INDEX 



783 bushels of to thi- acre raised by Mess. T. & H. 

 Little 213 — great' crops of, raised in Scotland 227 

 strong wood ashes sowed over the ground about the 

 time of Iheir coming up, recommended to increase 

 their growth ai 1 preserve against insects 341 — letter 

 from Rev R. Il.iblyn relative to thf culture of 395 

 Valentine, Col. .1. his crop of spring wheat 213 

 Vaux Roberts, liis address 377 

 Veal, as an article of diet 205 

 Vegetable sUbstances, their nutritive matter 329 

 ^V. his description of the Beaman farm 210 — on boats 

 moving faster by night than by day 266 — on the nat- 

 ural affection of animals for their young 370 — on in- 

 temperance 405 

 Wagons, Pennsylvania, their great strength 101 

 "Walking match, 77 

 Walnuts a family medicine 245 — for fattening fowls 333 

 Warren, on millet, as a profitable crop on new land 61 

 Wash leather waistcoats recommended 245 

 Wasps, to preserve bees and fruit against 30 

 Water, on boring for 42 — a cheap engine for raising 

 169 — machine for filtering 185 — alleviates hunger as 

 well as thirst 137 — information solicited relative to 

 boring for, and for minerals 275 — Mr Trimble's essay 

 on boring for 388 

 Watering plants, an improper mode of 267 

 W. B. on the improper use of fire arms, &c. 397 

 Weather table, founded on the time of the full, change 



and quarters of the moon 181 

 Weeds in gravel walks, growth of prevented 341 — 

 should be made into compost, buried in the earth, or 

 •iTen to »wine 382 



Welles, Hon. J. on orchards 228 — recommends setting 

 out fruit trees over a layer of small stones 228 — on 

 the great age and other properties of a number of 

 fruit trees in Massachusetts 223 



Wells, how dng horizontally in the side of a hill 35 — 

 filtering water by ascent through a strata of sand 

 gravel, &c. 36 — method of dissipating foul air in 398 



Wheat, on raising 10 — tarly sowing in the spring pre- 

 vents smut in 10 — soil proper for in order to make 

 the straw plat 13 — white flint kind, its qualities and 

 introduction into New York slate 42 — premium crop 

 of by Mr Bryant 212, by Col. Valentine 213— spring 

 kind, on its cultivation 278 — on preparing tlie seed 

 278 — seed ofselrcted from what has grown on a dry 

 soil will ripen early 309 — on raising alternate crops 

 of with turnips 325 — preparation for pickling before 

 sow'ing 353 — supposed to require clay as well as lime 

 in the soil for its production 364 — advantages of har- 

 vesting early 406, 413 



White washing apartments recommended 43 



\Vhite weed, remarks on and remedies against 374 



Wilhy F. Esq. his recommendation of a new kind of 

 early potatoe 273 



Williams Ezra, recommends strong soapsuds for cattle 

 choked with roots, &c. 81 



Williams Payson Esq. his manner of cultivating spring 

 wheat 278 ; his mode of sowing grass 278 



Whitlaw C. on preserving potatoes by packing them in 

 casks with sand or earth 62 



Wind, indications of change of 354 



Wind mill for raising water, on the cODstructioD of by 

 P. Stevens 315 



Wilson Col. J. his premium crop of ruta baga 2;3 



VVinchell, Martin E. his directions for destroying this- 

 lies 409 



Wines of the United States, remarks on by Dr Mitchell 

 164— by Dr. Rush 165— by the editor 262— by Dr. 

 Hosack 353 



\\ ingate, .loseph his remedy for an ox or a cow that is 

 choked by a root or other hard substance 57 



VA innowing machine, by V^ oodman 146 



Woad, on its culture by Gen. H. A. ?. Dearborn 284, 

 324, 358— by Richard Crowninshield Esq. 310— oa 

 certain subslilutes for, 370, 371. 



Wolves, notice of a calash drawn by 151 



Woodland when cut over for fire wood should be cut 

 clean and smooth 215 



Wool, remarks on from Rees' Cyclopedia 68, 76,92, 

 100, 132, 188, 229, 252— Society formed for the 

 improvement of 2S3 — on the necessity of washing 

 it thoroughly 248 



Wood, J. his mode of preserving hams by black pep- 

 per 301 



Worms in the head of sheep, Mr Reed's communica- 

 tion relative to 60 — tar supposed to be a remedy for 

 £0, 77 — fish oil and assafuetida suggested as remedies 

 for 77 — in horses and other animals remedy for 349 



X. his description of New England in 1649 128 



Yankee Farmer, on Saxony ^hcep 9 



Yellow bug, antidote against 369 



Yeoman on the prevalence of intemperance 65 — his re- 

 cipe for ticks in sheep 249 — on pastures 289 



Young, John Esq. extracts from his letters of Agricola 

 on the value of Peat as a manure 332, 340 



