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INDEX 



Mangel Wurlzel, its culture and uses. 54. 2if4. 



Manual labor school reconiinended, 347, 348. 



Mfirshes reclaimed, Mr. Welles' remarks on, 41. 



Materials, naturally of no value, how made useful, 395. 



McCall, James, on liming seed wheat, 51. 



Measles in swine, how to cure, 233. 



Meat, how preserved in snow, 18"2. 



Mechanics, their importance in community, 203. 



Melons of Persia, &c., remarks on, 11. 



Mice, recipe for destroying, by R. M. W. 61 ; other 

 means of destroying, 137, 138, 305. 



Milk, on removing the taste of garlic from, 25 ; a com- 

 pany formed for introducing pure into New York, 372. 



MiUv powder, how made, 315. 



Mind Fever, caused by an.xiety of mind, 133. 



Miracle working, anecdote of, 272 



Mole catching, a science in Westmoreland, England, 184. 



Moon, directions for cheating, 333. 



Morgan, Jedediah. his mode of wintering a flock of sheep. 

 246. 



Mortgages on lands, bad consequences of, 250. 



Morns Multicaulis iSIulberry, remarks on its superiority, 

 81. 



Mountains, on their formation, 191. 



Mount Auburn, notice of, 395. 



Mouser, a black snake noted as, 256. 



Mowing, remarks on, 233. 



Mowing land, how managed, 233. 



M. S., his remarks on the introduction of new and ame- 

 liorated fruits, 201 ; his remarks on grapes, 210. 



Mulberrv tree, the quickest mode of raising, 2 ; new 

 Chinese recommended, 155; the planting of advised, 

 317. 



Mustard, cultivation of recommended, 341. 



Nankeen, American, manufactured at Patterson, N. J. 

 from nankeen colored cotton, 125, 189, 339. 



Nantucket, notices of, 272. 



National characteristics, 392. 



New England Galaxy recommended, 342. 



Negligence, bad consequences of, 224. 



Newhall, Gen. J., his remarks on the best time to cut 

 trees for re-production, 230. 



Nichols, Eli, on fattening hogs on sweet apples, 116. 



Newspapers, anecdote, showing the advantages of, 16. 



Newton, Sir Isaac, notices of, 144. 



Nott, Dr., notice of his application of anthracite to gene- 

 rate steam, 334. 



Nova Scotia, notice of crops in, 141. 



Nuisances in London, hops and Newcastle coals, 198. 



Nut and forest trees, remarks on, 85. 



Oak, quercitron, description of, from Brown's American 

 Sylva, 10 ; notice of an extraordinary one, 232. 



Oat, the Hopetown, notices of. 165 ; Chinese skinless,26l. 



Oats, on the culture of, 241, 273. 



Ode, written for the Anniversary Dinner of Mass. Hor. 

 Soc. by Miss Gould, 104; for the Anniversary of the 

 landing of the fathers, by Mr. Bryant, 208 ; to com- 

 memorate the same event, by Rev. James Flint, 208. 



Oil from sunflower seed, new mode of obtaining, 27; re- 

 commended by T. G. Fessenden and G. C. Barrett, 379. 



Oil soap, recipe for making, 341. 



Onions, premium crop of, by J. Perkins, 44 ; on the cul- 

 ture of, 242. 



Opodeldoc, to make a liquid, 411. 



Orchard grass, how prepared for sowing, &c. 254. 



Orchardist, New American, by W. Kenrick, notices of, 

 103, 206, 213, 339. 



Orchards, observations on, 153; on the management and 

 pruning of, 385. 



Oregon expedition, disasters attending, 259. 



Ornaments among the Indians, singular, 181. 



Osgood, B., his inquiry relative to zinc plates for roof- 

 ing, 339. 



Ostrich eggs, as an article of diet, &c. 223. 



Otis, Mrs., elegant compliment to, 370. 



Out-buildings for farmers, remarks on, 282. 



Oxalis crenata, a supposed improvement on the potatoe, 

 301, 331. 



Ox, statement respecting one with a disease called a hold- 

 fast, 211, 222, 230, 241 , 258, 289 ; gigantic one called 

 Americus, 246 ; large in New York, 331 ; in Saco, 

 Me. 325. 



Oxen, Cuba, notices of, 56; heavy, fattened by Mr. 

 Graves, 207 ; remarks on their training, 353 ; in Italy, 

 a superior race of, 407. 

 P., remarks of on silk worms and the morus multicaulis, 



81. 

 Painter's colic, cure for, 141. 

 Painting houses, economy in, 382. 

 Paradise apple, quere concerning, 182. 

 Parmentier, Mrs. and her daughter, their premiums, 315. 



Parrot, anecdote of, 352. 



Parsnip, on its culture, 242. 



Parsons, Gorliam, Esq., his letter to Rev. J. R. Barbour, 

 on transferring bees from one hive to another, 18. 



Pastures, on the management of, 242, 350. 



Paupers, caused by intemperance, 144. 



Pea, remarks on insects which infest, 220. 



Peabody, Dr.. his notice of a disease in cattle, called a 

 hold-fast, 289. 



Peaches, high price of in Covent Garden Market, 181. 



Peach trees, great product from, 105 ; on heading down, 

 107; on the yellows in, 373. 



Pear and apple trees, remarks on the management of, 177. 



Pear, German summer, notices of, 54; Bearre Diel, sup- 

 posed to be superior to the St. Michael's, 75. 



Peas, a new mode of sticking, 82; on the culture of, 270; 

 how boiled soft in hard water, 345 ; how to prevent 

 their degenerating, 410. 



Peat for manure, how fermented, &c. 249, 257, 274, 390. 



Pedestrianism, extraordinary, 341. 



Perkins, Joseph, his premium crop of onions, 44. 



Perkins, T. H., his statement of heating by a newly in- 

 vented hot water apparatus, 262. 



Perrine, Henry, on rearing poultry in Mexico, 129 ; of- 

 fers a premium for the manufacture of Sisal hemp, 142. 



Perry, Mr., his experiments in raising silk, 27. 



Perry, Rev. Gardner B., his addiess to the Essex Agr. 

 Soc. 316. 



Perry, M. C, his letter, with notice of grape vines, sent 

 Mass. Hor. Soc. 33 ; his letter with a box of seeds, 

 &,c. sent to the Mass. Hor. Soc. 186. 



Phillips, John M. on housing and preserving sweet pota- 

 toes, 84. 



Pictured rocks of Lake Superior, notices of, 29. 



Planter s Guide, notices of, 153, 155, 158, 289. 



Planting early recommended, 357. 



Plants preserved through the winter by spring water, 

 82 ; exotic, remarks on,- 93 ; on adapting them to soils, 

 146, 158; native, ornamental, 373 ; on their diversi- 

 ties, 389 ; quere relative to glazed pots for, 394 ; how 

 protected from bugs and worms, 390. 



Plaster and leached ashes, utility of, 59. 



Plaster, use of, by Onondaga, 3t>5 ; an improved mode 

 of sowing, 405. 



Plouo-hing, generally best done in the fr.ll, 127; remarks 

 on°24-f. 



Plouii-hmen should be trained to habits of activity, 381. 



Plum, Washington Bolmer, notices of, 75, 86. 



Poetry. The Virtuous Man, 8; the Sailor's Song, 16; 

 the Land of our Birth, 24 ; our own Fire Side, 32; 

 Description of a Cow, 32; Domestic Economy, 32; 

 Early Recollections, 40; the Accepted, 48; Retrospec- 

 tion, 50; Poet's Inventory, 64; Epilhalamium, 73; 

 the Winged Worshippers, 80; a Dandy's What, 88; 

 the Poet's Song to liis Wife, 96; Ode written for the 

 Anniversary Dinner of the Mass. Hor. Soc. 104; Hard 

 Times, by Hannah Moore, 112; Spring, by Harry 

 Cornwall, 120; the Harvest Moon, 128; Autumnal 

 Sketches, 136 ; What I hate, 144 ; to the Blue Anem- 

 one, 152; Autumn, by Miss Fanny Kemble, 100; the 

 Faithful Friend, 176; There is a Star, 1,80; Christ- 

 mas, 192; New Year's Address of the Carrier of the 

 N. E. Farmer. 200 ; to commemorate the landing of 

 the Pilgrim Fathers, 208; Domestic Love, 216; the 

 the Petition and the Reply, 224; to the Winds, by 

 Bernard Barton, 232; Winter, by T. G. Fessenden, 

 240; a Wish, 248; Snowing, by Miss Gould, 250; 

 Ode for the Celebration of the 4th of July, 236 ; to My 

 Son, 264; Sonnet, 264 ; the Disenthralled, 272 ; Hu- 

 man Life, 272 ; Recipe for making Sweet Potato 

 Puddinir, 280 ; to the Lovers of Rum, 288 ; In Earth's 

 Lonely Uesert, 288 ; the Love of our Country, 296; 

 Wit and Wisdom, 304 ; New England Museum, 312; 

 a Voice from the Wine Press, 320; Spring, 328; 

 March of Mind in Ireland, 336; a Thought, 336; 

 Stanzas, 344; Invocation to May, 352; the Depravity 

 of Man, &c. 360 ; the Petition of the Lungs, 368 ; 

 Hymn to the Flowers, 376 ; Lines written on a pun- 

 cheon of spirits, 384; Pain in the Breast, 392; Emi- 

 grant's Song, 406 ; a voice from Mount Auburn, 408 ; 

 Power of Caloric, 416. 



Poisons, vegetable, antidotes against, 3, 203; by ivy, 

 342 ; by dogwood, 342. 



Political economy. Miss Harriet Martineau's remarks 

 on, 384. 



Pompeii, part of discovered, 336. 



Ponds, empty, on procuring manure from, 20. 



Pope, Byron's opinion of, 72. 



Porter, David, Esq , his letters to Gen. Dearborn, and 

 description of plants and seeds presented to Mass. Hor. 

 Soc. 33, 354, 363. 



Potatoes, may be used alone for fattening pigs, 1 ; a 

 mode of preserving, 27 ; Payson Williams's premium 

 crop of, 44 ; remarks on their cultivation by T. A. 

 Knight, 108; notices of large, 142; notice of a new 

 variety, 174; great yields of, 179, 182; on insects 

 which infest, 220; raised under straw, and thistles de- 

 stroyed, 229; Mr. Carter's cultivation of a premium 

 crop of, 238; remarks on their culture and uses, 2'19, 

 302; a supposed improvement On, in a root called ox- 

 aUs crenata, 301 ; how to make a jiaste of. 301 ; how 

 first introduced into Wilmington, Mass. 338 ; two 

 crops of, grown in one year" from the same ground,, 

 341 ; on making a fine flour, or sago from, 347; and 

 Indian corn, on the culture of, 301 ; new method of 

 roasting, 412. 



Potatoes, a substitute for in the oxalis crenata, 331. 



Potatoes, sweet, J. M.'s mode of preserving, 59. See 

 further sweet potatoes. 



Potemkin Prince, anecdote of, 360. 



Poultry, how reared in Mexico, 129; remarks on feed- 

 ing, &c. 150 ; notice of Mowbray's treatise on, 345. 



Powder mills in Canton, Conn, blown up, 299. 



President's Message, abstract of, 231. 



Prickly ash, a shrub recommended for hedecs. 298. 



Prince, John, Esq., his communication respecting the 

 analysis of difi'erent sorts of salt, 337. 



Prince, Wm. <fc Sons, their list of, and remarks on, fruit 

 trees, 1 ; on the influence of the stock on the graft in 

 fruit trees, 98; thanks of Mass. Hor. Soc. presented to 

 for their Pomological Manual, &c. 150; visit to their 

 Linna'an Botanic Garden, 402. 



Privies, mode of ventilating, 35. 



Proverbs, a collector of, anecdote of, 408. 



Prunus, his remarks on the Washington Bolmar Plum, 



Publisher's notice, 374. 



Puffery, ne plus ultra of, 382. 



Pulsation, in the human species, more slow formerly 



than at present, 139. 

 Pumpkin pie and nullification, 179. 

 Pumpkins, great product of, 134 ; rich food for swine, 



150; to save the seed of pure, 151. 

 Putrefaction, remarks on by Dr. Waterhouse, 133. 

 Quaker, the benevolent, anecdote of, 328. 

 Quince trees, coal dust secures against insects, 358. 

 R. his queries relative to heating apartments, 42. 

 Race Iiorses, anecdote of, 56; value of in London, 198. 

 Radish, weighing 9 lbs. 9 oz. 155; how cultivated, 278, 



Rail Ways, beneficial cfl'ects of, 131, 146, 184 ; swift 

 travelling on, 222. 



Rail Road, Boston and Worcester, remarks on, 43, 46 ; 

 from Boston to Lowell, 215. 



Rat, a persevering, anecdote of, 144. 



Rats, and Mice, remedies against, 01,106,365; notice 

 of their destroying corn in the hills, 298. 



Reader, a constant, on sows destroying their offspring, 

 &c. 281. 



Receipts, vindication of their uses, 54. 



Recipe for scab in sheep, 2, 100; of a preparation for 

 cleaning plate, 11 ; for making spruce beer, 13; for 

 making bread from turnips, 13; for making bread by 

 mixing the dough with liquor in which bran had been 

 boiled, 18 ; to preserve steel from rust, 20; for a new 

 mode of preserving potatoes, 27; to prevent horses 

 from being teased with flies, 27 ; for preserving cran- 

 berries, 29 ; for looseness in calves, 35 ; for baked 

 beans, 37; for brown bread, 37; for cleansing foul 

 casks, 38; for a burn, .38; for cholera, 45, 168; for 

 gravel, 45 ; for lemon syrup, 45 ; to preserve peas and 

 beans, 46 ; to preserve gooseberries, 40 ; for a substi- 

 tute for champaigne wine, 46 ; for elderberry syrup, 

 ,50 ; for brewing beer from mangel wurtzel, 50 ; for 

 preserving American citron, 61 ; to destroy mice, 61 ; 

 to cure warts, 61 ; to make strong, or book binder's 

 paste, 61 ; for slabbering of horses, 61 ; for the sting 

 of a bee, 83; to destroy rats and mice, 100; for musty 

 grain, 106 ; for the rot in sheep, 106; for lice and ticks 

 in sheep, 100 ; for rheumatic pains or lumbago, 106 ; 

 to dye a madder- red on woollen, 109; to preserve com- 

 mon water melon rinds, 109; to cure dysentery, 139; 

 for painter's colic, 141 ; for wounds, 142 ; to take out 

 grease spots, &c. 147 ■ preparation of black lead for 

 cleaning stoves, 147 ; for the ladies, Salem fancy cake, 

 154; preserved pippins for daily use, 154; sweet ap- 

 ple pudding, 1.54 ; to ferment cider, 155; to preserve 

 apples, 155 ; for preserving tomatoes, 157 ; for healing 

 the wounds on fruit trees, 173 ; for shoe blacking, 173; 

 for making pumpkin pies, 179 ; for extreme costive- 

 ness, 184 ; for the cramp, 184 ; to stop the hiccoughs, 

 184 ; to cure a cough, 189; for consumption, 203; for 



