INDEX. 



Kennebec Farming, 2G7 



Kenrick, Win, notice of fruits received by, from Dr Van 

 Mons, SI ; notice of liis orcliardist, 53 : on successive 

 crops of cocoons, 58 ; on the niorus niulticaulis, 129 ; 

 on largo anil saccessive crops iif corn, rye and hay, 

 108 ; his rcmatks on interest for money, 23G; his no- 

 tice of the Osage orange, 381) 



Kitchen garden, importance of to a family, CG 



Knowledge for the People, extracts from, relative to 

 fruits, 227 



Lnmbs, young, the hides of used for lining shoes, 222 ; 

 how managed when sheep are washed, and how to 

 cure ticks in, 380 : when sick cured by lobelia, 38G 



Lampas of horses, remarks on, 401 



Lathrop, Hon. Samuel, on an early sort of corn, 212 



Lawyers, privileges enjoyed by, in Spain, 64 



Lawrence, Hon Abbott, notica of seeds, iScc. from, 334, 

 3Gt>, 414. 



Leaves of trees for manure, 150 : cause of their decay, 

 280 



Leeches, premium offered for their propagation, 253 



Lead, how manufactured into sheets in Chma, 339 



Light in rooms, 202 



liightniiig, conductors of, 6 : effects of, by a practical 

 elecirioian, 12 : recovery of persons from the effects 

 of, 274 



Lime as a manure, 51, 142, 372: for the culture of cot- 

 ton, and queries respecting burning, &c, 2G2 : how 

 burnt in Wales, 339: its great use, not only as a fer- 

 tilizer, but in improving the health of a country, 369 : 

 supposed to be as efficacious as gypsum, 401 



Lincoln, Hon. J. W., his remarks on irrigation, 252, 257, 

 265, 273 



Lobsters, friendship of, 40 



Locust seed, how to make it vegetate, 326 



Locust trees, proBtable sale of, by Capt. Hale, 755 



London waiters, their privileges, private fees, t&c, 204 



Longevity, instances of, 222 



Lucerne, on the culture of, 212 : remarks on, by B. V. 

 F., 221 : by a small farmer, 262 ; notice of, by Grant 

 Thorburn, Esq, 307 



Lumber business, immense on the Susquehannah, 147. 



Machines — mowing, notice of, 5: for felling trees, 43 

 for making pins by steam power, 115 : several difler- 

 ent agricultural, by Thomas D. Burrall, 183 : Green's 

 strawcutter, 194 : for spinning silk, by Adam Brooks, 

 201 ; for planing stone, 227 ; for cutting screws, 33 : 

 for dreesing feathers, 411 



iVIadder, on its cultivation and uses, by R. Bronson, 42 



Mangel Wurtzel, notice of its culture and uses, 126 : seed 

 of should be soaked before planting, 395: on feeding 

 out to cattle, 150' 



Manufactories, British, notice of, 307 



Manning, Robert, Esq, his description of the Rousselet 

 Hatif pear, 42 



Manual labor, and mental cultivation, 244 



Manure, on searching for mines of, 46 : use of mud for, 

 46, 84, 228 ; is wealth, 259 : queries concerning, by 

 E. F. Woodward, 307 : liquid, remarks on, 317 : how 

 preserved against sun, rain, &c, 350 : observations on, 

 b^ H. Hebermont, 361, 369 : remarks on preserving. 



Manuring, practical details of, 305 ' 



Maible elastic, from Berkshire county, 88: waxing of, 

 remarks on, 203. 



Marl, its nature and effects, 388 



Marl-pits in New Jersey, great benefits derived from, 59 



Matrimonial lottery, 40 



Matter, on the divisibility of, 29 



Measuies in length, 235 



Meats, observations and recipes for preserving, 125, 189 



Medford, Thomas, on a new material for making pork, 

 142 



Melville, Thomas, on cultivating ruta baga, 358 



Merino sheep, remarks on, by T, 49 



Mice, destroy wheat crops in France, 27 : caught and 

 destroyed in earthen pots, 171 



Milch cows, on the feeding and management of, 387 



Milk, Mr J. Elliott's mode of preserving for long voya- 

 ges, 69: freed from the taste of turnips, &c, by boil- 

 mg water, 231 : microscopic view of, 277 



Milk weed, on its uses, 117 



Miller, Edward, his notices of raising a corn, carrot and 

 ruta baga crop, 336 



Millet, properties of, 357 



Milford, Thomas, his notice of skinless oats, 187 



Mocking bird, notice of the, 200 



Moles, caught in the neck ofabottle, 317 



Moon, on the influence of, 51, 373 



Moius multicaulis, see Chinese Mulberry. 



Mosaic, painting in, 296 



Rlosely, John on lime for the culture of cotton, 262 



Moving plants, notices of, 139 



Mulberry leaves, on the quality of, by Abbe Rozier, 220 



Mulberry plantations, high ground recommended for, 14 



Mulberry, seed of should be soaked in warm water when 

 sown, 11 : may be sown in August, 59: profits of its 

 culture, 45: its roots strike v( ry deep, 178: modes of 

 propagating, 285 : remarks on sowing, 357 



Mulberry, Chinese, may become acclimated in New Eng- 

 land, 19 



Mulberry, White, furnishes wood for posts, as durable 

 as cedar, 27 : culture and transplanting of, by S. W. 

 Brown, 61 : uses of the wood of, 66 : notice of, 85 : 

 profits of, 85 ; directions for sowing, raising, &c, by 

 Mr Sinclair, 80 : young plants of should be covered 

 just before winter sets in, 107 ; proper soil for planta- 

 tions of, 110 : best time for transplanting, 134 : Abbe 

 Hosier's remarks on sowing, 220 ; best grown in 

 hedges, 261 



Mules more profitable than horses, 362 



Nails, splitting bars for, 328 



Neat stock, on the points by which they are judged, 145 



Newspapers, number of, published in the world, 213 ; in 



the United States, 241 

 Nichol, J. on the efficacy of bone manure for corn, 236 

 North Adams, manufactures of Oi57 

 Notes by the way by Rusticus in Urbe I, 26 — remarks 



on by the editor 26 — by Henry Colman 148 



Oatmeal, vs Dyspepsia, 37 



Oats, skinless, notices of 192— Hoshier, a remarkable 



stool of 243— Scotch, notices of 307 

 Oil, quantity of imported into the United States 221 — 



from cotton seed, on its manuf;icture 277— how to 



prevent its absorption by wood 406 

 Oil well, an American 411 

 Olden time in Massachusetts, 187 

 Omnibusology or a lillle advice 408 

 Onions, a mode of cultivating 228 — remarkable product 



of, by Hon. Henry L. Thaxter 356 — remarks on the 



culture of 349 

 Orange, Osage, notices of by Wm. Kenrick, 326 

 Orchard, an exuberant 189 

 Orchards, on cultivating, by Experience 21 

 Osier willow, cultivation of recommended 172 

 Ore, iron, smelting of with mineral coal, 244 

 Otter, sportive disposition of 280 

 Outa snake, notices of 124 

 Ox, a mammoth 222 



Oxen, labor of more profitable than that of horses 60 

 Oyster shells, how best made into manure 51 



Painting houses, best done late in autumn 99 



Palm leaf hats, manufacture of 285 



Parker's cement, notice of 191 



Parsnip, a large '347 



Paste, how made to keep it from moulding 388 



Pasturing stock, remarks on 326 



Pea, a new variety from Cuba 227 



Peach trees, on their culture 26 



Pear, the Rousselet Hatif, description of by R. Manning 

 Esq. 42— the Seckel, notices of 134— the Phillips' Mr 

 ivuggles' letter concerning 164 — select cut of by B. 

 V. French 302 



Pear tree, belonging to Col. Gushing, great product 

 from 115 



Peas, a new species imported from Cuba to Charleston, 

 S. C. 115 — on the culture of 318 — how to destroy bugs 

 in 326 ^ ^ 



Physician the. characteristic sketches of, 96 



Pigs, advantage of cleanliness to, 30 



Planter, an Edisio, on the culture of the sweet potato, 

 345 



Plants, those most exposed are least injured by frosts, 

 371 



Plaster of Paris, on its application to corn, 83 ; its action 

 on vegetation by John Adlum, 195 ; see farther Gyp- 

 sum 



Ploughing, remarks on, 302 



Plumbago, discovered in Hillsborough, N. H., 223 



Pluraer, Greenlcaf, liis notice of a new and productive 

 kind of barley, 201 



Poiteau, notice of his donation of publications, &o. to 

 Mass. Hon. Soc. 353 



Politician, a dilapidated, notices of, 3.52 



Poetry The Consumptive, 8; Better Moments, by N. 

 P. Willis, 24; The Silk Worm, 32; Truth and False- 

 hood, by R. H. Wilde, 40; On the Death of Mrs He- 

 mans, 48 ; Extracts, 56; My Birthday, 64 ; The Se- 

 cret, 72; The little old man in Winship'sMoss house, 



76; My own fireside, 80; Written in the sand, 88; 

 A new song, 96; The Farmer's Song, 102; Sunshine 

 and Storm, 104 ; A few years, 112; Poetical i;ffusion 

 sent to the editor with a Mammoth Gourd, 120; Par- 

 lez Bas, by J. G. Drake, 128 ; On the picture of a girl 

 leading her blind mother, I3C; The Farmer's Song, 

 144; Translations from an ancient Spanish Poem, 

 152 ; Stanzas addressed to a friend on the day of her 

 marriage, 160; The Social Yankee's proclamation for 

 Thanksgiving, 168; Home, 176; Look aloft, 184; 

 The Confession, 192; Kitchen poetry, 200 ; Sketches 

 of Winter, by T. G. Fessenden, 208 ; A fimily, 216 ; 

 On fattening hogs with saw-mill dust, 224 ; the faded 

 rose bud, 2S2 ; An acre of corn, 240 ; Complaint and 

 address to Spring, 248 ; On the death of the Ettrick 

 Shepherd, 256; A Pindaric Story, 2.56 ; The Winter 

 King, 264 ; On Providence, 264 ; Let's take the 

 world as some wide scene, 272 ; Song of the dragoon, 

 272 ; A tribute of gratitude, 280 ; The memory of the 

 dead, 288; The sailor's friend, 296 ; To a Snow-drop, 

 302; The dead, 304; To my cousin, 312; The As- 

 sembly, 320; Evening Song, 320; The French Claim, 

 328; Farewell to Winter, 336; To May Morning, 

 344; The Breath of Spring, 344; Geological Cookery, 

 352; Childhood and its visitors, 360; Winter and 

 Spring, 363; Musings in the temple of Nature, 376 ; 

 The Ladybug and the Ant, 384 ; Truth, 392; Mary'g 

 Bee, 392; The Outcast, by S. G. Goodiich, 400; 

 Comfort, 408; The Usurper, 416 ; The Cup of Tea, 

 416 

 Poisons, caution against, 301 

 Poits, durability of, 61 

 Potash, on its use as manure, 49 

 Potato squash, setds received for distribution, 374 

 Potatoes, premium, remarks on, by Hon. O. Fiske, 37 ; 

 experimeat in planting, 49 ; how gathered and se- 

 cured, 94i-,. large, notices of, 131 ; preserving, and sup- 

 posed injurious effects of their lops, 133 ; St Helena 

 recommended, 147 ; remarks on, by James Leonard, 

 172 ; introduction and culture of, 201 ; tops of, dried 

 and used for feeding cattle, 91, 133; remarks on, by 

 H. Colman, 149 ; cultivating in winter, 181; mixed 

 cultivation of, 204; remarks on their culture, 310; 

 Mr H. Prince's experiments on, 310 ; for swine, 326; 

 a way to grow early, 330 ; sea sand, manure for, 334 ; 

 planting those which are late or unripe, 334 ; how 

 cooked for breakfast, 338 ; cultivated with ruta baga, 

 401 ; on planting 75 bushels of in one day, 403 

 Poultry, profit and best varieties of, 52, 222 ; buckwheat 

 given to tends to make them lay, 233 ; remarks on 

 raising, 404 ; to fatten speedily, 410 

 Presence of mind, remarkable, 1()9 

 Prince, Wm. ifc Sun, on Chinese Mulberry, 282 

 Printing establishment in England, very extensive, 221 

 Printer's proverbs, 400 

 Products of our country, 108 

 Pruning apple trees, 267 

 Pulmonary consumption, causes of, 365 

 Pumpkin, weighed 118; notices of other large ones, 

 126, 131 ; a new sort of which may be preserved seven 

 years, 334, 366 

 Quacks, encouragement to, 216 

 Radishes, remarkably large, 43, 102, 131 

 Railroads in cities, remarks on, 203; in the United 

 States, "316 ; experiments with ascending cars on, 317 ; 

 speed on, 340 ; remarks on, 416 

 Ramble in the country, 76 

 Raspberry, pruning of, 346 

 Read, J. W. his statement of a crop and tillage of corn, 



237 

 Recipes. For destrojing ticks on sheep, 10 : fordeslroy- 

 ing vermin of all kinds which infest plants, 10: for 

 scab in sheep, 13; for inflammation in the throat by 

 alum, 13: to preserve turnips from insects, 21; to 

 preserve milk, 21 ; to preserve specimens in natural 

 history, 32 : for the cholic in horses, 43 : for phrenzy 

 or inflammation of the brain in cattle, 51; tor horn 

 distemper in cattle, 53: fur ear ache, 59 : for worms, 

 59 : fur a sprain and for a sore mouth, 59 : to wash 

 calico without its fading, 08 : for attar of roses, 69 : 

 essence of Jasmin, 69: honey water, 69 ; eau de bou- 

 quet, 69: for the dysentery, 69: for gre.Tsing wheel 

 carriages, &c. 77 : for inflammations, pains, bruises, 

 &c. 77 ; for preserving pigs in good health, 84 ; for 

 poison by dogwood or ivy, 86 ; for making a bushel of 

 spiced tomatoes, 89 ; for making tomato catsup, 101 — 

 for making apple jelly, 101 — fijr moulding shells, 102 

 — for hardening wood, 102 — for making tomato catsup 

 or portable jelly, 106 — to evaporate the juice and pre- 

 serve the flavor of tomatoes, 109— for making vinegar. 

 115— for making theessence of anchovy, 124-several 

 for preserving meals, 135 — for making shoes water 



