INDEX. 



(e. preserver, notice of 373 



ibtniug comlmtor, remarks on 381, shocks by on 

 ,.1 a packet ship 391 

 11 Gov. his remarks on a dfscase iu pear trees 1, 

 - rvations on his farm in Worcester 138, his obser- 

 v it ions oil the culture of silk 2'19 

 iquid manarc 3G1 

 ilijation, evils of 302 

 itter for cattle, iaiporlance of 242 

 ive fences, best made of buck thorn 41, remarks on 



aking-, &c. 174 18-2, the use of cedar for 209 237 

 .ocust tree, remarks on by L. VV. Brigju, Fsq. by the 

 Editor do. 177, on the profits of its culture 189, how 

 cultivated 300, advantages of cultivating 340 

 oom invr-ntrJ by Horace Baker, notice of 213, ship- 

 ^ ped to England 341 

 " ovc and Reason 80 



' swell John Esq. his remarks on the effects of plaster 

 of Paris 1, on a disease in pear trees 1 17 42 65, on 

 the bad quality of llie potato and its causes IS, on 

 stirrin? the earth as a relief against drought 30, on 

 the destructive powers of the rose bug 52, his letter 

 to Mr Prince on fruit trees 178, his notice of the tak- 

 ing away clandestinely of some scions, sent to him by 

 Mr Knight 271, his directions for cultivating the 

 sweet potato 298 



acerne, directions lor cultivating 235 2C3 

 . on the manufacture of cider 76, his inquiry relative 

 to the Ka riata potatoes 194 



achlne for gilding books 24, for making cards 60, for 

 threshing 69 84, — for spinning flax 77.— for pressing- 

 bricks 124 — for planing boards 131 379 — for planing 

 limber 133, for threshing 165, for raising stumps 194 

 for sawing timber 21^5 — for filtering v.'ater286 

 ah.igany, method of seasoning 274 

 an£tl Wurtzel superior to ruta baga for fattoning 93 

 anufactorics in Massachusetts 92 157 203 — in iNTew 

 England, morals and manners of 173 

 aniire in pastures how managed 14 — essay on by L. 

 Howe 81, liquid how used in Flanders 161, the dung 

 of pigeons valuable 172. onseaoasts 19.i, on mixing 

 tan with 203, on making the most of 342 36 1 381 

 aple trees, on the culture of by Gen. Dearborn 201 

 arsh.'S reclaimeil, remarks on hv Hon. .lohn \Vi.-lle3 

 210 218 250, remarks on 225 267 

 ercer J. on selecting see.-! corn 187 

 'Gallon liming seed wheat 31 

 eade, R. K- on sheep and wool 6J 

 ears J. on curing salt hay 41 



eat, preservation of 70 "fS 387, most wholesome 350 

 exico, soil and climate of 101 

 ice, an excellent trap for 239 

 ill, on a ni,-w construction of 85 



illet. rc.-narkson 10, culture of325, v.aiious kinds 379 

 int. observation? on 269 



itchell Or on the parent plant of the potato 395 

 organ .Icdidiah, his remarks on wintering sheep 59 

 ortality in prisons, causes of .371 

 elons, on the cultivation of 334 345, how secured a- 

 «-ainst bugs and flies 350, use of unripe ones 402 

 iilherry trees, their rullivation iu France 53, culture 

 of in Hindostan 130, imported into Ireland 226— on 

 cnttin; with a scythe 260. facts respecting them 314 

 arrain in cattle, c-Jre for 228 — remarks on 332 

 aslard, on the cul'ure of 67 127 300 

 asturtion, culture of 31 1 

 etlle. supposed use> of 186 

 ewark marshes, reclaiming of 1 17 



!ew England Society !"or palronising arts, their fair 59 

 ursery of trees, directions concerning 79 

 Uirses, faults of 206 — importance of temperance in 360 

 ak leaves, on tanning with 222 

 'aks, directions for raising I9t 

 ihio. population of 'i05. letter from a farmer in 299 



corn of great magnitude 44 



lnion=, directions for raising from the seed the first sea- 

 son 299, on the culture .-if 303, to prove the seed 365 

 )pium. American, vn attempts at making 206 

 Irchard grass. i;= valuaMe properties 59 309 318 380 

 )rchar.ls. di-predations on how punishul 67 364 — on 

 making new ones where old ones have grown 195 

 Itlers, sportive disposition of 155 

 )wl, short eared, notice of 197 

 )|C, large, exhibit'-d in .\ew Hampshire 240 2S6 

 )xen, remarks on the in-snagemeut of 4' -222, uoticts ot 



some rema-lrsMy large 131 l&l 184 

 )yst'-r lands, hcv made artificially 84 



Oyster plant, its culture and uses 294 

 P. on the apple tree borer 41, on icehouses 146 

 Paintiofs of animals, reniarks on 241 

 Paragreles, a kind of lightning rods 98 

 Parmesan cheese dairy 205 



Parmcntier, A. on preserving eggs 22, on destroying in- 

 sects 49,on pulling up the roots of plants after the stocks 

 are cut 49, — his catalogue of pears 121, — notice of his 

 grapes 124, his remarks on the vine 254 274,on plough- 

 ing in jreen crops for a manure 259 

 Parsnips, cultivation of in Guernsey 100 308 350 

 Pasture grounds, management of 31 302 

 Paupers, employment of on farms 73 

 Pea, remarks on the bug in 241 314, ou the cultivation 

 of 278 285 300 309 3l6 — Lime necessary as a manure 

 for 235 — on raising with parsnips 350 — value of the 

 diflerent kinds of 355 — on impregnating &c. 380 

 Peach, a large one 120 



Peach tree, on its cultivation 11 385— on an insect 



which attacks it 33 — slacked lime about the roots of 



recommended 43— may be grafted on a wild cherry 



stock 71 — notices of 198 



Pear, a large one 1 17 



Pearre, Mr. extracts from his speech relative to the 



farming interest 252 

 Pears from a tree planted by the ancestor of Gov. En- 



dicott 88 — M. Parmentier's catalogue of 121 

 Pear trees, remarks on a disease in by Gov. Lincoln 1 

 by Mr Lowell I 17 42— by Mr Jackson 10 113— by 

 the Editor 22 38 91, by Cultivator 25 5;j,by the Hon. 

 O. Fiske 29 90— by T. P. 26— by Erookline 38— by 

 the Hon. Thomas Gold 41 — insect found on 167 175 

 136 211 

 Peck, Professor on the natural history of the canker 



worm 393 

 Pedesliianism, extraordinary instance of 141 

 Perry, James, on planting, sowing, gypsum, i;c. JG2 

 Peters, Hon. R. on setting posts in fence 14 

 Pepper, red, how cultivated 294 

 Perkins, S. G. fine strawberries raised by 390 

 Pettingell. T. H. his report on horses 132 

 Phillips, Wm. on cultivating the plum and peach 1 1 

 Physalis, or Portuguese man of war, notice of 410 

 Pickering, Col. his remarks <:<» the bug in peas 241 

 Pickles from cucumbers how made 30 

 Pine and elm trees, on the culture of 57 65 

 Pitch pine, on its cultivation Cf.9 

 Pitman, Mr. on ths bug in peas 241 

 Plime tree, on the nses and cultivation of by Gen. 



Drarhorn 193 — by S. V>'. Pomero\ 260 

 Plant louse, notice of and remedies for 342 

 Plants, physical virtues of altered by cultivatiou 241 



habits of 313 — equivocal production of 41 1 

 Plaster of paris, on its effects near the sea coast 1 6 — 

 observations and experiments on 77 — Or Gorham's 

 observations on 153 — remaiU? on by the editor 155 

 1 on the use of by James Peny 162 

 I Plastering for walls 118 181 — to save buildings from 

 I fire 208 



.'Ploughing in autumn recommended 70 — shallow, re- 

 j marks on by Earl Stimson 253 

 i Plum, notice of a new species of 402 

 ! Plum-puddin?, a lover of, his remarks on the Corinthi- 

 an Grape .329 

 j Plum trees, on the cultivation of 11 ' 



I Plums, spirit distilled from 402 

 Poisons, action of upon the vege|-:<Vile kingdom 284 — 

 I experiments on their effects on animals 381 

 Poke root ponllice.a cure for the bite of a rattlesnrikf 31 

 iPomeroy, S. W. his remarks on ..>illet 10, on the plane 

 tree 260, on the black currant 267, Zante currant 321 

 Poor, on the support of 130 

 iPoorhouse county in Ontario 130 

 j Porcelain, mannfacfure of 15 

 I Ponds, on emptying and cleaning 395 

 I Posts in fence, how set 14 



I Potato, on Its bad quality by Mr Lowell 18 394, preser- 

 I ved by cnltingout the eyes 23, long red recom-mended 

 j 1 13. jreat pro.luct from 133, on the culture of l4l 251 

 i3l4 317. mode of extraclinsr the flour from 100, useful 



I in makin? bread 189,— of La Plata 19J, modes of pre- 

 serving 197, starch fi-om, how made 245, fjow introdu- 

 ced into France 307. how to boil without waste 317, on 

 feeding fowls with 317,— how preserved against grub- 

 worms 334, pirkins: the blossoms of recommended 373,. 

 parent plant of 395. — how preserved 402, on ehoosmg 

 those which are unripe for seed 40ft 



Potato cleaner described 307 



Potato onion described 307 



Potato, sweet, directions for raising 298 



Preston 3. on gardening 18,~on rattlesnakes 68-oh 



graiting frnit trees 75 

 Prince's Linnasan Garden and Nursery 255 275 

 Productions o f the soil, notice of 63 

 Poultry, management of 309, feeding with notatos 317 



smoke serviceable to 345 

 Powel Col. John Hare, notice of the great product in 



butter of a cow owned by 369- 

 Punip, by which cattle supply themselves with -water 



206 

 Pempkins, great product of 115 213, culture of 294 

 Q. his directions for the structure of ice houses 175 

 Rice mare, extraordinary sale of 350 

 Ridishes, on the cultivation of 308 316 317 

 Railway carriage, Morgan's 389 

 Rat catching, method of 397 

 Rattle snakes, an article of traffic 68, cure fur the bit* 



of 357 

 Razor strops, how managed 293 

 Receipts, remarks on the uncertainty of 166 

 ^ Recipes, for ginger beer 310, for the sling of a wasp 

 3, for making vinegar 13 263, for the gapes or pip in 

 poultry 14, for clarifying cider 14, for greasing wheel 

 carriages 22, for preserving eggs 22 335, for preserving 

 potatoes 23, for the cholera morbus 23 72, for ascer- 

 taining if linen be bleached with lime 24, for the des- 

 truction of flies 24, for preserving brass ornaments and 

 horses from flies 24, for pickling cucumbers 38 48 370, 

 for ink spots 31, for the bite of a rattle snake 31, for 

 tetanus or lock jaw 32 — for f-vcr and ague 32— to pre- 

 vent wounds (rom mortifving 32 — for good harvest 

 beer 37 to prevent horses being teased by flies 37 — for 

 purifying cider 37 — to keep cider sweet 37 — for ginger 

 beer 37 — for the effects of dram drinkuig 45 — for the 

 bite of a copper head snake 45 — to destroy insects 49 

 — to keep apples for winter's use 59— for curing the 

 colic Bl — for weak eyes 61 — for making coffee 61 — for 

 dysentery and cholera morbus 63 — (or the chronic 

 rheumatism 66 03— for making different sorts of ink 69 

 — for making fire proof cement 81 — for making g7e«« 

 paint!!) — for staggers in swine 86 — for the whooping 

 cough 86 — for making mock lobster 88 — for pickling 

 beef, pork, &c. 93— for preserving plums and peaches 

 111 — for preserving seeds 111 — for indigestion 1 1 1 — 

 for keeping cider sweet 1 14 — for curing ring worms 

 ! 15 374 397 405— for a solvent for putty 1 15— for the 

 lockjaw 115 — for canker sore throat }\6 — for dysea- 

 tery 119— to make cheap and excellent wine 127 — for 

 preserving beef and pork 134 — for making Pomona 

 wine 139— for ague in the breast 146 — for making per- 

 manent ink for marking linen, &c. 147 — for sulphurinjp 

 wool, silks, &c. 147 — for taking out spots of paints, &c. 

 147 — for rendering boots and sho. s water proof 151 — 

 for the gravel 157 — for sore moutii i.-i horses 157 — for 

 preserving grain from the depredatiotis of mice 1,61— ■ 

 for extracting waxirom honey combs 161 — fr r preser v-- 

 ing cheese from worms and mites 1 61--for burns anel 

 scalds 163 — for making beer 167 — for making jelly 173 

 — for spitting of blood 173— for making diet drink 181 

 — fora cough 181 — for the croup 187 — for making po- 

 tato bread 189 — for making soap 189 — for making corn 

 plaster 198— for eye water 198- for rbeumalnni 198 — 

 for chilblain 198 — for a recent cough 198 — for superior 

 goulaid water 198 — for burns and scalds 198 — for mak- 

 ing water biscuit 205 — for discoloring India rubber 

 222 — for a composition for preserving and colouring 

 gates, &c. 222— for pickling pork 2-2 — for making elm 

 and maple wood resemble mahogany 2'2?, for scalds 

 and burns 225, to keep a varnished couch clean 226» 

 for an improved method of making the coffee beverage 

 226. to purify lemon juice 226, preparation of black 

 lead for cleaning stoves 226. on preserving wood 226^ 

 for making transparent tarts 227. several for cookmg 

 tomatoes 234, for preserving potatoes in a dried slate 

 235, for destroying bugs 235, to. preserve timber from, 

 decay 236, lo remove spots or stains from linen 237. 

 to make . arrot pudding 237, lor contraction of the 

 limbs 242, for pres^ rving the eyes. 242^ fir dropsy 242, 

 to make patent paste 243, to make potato starch 245, 

 to cure influenza 255, to cure tooth a«he 261. for tern- 

 pe.ing tools 261, for making vinegar 263. of a cement 

 that resists mor-ture 267. do. Ihatharder.s under water 

 207, for the bile of a saake 269, to make Japaitese-ce- 

 O5en',.or rice "lue 270, fbc isinglrus ctmest 2.71,.fo; 



