Index to tlie tliird Toliime of the New Eiigiand Farmer. 



A. on the uses of lime as a medicine and a promoter of 



hi-aitU 180— on irrigation 337— on useless expendij- 



turciu drawing old liuildings 33f;-cu!tiDg bnsli> s 3'7 



■ A.B.'s quere on the season of pianling cherry -tcni s -Zti 



AbrahAm, his advice to surveyorf of highways 375 



Adams Uaniel, notice of his Jlgiuidlural Reader 15U- 



his remarks on the construction of ham doors ih. 

 Address of Rey Mr Kobhins to Hartford Ag. Soc'ty 140 

 —— Isaac Goodwin to \Vorci!¥ter do 153 



Hon. .Mr Hodges to the Bristol do 177 



\Vm. Bailon 1-,-q. to VMiichester(Va.) do IRl 



M. 'Jhaii.nont to .h Ifersoii county (N-V.) do ^"60 



floberts V'aux lolhe Philadelphia Society for pro- 

 moting agriculture 377 



Agrieola his queries on hedges, removing stumps kc. 

 17-2 his remarks on preserving fruit trees from borers 

 by cattle's hair 327— on manuring an apple tree 387 



AgriculluLal Society, Massdichuf. tts, their regulations 

 at the Brighton cattle show 73 — Reports of, lOi; and 

 Ihe following pages —report on agrieultiir-Hl expeil- 

 raents '.'12 — notice of fruits at the dinner of 1 10— li't 

 of premium? granted hy 236— officers I'f 36G— thank? 

 of to sir Isaac Ci>ifin 2il6 —to the proprietors and cap- 

 tain of the Liverpool packet ships 414 



Essex county, arrangement of their cattle show 



73 — premiums of 12J — report of the committee of on 

 farms in Essjx 115— on ploughs and ploughing l-lti 



Middlesex Husbandmen and Manufacturers, 



their rattle show 90 — officers of 122— premiums 31!) 



Rhode Island, notice of their cattle show 91 — 



report of their committee ou agricult. products 171 



Berkshire county, anniversary of 97, 17R 



Worcester 93— reports of 196— 225 tt stq. 



Cheshire county, N. H. 114. 



Rockingham, N. H. 114 



—^ Hancock, Me. 114 



H»Mp<hire, Fr.inklln and Hampden 130 



-. Bristol counly 157 



Philadelphia,' notice of their proceedings, 



Harlford conntv 2-14 



232, 325, 356, "395 



Merrimack, 291 



■ Pennsylvania. 365 372 



Agriculturul Exiiihitiims, ren arl<s on by the Editor IIC 



Agrirultural surveys, on the i;jiportance and pr.<ctica- 

 bility of estatjlishini; in Massaehusetls, 4 



-— Jubilee on a mowing and reaping festival, no- 

 tice of 6 , 



Agricultural department in New York, recommended 

 by a committee of the legislature, 292 



Agricultural Schools, communication recommending 

 31!! — remark? on by Jesse liuel, Esq. 373 



Agrienlture of .Massachusells remarks on by Hon. Levi 

 Einroln. 242 



.Agricultural School at Windsor, Con. notice of 342, at 

 Uerhy (on. notice of 349 



Air, remarks on Ihe necessity of a change of 1!!0 



188, 



Bacon, hung beef. Sec. directions for prepai mg, 156 

 Banking with the spade, &,c. remarks on by George W. 



Curiis ii30 

 Ban<»sof rivers, how to prevent them from washing 357 

 Barley, r marks on the harvesting of 407 

 r>arn doors new constu lion of by Lir Adams 1C8 

 iiarns. remaiUs on the consti action of 81 — one of Col. 



Newhall 146 

 Baru-y-ird dneelions respecting 123 

 barlieit William, l.sq i.oiit ,■ of i.is farm 141 — his mode 

 'jl making covered diains 146 — his breed ol cow.«, 

 crops of riianj." I wurizrl and ruta baga 1-16 

 Barton W. ,\i. E. his aildress to' the Agricultural Soci- 

 ety in Winchester Va. 161 

 B. C. his comparative view of the profit, tc. of various 



crops 412 

 Beaman farm in West BoyUton, description of 210 

 Beans, remarks on their cultivation by Jesse Buel, Esq. 

 22 — notice of a new sorl growing in Sonih .America 

 49— in harvesting are often suffered to remain loo 

 lo: gin the field 86 

 Bed bugs recipes fnr .315 381 

 Beef, remarks on as an article of diet 205 

 Bees should not be suffocated or taken up in August, 

 30 — how hives may be defended from the attacks of 

 other bees, and of wasps 30 409 — thi ir hives should 

 be well sliaded in hot weather 30 — mode of destroy- 

 ing the millers which infest them 30 132 133 — shoulil 

 not be kept too. warm in winter 174 — how managed 

 in the spring 286 — remedies for the stings of4 14, rules 

 for purcba.'ers of hives 2i!6 — signs of their being a- 

 boiit to swarm 33 1 — not necessary to make a noise 

 when they are about to swarm 334 — fresh swarms of 

 should have new liivf s334 — mode of managing when 

 sv.'arining 334 — hives for, recommended to be sprink- 

 led with human urine 331 — remarks on the manage- 

 ment of 409 — ^how to construct hives to defend them 

 against the millers and worms 109 — how to take up 

 the honey without destroying 409 

 Beet weighing 25 lbs. notice of 95 — one weighing 11 



lbs. 3oz. notice of 119 

 Bells a substitute for 253 

 BicknelPs improved grist giillp 223 

 Hiddle Mr Kxirarls from his address 169 

 Bigelow r>r his --.merican bolany 415 

 Birds, remarks on Ihe velocity ol their fligbl 200~on 

 the f"lly and mischief of shooting those which priy 

 on gnib worms. Sic. 357 

 f'.irnie .Mr ( . his remarks on the hi'Ssian fly 174 

 Bisbee .Mr his improv.pients in the loim ol hoes 129 

 Bia( k cattle, on raising of wiihnut milk 10 

 lilasling rocks, iinprovcnienls in sug^estett 227 

 Bleacliing cotton tbrea'l and ho-iery, method of as prac- 

 tised in Strasbuig 155 

 Blight or blasi in pear tree!!, iic. quiTies on 121 

 Blood and uffals of animals recommeeded as very pow- 

 erful manure 341 — various uses oi in the arts 341 



Alkali rLiuli-red more elfectnal for scouring yarn, &c. I Boa constricdu', a serpent notice of 13G 



by Ijelfig mixed with quicklime 45 



.Alni« house in Salem, notice or;10>* 



Antliracite coal, reinari,s on the advantage of 330 



Ants meal secured against 35 — a useful kind in Suri- 

 nam, .368 



Aphides, plant lice remarl;s on 9 — see further, plant 

 lice 



Apios tuberosa, or (ironnd nut, notice of 28 



.Apnle. weighing 19 3 4 oz. notice of 96— one weighing 

 20 1-2 onnc. s 1 10 



Apples i't n led for cider should remain on Ihe trees 

 till fully ripe, tc. 73 see further cider — :modes of pre- 

 serving 91 98 ?W( et and sour notice ol 201 — those on 

 the south side of a tree will be richer than tho^e 

 from thi' north side 266 — (hose which are the worst 

 for Ihi- table are (In- best for cider 12'i 



Apple l!\es and pi ar trec«, cnise s of the pr(-ina(tire de- 

 cav ol 2 (sor further pear trees) notices ol some ri-- 

 marka'tle oa.:s iii "t-vei-.-il parts of .Ms. and Con. 22i» 



Arborist, lii* remarks on pruning fruit trees 266 



Arrachaca, or new South American polatof , drscriplion 

 of 152 — information concerning requested i9C — ans 

 wer to said request 414 



Artichoke. Jerusalem, recomended by IVI Chrinmonl a« 

 an article of ci'lluri-276 — remarks on its culture, ust» 

 tc. bvlhe i:ditor 341 



.Aurora B'trfalii. disciiption of r.3 



K. his re narks on soap snda for destroying insects, oi. 

 milking cows. ire. &c. 10 — on worms in the heaila of 

 sheep 77 — on the 12 days of Christmas, &c. 209 



Hones on I heir use a- manure 3.J7 



Borer on the mode of extirpatiig at the farm of John 

 I'rince, l-.sq. 6 — su) pen d by Mr 'I'appan to be the 

 same which injures pi ach trees 326 — tites pres-rved 

 airainst by raising nionnd them a little hillock oi 

 asiies 326 common cattle's hair, obtained ir -in tan 

 Hers, placed ab 'Ut the roots of fruit trees said to pre- 

 serve them ag.iiiisl 3-27 



Botts in horsis recipes for curing 229 338 — on the cause 

 and cure o('.338 398 



Brakes should be given to swine 382 



I'randy from pottifrtes Waking 380 



Bread to detect adultf'ISBlions in 227 



r^reweiy Barclay's 43 ^ 



Brewing ale, beer, &c. iniprovep-ent in by condensing 

 the steamjind returning its products into the worts 

 173 



Briggs L. \V. his rommiuiicr.tions.on the early sliear- 

 iiiif ol iihe««p-^T6 ■.«t7 — on M'nharicn fishnsa manure 

 310 — his d' sciiption and recommendation of the 

 horse rake 301 



Bristol B. bis qiierv respecting the use oflime as a ma- 

 nure when tnixed with rriwuUov.' mod U^O 



■'ristol county fnrniei ■til* qiteiiesri laiive lo grafting in 



July, and Ihe editor's answer 4t/7 

 'Brbwn''9 gat engine notlie-ftf till 



'Vowse, on the utility of for cattle 149 



Bryant Austin, notice of bis premium crop of wheat of 

 J4 bushels 25 quarts to an acre -,'12 



Buck baloDging to Joseph Weeks, Esq. large fleece 24 



I'uckthorn, foi hedges 201 214 



Buel Jesse, Esq. on summer laMows 2 — his method of 

 preparing seed corn :ind ot cultivating that )'iant 21 

 — on the cultivation of potatoes *1 — on beans, J'eas, 

 and oa'.s 22 — on lioiirg seed wheat to preseive it a- 

 gainsl the Hessian liy 174 — i.otice of his having been 

 elected eorri'spoudiiig uieoiber of the London Horti- 

 cultural Society -91 — bis biter to \\ , iVl. Carton, 

 Esq. \ ice President of the .AgricuUural Society of the 

 Vailey, \'ir^ 372 — his review of the Merooirs of the 

 Pennsylvania Agiicultura! Socii ty 381 



Burning iiiasses, notice of seme very powerful, 27 



Burning Spiings, the gas of which is used in cooking251 



Burying in churches, lui the bad e fleets of 331 



Bu^rod on the culture and rses cf rye 49 — CD a ma- 

 chine fe-r paring apples 132 



Bushes best destroyed in wet weather in August '36"^ 

 may be destroyed by Plaster of Paris 36 — on cutting 

 377 — e-xpense of charing a field ct"377 



Butter, on preparing salt Jor ly washing and grinding 1 

 method of making by freezing milk 253 



Rutterfield .A. on raising wheat 10 



Cabbage, a kind which grow? in .^r'Kansa? 28 — mode of 

 preserving 123 — how to raise early 561 



Call, large 1 19 — should not le caught by the tail 230 



Canada thistle, modes of dt strnyi'ig lb 377 409 



Canal from Boston to .Albany 257 



Canals and rail roads, their adiar.tages compared 384 



Candles, manufacture and dilTere nt kinds ol ^50 — how 

 to cause them to burn slowly 30] 



Canker worm, the locust tree a remedy for 327 



Caiamanian sheep imported 307 



Carnation pinks 4o3 



Carrot weighing ten pounds 263 



Cashmere .bawls their manufacture 13 



Castor beans the cultivation of recommended 289 



Castor oil substitute for, 245 



Caterpillars on I'riiit trees on destroying 264 cannot be 

 destroyed by boring a hole in the trees and inserting; 

 sulphur 254 — destroyed in great numbers by spar- 

 rows 2'i2 — querii s concerning by " A Karmer" 366 

 remarks on their ditlV rent 5t..tes of existi nee 366 



Cattle remedy for when ehoked by roots, kc. 57 81 — 

 remarks on impoiteil by Col. Powel, &c. 58— fatten- 

 ed lui llax seed, fee. 67 — on selecting Irom the best 

 breed 194 — remarks on keeping 182 194 230— large 

 ones exhibited 227 — notice of swellid throat in 282 

 hoof disease in 282, Col. Pickering's < ssays on 297 

 3b5 316 321 remedy for vv hen they have eaten too 

 iiMich giaio 339 Col. Powel"? essays on :;64 393 — re- 

 remarks on from .Mass. Age. Repos. 401 



( '.tile shows Sff Ji^ricidlv-ral Hoaelits 



Cellars h.w ventilated 150 



Charcoal rlifferi'nt opinions respecting Its pjwer as a 

 con. -1 lie lor of electricity 36 — caution relative to the 

 burning of 157 — falal effects caused by burning of 

 179 — on its uses in preventing the putrefaction of 

 aniin I matter 226 

 Cheese on the poisonous quality of some 29 

 Che;iy stones how pii.-i rye d and sown 20 



I' Cbieiiiey in a close mom hovv' made tocarry smoke 134 

 < hiiimoya a fruit of South .America 49 

 (hob ra infantum 397 

 : I hristmas the tivelve days of indicating weather 209 

 Cid( r an improved hoop (or pressing to — appit? intend- 

 ed for should be ri| ■ 7'i — .!ir*ctfon? fi>r making 77 £6 

 , an improved mil' and press for 86 147 remarks on by 

 Dr Mitchell 164 — on mali g and bottling 390 — crab 

 apples re-e:oinniended lor 396 

 Cioiis for grafting See Scir.nx 



( laxton on mills. ■ asting interest, sperllic g'avlly, 185 

 Clover may be plaste ri d when leriu d dowi) for a wheat 

 crop 37 — Italian nolire of 259— time of sowing 278 

 Coal tormalioii 2-.'0 330 

 Colibett extract- from his worl 118 325 

 Cocoa nut sing"Iar qnalily (ii'3i4 

 ."(■(Tee as an article of diet 2-1 — how made 356 

 Coliin Admiral Sir Isaac, his (re si r' of a stud horse and 



a mare to (he Mas-. Agr. Sor. 2f« 307 

 Cold exposure to bow it shoulj be treati d 344 

 ('ominiserator on intemperance* 137. 21*1 

 Compi ndiiim of At'ricnitnre. netites of. 13 

 Consumption simie time cure el in its first stages by seda- 

 tive medicines 24 — in Ne^w l-"nglnnd. ca^, 3 o]"^ ^2(>l 

 Co. ked corn kc. bi'st for tee ding swine 2i 7 

 C PIHT, native- found on State-n Isl.ei.d 34'i 

 ( "oj.pe'r I'te nsils atlV, !eit by solntioes r eoinnion saU 163 

 Corn cruiheei, eifperimeut to ascertain the yield 274. 



