A. B., his remedy for cramp 25 



Abell, T., his notice of a superb hly 1 



Acacia, three thoriied, or s-,eet locust, notices of 206 



Acorn, squash, notices of 17S 



Acorns, coOTee from 125 ■ 



Adams, J. Quincy, his present of seeds to M. H. S. 70 



Address by the Rev. A. M'Lean, extract from 26 



by Judge Pitman to Rhode Island Agr. Soc". 172, 



180, 188, 193 



by Gen. Dearborn to Mass. Hort. Soc. 203, 210, 



227,235 

 Addresses delivered before Agr. Soc. of South Carolina, 



Eulogy on 151 

 Adlum, John, his letter to Mass. Horticultural Society 166 

 Agricultural Premiums, remarks on by W. 106 



- report for the District of Montreal 35 



Agricultural Society, Essex, extracts fiom a pamphlet, con- 

 taining proceedings of, 4, 12, 20, 28, 36, 44, 329, 395— 

 officers of 91 — premiums granted by 333 



of Massachusetts, premiums offered 



I^DEX 



TO THE EIGHTH VOLUME OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



by 89, 262— advantages derived from their show 92 — 

 notices of their show at Brighton 102, 107 — committee 

 of, at the Brighton show IDS— reports of 108, 109, 110, 

 115, 116,217 — their annual meeting 382 



of Hampden, Franklin and Hamp- 



shire, officers of 278 — notice of their show 358 



of Worcester, notices of their show 



98, 126, 133, 134 



-_ of Concord, Mass. 99 — report of 



committee of, on farms 148 



of Berkshire 118 



of Cheshire, N. H. 125 



. of Strafford, N. H. 126 



of Rhode Island, notice of their lib- 

 eral order for one hundred c.opies of the New England 

 Farmer 222 — premiums at their catlle show, &c. 265 



. of Merrimac county, N, H. 329 



Agriculture in England, remaiks on 12 — and Gardening 

 in Penn., Mr Preston's lemarks on 41 — on its antiquity 

 and excellence 80 — series of publications proposed for 

 the promoticn of 150 — in Bengal 267 

 Agricultural Warehouse, Boston, notice of 326 

 Alcohol, obtained from blackberries 67 



A. L. H., his notices of a disease in sheep 209 

 Algarova tree, notices of 245 



anac. New England Farmer's, notices of 91 

 Almanacs, en-ors anil superstitions in 197 

 Alms-house in Munich 384 

 Alms-house farm in Newport, product of 389 

 Anaconda, notices of 413 

 Anatomists, piactcal bints to 187 

 Anatomy, utility of its study 213 

 Animal food, be>t kinds of 67 

 Ants, black, how destroyed 370 — notices of their natural 



history 404 

 Apiary, Dr Thacher's improved 207 

 Apple, Lyscom, notice of, 91 — sweet greening 123 — the 



Williams 259 

 Apple pomace, remarks on its uses 18 

 Apple grafts fom Virjrinia 1 

 Apples, how preserved 49 — large 91 — nscful In fattening 



liogs 182 — golden pippins, piesented by G. Parsons, 



Esq. 350 

 Apple tree, notice of one whose fruit was altered by its 



vicinity to another ki;ul 6.5 — experimental of Goelnilz 



71 — and pear trees without blossom 305 — on r."iising 



from cutliugs 3.5S— large, owned by Charles Tappan 



366— large, owned by E. Hall 366 

 Ariny worm 397 



Arrows, poisoningof in .i\frira 174 — in South America2I6 

 Ash, flowering, notices of 97 

 Ashes, fires communicated fiom 99 

 Asparagus, remarks on its cultivation, by J. Welles 



313 — oyster shells recommended as manure for 350 — 



remarks on, as an article of diet, 371 

 Bacon, to preserve sound and sweet through the summer 



270 



B. on diseases in sheep 241 

 Banian tree, no'ice of 37 



Bailey, an in^ect in, notices of 43, 138,299, 3.30, 402 

 Barns, remarks on the construction of, &c 406, 414 

 Bartlett, Levi, on budding fruit trees 114 

 Bartlett pear, remark<ron i's oiigin, &c. 385 

 Bath, cold, useful in preserving health 25 

 Bean, large produce from 32 

 Beans, stewed in milk 371 



Beef, for epicures 157 



Beef and Pork, abstract of laws respecting inspection of 

 410 



Beer, recipe for making 33 — spruce, how made 371 



Bees, remedies for the slings of 6,373 — hive for, remarks 

 on 33 — curious fact in tlieir economy 59 — how mana- 

 ged by Rusticus 151) — query respecting by Inquirer 

 259 — answer to said query by N. Smith 283 — remarks on 

 by Medicus 278— ^sayings with regard to 366 — notices 

 of their natural history 404 



Bees wax, preserves paintings, &c. 67 



Beet, Sir John Sinclair's, notices of 19, 74 — sugar better 

 than mangel wurlzel for feeding cattle 222 



Beet-Sugar, on making in France 21. (See Sugar from 

 beet root.) 



Beets, large 12.5i— esteemed among the Greeks 371 



Bermuda Grass, query concerning 6 



Bingham plum, notice of 242 



Bird-shooting condemned 406 — statute against 406 



Birds, their use in destroying insects 378 — how preserved 

 as specimens 379 



B. J. on the vitality of seeds 373 

 Blackberries, alcohol obtained from 67 

 Black cherry tree, barU of poisonous 8.5 

 Blake, the artist, visions of 330 



Blight in pear trees, remarks on 57 — in American fruit 

 trees 305, .330- in barley, notices of 402 



Bones, imported into England for manure 50, 190 



Bonnets, Boxford, notice of 350 — mistake concerning, 

 corrected 405 



Boots and .shoes, wafer proof varnish for 147. 



Borer, apple free, proposed to be destroyed by camphor 

 206 — observations on, by A Farmer 23.3 — by the editor 

 234— by Messrs F. & J. Winship 234 



Bostpn House of Industry and House of Reformation, re- 

 marks on 62 



Botanic Gaiden, curator of requested to publish in New 

 England Farmer 46 -j 



Botany of America 179, 189 y 



Bots in horses, remedy for 334 



Boylston, J. L., on whitewashing barns, stables, &c. 19 



Bread, bran, recipe for 328 — indigenous, found in Van 

 Dieman's Land 408 



Briggs, Lemuel W., his mode of guarding against the 

 canker-worm 225 



Broccoli, notices of 385 



Buckminster, W., on locust trees 409 



Burkvvheat, how to extract potash from 31 



Budding, worsted threads used in 134 



Buel, Judge, bis notice of the season 2.3 — remarks on his 

 residence near Albany 52 — on cider 82 — his present of 

 fruits, &c. to the Mass. Hort. Soc. 105, 131— his address 

 to the .Albany Hort.^Soc. 154 — on live fences 164 — on 

 sheltering farm lands 164 — on the culture of potalos 

 164 — on the proper size of trees for tiansplanting 247 — 

 on the character of American farmers 257 — his state- 

 ment of facts Vvorth remembering 273 



Bull, E. W., his letter to Mr Downer 167 



Burns, recipe for curing 37, 408 



Boshes, on cutting, &c. 33 



Butter, rules for making 45, 61 — on making in winter 145 

 — means of preserving 3.50, 368,416 — MrErving's re- 

 marks on 363, 369— made yellow by carrots 399 



Eutterophilus, on making.and preserving butter 368 



C, bis remaiks on the Horticultural Festival .50 

 Cabbage, notices of, from Phillips' history of vegetablos385 

 Calf, native, a larj;e 363 



Calves, sucking, dry yellow loam recommended for 76 



Camellia Japonica, notices of 114 — cultivation of 114, 139, 

 163, 170 



Canada thistle, on extirpating 15, 19 



Canal, Chesapeake and Delaware, tolls on 195 — railroad 

 recommon-lel to supersede 213 — at Albany, tolls col- 

 lected on 219, 387 



Canker-worm, no'ices of by H. A. S. Dearborn 177, 377 

 — Mr Briggs' mode of guarding asrainst 22.5 — J. M. G's 

 remarks on 257— notice of 349— Dr Spoflbrd's method 

 of guarding a'rainst2.'i7 — remarks on, by tbe editor 257 

 —by P. a. Robbins 385 



Capillary attraction, instance of 403 



Carrots, on their culture, &c. 291, 386 — pudding of, how 

 nnule .381 



Carver, William, on the treatment of horses 69 



Castor oil, n.anufactured in this country, and not nauseous 

 120 



Caterpillars, to preserve against 296, 355 — death to 363 



Cafttle, on the importance of wholesome water to 11 — 

 tvounds in, how treated 11 — remedy for when hoven 30 

 i-on improving our native breed of 44 — cure for horn 

 distemper in 85 — disease in some owned by R. Patten, 

 139, 147, 162, 170 — economy in feed for 141 — improved 

 Durham short horns, pedigree of 283 — to cure hoven 

 in 273 — Mr Howard's improved breed of 315 — improv- 

 ed breed by L. Jenkins 334 



Cedar, live fences of 381 



Celeriac, French mode of dressing 49 



Cellars, on the importance of cleansing 6 



Charcoal, said to be a remedy for intermittent fevers 80 

 — how to protect persons from the effects of its com- 

 bustion, 273 



Charcoal dust, a remedy against the yellow striped bug 

 on cucumbers 5 



Cheese, made in Portage county, Ohio 157 



Cheese making, remarks on 85 



Chemistry, importance of 397 



Cherries, how dried 34 — notice of, sent by Mr Bennet 

 391— by Mr Wheeler 398 



Cherry, yellow Spanish, notices of, by W. Prince 163, 

 290, 313— by Mr Foster 163, 313 



Cherry trees should be transplanted in the fall 82 — com- 

 mon red of New England furnishes good stocks for fo- 

 reign cherries 105 — black, will poison cattle 139 



Chloride of Lime, use of and how used 11, 45, 390, 403 — 

 of soda and lime 390 



Chocolate, a plant, which is a substitute for 61 



Chrysanthemums, notices of 253 



Churn, by J. Erving, description of .363 — observations on 

 369 



Cider, Reed's patent press for 50 — on its fermentation, &c. 

 81 — how made and preserved 99, 198 — liow to preserve 

 good till spring 123 



Cigar smoking by ladies 24 — strictures on 145 



Clapppear, native seedling, description and drawing of 51. 



Clearing and laying out land, query concerning 186 



Clothing, woollen the only proper for northern cUmates 

 384 



Clover, remarks on cutting and gathering 398 



Coal, op its origin, 229 



Coal mine in Bath, N. H. 128 



Cockchafler, how to guard against 273 



Cockroaches, how destroyed 21 



Coffee, hot, poetry on 200 — how made, &c. 235 



Colds, do not exist in Petersburgh, Russia 67 



Colts, remarks on laising 59 



Conductors of lightning, remarks on 46 



Consumption, pulmonary, remedies for 868 



Cook, Z., Jr., notice of his garden, 54 — his remarks at the 

 N. 'V ork Horticultural Festival 66 — on native grapes, &c. 

 153 — on the culture of mushroom, 254 



Corn, raw and cooked, difference between as food lor 

 swine 373 



Country seats, near N. York, notices of 52 



Cows, valuable 3.34, 379, 390 



Cow cabbage, notices of 326, 343 



Cow tree, notices of 184, 201 



Cramp, how prevented 25 



Crops, great the present season 45 



Cucumber, large white, preserved against hugs by char- 

 coal dust 75 



Cultivator, Dorchester, on tlie Petre pear and nomencla- 

 ture of fruits 122 



Cultivator, a machine so called, presented by Isaac Cobb 

 366 



Culture, thorough, advantages of 2.30 



Curculio, a worm in fruit, notices of 17 



Currants, remarks on ripening by J. Lowell 43 — how 

 gathered and preserved 408 



C. VV., oil a disease in cattle, 162 



D., on the proper season for cutting timber 84 



Dailies, profitable 275 



Dairy, neatness in recommended 58 — remarks on by S. X. 

 73— by P. 83 



Dairying, leport of the committee of Worcester Agr. Soc. 

 on" 208 



Dearborn, H A. S , his remarks on the culture of the 

 Strawbeiry 9 — liis letter to Mrs Griffith relative to an 

 improved hec-hive 17 — his notices of the canker-worm 

 177, 377— his commerce of the Black Sea 187— his ad- 

 dress to Mths Hoi-. Soc 203, 210, 227, 235, 243, 254— 

 his translation i from Annales de la Societie D'Horti- 

 culture de Pa i . 221— on a new kind of mulberry 228 

 — on the Honirultural Institute of Fremont 237 — on 



