INDEX. 



prevent lamps from having a disagreeable smell, 125 ; 

 New England rum for hair, 125 ; how to wash woollens, 

 to keep suet, 125; preserve mutton, 125; make a 

 nankin color, 125; bake beans, 125; to make cider 

 cake, 125; rice bread, 125; Knickerbocker pickle, 

 144, 158 ; for ring bone in horses, 145 ; remedy for 

 milk sickness in cows, 159 ; to prevent boots from 

 taking water, 175 ; for a rout, 181 ; for the bite of a 

 snake, lUO ; for making sauer kraut, 198 ; several for 

 different kinds of puddings, 2U5 ; for making leather 

 impervious to water, 214 ; for cooking several sorts 



of tish, 220; for cough in horses, 234; Ur Ashly I SInirtleff, Dr S. A. on his seedlin,. 

 Cooper's, for chilblain ointment, 243 ; for an ox or > Sick, injudicious treatment ol, 3CiU 



cow, when choked by a potiito, 251; for making Silk, American, approved of in France, 139, on its cul- 

 potato bread, 256 ; for making black currant wine, ime. 267, 396, 404. 



277; for making tomato sauce, 285, tor making a Silk, cocoons of, lose weio-ht by keepino-, 25- raised in 

 substitute for tea from hawthorn leaves, 285 ; for pre- Mansfield, Con. 38 ; said to be a protection arrainst con- 

 rvuig strawberries, 320; for curing lever by holly | tagion, 216; assdciations proposed for the culture of 



261,277. 

 Silk manufacture, essays on, from the Lowell Journal, 53, 



Sheep and wool, remarks on, symptoms and progress of 

 rot in, 13, 133 ; how marked without injury to the wool, 

 15; on their being poisoned by the leaves ol the wild 

 cherry tree, 91, lOfi ; number of, in the U. States, 190 ; 

 fed on pea straw, 230 ; deteriorated by introducing the 

 Saxony bjeed, 230 ; half njerino and half native, 

 thought to be the most hardy, 245; ashes and pine 

 houghs recommended for, 294; on the best mode of 

 keeping, &c. 333 ; clay recommended for as a preserv- 

 ative against disease in, 347 ; on shearing of, 374, 382. 



Sheet-lead, for Ihe roofs of houses, inquiry concerning, 41. 

 grape, 54. 



leaves, 323; for setting a fine edge to a razor, 325 ; lor 

 mildew, 326; for a blue color fjom buck wheat, 326 ; to 

 make pjpei- from wood ,326; to make boots and shoes water 



; proof, 328 ; several for destroying rats, 334 ; for the pre- 

 servation of bacon, 346 ; for preserving the sweetness of 

 milk, 358 ; for destroying cankerworms and caterpillars 

 hy smoke, 36G; for destroying ants, wood lice, slugs, 

 flies, &,c. 377 ; to make the bark grow over wounds and 

 diseased places, on forest trees or fruit trees, &c. 377; 

 solvent for putty, 379; for the gapes in poultry, 382 

 recipes for cholera, 397, 400; lor destroying the icd; 

 spider, 4(12 ; against the aphis lanigera. 402 ; for good 

 ink, 408 ; for preserving iron from rust, 408 ; for des- 

 troying moles in meadows and gardens, 410; for keep- 

 ing stacks clear of rats and mice, 412. 



Republicans, too proud and exclusive in their feelings, 



' 101. 



Retaliation, an anecdote, 230. 



Reynolds, S. on the destruction of fruit trees in the state 

 of New York, 321. 



Richardson, Luther, his remedy for trees having the bark 

 eaten by mice, 338. 



Ringbone in horses, remedy for, 145, 225. 



Ring worm, recipe for, 56. 



Roberts, Daniel, his notice of a horse killed by a quack, 93. 



Robinson, Charles, Esq. his address to the Hartlord Coiln- 

 ty Agr. Soc. 76 ; his remarks on breeds of cattle, swine, 

 &c. 225. 



Roots, directions for preserving, 94. 



Rot in sheep, remarks on, 13. 



Rousseau on Botany, 40G. 



Rout, a recipe for, ISl. 



Roxburiensis, his remarks on heating hot houses by hot 

 water, 171. 



Rural life in England, 144. 



Rusticus, on hoi'ticultural premiums, 233, 261, 282. 



Kuta Baga, i-emarks on its culture, use,&c. 220, 2.33, 252 



Rye, less cultivated in Britain ihanfoi-rnerly,37; winter, 

 cultivated, 38, 



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R. M. \V. on the culture and value of the locust, 266. 



Sage, recommended by Sir J. Sinclair for medical pur- 

 poses, 216. 



Sago of commerce, how obtained, 159. 



Salads, on washing, 401. 



Salt, Liverpool, said not to keep butter sweet, 241, 254, 

 286; remarks on, and analysis of, 268; manulacturerl 

 at Syracuse, recommended, 320; its uses in agricul- 

 ture, 410. ' ° 



Salts springs at Onondaga, salt made at, 301. 



Sauer kraut, remarks on, and recipe for making, 198. 



Sawyer, Joseph, his remarks on the culture of hemp, 74. 



Sawmill, the first, notice of, 93. 



School-master, examination of, 280. 



Sealing wax, Irow made, 160. 



Seasonin Great Britain, notices of, 41 ; in New Hamp- 

 shire and Vermont, 77; in Mass. by Dr Green, 290 ■ 

 in Johnston. N. Y. 299 ; in the stale of Ohio, .337 ; in 

 JMaine, 322; in Pennsylvania, 354; in Brattleborough, 

 37; Quebec, .§rc. 363 ; remarks on, by the Editor, 374, 

 382 ; in Nova Scotia, 375 ; in New Brunswick, 383. 



S. C. his remarks on quince trees, injured by insects, 213. 



Sedgwick, Theodore, Esq. his Horticultural Journal, 305, 



Seeds, should be selected 'from the most forward and 

 vrgor-ous plants, &c. 14 ; sowing of shallow recommend- 

 ed, 20 ; of fruit trees, ^c. how planted, 145 ; how to 

 restore the germinating power of, 302 ; pr-eserved in 

 gum Arabic, 35; packed in charcoal, 402; on their 

 vitality, 403. 



Seeding gr-asses, &c. remarks on, 318, 



Seed corn, advantages of soaking in copperas water, 331. 



shaler, William, Esq. his letter on being elected Corres- 

 pondmg member of Mass. Hor. Soc. 284. 



60,68,77, 82, 100; of P. S. Du Ponceau, Esq. 60 

 how conducted in Jalapa, Mexico, 60 ; on making floss 

 silk, (^c. 83; its manufacture, by Mr Boynton, 121 ; 

 quantity of, used in England, 123 ; on its cultivation in 

 Rlancfield, Con. 187, 198; specimen of, mairufactured 

 in Plynrouth, 206. 

 Silk filattrre, Mr Cobb's remarks on, 13. 

 Silk worms, may be fed on dried mulberry leaves, 35; 

 at the seat of Nathaniel Dorr, Ksq. 60 , notices of, 77 ; 

 mistatetrrent concerning their food, corrected, 373. 

 Skinner-, John S. his comnrunication to Mass. Hor. Soc. 



on the nut bearing pine tree, 35. 

 Silva Americana, by D. J. Browne, notices of, 342. 

 Smrrt in wheat, carrse of, 10. 



Smyth, J. Rogers, his letter on the black haulbois straw- 

 berry, &c. 102. 

 Snake fight, between a black snake, and rattle snake, 231. 

 Snake's bites, remedies, for, 190, 403. 

 Soap-suds, u.ilily of, as a manure, 397. 

 Soiling, r-emarks on, 14, 230. 



Soils, dissertation on the 'mixture of, hy Rev. Morrell 

 Allen, 249, 257 ; light arable may be too much pulver- 

 ized, 285. 

 Soup, how made of cabbage, 159. 

 Sora, or water hen, natural history of, 240. 

 Sowing seeds^shallow, recommended, 20 ; importance of 



sowirig early, 25. 

 ?oy bean plant, notice of, 145. 

 Spider, red, how destroyed, 28. 

 Spooner, Alden, notice of his wine sent to Mass. Hort 



Soc. 414 

 Sprague, Horatio, his letter to Gen. Dearborn, 26. 

 Spicer, John, his mode of destroying field mice, 337; on 



hugs in peas, 405. 

 Spider, red, recipe for destroying, 402 

 Sprain, cure lor, 37. 

 Squa.«h, mammoth, weighing S61bs. do. weight 122lbsi 



139 ; cocoa nut squash recommended, 190. 

 Squashes, of the sor-t called sweet potato squash, notice 

 of 94 ; Valparaiso, notice of, 158 ; winter, how raised, 

 2C9. 

 Squash vine, reraaikably productive, 114. 

 Stables, should be well ventilated, &c. 4. 

 Stafford, George, his mode of supporting timber trees, 345. 

 Steam carriages, notices of, 125, 400. 

 SteAr, very large, from New Hampshire, 342. 

 Stocking factory, at Portsmouth, 405. 

 Stone bridges, remarks on their utility, 25. 

 Story, Hon. Joseph, his r-eport on Auburn Cemetery, 66. 

 Stout, Z. Barton, on iho deterioration of sheep, 230. 

 Stoutenburgh, T. A. on the severity of the winter, in John- 

 ston, N. Y. 299. 

 Straw, how prepared for cattle food, 230. 

 Strawberries, proper time to plant out the vines of, 35 ; 

 new Alpine, presented by Mes?rs Winship to IWass. 

 Hor. Soc. 142; Mr Buel's recipe for preserving, 320; 

 directions for cirltivating, by D. H. 322. 

 Strirgis, Josiah, his letter to Z. Cook, relative to new sorts 



of pumpkins, 66. 

 St. Thomas, Island of, notices of its productions, 96. 

 Starling, or skylark, American, notices of, 228. 

 Straw, on its value for manure, 410. 

 Stirdy, remarks on, from Locke, 312. 

 Subscriber, a, his inquir-y concerning dwarf trees, 245 ; 



his remarks on the watilon destruction of birds, 369. 

 Sugar trees, directions for transplanting, 310. 

 Sunflower, the seeded part, a foot in diameter, 104 ; an- 

 other 41 iirches circumference 113 ; notices relative to 

 obtaining oil from, 129, 146, 170. 

 Swamp mud, use of, reccramended, 12. 

 Sweet potato, on the preservation of, 52; A. Houghton, 



Jr.'s success in cultivating, 62; exhibited at the Mass. 

 Hor Soc. 67; on its culture in New Hampshire, 97 ; 

 Dr Dean's mode of cultivating, 110 ; how to preserve 

 during winter, 137, 153 ; great crop raised by Mr Henry 

 Dagget, 158 ; on the cultivation of, by R. M. Williams, 

 290 ; by U. T. 293 ; directions for cultivating, 335. 

 Swett, J. notice of his sample ol lucerne grass, atrd di- 

 rections for its culture, 59. 

 Swine, on feeding, &c. 78,355; notice of Mr iMackay'a 

 breed of, 110; J. fiuel on fattening, 121 ; shoirld have 

 access to charcoal, 126; reraaiks on fattening, 158 ; re- 

 marks on,, by C. Robinson, 225; further remarks on, 

 291; pasture foi', recomnrerrded, 302; remarks on, 

 from Moubr'ay on poultry, 411. 

 Sylva, the New England, proposals to publish, by D. J. 



Browne, 89; renrark on, 342. 

 Tabitlia, cousin, her recipe for making sauer kraut, 198. 

 Tanning, alibi-ds cheap luel, &c. 246. 

 Tariff, beneficial effects of, 165 ; as connected with the 



pursuits of pedlars, 197. 

 Tea-plant raised in Wales, 232. 



Temperance in Sheffield, Eng. 141 ; remar-kson, by Jno. 

 Townsend, 258; observations on, 286; a veteran in 

 the causfe of, 283; savings ol, .333 ; addr-ess on, by Rev. 

 Henry Ware, Jr. 344 ; progress of, among the U. S. 

 seamen, 360. 

 Temperance Societies, established in every County in 



Pennsylvania, 28 ; statistics of 80, 100. 

 Temperate drinkers, remarks on, 8. 

 Temperate habits of the quakers, 264. 

 Tennesee school master, letter from, 296. 

 Thacher, Dr. his notice of an epidemic disease among 



horses, lOS. 

 Thacher, Peler, notices of his premium farm, 365. 

 Thisilcs, fern, and coltsfoot said to be destroyed by roll- 

 ing a field with a cast iron roller, 181 ; on the des- 

 frrrction of, 320. 

 '•"udiiipson, Dr Arad, on an epidemic among horses, 168. 

 riiuirras, David, his remarks on hedging, 221. 

 l horrrpson, J. Jr', on destroying ants, 11. 

 i'liorbrirn, G. & Sons, their letter acconjpanying a bust 



of LinnsBUs, presented Mass. Hor. Soc. 59. 

 Trie*, recoiirnrended as a covering for houses, 05. 

 'llrriher trees, the best tinre arrd mode of cutting for repro- 

 ducliorr, 1, 9; a good method of supporting, when 

 newly planted, .345. 

 Toads, on their utility in destroying insects, 20, 331 ; in 



desti'oying ants, 346. 

 Toast and water recommended, 78. 

 Tobacco, on the deleterious effects of, 272. 

 Tomatoes, a recipe for presei-ving, 35, 222; to make cat- 

 sup of, 101 ; their use in a medicinal view as an article 

 of diet, 179; Mr Buel's remarks on, 242; receipt for 

 making sauce of, 285. 

 Top dressing for grass lands, 302. 

 Tours Celery, remarks on, 145. 



Towirsend, Jno. on temperance, 258 ; on raising oats and 

 potatoes, 260 ; on training cattle, 260 ; on preservino- 

 cabbages through the winter. 2S3. 

 Transplanting, how performed at Judge Buel's, 320. 

 Trees, on proper shape of, and pruning, 1 ; planting on 

 Salem turnpike i-ecommended, 91 ; on planting by road 

 side3,l.j3; remarks on forest trees, by W. R. Prince, 226 ; 

 see forest trees, on the proper time to cut for timber, 

 237; remarks on pruning, by B. Wheeler. Esq. 269; 

 by the Editor, 270 ; on the dwarfing of, 265 ; facts re- 

 lative to ti-arrsplanting, 302; sugar maple, directions 

 fortran.splanlit)g, 310; loss of at Judge Buel's, 320; on 

 pinning dowir lire roots of, 345 ; how to promote the 

 growth of, 3.33 ; how secured against spUitrng, 405. 

 Tully, Samuel L. on an antidote to the poison of cherry 



Ir'ee leaves, 169. 

 Turnip.'i, oii their cultivation, 6; Dale's new hybrid, 22; 

 notice of large ones, 142; how preserved in pits, 327. 

 Turtle catchers, on the coast of Darien, 197. 

 Tyler, A. on the destruction ol fruit ti-ees in Maine, 330. 

 Underdiaining, remarks on, by J. Buel, 51. 

 V. his essays on silk manufacture, 53, 60, 68, 77, 82, 100. 

 Van Mens, Dr. his letters to Gen. Dearborn, accom- 

 panying pear scions presented to Mass. Hor. Soc. 49 ; 

 notice ol these .scions failiirg to vegetate, 103. 

 Van Zant, J. R. his letter to Gen. Dearborn, sent together 

 with a prc-ent to Mass. Hor. Soc. of seeds and new 

 kind-i of coin, potatoes, ^c. 156; catalogue of his seeds, 

 presented to Mass. Hor. Soc. 182. 

 Vegetable life, remarks on, by Professor Hitchcock, 12. 

 Vegetables, how preserved from degenerating, 350. 

 Vegetation, operations for accelerating, 238. 

 Vines, well cultivated, 14 ; a fruitful, 14 : uses of Ihe 

 leaves of, 192; blight in the fruit of, how prevented 

 410 ; on raising in pot", 413 ; on clelt grafting, 413. 



