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To the Ninth Volume of the New England Farmer, 



.. bis notice of prolific sheep, 171 — his notice of the 

 _nincse method of propagating fruit trees, 394. 

 Abel, Truman, his comrauiiication on the locust free, 



crops in New Hampshire, &c, 17 

 iVbcle, silver-leaved, notices of, by Mr Prince, 137. 

 Acarus, or red spider, uses of 413 

 Mams, John, report on his premium f\irin, 2G8 

 Adams, Josiah, on the Middlesex report on ftrms, 22S 

 Adlura John, his remarks on making wine from native 



pes, 44 



Address of Festus Foster, extracts from 52. 

 of J. C. Graj', before the Massachusetts Agricultu- 

 ral Society, 121 



— of Z. Cook, Jun. before the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, 1S7, 194, 202 



— of Elias Phinney, before the Middlesex Society of 

 Husbandmen and Manufacturers, 217, 225 — remarks 

 on, by the Editor, 221 



— by Theodore Sedgwick, extracts from, 244. 

 by Samuel C. Allen, 372 



— before the Rhode-Island Society for the encourage- 

 ment of Domestic Industry, by Dr Drown, 401. 



Egeria pyri, an insect which attacks pear-trees, Dr 

 Harris' remarks on, 2 



Etna Mount, terrible eruption of, 96 



Lgave Americana, substitute for liemp, notice of, 405. 



igrlcola, on a disease in pear trees, 5 — on bad seeds and 

 misnamed fruit trees, SI— his remarks on salt hay, 

 223 

 gricultural information, value of, 358 



igricultural report of Albany county, extracts from 222 



Igricultural premiums otfered by the Middlesex Society 

 of Husbandmen and Manufacturers, I'J — awarded by 

 do, 205 — see further Agricultural Societies. 



.gricultural Societies, increasing in the State of Ohio, 88 

 gricultural Society of Massachusetts, premiums offered 

 by, 97 — notice of their cattle show, 111,126 — plough- 

 ing match with 2 yoke of oxen, 114 — do with 1 yoke, 

 114 — on sheep and swine, 114 — on cows, heifers, bulls 

 and bull calves, 114 — manufactures exhibited at 117- 

 pramiums awarded at 117, 118, 126 — Committees of 

 124 — on grain and vegetable crops, 260, 284 — on Man- 

 gel vruitzel,234 — on green crops for manure, 292 — 

 report of committee ou on useful inventions, 132 — 

 on working cattle, 132— on butter, &c. 134 — on the 

 hee moth, borer and best cultivated farms, 300, 308 



formed in Rutland, Vt. 190 



of Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin, their 



report on locust trees, 236 — Officers of 277 



of Essex, report of a Committee of, on the 



management of farms, 268, 276 



of Plymouth, offer a premium for roads, 307 



■ — of Worcester, officers of, 325 



of Merrimack, exhibition of 130 — Officers 



of 131 



»riculture, English, excellence of, and superiority to 

 that of France, 85 — profits of, 109 — remarks on im- 

 provements in, 171 — progress of, in New Brunswick 

 251 — on its importance, 277 — scientific, exemplified by 

 the management of the Orange or Spesutia Farm, 

 358, 412 



loohol obtained from bread in baking, 357 

 den J. Jun. on cutting trees for reproduction, 395 

 len, Jonathan, his statement relative to his Premium 

 farm, 308 



len, Samuel C. extracts from an address delivered 

 by 372 



ligator, anecdotes of 32 

 mshouse Farm in Newport, product of 85 

 nateur, his inquiry respecting jrafling grape-vines,2C7 



brette, a pe^r, description c»f 140 

 nerica, friendly munitions fur, from the Abbe Ray- 

 nal 240 



latomy, extracts from Davis' report on legalizing the 

 study of 251 



dre Major, on the mode of his execution, 323 

 .imals, domestic, principles of reaiing, managing and 

 ieedingof 83 — art of propagating the best, 8-3 — longev- 

 ity of different specie-i of 157 

 ithracite coal used for burning bricks, 323 

 its, red, how destroyeil, G4 

 his Lanigera an insect, remedies against 178 

 iples exhibited by Col. Gibbs, 14— by E. Bartlett, 14, 

 1 19— from S. Downer 14, 25— from J. Prince, 18, 76 

 102— A. D. Wiliiams and Mr Richards 46 — by Messrs 



Winships 54, 62— by Mr Manning 62, 78, 86, 119, 126, 

 — by R. Howe,G2 — by Henry Cushing, 62 — by James 

 Reed, 63— by Mr Welles, 78— by Mr Warren, 8(3— 

 by G. W. Pratt, 86— by Mr Davenport 85— by E. 

 Wight, 85— by Mr Edwards 86— G. Parsons, 94— P 

 S. Hastings, 95— J. Upham 95— W. Pratt, Jun. 95— 

 large, by Gov. Lincoln, 101 — Mr J. Monroe 110 — Mr 

 James Vila, 110— Mr E. Weston, Jun. 110— Mr 

 Phipps, 110, 67— Rev. Mr Gannet, 126— Mr S. Hyde, 

 126— Dr Bartlett 126— by Mr Phinney, 1.34— by Col. 

 Jaques, 134— by J. B. Russell, 134— by Mr Eaton, 134 

 —Mr Burr, 142— Mr Perry, 142— Mr Russell, 142— 

 Gen. Newhall, 150 — Mr Chase, 153 — how preserved 

 for winter's use 85, 394 — notices of large ones 107— 

 from G. W. Porter 319- how preserved, by Mr Per 

 ry 382. 



Apple trees, producing double blossoms, notice of 3— 

 one which produced three crops of apples 131. 



Apricots exhibited by E. Phinney, Esq. 14 — by Dr Rob- 

 bins and others, 18 



A. R. his remarks on the culture of Indian corn, 345 

 Aracacha plants sent to Mass. Hor. Soc. by Mr Smith, 



with remarks on by Gen. Dearborn, 306 — further re- 

 marks on, 397 



Ardent spirits not useful in medicine, 45, 47 — great ex- 

 pense of 67 — retail of, forbidden in several towns, 83 — 

 tarm carried ou in Worcester without, 96 — labor per- 

 formed without, under the superintendence of C. Jarvis, 

 Esq. 149 — war against, in the Jerseys, 152 — notice of 

 their first introduction into New England, 239 — do not 

 preserve against cold 288 — danger of taking as a medi- 

 cine 339 — the cause of crime 341. 



Arnold, Jesse, notice of work done by, without ardent 

 spirits 131. 



Ashes of pitcoal, said to be injurious to vegetation 204. 



Asparagus, bundle of consisting of 25 heads, exhibited at 

 the London Horticultural Society 142 — blanched in 

 in tubes 142 — Mr Buel's remarks on 186 — early spec- 

 imens of by Mr Toohey 254 — how forced in hotbeds 

 270 — directions for its culture 309. 



Atkinson, William, Esq, on the management of hot-house 

 furnaces, 197. 



B. his query with regard to feeding ewes with lamb 

 with turnips 35 — his inquiry respecting a disease ir 

 horses 234^ — answer to his inquiry respecting said diS' 

 ease, by R. 253 — his directions for preventing sows 

 from destroying their offspring 259 — on the culture of 

 Indian corn 281, 337, 393 — his directions for construct- 

 ting a cheap and efficient roller 313 — on lucerne 337 



Bacon, William, on preservinglocust trees against worms 



18. 

 Bacon and pork, on curing 196 — great quantities of, in 



Cincinnati 341. 

 Ballard, John 2d, on the mischievous propensities of 



fowls 18. 

 Barefoot, a horse, so called, notice of 373. 

 Barley, remarks on insects which infest, by Dr Harris, 

 2 — statement of a premium crop of, by Messrs T. & 

 H. Little 260 ; remarks on its culture 339. 

 Barnitz, Charles A. on the culttjre and uses of the sun- 

 flower 13. 

 Bates, Judge, on the production of good wheat 324. 

 Barnum, Mr, on keeping bees in garrets, S(c. 338. 

 Bartlett, Levi, his apparatus to prevent the ascent of 



the cankerworm 10. 

 Bartram Botanic Garden and nursery, report on 388. 

 B. C — n, his composition for feeding calves 324. 

 Beans, a stringless, notice of 59; remarkable kind of 85; 



how cultivated 334. 

 Bear, anecdote of 328. 

 Beard, Ebenezer, on the profitableness of Bees 58; on 



their hives melting down 2.59, 313. 

 Bee Moth, Mr Stone's method of destroying 300 ; re- 

 mcjks on, and remedies against .381. See further Bees. 

 Beer, how made from the honey locust 237. 

 Bee-hive, architecture of 74. 



Bees, defend a house from pillage 15; great produce 

 from 49 ; on their profitableness 58 ; without stings, 

 notice of 67 ; on their division of labor 76 ; singular 

 circumstances, concerning 100; successfully inanao-- 

 ed by Mr Wilhington 102; Dr Thacher's remarks 

 on 193, 201, 320 ; Dr Smith's observations on 193, 200, 

 331,350; on the existence of a queen among 222 ; 

 notice of their breeding in garrets, ^c. 250, 310, 338 ; 

 on their hives melting down 259, 266, 275,313; in- 1 



quiries concerning, by a countryman 283 ( remarks 

 on, hy R. G. 289 ; by Mr Turner 299 ; their cultiva- 

 tion in cities advised, by Dr Smith 331 ; remarks on, 

 by Mr Prince 338; by Mr Buel 353, how secured 

 against the bee moth 300, 353, 354, 402 ; sometimes 

 swarm in wet weather 377 ; remarks on the manage- 

 ment of 396, 402, 403, 407, 409; quero relative to 

 their working without a queen 493. 

 Beets, early, premium awarded for, to Mr Seaver 6 ; 



and other roots, how gathered and preserved 77, 93. 

 Beet, ihe white, remarks on 275. 

 Beet stgar, in France 375. 

 Bernard, Gen. his remark respecting the character of 



Americans, 328. 

 Birch rind, or bark, uses of 110. 

 Birds, oa the folly and criminality of destroying 324, 337 ; 



sagacity of, in Hindostan 336. 

 Blacksmith's study, notice of 355. 

 Blackstone Canal, amount of transportation on, in the 



summer of 1830. 

 Blue color, extracted from buckwheat straw 272. 

 Bog Meadow, covered with loam, and great produ 



from 59. 

 Bohon Upas, less poisonous than has been supposed 199. 

 Bones, enormous, found in Kentucky 149 ; ground for 

 manare 197, 355 ; Mr Lowell's letter on 245 ; a use- 

 ful manure for wheat 294. 

 Bonnets, made of hornet's nests 199. 

 Boots and shoes, patent for a new mode of manufactur 



ing 323. 

 Boston, census of 107 ; prosperity of 341. 

 Bonsall, Edward, Esq. his letter on the culture of the 



vine, 307,315. 

 Botanical knowledge, importance of 252. 

 Botts in horses, remedy for 36. 

 Brace, Jonathan and others, their mode of preserving 



peach trees from worms 125. 

 Bread, dyspepsia, recipe for making 27 ; of gelatine and 

 potatoe flour 42 ; of wheat straw 53 ; nsed as food for 

 horses iii Silesia 325. 

 Breeding live stock, rules concerning 53 ; for a dairy 



stock, remarks on 377. 

 Briggs, W. Esq. on a disease in sheep 260. 

 Brighton Market, report of for the year 1830, 198 

 Broom corn, notice of 141 ; how introduced by Dr 



Franklin 203. 

 Buckminster, William, report on his farm 182 ; his ac- 

 count of turning in green crops for manure 292 ; ou 

 bog mud for manure 292 ; on the yellow locust 292. 

 Budding, new method of 199. 



Buel, J. Esq. his directions for transplanting trees 131, 

 128 ; extracts and notes from 177 ; on planting and 

 healing wounds in trees 177; on salt as manure 177; 

 earths in vegetables 177; on wheat 177; stirrintr land 

 in warm weather 177; planting trees 177; poison in 

 vegetables 177; disease in fruit trees 177; on the 

 aphis lanigera 178 ; on manures 178 ; on salt for milch 

 cows 185; on late frosts 185; on asparagus 186; on 

 operations of steam 186; on the culture and virtues of 

 the strawberry 220; on the pieplant 220; on the 

 the transpiration of plants 220 ; on sea kale 220 ; on 

 using the locust for live fences 307 ; his letter on be- 

 ing made member' of the Mass. Hort. Soc. 320; his 

 remarks on bees 353. 

 Bull calves, large, owned by George Hazen, Esq. 172. 

 Bull, 2 years old weighing 1700 lbs. 59. 

 Burns and Scalds, remarks en, and rem«dies for 27, 45 



141,222 

 Bussorah Arabian, a fine horse, not'ces of 90 

 Butter, on the making, curing and casking of 65; 

 premium offered for by Mass. Agr. Soc. 78, 247; report 

 of a Com. of Mass. Agr. Soc. on 1.34, 166 ; on making 

 in winter 197, 237 — preserved in the bottom of a well 

 349 

 Buying on trust, disadvantages of 37 

 Cabbage, drum head, weighing IS 1-2 lbs. 59, — do. 25 

 lbs. 174 ; with 24 heads on one stump, 131 — with 25 

 heads 142 

 Cabbages, modes of preserving 77 — a large Savoy 190 

 Cabbage plants, how preserved from woims, .369 

 Calvin, his description of a new mode of grafling, 242 

 Calf, a remarkable owned by W. Furness, 102 

 Calves, flesh of, less than six weeks old prohibited from 

 sale in Paris 2 — remarks on the raising and manage-, 

 ment of by Gorhara Parsons, Esq. 26 — on their pealing 



