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INDEX. 



Address of Rev. John Todd, IIG — of Ge» H. A S. 



Dearborn, 135, 151 — of Daniel D. King, Esq. 170. 

 Alcohol, popular error concerning, b8. 

 Apple Tree, a mammoth, 15. 

 Apple trees, pruning of, 174. 

 Ashes, gypsum and lime as manures, 8. 

 Asparagus, new mode of rearing, 184. 



B. C. his hints on raising stock, 10. 

 Bone manure, remarks on, 46, 149. 

 Book farming, advantages of, 12. 



Bounty on reeled silk, remarks on by Bombyx, 120. 



Boiling food for stock, 185. 



Beef, tainted, to restore, 182. 



Brooks' Patejit Silk Spinning Machine, 9, 141. 



Broom corn, on the culture of, 56. 



Buffalo berry, notice of, 8. 



Bugs from vines, how driven, 150. 



Butter, on salting, 23, 59. 



C, on the manufacture of silk, 83. 

 Calves, Mr Midford's mode of rearing, 7. 

 Carrots, on the culture of, 158. 



Cattle, important facts relative to rearing, 10 — on the 

 horn disorder in. 74 — points on which they are 

 judged, 121 — on feeding in winter, 132. 



Chaft', manure for strawberries, Itiy. 



Cheese, now made by C. Vaughan, Esq. 8 — Gloucester, 

 how made, 89. 



Chinese Mulberry, 2, 24, 76, 140, 141 , 190. 



Clover hay, making in cocks, &c. 190. 



Coal trade of Pennsylvania, 21. 



Cocoonery of Mr Whitmarsh, notice of, 13, 52. 



Cocoons intended for sale, how prepared, 44 — for eggs, 

 67 — successive crops of, 76 — raising of, a distinct 

 branch of the silk business, 86 — rcmtirks on raising, 

 127, 147. 



Compost, on making, 28. 



Cotton seed oil, notice of, 175. 



Coughs and colds, remedy for, 38. 



Croup, remedy for, 188. 



Curing haras, 182. 



Dandelion, a huge, 19. 



Dry rot, srevcntive against, 187. 



Eggs of the silk worm, how managed, &c. 50. 



Essex Agricultural Society, transactions of, 45. 



Early Frugality, 182. 



Fall ploughing, advantage of, 53. 



Farmer, a, things he should not do, 23. 



Farmers, young, hints to, 9, 87. 



Farmer's work for March, 168. 



Fence posts, 183, how rendered durable, 21. 



Foddering racks, 173. 



Fruit stealing, remarks on, 87. 



Fruits, remarks en their properties, «&c. 90 — grafted, 

 influence of the stock on, 159. 



Fruit Trees, on transplanting, by D. Chandler, 160. 



Garden, a kitchen, lecommended, 72. 



Hedges, mulberry recommended, 148. 



Hog, a very large, notice of, 11. 



Hops, iron rods for used in England, 170. 



Hay, varieties of, 181. 



Indian corn, suckers in use of, 56 — remarks on by 

 Hon. S. Lothrop, 157 — notice of a large sort, 169. 



Insects, how destroyed with spirits of turpentine, 6 — 

 destroyed by burning oil, 51. 



Irrigation of meadows, 167. 



Kennebec farming, 174. 



Language of animals, 13 



Leonard, James, on the culture of lucerne and the mul- 

 berry, 36. 



Lime, fertilizing properties of, 20. 



Lucerne, on the culture of, 36. 



Machinery beautiful, at Newton, 9 — for silk in Eng- 

 land, 69, 93 — for the manufacture of silk, Mr Gay's 

 improvements in, 91, 148. 



Manure, waste of, 21 — liquid, 183. 



Milk, microscopic view of, 175. 



Milch cows, feeding and management of, 133. 



Mites and Weevils, antidotes against, used in Ger- 

 many, 172. 



Morus multicaulis, 2. See further Chinese mulberoy. 



Mowing machine, 56. 



Mulberry, on the culture of, 3, 36 — Chinese mode of 

 cultivating, 28 — white mulberries, best set out in 

 the fall, 51 — seeds of should be soaked, .53 — best 

 raised on high ground, 59 — profits of its culture, 70, 

 92 — culture and transplanting of, 70 — may be sown 

 in August, 72 — directions for sowing the seed of, »fec. 

 86 — queries and answers relative to the culture of, 126. 



Mulberry leaves, on the quality of, 130. 



Mulberry trees, 185, uses of, 69. 



Orchards, on pruning, 12. 



Oxen, working, remarks on, 2 — more profitable than 

 horses for labor, 71. 



Oats, Scotch, 189. 



Pepper, on the culture of, 34. 



Pigs, advantage of keeping clean, 51. 



Ploughing in green crops, 173. 



Poetry, Spring, 14. ^ 



Posts and sills, &c., on the preservation of by salt, «fec. 

 35. 



Potato, uses of, 22 — cultivated to advantage with 

 corn, 132. 



Potatoes, leaves useful manure for, 9. 



Poverty, causes among farmers, 187. 



Railway, a portable, notice of, 11. 



Rail roads in the U. States, 181. 



Receipts, 88, 183, 184, 189, 190. 



Reeling silk, remarks on, 



Remedies, simple, 72. 



Rice family bread, 170. 



Rose leaf spice, how made, 46. 



Ruta baga, great crop of, 150. 



Rye, on the culture of, 75. 



Rural affairs, 180. 



Rusticus in Urbe, remarks of, 33, 54, 60. 



S., his recipe for destroying vermin which infest plants, 

 5. 



Saxony sheep, remarks on by Farmer C, 13G. 



Season, remarks on by F. 19. „ 



Siieep, on washing, 2.5 — cure for scab in, 58 — how pre- 

 served against ticks, 20, 59 — Merino remarks on, 73 



— choice of for breeding, 169. 

 Shephardia, or Buffalo berry, remarks on, 8. 



Silk, Judge Spencer's remarks on, 5 — remarks on by 

 S. T. Hopkins, 29 — its culture in Turkey, 38 — facts 

 and observations relative to the culture of, 17, 20, 33, 

 52,53,113,146178, 179, — imperishable nature of, 167, 

 American, superiority of, 50 — in Essex County, 55 



— as a non conductoi of electricity, 65 — medical and 

 other valuable properties-of, 68 — communication on 

 from Judge Spencer, 78 — on reeling, 81 — manufac- 

 tured by Mrs Adams, 148 — remarks on in the Mass- 

 achusetts Legislature by Mr Fessenden, 161. 



Silk culture in Vermont, 26 — in India, by Gen, Dear- 

 born, 114 — its influence on health, 130. 



Silk companies, remarks on by " Public Good," IS — 

 by the Editor, 19 — in Rhode Island, 26, 125 — in 

 Concord, 141 — in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, 

 146 — Atlantic in Nantucket, 148 — in Pennsylvania, 

 148. 



Silk worms, food for, 1, 34 — different sorts of, 17 — Mr 

 Cobb's remarks on, 30 — on the rearing of, 66 — 

 remarks on native, 131 — further notices of, 139 — 



