1 IN D E X 



TO THE FOURTEENTH VOLUME OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Accounts of tradesmen, shopkeepers, &c., importance 



of timely attention to, 24. 

 Acorns, remarks on sowing, 84. 

 Activity in motion, advantages of, 330. 

 A D. on tlie advantages of fall ploughing, 30. 

 Address of Steplien Salisbury before the Worcester Ag- 

 ricultural Society, J53; of Rev. John Todd to the 

 Agr. Soc. at Northampton, ICl; of Gen. H. A. S. 

 Dearborn, to Mass. Agr. Soc, 170,177,185; of Dan- 

 iel P. King, Esq, to Essex Agr. Soc, 200, 268, 276; 

 of H. Hcrbemonr. to a South Carolina Agricultural 

 Committee, 301,369. 

 Adium, Joiin, on tiie action of gypsum on vegetation, 



195. 

 Agrlcola, on raising and fattening hogs, 188. 

 Agricultural convention at Albany, 283. 

 Agricultural exhibitions — of the Mass. Agr. Soc, pros- 

 pectus of and premiums offered by, 73 ; rules and reg- 

 ulations of, 98 ; notice of their show at Brighton, 118, 

 120; report of tlieir Committee of Manufactures, 122; 

 Committee on experiments, discoveries and inven- 

 tions, 122 ; on butter and cheese, 123 ; on fat cattle, 

 123; on working oxen, 123; on farms, 261; on veg- 

 etable and grain crops, 200, 293; premium list of, for 

 1830,297; on W. Carter's crop of barley, 308; on 

 Payson VVilliams' crop of potataes and wheat, 308; — 

 of Essex county, 85, 102; of Plvmouth counts, 137, 

 138, 157, 267; meeting of Irus'tees of, 173; 'list of 

 premiums of, 211 ; of Berkshire, 93; of Pawtuxet, 94, 

 104; of Strafford, N. H., 385. 

 Agricultural implements, notices of, 85. 

 Agricultural papers, remarks on, 304. 

 Agricultural warehouse, Boston, remarks on, 53. 

 Agriculture and rural economy, remarks on by the ed- 

 itor, 225. 

 Agriculture in Indianopolis, 2; in Maine, 219; profit- 

 able, in New England, 253 ; British, 370. 

 Air and hot rooms, 208. 



A. K. on propagating the mufherry, *f . 285. 



Alcohol in all its compounds injurious as a beverairo, 



26, 27; popular error concerning, 60. 

 Allen, Merril, on making compost, 334. 

 Allinson, Samuel, on destroying worms in the head of 



sheep, 130. 

 Aloes, American, notice of, 130. 

 Alum, use of cures inflammation in the throat, 13. 

 American scenery, 240. 



Ames, D. F., on the profit and best varieties of poul- 

 try,. ".2. 

 Ant-hills, how destroyed, 53. 

 Ants, how to get rid of, 131, ::]0. 

 Anthracite ashes, a valuable manure, 181. 

 Apple, called the pig-nose, 246, 254. 

 Apple pomace, for fattening hogs, 142; how disposed 



of, 318. 

 Apples, on fattening hogs with, 29 ; preserving for hogs, 

 101; large, raised in Delaware, 108; large, notices 

 of, 134, 243; used to advantage in fattening hogs, 

 172,411; large product of, 182; acid as well as sweet 

 useful in fattenir>g swine, &c , 411. 

 Apple tree, how preserved when the b.irk had been 

 eaten off by mice, 107; notice of large, 190; notices 

 of a mammoth, which bore 180 bushels, 237; notice 

 of a singular, 301. 

 Armstrong, Lewis, his remarks on the profits of sheep- 

 husbandry, 25. 

 Arts, useful, notices of, 405. 

 Artesian well, successful boring for, 194. 

 Ash, the white, profits of, 301. 

 Ashes, saving of for manuring corn recommended, 189; 



how used to free hens from lice. 212. 

 Asparagus, new mode of raising, 300 ; giant, received 



from Mr Pond, 360 

 Auburn, Mount, report of the trustees of, 278. 

 Autumn evenings, the season for improvement, 144. 

 Avalanches of snow, notices of, 190. 

 Axes, notices of their mnnufacture, 186. 



Bacon, Wm, his remarks on burying bees, 18 

 Bakewell buck, the points of, 67. 



Carrots, sown in the spring with grain, 234 ; on the cul- 

 tivation of, 234, 330. 



Beans, stringed and dried, recommended, 62. 

 Bee-moth, how guarded against, 180, 196. 

 Beeg^, remarks on burying, 18 ; great hive of, in a flour 

 barrel, 51 ; winter management of, 115 ; Mr Weeks' 

 treatise on, 300; method of securing, 395. 

 Beets, notices of large, 182 ; manufacture of sugar from, 

 305,348,378,384,412,413; sugar from, said to be 

 made in eight hours, 388. 

 Bement, Caleb, on curing sick lambs with lobelia, 380; 



successful farming by, 402. 

 Benefits of Industry, by S. G. Goodrich, extracts from, 



17. 

 Beston, Thomas J., on cultivating the Chinese mnl- 



berry, .58. 

 Bissell, II., his remarks on the use of madder for ma- 

 nure, 228. 

 Bloody murrain in cattle, remedy for, 331. 

 Blydenburgh, S., his remarks on South Down sheep, 52. 

 Bog meadow, value of, 242. 

 Boiling meat, &c. 394. 



Bombyx, his remarks on bounty for reeled silk, &c 142. 

 Bone manure, its use on Long Island, 16 ; its effect on 



corn, 230. 

 Books, remarks on their cheapness in this country, 2'15. 

 Boston, its vicinity, beauties of, 50 ; notices of, from tiie 



Nantucket Inquirer, 110. 

 Botts in horses, symptoms and cnre of, 323, 350; pre- 

 vented by wood ashes and water, 390. 

 Bottsford, Isaac G., on silk culture, 362; on preserving 



silk worms from ants, 302. 

 Bread, old, mixed with the dough of new improves it, 



347; how made of rico, 413. 

 Brighton market, review of, 202. 

 British Agriculture, remarks on, 370, 377. 

 British manufactories, condition of the operalors in, 395. 

 Bronson, R., on the cultivation of madder, 42. 

 Bronson, A., his remedy for burns, &c., 132. 

 Broom corn, account of its cultivation, profits of, &c., 



12,118. 

 Brown, Moses, entered on his ninetyeiffhth year, notice 



of, 124. 

 Brown, S. W., oiv the culture and transplanting of the 



mulberry, 61. 

 Browse for sheep in winter, by Stephen Sibley, 188. 

 Brutes, reasoning of, 232. 



Buck, D. T., his mode of cultivating ruta baga, 11. 

 Buck wheat, remarks on, by H. Colinan, 148. 

 Buel, Judge, remarks on his grounds, agricultural im- 

 provements, &c , 33. 

 Buffalo harbor, improvement contemplated in, 29. 

 Bugs, vines preserved from, by elder leaves and tansy, 



386. 

 Burrell, Thomas, notice of his useful inventions, 182. 

 Butter, best salt for preserving, 10; how made in win- 

 ter, 160, 221,293; report of the committee of Mass. 

 Agr. Soc. on premiums for, 193; method of curing 

 bad, 195; on preserving of, 397. 

 Butterflies, origin of, 408. 

 B. V. F., his remarks on cultivating lucerne, 221. 



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too little attention paid to them the first year or two 

 of their age, 91 ; on cooking food for, 97,183 190- 

 on the points by which they are judged, 145 ; on feed- 

 ing with mangel wurtzel, 150; on wintorinc, 150; 

 should be rendered tame and domesticated, 16(T; hovv 

 managed in winter, 174; on mixed fond for, 188; a 

 singular mode of fattening in France, 194; feedinoin 

 ^ winter, remarks on, 205 ; on the breeding of, 212, §29. 



Cattle show at Barre, Mass., 115; water for in winter 

 notes on breeding, 234 ; on the management of, 229' 

 238; on preparing food for, 282. See Agricultural 

 exhibitions. 



Cauliflowers, 300 heads of, raised by S. Butterfield 107 • 

 recipe for cooking, 235. ' ' 



Cement, American, by Mr Parker, 72. 



Chafi'as manure for strawberries, 259. 



Chandler, Daniel, on transplanting fruit trees, 275. 



Cheese, Gloucester, how made, &,c, 68; mammoth bv 

 T. S. Meacham, 101. ' '' 



Cheese-press, Grcenleaf 's patent, 349. 



Chemistry for farmers, 180, 404; applied to agriculture, 



Chesnut trees, on propagating, 70; planting the seeds 

 with the burrs, recommended bv Mr Allinson. 130; 

 notice of the largo, near Mount E'tna, 395. 

 Chickopee and Cabotville, notice of, 371. 

 Child burnt by her clothes taking fire, 215. 

 China, vegetable productions of, on their introduction 



into the U. S., by Hon. II. A. S. Dearborn, 209. 

 Chinese mulberry, may be acclimated in New England, 

 19 ; best method of increasing, 58 ; propagated by 

 seeds, 91, 290; well adapted to Nantucket,1l70; re- 

 iiiarks on, by Wm Prince <t Son, 282; its tenacity of 

 life, 310; Capt. Chandler's method of propagating, 

 110 ; remarks on, from the Albany Silkworm, 304. 

 Chloride of lime, or bleaching salts, said to take out 



grease spots, 150. 

 C. H. J., his remarks on the wire worm, 52. 

 Christian, James H., on manuring, &c., 305. 

 Cider, farmers injure themselves by, 379. 

 Cincinnati pork n>arket, 213. 

 Claggett, William, on the injury resulting from topping 



Indian corn, 249 

 Clark, William, successful farming by, 150; his notice 

 of the bee moth, 190; notice of his premium crops, 



B. recommends swamp mud for manure, 84 ; on difl^er- 



ent breeds of swine, 84. 

 Baking, improvement in, 10. 



C. on the silk manufacture, 107. 



Cabbages, large, 102, 131, 157; worms on, how de- 

 stroyed, 282. 

 Calves, should be well kept for one or two months after 

 dropt, 91: on the rearing of, 139; notice of large, 

 254,411. = » . 6< 



Camak, James, on raising corn without tillage, 329. 

 Camelion, notices of, 100. 

 Campbell on planting potatoes, 403. 

 Canada thistle, how destroyed, 28, 53, 360. 

 Cancer, said to be cured by nitro-muriatic acid, 160. 

 Canker worms, queries relative to destroying, 254 ; rem- 

 edy against, by Mr Shiverick, 270. 

 Canino-phobia, dog-madness, humourous notices of, 64. 

 Carmine, color, requires a bright sunny day, 152. 



Clover, the sowing of with oats recommended, 3; seed 

 of, best method of sowing, &c., 36; Mr Clark's ex- 

 periments with, 77; raising for manure, 101, 156; 

 manure for wheat, 245. 

 Coal, bituminous, discovered in Mansfield, .Mass., 115, 

 132, 399, 411; in Pennsylvania, 171; discovered in 

 the neighborhood of Erie, 410. 

 Cobhttt, Wm, on his habits, 190. 



Cockroaches, spirits of turpentine a remedy against, 317. 



Cocoonery of S. Whitmarsh, notice of, 10. 



Cocoons of uncommon size, 45; successive crops of, 



50; on raising, 101, 172; new mode of heating for 



reeling silk, 140; on sorting, 291 ; price of making, 



303. » r 6, 



Cold, extreme in Franconia, 181 ; in Boston, 190. 

 College, manual labor, in Arkansas, 149. 

 Colinan, Henry, his " Notes by the Way," 148; his re- 

 marks on the raising of wool, 105. 

 Complete Farmer, notice of, by J. Buel, 174. 

 Compost, Mr Allen on making, 234. 

 Consumption, causes of, 411. 

 (;onversatiiin, questions to promote, 200. 

 Cooking food for cattle, 97, 182, 190, 108, 250, 283, 365. 

 Corn, carrot, and ruta baga crops, 337, 

 Corn rolls, a recipe for making, 330. 

 Cotton, notices of, 197. 



Cow, origin of the, &c, 24 ; notice of a remarkable, 347. 



Cows, advantage of cleanliness in keeping, 99; holding 



up their milk, 101 ; feeding and management of, 205. 



