by, 78. 



Travelling, speed of. 115; transplanting machines for, 

 318. 



Tree, an enormous. 00 ; a singular, 42:'.. 



Trees, destroyed by salt, 130; a superior composition 

 for. 17:!; very large, notices of. 181 ; ornamental, no- 

 tices of, 225 ; how repaired when injured by mice, 

 &c., 301, 317; on transplanting, 400. 410; when re- 

 cently transplanted, how managed, 410. 



Trees, ailauthus. recommended, 101. 



Trout, a remarkably large, 415. 



T. S. P.. on cultivating melons. :!:!!?. 



Tufts, Thomas, on destroying Canada Thistles, 18. 



Turkies, young, treatment of, 201. 331. 



Tulip mania, in Holland, notices of 2! tit. 



Turnips, notices of large, 94, 131, 100, 103, 174, 207. 



