INDEX. 



Vll 



good house soap, 20G ■, for head ache, yoii; to cure a 

 wen, 215; to cure measles in swine, 233; for a cut, 

 bruise, or burn, the coating of the shell ol a raw egg, 

 243; for a sow that refuses the male, 24'J ; for throat 

 distemper and scarlet fever, 250 ; to cure wounds on 

 horses and cattle, 253; for heaves in horses, 2(il ; for 

 making transparent soap, 2G1 ; to color black, 2G1 ; for 

 domestic yeast, 2(31 ; for tomato catsup, 2C1 ; for pre- 

 serving eggs, 200; to cure butter, 207; to restore 

 manuscripts become illegible by time, 209; to make 

 green wax, 275 ; cheap wash or paint, 275 ; for mak- 

 ino- hop beer, 2?3; fire proof and water proof cement, 

 283; to make bread, rusk and apple dumplings, 2'JO; 

 to make yeast, 290 ; for a broken winded horse, 30J ; 

 for making potato paste, 301 ; for an improvement in 

 candles, 301 ; for cleaning gilt frames, 301 ; for mak- 

 ing bread with a mixture of boiled Indian meal, 301 ; 

 to? destroying cockroaches, 307 ; for removing spots 

 from mildewed stuft", 309; for sewing on glazed calico, 

 309; for boot blacking, 315; for founders in horses, 

 315 ; for destroying bed bugs, 315 ; for improved white 

 washing, 339 ; for making oil soap, 341 ; wash for fruit 

 trees, 342 ; remedy against mildew in grapes, 342 ; for 

 poison by ivy, 3-12; for poison by dogwood, 342; to 

 boil peas or beans, 345 ; for preserving the American 

 citron, 345 ; for making a fine flour or sago from pota- 

 toes, 347 ; for preserving grapes fresh through the 

 winter, 343; to make paint without white lead or oil, 

 357 ; to make an incombustible wash, and stucco white 

 wash, 358 ; for destroying rats and mice, 305 ; for the 

 cholera, 305 ; to take ink spots out of rhahogany, 305 ; 

 for making small beer, 379 ; to prevent the annoyance 

 of flies, 381 ; to destroy the red spider, 381 ; to pre- 

 serve beans and peas through winter, 381 ; to preserve 

 wheat against the weevil, 381 ; for cleaning cloths, 

 &c. 380 ; for obtaining oil from sunflower seeds, 387 ; 

 for lowness of spirits, 392 ; for destroying ants, 397 ; 

 for destroying the red spider on plants, 397 ; for mak- 

 ing tincture of roses, 404 ; for the foot rot in sheep, 

 405 ; to make liquid opodeldoc, 411 ; to preserve culi- 

 nary vegetables through the winter, 411. 



Remedies, several useful, 184. 



Revolutionary anecdote, 400. 



Rhubarb, on its efficacy in diarrhcea, 59. 



Rhubarb plant, advantages of removing the blossom buds 

 from, 371 ; its growth promoted by placing a barrel 

 over it, 372. 



Richardson, James, Esq., his address to Mass. Agr. Soc. 

 300, 306. 



R. M. W., his recipe for destroying mice, 61 ; on the 

 scouring of horses, 101 ; on forest trees, 101 ; on the 

 preservation of bacon, 133 ; on preparing seed wheat, 

 180; on making compost, 348 ; on the absorbent prop- 

 erties of potash, and ploughing and hoeing in dry 

 weather, 3.50 ; his receipt for making small beer, 379 ; 

 on leached ashes, 379; on destroying the turnip fly, 

 &c. in hot beds, 411. 



Road making, directions concerning, 341. 



Rodman, Benjamin, his letter together with a package of 

 onion seeds, from Lisbon, to Mass. Hor. Soc. 299. 



Roman Empire, magnitude of, 299. 



Romantic incident, 308. 



Rose, remarks on by " A Floral Amateur," 73. 



Rose bugs, antidotes against, 390, 402. 



Rose bush, a flourishing, 345. 



Roses, tincture of, how made, 404. 



Rotation of crops, remarks on, 100. 



Rouen, or aftermath, remarks on, 37. 



Rum canal, article concerning, 339. 



Rumination, remarkable case of, 101. 



Rural taste, remarks on by J. S. M. 218. 



Rush, Dr., an untiring student, 291. 



Rnssia, manners and customs in, 208. 



Ruta baga, on the culture of, 277, 398. 



Rye, remarks on raising, 4G ; vitiated, pernicious effects 

 of, 82 ; Mr. Adams Knight's premium crop of, how 

 cultivated, 238; Mr. Gideon Foster's premium crop, 

 243; Tristram Little's cultivation of, 251; Nathan 

 Smith's crop of, 251. 



S. on penning swine, 340. 



Salads, %vashing of in salt water recommended, 380. 



Salivation of stock, &c., remarks on, 37. 



Salt, recommended for cattle, 124, 100,300; on its man- 

 ufacture in the county of Barnstable, lOS ; may be in- 

 i'urious to sheep in winter, 240 ; analysis of difi'erent 

 Linds of, 337, 345 ; scarcity of in Africa, 347. 



Salt hay, how cured, 249. 



Saw'dust, remarks on feeding hogs with, 164. 



Science, value of to the practical man, 180, 381. 



Science and art, the triumphs of, 170. 



Scion of a tree, its influence on the stock, 298. 



Scott, James, on the best mode of destroying caterpillars, 

 402. 



Season in Canada, remarks on, 42; aspect, crops, and 

 prospects of, 02, 09, 100,372, 4UC; in Nova Scotia, 

 115; in England, 115; in Vermont, 102; e.xtraordi- 

 nary productions of, 180; in Ripley, N. Y. 298; in 

 Massachusetts, 360 ; and prospect of crops in Middle- 

 bury, Vermont, 395 ; in Louisiana, 410. 



Sea water, for watering plants, &c. 306. 



Secession of a State from the Union, 227. 



Seeds, on the gathering and preserving of, 6 ; on the fall 

 sowing of, 00 ; remarks on the germination of, 73 ; 

 how to accelerate their germination, 175; on selecting 

 the best to propagate from, 273, 323, 382 ; on change 

 of, 249, 273, 323. 



Sencx, on the interest of farmers, 411. 



Sheep, re.-ipe for scab in, 2, ICO, 112 ; on the manage- 

 ment of, 5, 410 ; and shepherds in France, 34 ; a very 

 large, 38 ; age of, how ascertained. 93 ; on raising oats 

 for keeping, 101 ; remedy for the rot in, 100 ; remedy 

 for lice and ticks in, 80 ; should be fattened when they 

 begin to grow old, 182; remarks on the improvement 

 of," by Mr. Meade, 195; on selecting the best breeds 

 of, 240 ; on wintering. 240 ; salt in winter may be in- 

 jurious to, 240; tar recommended for, 3'.J1 ; treatment 

 of the foot rot in, 405 ; for murrain or the scab in, 412. 



Slieep shearing at Nantucket, 412. 



Sheridan, William, his statement relative to his raising 

 melons, erroneously attributed to Mr. Senior, 211. 



Ships, American, increase in the tonnage of, 209. 



Shot tower, to be erected in Galena, 395. 



Silk, manufactured by ladies, and died with blood root, 

 5 ; Mr. Perry's experiment in raising, 27 ; Mr. Cobb's 

 manufacture of, 43, 84 ; the best made from the morus 

 multicaulis, 81 ; remarks on its culture, 100, 130, 200, 

 209; raw, sold by Mr. Starkweather, 141 ; circular 

 letter relative to the manufacture of, by Messrs 

 Brownell & Macomber, 190; remarks and inquiries 

 concerning, by a lady, 190; on reeling, 190; report 

 on, by Mr. Wheelock, 245 ; its manufacture in Ver- 

 mont, 340 ; on reeling of, 394. 



Silk spinner and twister by Adam Brooks, 274. 



Silk worms, raised on the morus multicaulis, or Chinese 

 mulberry, by Mrs. Parmentier, 70 ; Chinese, experi- 

 ments with, by Dr. Mease, 183. 



Size and starch, best made of East India flour, 219. 



Skunk cabbage, remarks on, and remedy against, solic- 

 ited, 14. 



Slaves, estimate of the number of, 223. 



Smith, Nathan, his cultivation of a premium crop of rye, 

 251. 



Smith, T. H., on a diseased ox, 222. 



Smokers, a warning to, 1347. 



Snow, a substitute fx)r eggs in making a pudding, 197 ; 

 in Vermont, on the 9th of June, 398. 



Soap, transparent, how made, 201 ; soft, for the use of a 

 family, how made, 275. 



Soap suds, use of as an antidote for insects, &c. recom- 

 mended, 366. 



Social intercourse, remarks on, 2.59. 



Soils of a light and sandy sort the most profitable, 100 ; 

 on their stimuUtion, by J. Welles, 217; when sour, 

 how neutralized, 394. 



Somnambulism, remarkable case of, 43. 



Sow, how managed, when she refuses the male, 249. 

 See swine. 



Spanish grass seed, notice of, 334. 



Spavin in horses, quere concerning, 206. 



Speakers of the House of Commons and House of 

 Representatives, their offices and emoluments, 128. 



Sperry, James, on the advantages of fallow crops over 

 summer fallows, 53. 



Spicer, James, on the utility of mixing plaster and 

 leached ashes for manure, .59. 



Spider red, recipe for destroying on plants, 397. 



Spafl'ord, Dr., his essay on irrigation, 26. 



Spooner, Alden, on making wine from the Isabella 

 grape, 117. 



Sprague, Henry, his cultivation of a premium crop of 

 barley, 243. 



Staniford, John, notice of his glass supporters of flowers, 

 134. 



Stables for horses, remarks on the construction of, &c. 



State Prison, how to prepare men for, 96. 



Statistics of some parts of Europe, 349. 



Steam Carriage to run on the road between Birming- 

 ham and London, 3.5 ; notices of by Homer, 370. 

 Steam, its power on the Liverpool ajid Manchester rail 

 road 131 ; notices of, 158. 



Steamer, family, notice of, 398. 



Steam power in Manchester, 205, 261. 



Steers, method of breaking, 317. 



Stimulation of soils, remarks on, by J. Welles, 217. 



Stock, remarks on, by Ulmus, 116; of the Durham 

 short horn breed, 291. 



Stone pine, an useful tree growing in Switzerland, 

 notices of, 27. 



Stove, Dr Nott's, damages for infringing Patent Right 

 pf, 261. 



Straw, to be ploughed into ground intended for corn, 

 131 ; on the nutritive matter of, 157; may be cut up 

 and mixed with barley or oats for feeding cattle, 

 182. 



Strawberries, bearing in autumn, remarks on, 93; re- 

 marks on their culture, 121. 



Strength, colossal, in soldier of the French army, 216. 



Stucco for walls, how made and applied, 372. 



Stud, a lady's notice of, 179. 



Subscriber, a, his notice of a large beet, and on the 

 management of a garden, 146 ; on sows devouring 

 their offspring, 298, 346 ; his quere concerning bon- 

 net grass, 313. 



Sugar, purified honey a substitute for, 91 ; made by • 

 concentrating cane juice in vacuo, 174. 



Sugar refiners, extraordinary heat to which they are 

 exposed, 232. 



Sulphur, of no use for plugging trees to destroy in- 

 sects, 174. 



Sunflower seeds, new mode of obtaining oil from, 27 ; 

 oil of recommended, 379. 



Superstition, remarkable instance of, 56, 184. 



S. W. on ripening grapes in the open air, &c. 154. 



.Swans, a bewildered flock of, 336. 



Swedish turnips, grown on the same soil seven years 

 in succession, 27. 



Sweet potatoes, rules for housing and preserving, 84, 

 154 ; one weighing 4^ lbs. 189 ; on the best mode of 

 cultivating, 320. 



Swine, fattened on potatoes only, 1 ; fattening of on 

 sweet apples. 110, 182; how managed at the South, 

 125 ; on feeding with saw dust, 184 ; improved mode 

 of scalding, 174 ; a large, slaughtered by Mr. A. Lit- 

 tlefield, 182; notice of the escape of one from be- 

 neath ice, 198; measles in, how to cure, 233; when 

 a sow refuses the male, how managed, 249 ; notices 

 of, 256 ; how to remove from place to place, 267 ; a 

 large, killed by Mr. Salterthwaite, 209 ; on the im- 

 portance of selecting the best breed of, 277 ; on sows 

 devouring their offspring, and the causes of such vo- 

 racity 282, 297, 305 313, 321,338, 340; fattened with 

 potatoes and sweet apples, boiled together, 291 ; on 

 a pasture for, 310 ; improvement in, 340 ; advantage 

 in penning of, 340 ; remarks on feeding, &c. 361. 



Tanneries, an emprovement in, 85. 



Tea, economy in making, 283. 



Teak Tree, seeds of, received for propagation, 147. 



Tea, on the culture and manufacture of, 412. 



Tea wheat, remarks on its advantages, &c., 298. 



Tooth, the, remarks on, by Mr. Delafons, 394. 



Teamster, a, on training oxen, 353. 



Temperance, good T;ffects of, 10, 403; in the Navy, 

 227 ; anecdote of, 272 ; consequence of, among the 

 Quakers or Friends, 352 ; societies formed for promiO- 

 ting, 371. 



Temperance boarding house in N. York, 147. 



Temperance Farm, products of, &c., 401. 



Temperance Society. American, Periodical CircvJar of, 

 171 ; in England, 339. 



Thatcher, James, on the best method of destroying the 

 bee moth, 4. 



Thanksgiving Sermon, extract from, 108. 



Thatcher, Peler, Esq. report on his premium farm, 124. 



Thinker, a slow, on incombustible buildings, 387. 



Thirst, allayed by the external application of water, 334. 



Thistle, Scottish, origin of its adoption as a national em- 

 blem, 2(il ; remarks on its extirpation, by the Wan- 

 derer, 409. 



Thorburn's seed store, notice of, 373. 



Tidd, J. notices of his experiments in raising potatoes, 

 and the products resulting, 321, 326. 



Toads, useful in gardens, 315. 



Tobacco, benefits resulting from relinquishing the UK 

 of, 163 ; use of, in destroying insects, 390. 



Toilette of Ladies, 80. 



Tomatoes, how preserved, 157. 



Tommy Buck, on his attempts to turn beau, Ac, 211. 



Top dressing for grain, grass land, &c., 286. 



Town Farms, utility of, 293. 



Trade, the course of remarks on, 115; with honest naeB 



as with rogues, 312. 

 Tree, a singular, 405. 

 Trees, advantage of scraping the bark from, 1 ; cuhoM 



