INDEX 



Vose, S. his remarks on the culture of the grape vine, iS5. 



W. his reniarlis on poultry, 299. 



Walsh, Alexander, his remarks on Horticulture, 292. 



Walnut tree, advanta£;es of raising, 159. 



Ward, Dr Maltlius A. his address before the Mass. Hort. 

 Soc. 234, 242, 251, 262, 266. 



Ware, Rev. Henry, extracts from his address on temper- 

 ance, 344. 



Ware, P. on the destruction of fruit trees, 301. 



Washington, the last moments of, 72 ; notices of his fam- 

 ily, 125 ; anecdote of, 312. 



Water, as an universal beverage, testimonies in favor of, 

 ?5, 100 ; how drawn by Tartars from a great depth, 

 136 ; how converted into solid food by boiling with 

 farinacious substances, 389. 



Water melons, large crop of, on Mrs Dudley's farm, 77 : 

 a large, notice of, 118. 



Water-with, a plant in Jamaica, notice of, 159. 



Watson, E. his mode of cultivating an experimental farm, 

 12. 



Waves, on the deceptive motion of, 416. 



Weeds should not be permitted to ripen their seed, 14 ; 

 on burning for manure, 394. 

 ^ Weevil, how to preserve wheat from, 10, 19 ; salt a pre- 



/ servative against, 350. 



Wells, persons stifle ned by damps in, how revived, 28. 



Welles, Hon. John, his remarks on imported slock, .349. 



Wheat, crop of, injured by wet weather in Peun. 6 ; in 

 New York, 6; on the cause of smut in, 10; how to 

 preserve against the weevil, 10; quantity raised in 

 Monroe County, N. Y. 25 ; great quantities of, raised 

 in Columbia, 29 ; with a sohd stem, imported troni Asia 

 Minor, 37 ; on its cultivation, by M. Doolittic, 44 ; 

 cheat or chcs.-j among, is not produced from degenerated 

 wheat, 7S, 157 ; Mr Marvin's notices of new varieties 

 of, 105 ; remarks on the white flint kind of, 166 ; on the 

 advantages of selecting seed of from the best heads, 309. 



Wheeler, B. Esq. his remarks ou pruning trees, 2G9 ; on 

 injury done to fruit trees by the last winter, 290. 



White weed, how destroyed, 402. 



White washing, skimmed milk and now slacked lime 

 recommended for, 37. 



Wife, the eulogy on, 416. 



Williams, R. M. on the cultivation of the sweet potato. 

 290; on hot beds, Jerusalem artichoke, &c. 324,325, 

 on destroying rats, 348 ; on curing mossy lands, 349 ; 

 on leached ashes as a manure, 386. 



WilUams, R. P. on manufacturing sugar from potatoes, 259. 



Wingate, Joshua, Jun., his letter to Gen Dearborn rela- 

 tive to a new kind of pears 106, 



Winship, Messrs J. &. F., their letter to Gen. Dearborn 

 relative to their cultivation of fruit trees presented to 

 the Mass. Hor. Soc, 54. 



Wiue, made in Georgia, notices of, 2 ; domestic, how 



made Iiy " a Groveland Farmer," 117. 

 v^^ire worm, crops of white mustard destructive to 283 

 'W . L. his success in fattening pigs, 234. ' " 



Wood, proper time to cut for timber, 237 ; wood, snapping 

 on th« fire, remedy for, 261 ; how preserved from de- 

 cay, 350. 



Woodbridge, Wra. C., his notices of the agriculture of 

 Hofwyl, 73. 



Woodpecker, the works ol, 222. 



Woodward, E. F., on green corn stalks as food for milch 

 cows, 81,128; on the ditferent kinds of Indian corn 331 



Wool, great sales of in Cauandaigua, 6; quantity of im- 

 ported into Boston, 167. ' 



Wool growers, interesting information for 123. 



W. W. on making good butter, 201. 



Y are, Thomas R., his remarks on the treatment of the 

 horse, 236. 



Yest, an excellent manure 402. 



Zinc, notices of, 197 ; dangerous to health when employ- 

 ed for culinary and domestic purposes, 34S; answerSi 

 well for roofs of buildings, 350, 



