Shoos, lijrlit, (ii^;i(lva1itaf:es of 35 



Shrubbery, (lilK,Tniit sorts of producing a succession of 

 (lowers from spring to autumn 74,84, 92, Itfl 



Shurtleff, Dr Benjamin, on an improvement in grafting 

 136; on live fences 209; on post and rail fences &c. 

 223 ; letter lo from Mr Kirk, on live fences 2y7 ; on 

 live fences, purMling trees &c. 273 



Sick head ache, remedy for 144 



Silk, remarks on its culture by Gen. Dearborn, 27; 4 

 tons of raised in Connecticut last seison30; culture 

 of near Troy 43 ; successfully cultivated in Philadel- 

 phia by Mr D'Homergue 51, 76; remarks on by A 

 Wanderer 58, 90 ; specimen of by Mr Rapp 58 ; pro- 

 gress in its culture by J. H, Cobb, K<q. 59 ; a com- 

 pany formed for its culture in Sweilen 80 ; line speci- 

 men of by Miss Hewlet 115; by Mrs Shaw, 125: so- 

 ciety for the cullivation of in Holland 13] ; a remarka. 

 ble hank of 133; fine stockings of, manufactured by 

 Miss Winn, South Carolina 173 ; on its culture in the 

 U. S. 178; Mr Cobb's lectures on 179, 280; sugges- 

 tions on the culture of by W. 196 ; remarks on by A. 

 Wright, 195; by Paul Ware, 212; on the ancient cul- 

 ture of in North America 221 ; remarks on by a Fiiend 

 to Industry 229; American, Shipped to Havre 239; 

 report of a Committeee of the Mass. Legislature on 

 262; further notices of 236, 283, 386, 398; foreign, 

 great sales of 325 ; imported into Liverpool by Mr Du- 

 ponceau,333; advantages of manufacturing 338, for 

 females culture of recomniended 399 



Silk flag, presented by Mr Duponceau, t9 the Speaker 

 of Congress 200, 219 



Silk wc^rms, notices of from Holbroolt's scientific tract 405 



Silk ribbons manufactured in Durham, N. H. 374 



Sirasb'.iry Copper Mine 163 



Skinner, J. S. Esq. his letter, sent with a package of 

 seeds to Mass. Hor. Soc. 232 ; his present to Mas-. 

 Ilor. Soc. of seeds of the Cheropodium Quinoa 371 



S. L. on raising wheat 161 



Sleep of children 13 



Slugs, mode of destroying 43 



Smith, Gideon B. his letter sent to Mass. Hor. Soc. 

 together with aracacha plants 306; his present of a 

 package of seeds, together with the Cheropodium 

 Quinoa. or Peruvian rice 371 



Smith, J. S. his letter with the seed of shrubs &c., sent 

 J. S. Skinner, Esq. 232 



Smith, Dr J. V. C. his remarks on bees 193, 200, 331,350 



Smoking, practice of condenmed 43 



Snake, cure for the bite of 5 ; sucking the wnimd re- 

 commended 141 ; consequence of swallowing 219 



Sr^w, fresh, use of in making puddings 238 



.Snowball and high cranberry, inoculaledon each other 301 



S. O. observations on the culture and uses of parsnips 4013 



Soap, the making of 330 



Soiling, remarks on 36G 



Sorrel, much used in France 5 



Sows, how prevented from devouring their offspring 259 



Spayed cows, advantages of 305 



Spiders, sagacity of 336 



Spinago, New Zealand, on its cultivation and uses 261 



Spindle ti^ee, notices o! 161 



Spinning, great day's work of by Mrs Boque 115 • 



Spring wheat, bow cultivated 249, 302 



Spur in rj'c, notices of 92 



Squashes, Valparaiso, remarkably productive 102 ; notices 

 of largo 107, 111; exhibited by Dr Robbins 119; 

 remarks on their cultivation 333 ; how to keep from 

 rotting 3.14 



S. R. his remarks on the potato onion 2.5 



Stage proprietors, their liabiUfy 251 



Steam, and improved mechanism, increase of productive 

 power by 27 



Steam carriage, extraordinary speed of 15.5 



Stearns, Isaac, jun. his notice of apple trees producing 

 double blossoms 3 



Stearns, C. samples of plums from 50 



Steed and out-rider, description of 392 



Stevens, T. II. his letter accompanying seeds , &c- to 

 Messrs Dearborn and Cook 408 



Stimpson's lior'^e car, notice of 445 



Stock, improved from the bull Denton, formerly owned 

 by J. H Powell, Esq. 206 ; see cattle. 



Straw, new mode of bleaching 402 



Strawberries, exhibition of, by D. Ilagjerslon 95 ; by 

 Judge Buel 3S8 



Strawberry, on its cultivation by Mr Carr 30; on burning 

 the vines of 48 



Subscriber, a, on unproductive pear trees 41, 105; on 

 preservijig vegetables for winter's use 42 ; on melting 

 down the comb of bee-hives 275; his query concern- 

 ing mulhe-ry trees 275; on lightning rods 239; on 

 twitch grass 289; a Pennsylvania, on the form of a 

 roller 3C1 



Sugar, frorh beet roits 15; f''om the maple tiee, great 

 quantities manufactured 277 



Sunflower, on it3 culture, uses, &c 13;. oil obtained from 

 by C. A. Barnitz 153 



S. W. his remarks on bees 403 



Svvallows, a new species of 381 



Sweet briars, as stocks for roses, translation of a treatise 

 on 33 



Sweet potatoes, how raised by Mr Houghton 94 ; re- 

 ceived from Mr Edwards 94 ; should be started in 

 hot beds 270 



Swine, directions for feeding and fattening, &c 68,85; 

 notices of large 107, 174, 190, 231, 331, 367; large 

 exhibited by Mr Mackay 118; may be fattened on 

 coal 150; best fattened on boiled food 353 ; how fat- 

 tened in a pasture 364 



Swiss Chard, mode of cooliing 388 



Tail meadow oat grass, Mr Lowell's remarks on 242 



Taritr, notices of "the effects of 184 



Tattooing, how performed in New Zealand 120 



T. C. his mode of destroying Canada Thistles 49 



Ten, remarks on 2, 379 



Tea plant, how cultivated at the Cope of Good Hope 283 



Teath, recipe for cleaning 13; cause and remedy in 

 those which are carious 140 ; observations on 293 ; of 

 soldiers killed at Waterloo, how di^poscd of 355 



Temperance and Patriotism 45; facts relating lo 107; 

 in Provincetown, Mass. 163; advantages of 288, 373, 

 389; notice of in Lee 415; influence of in preventing 

 crime 349 



Temperance Societies in New Hampshire, extract from 

 their report 88 ; in Vermont 301 ; benefits resulting 

 from 400 



Temperature of a country, rules for determining 162 



Thacher, Dr James, his account of an excursion on the 

 Hudson 148, 15C; his remarks on the honey bee 193, 

 2i)l, 329; on the suffocation of bees, and the melting 

 down of llreir honey 266 



Thistles, how to destroy 37; raised for seed 393 



Thyme, remarks on 11 



Tidd, J.icob, his statement relative to singular circum- 

 stances taldng place with bees 100; on new varieties 

 of potatoes, and seedling grape vines 210 



Timber, ship, sent down the Worcester canal 191 



Timber, best time for cutting 286 



Tiinolhy, a tall stalk of 15 



Tobacco, remarks on 11; to break off from its use 344 



Tomatos, recommendations of 20, 45 



Tooth Wash, compound chlorine 414 



Top-dres>ing grass grounds, remarks on 234 



Town, a thrivmg 237 



Townsend, Jno. his communication on bees, wounded 

 fruit trees, and winter grain 402 



Trees and shiubs may be transplanted as soon as the 

 summer heat is over, &c 51 ; description of producin"- 

 a succession of flowers from spring to autumn 74, 84, 

 92; best transp'anted in autumn 100,162; spring re- 

 commended for transplanting 124 ; a mode of trans- 

 planting recommended by Mr Winship 130 ; Mr 

 Buel's directions for transplanting 131, 177; inscrip- 

 tions cut on 172; cow dung a good salve for 177; how 

 planted in Turkey, &c, and planting of in U. S. re- 

 commended 177; best laiode of transplanting 178; a 

 large tree, notice of 231 ; their cultivation recom- 

 mended 237 ; forest and woodland, remarks on by .Mr 

 Welles 316; should be left standing on the tops and 

 sides of bills 358 ; remarks on the planting of, by M. 

 361; useful and ornamental should beset out 365; 

 how to make fruitful on Mr Knight'splan 370; should 

 not be felled from the tops and sides of mountains 

 392; on cutting for reproduction 395 



Trouble, how to shake off 240 



Tulips, notice of 380 



Tumors in horses 234, 253 



Turkey-bog cornfield, notice of 42, 56 



Turkey, the, how raised and fattened 318 



Turner, John B. hi? remarks on bees 299 



Turnips, as food for ewes with lamb, query whether in- 

 jurious 35 ; how used to forward the vegetation of young 

 plants 286 ; how preserved from the fly 321 ; wood 

 ashes should be sowed over at time of coming up 374 



Turnip-rooted cabbage, its culture for cows 321 



Twitch or couch grass, query concerning 299 ; remedies 

 against 329,331 



Tyler, Aaron, on a disease in cattle 161 



Urine, useful as a manure for wheat 294 



Valley of Connecticut, pr-eparing seed corn in tar 370 



Vegetable extract, how made in France 83 



Vegetable physiology, remarks on by Prof. Lindlcy 18 



Vegetables, on preserving for winter's use 26, 42; 

 brought from a distance, and kept some time on hand 

 are unhealthy 75; on gathering and preserving 77; 



large, exhibited at the Merrimac Agricultural eihibi- 

 tion 131 ; effect of poison on 177 

 Venus' Fly trap, a :,ingular flower 149 

 Vermont, communication from 241 

 Viator, his communication ou sjiayed cows 305 

 Vicinus, his remarks on salt hay 220 

 Vine, observations on, from Prince's Treatise 60; soils 

 proper for 144; review of Mr Piince's Treatise on 

 145; lai'ge, growing on the farm of lsaac,Jones 172 ; 

 stripped of its leaves in autumn, vegetates the sooner 

 in spring 177; new varieties of by Mr Tidd 210; 

 Mr Uoiisall's letter on its culture 307, 315 ; planlinLC 

 of in yards 325 ; how propagated by Mr Longworth 355 

 Vineyaid, Loubai's notice of 47 



Vinton, Thomas, notice of his improved cooking grate (>!i 

 Viiis, his remarks on a premium for the best mode ut 



training vines 391 ; answer to the same 395 

 W. his communication relative lo vegetable physiology 

 18; on a cornfield at Turl^ey Bog 58; on the culture 

 of silk 196 ; on short horned stock 281, 299 

 Wagon, Clark's, patent notices of 34 

 Walnuts, exhibited by Mr Downer 111, 142 

 Walnut tree, grafiing of i-ecomniended 60 

 Wanderer, a, his couunumcation on tioney and silk 58, 90 ; 

 on the uses of a garden, manner of obtaining an or- 

 chard, &c 178 

 Ware, Erastus, his premium farm 268, 27G, 300 

 VVaie, Paul, his remark on the culture of silk 212 

 Warming houses, remarks on 204 

 Warren, Dr, remarkable case stated by 256 

 Warren, J. his notices of great produce of potatoes 106 

 Watch, a transparent 136 



Water, medical virtues of 36; cures wounds ib. ; drink* 

 ing of at night among the .Aiabs 53 ; remarks on the 

 freezing of 179; how drawn from a well by Tartars 

 349 ; simple means of purifying 379 ; cold, cautions 

 to be used in drinking 389 

 Water cress, remarks on 11 

 Water tnelon seeds poisonous 59 

 W. B. recommends transplanting trees in spring 124; 



his remaiks on blight in pear trees 361 

 Weather, observations on prognostications of 154 ; very 



cold in the state of New York 230 

 Weazel, anecdotes of the 8 

 Weeding young crops, remarks on 411 

 Weeds, which grow between paving stones, &c, method' 

 of destroying 169 ; advantages to be derived from th& 

 destruction of 372 

 Weevils among corn, how destroyed 237, 355 , 

 Well, mode of throwing light into 43 

 Welles, lion. John, his observations on the Free Martin 



62; on Woodland and Forest Trees 316 

 Wheat, new insect found in 21, 42 ; heavy kind of 42 ; 

 new variety of from Hon. R. Rush 139; great quan- 

 tity of raised m Sing Sing, N. Y. 157; how raised by 

 S. L. 161 ; Mr Buel's remarks on 177 ; remarks on by 

 a New York Farmer 185 ; Spring, inquiries respecting 

 piemiumsfor 259; premium crop of by Messrs Little 

 260; how cultivated 24,302; Judge Bales' remarks 

 on 324; Mr Taylor's remarks on reaping 396; how 

 raised by Jno. Townsend 403; intended for seed 

 should be thoroughly ripe 409 

 Wheeler, Abner, report on his farm 122 

 Wheeler, Benjamin, on fowls in gardens 1 

 White, Mr, his statement of a cure for consumption 325 

 White washing recommended 340 

 White beet, remarks on 275 



Whortleberries, a sloop load of sold in N. York 47 

 Williams, Payson, Esq. notice of his premium crop of 



potatoes 261 

 Wild rice, remarks on by Novus Stricter 273 

 Winchester, cattle slaughtered at his establishment 239 

 Windmill at South Boston, proposed to be erected 337 

 Window blinds, improved mode of hanging 399 

 Wines, domestic remarks on 9 ; from native grapes 44 

 Winship, Jonathan, on transplanting trees 130; his mode 



of destroying Canker worms 374 

 Winter in Halifax 237 

 Winter grain, rules for raising 403 

 \V*oods, fancy, of different colors, &c 68 

 Wood of wheel work, he, recipe for preserving 184; 



for fire, economy in the use of 233 

 Wolf, John D. 2d, on great produce from bees 49 

 Woman, Ameriean, character of 51 ; cannot be taught 



too much arithmetic 59 

 Woodward, Dr Samuel, profitable cows exhibited by 172 

 Wool trade in Germany 129; in London 179; notice of 

 sales of 206 ; improvement in the quality and quantity 

 of 235 ; bought on the backs of sheep 251 ; remarks 

 on the fluctuating price of 415 

 Wounds, cured by cold water 36 

 Wright, Anthony, on the culture of silk 19 



