CONTENTS 



VII 



—extracted Irom the slomcich by Ur. Jukes 251— ex 

 traction from the stomach first suggested by Dr. Phy- 

 sick i5-l— by ivy, auolhtr remedy lor 411— by arst- 

 nic, how cured -111. 



omage or pomace, may be mixed with leached ashes 

 and produce good manure 51. 

 omatum, for the lips, receipt for making 27. 

 omeroy, S. VV. Esq. his observations on reclaiming 

 wet and iniproductive meadow land 4 — his essay on 

 flax luisliaiulrv '26, 36 — his circular letter respecting 

 rot iu cotton 339 — remarks on said discovery 3 13. 

 lor Benjamin, liis remarks on the value of leached 

 ashes for manure 330. 



•res of the human body, n6tice of tlicir multitude 408- 

 irter, Com. D. his letter on the preservation of 

 food 163. 



laloe, essay on, by Dr. Worsham 1 — anecdote re- 

 specting its introduction by Sir Walter Raleigh 1 — 

 prejudices against 1 — first made into bread by Par- 

 mentier 2 — esculent properties of 2 — dill'erent uses 

 to which it may be applied 2 — potash made from its 

 leaves 2 — spirits made from 2 — early may be produc- 

 ed by re-setting the plants 6 — on gathering and se- 

 g of fij— difference of opinion respecting the 

 of gathering, whether late or early in the fall 

 55 — a hoe with prongs recommended for digging 65 

 —should not be dried in the sun 65 — should not be 

 fathered immediately after a soaking rain 65 — differ- 

 rnt inodes of sorting and securing 65 — may be pre- 

 ;er\'ed in moist sand, 66 — specific varieties of do 

 ot last ;aore than 14 years 92 — some sorts which 

 ^ere common in New England now extinct 92 — es- 

 ay on from the London Horticultural Transactions 

 16— on the early growth of 117 — great crop of by 

 Ir. Bartlett, N. Y. 119— useful for feeding cattle, 

 orses and sheep 137, 138 — large raised in Fayette- 

 ille, N. C. 127— grow wild in Chili 116— the 

 irgest and best should be planted in order to pro- 

 uce the best crop 145 — is not susceptible of vegeta- 

 on till the season succeeding its growth 146 — 

 lould be planted early and dug late, as 

 lose dug latest have the best quality 146 — 

 hen exposed to the air till they become green are 

 >isonous 187 — how raised early in the season 254 

 -directions for boiling of 291 — remarks on the rais- 

 g of 310 — queries concerning their decay by Mr. 

 ■lleston and answer 329 — directions relative to 

 oosing and dressing 341 — dilferent modes of cook- 

 _ 341 — mode of renewing from the seed 329 — new 

 3de of planting 350. 



toe, sweet, said to be best preserved in moist 

 nd 66. 

 ir John, his mode -of preserving bacon and smoak- 



beef 5. 

 el Col. John Hare, his remarks on securing crops of 

 ass, and the construction of barns for the securing 

 hay, fro. 141 — his remarks on Improved Durham 

 ort Horns 269 — his account of a great crop of 

 ingel wurtzel, and motle of cultivation 284 — ped- 

 ee of his stock 293 — his remarks on the culture of 

 Uet 345 — on reclaiming marsh meadows 396. 

 liums, given at the Brighton cattle show, list of 

 >, towns in which they were distributed 126. 

 irvation of food for sea voyages, remarks on 163. 

 on Samuel, his remarks on a new mode of casting 

 erest 83 — recommends setting posts for fence with 

 ! top parts down 70 — his query relative to the 

 e and descent of a mill race 298 — his observations 

 ative to potatoes degenerating 329 — his remarks 

 the season 369 — his observations relative to lice 

 apple trees 377 — his observations on semi-geome- 

 409. 



e, John Esq. his statement respecting the distri- 

 tion of premiums paid .at the Brighton cattle show, 

 the different towns in Massachusetts 126 — notice 

 roots of his raising 134 — his remarks on an insect 

 ch attacks apple trees 241 — his statement re- 

 eling the manner in which Indian corn is prcserv- 

 on the island of VVinnipisioga lake 292 — his re- 

 -ks on fattening cattle by linseed oil 397. 

 ir's ink, Improvement in making, by a Russian 

 ■mist 153. 



3r, Jabez, Esq. his remarks on the season in Ver- 

 it 402. 



■r, his remarks on the cultivation of vines 313. 

 ino Repiiblico, a writer with that signature, bis 

 arks on the virtues of elder 77. 

 gnous acid, its use in curing haras 88. 



Q. 



dresi delivered before the Agricultural Society of 

 Sus(iuehannah, Penn. 193 



Queen Bee, mode by which her loss is supplied 267. Rose bug, a destrnclive insect, remarks on 402 

 Quiiicy Hon. Josiah, his experiments iu making Rose bushes, remarks on the cultivation of 325 



hedge fences 412. Rot in sheep, dried juniper berries recommended for 15 1 



r» — queries concerning and remarks on 305— said to 



"• be cuied by salt 353 — Mr. Groves remarj(» on 393 



R. his remarks on the mode ol burning pine stumps Rotation of crops, propriety of jioinled out by na- 



out of the ground 125. ture 194. 



Raspberries, manner of forcing in Ghent 108. Ruick Henry, his statement of the mode by which he 



Receipt, to prevent mouldiness in books, ink, paste and raised 303 pounds of flax on half an acre of 

 leather 3 — for the prevention of contagion by gauze ground 2G1 



veils 3 — for preserving bacon and smoked beef 5 Rural economy, remarks on several subjects relating 

 — for poison in the skin 6 — strawberry used as a den- to 186, 196, 217, 225. 



tifrice 8 — to destroy crickets 10 — for dysentery 21 — Rus in Urbe, remarks of on scorching the hair oQ' 

 lor purifying oil for watch makers 21 — for making hogs 291 



currant wine 22 — for making cherry wine 27 — for po- Rusticus, his remedy for the gapes in hens 331 

 malum for the lips 27 — for the gout 30 — for curing Ruta baga, great crop of, raised by Col. John Wilson 

 warts 43 — for setting cutting instruments with soap 160 — Mr. statement of raising a crop of 265 

 and water 54 — for making a new green colour 54 — Rye, a root with 107 stalks 21 — remarks on 25 — winter 

 for making Mrs. G.'s Bunns 59 — to preserve grapes should be sown between the middle of .August and 

 on the vines till winter 67 — to preserve apples 67 — the middle of September 25 — best cultivated on 



light soils 25 — may be made to ripen a month earlier 

 by sowing on early land 25 — successive crops of may 

 be raised on the same land 25 — great crop of, raised 

 by Mr. L. Hommedieu 25 — time of sowing and quan- 

 tity of seed 25, 26 — may be sown for green fodder 

 for cattle 25, 26— more "than forty bushels of to the 

 acre, raised by Ephraim Wood, of Camden, Me. 143 



for a mode of preserving grapes 75 — for preserving 

 peas green through the winter 78 — a cure for rheu- 

 matism 79 — for making apple jelly 81 — for curing 

 beef and pork hams by pyrolignous acid 83 — for 

 making good writing ink 109-for preparing sour krout 

 109 — for preventing the female breast from gather- 

 ing 108 — for a beverage for a weak constitution 1 10 

 —to cure wens 112 — for preserving apricots, peach- 

 es, plums, &c. with honey and spring water 123 — i^- 



substitute for while lead 123 — substitute for cham- Sabine, Joseph Esq. his observations on the native 

 pao-nc wine 123 — for cleaning silks, woolens and country of the wild potatoe, &c. 116. 

 cottons, without damage to their texture and colour Saddington Thomas, his directions for presen-ing fruit 

 131 — for a liquid blacking for boots and shoes 134 — without sugar 118 



several for salting meat 153 — for polishing and clean- Safety-drag, applied to stopping carriages when the 

 • stoves 159 — for pickling beef and pork 163 — for horse runs away or in descending a steep hill, notice 

 - .,, , , of 389 



Salivation of horses supposed to be produced by mould 

 grass, and prevented by confining them on newly 



preservmg eggs with lime water 163 — for free- 

 in" a well from foul air by slacking lime in it 165 — 

 for cleaning plate 179 — for glanders in horses 204 — 

 for taking grease spots from clothes 205 — for sore 

 throat from cold 210 — for chill-blains 211 — for pre- 

 serving anatomical preparations 219 — for making 

 book binder's paste 219 — for making opodeldoc 219 

 — for the cure of corns 227 — for cosmetics 227— for 



mown meadows from which the grass has been en- 

 tirely removed 19 — remarks on by Mr. Lovett Peters 

 50 — remarks on by the editor 70, 78 — parsley said 

 to be a preventive of 79 — Mr. A. Jones^ commu- 

 nication respecting, and answer by the editor 94. 



the best preparation of black lead for cleaning Salt, on the use of as manure 169 — great difference of 

 stoves, &c. 229 — to purify river or any other muddy —'-' ' '"" -J- ' 



water 235 — for making sea water fit for washing lin- 

 en at sea 235 — to cure a cold 245 — to cure turnepy 

 butter 259 — for making spruce beer 259 — for mak- 

 ing molasses beer 267 — of a wash for trees by Mr. J. 

 Willis 277 — for making beer 278 — for a cold accom- 

 panied with a sore throat 291 — to take ink spots out 

 linen 301 — of the method of preserving meat in Tu- 

 nis 307 — to make transparent soap 215 — for bolts in 

 horses 315 — another, for botts 317 — for obtaining oil 

 or balsam of gilead 323— for making mead 325— for 

 a composition to be used instead of yeast 325 — for im- 

 proved corks for preserving wine and chemical li- 

 quors 325 — for the gapes in hens 331 — for killing 

 flies 347 — for the stings of bees 347 — for Ihe stone 

 347 — tor giving lustre to silver plate 363 — for a sore 

 mouth 379 — remedy for sore feet by putting soap in- 

 ;ide of he stockings 392 — for bottling cider, by Re 



opmion concernmg 169 — used in large quantities cau- 

 ses barrenness 169 — Dr. Deane's remarks on, and ex- 

 periments with 169 — Sir John .Sinclair's opinion of 

 169 — thought not to be a remedy for mildew 170 — 

 Mr. Young's remarks on 18G — should not be sown 

 after plants have begun to show themselves above 

 ground 201 — Lord Erskine's remarks on 201 — Ger- 

 vase Markham's observations on 209 — causes much 

 seed and but little straw 209 — is a good manure for 

 flax 209 — useful for asparagus 209 — of no use in a 

 soil which is destitute of animal or vegetable manure 

 209 — cautions respecting its use 210 — furnishes hut 

 little food for plants 249 — a certain proportion of it 

 useful in all soils 249 — Mr. Buel's opinion of as a 

 manure 25-1 — of a superior quality manufactured by 

 B. Byington at Salina 290 — used as a top dressing 

 for wheat may prove fatal to the crop 340 — said by 

 a writer in the Loudon Farmer's Journal not to be a 

 manure 340 



Wilkes Allen 394 — for making bread by a mixture of 



apples and flour 395 — for curing corns 395— for keep- Salting meat, on the different modes of 153 



ing off or driving away bed bugs 395— for destroying Sasafras, a tea made of recommended as a remedy for 



bed bugs 411 — for making linseed jelly 397 — for cur- dyspepsa 29 



ingpoiscn bj ivy 410— for destroying cock roach- Sour krout, Russian method of makmg 104 



es 411 Scab or itch in sheep, remarks on, by H. D. Grove 393 



Reed Alexander, his remarks on maple tree sugar 298, Scolytus Pyri, an insect which injures pear trees, no- 



341 — notes on do. by the editor of the American tice of 28 . - , 



Farmer 298. Scythe, an instrument for sharpenmg of, remarks 



Reeling sickness, a disorder in sheep, remarks on by on 43 , , . 



Mr. H. D. Grove 393. Sea-coal, remarks on the consequences of workmg it 



Rennet, directions for making 341, 342. in a blacksmith's shop 206 



Rice, Mr. remarkable gain in a yoke of cattle belong- Season, notice of its products 6—remark3 on by a Rox- 



in- 10 26" bury Farmer 355— notices of 358, 369— by J. Buel, 



Rice°, upland, accounts of several sorts of, and their Esq. 371— in Maine 401— in Vermont by Jabez 



introduction into Virginia, &c. 275. Proctor 402— in Mame 410 



Rifles for sharpening scythes, how fitted with the oxide Sea water, how purified for washing 235 



of tin 43 Second crops, remarks on raising 108 



Roasting meat, observations on 297. Sedgwick, Theodore Esq. ev.racts from his address, de- 



Root crSps necessary for breeding and fattening cat- livered before the Berk^h■re Agricultural bocie- 



lle 194 <y 212, 220 



Rose, R. H. Esq. his communication to the Editor of Seeds, remarks on the changes of 85--notnecessai7, 



the New England Farmer 20— his remarks on the an- unless for obtaining a better variety 85, 194— on the 



alysis of soils 20— notice of by the editor 22— his ad- age of when proper for sowing 225— how to product 



