INDEX TO THE TENTH 



T'^is'b v. ic-u 



VOLUME OF THE 



FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



Aboriginal industry. 



Advertisements, 1G 64 30 96 112 128 111 



188 

 Age of entile and she* p, 2 



Acents of Farmer's Monthly Visitor, 174 

 175 183 189 

 Agricultural address by Isaac Hill, 130 

 » •' extract of, Mr. Bates', 178 



Agriculture, 99 



" in Vermont, 9 



" in the West, &o, 15 



" impruved in New England, 151 

 *' and chemistry, 126 



" and customs at the South, 23 

 « in New Hampshire, 187 



Agricullural improvement, 45 



'■ society in Hillsborough, SO 



" proceeds of L 1 . S. and Frahce,U2 

 " for 1847, 138 

 " papers, effect of, . 157 



" societies, exhibitions of, 16 ( J 

 " publications, appreciation of } 141 

 Agriculturist and manufacturer com- 

 bined, 109 

 Almanac, D. Leavitt's, notice of, 169 

 America, young, and old Europe, 60 

 American fresh meats in England, 29 

 " apples in London, 29 

 " fanners, 33 

 " genius tripumhant In Fngl'd, 163 

 " Metropolitan Magazine, 182 

 Ammunition manufactured at St. Louis, 31 

 Animals their longeviiy, 98 

 " diseases of, 1 15 

 " how to prevent running at 



large, 126 



" best lime to kill. 48 



Apple orchards, planting of, 29 



" melon, 67 



lt cultivation, 77 



" best varieties for export, 30 



Ashes, leached, 165 



Asihma, how to remedy, 182 



Atmosphere, 83 



" vegetation, &c, 161 



'' of the moon, 29 



Audabon, 12 



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 Bacon, ham and tongues, how cooked, 2 

 *• how to cure, 30 



Batik- of Lexington, 89 



Beef, pickling or preserving, 149 



Beef law in Massachusetts, 63 



how to keep fresh, 75 



Beet-root sugar in France, 29 



Blacks in Canada, 32 



Book farming, 97 



Bog-meadow reclaimed, 13 



Bones of plants, 



" as manure, 129 



Bread-making, 34 



Bread stuffd in Ki gl ind, 112 



" hrown, Yankee, 143 



Breeding principles ol, 143 153 



Brittish America, 20 



Bri 'bion Market, statement of, fur '43, 183 



Buckwheat, 34 



Burroughs' Cave in Green mountains, 35 



Batter- mi k ngin Holland, 115 



■• preserving, 137 



11 e^ pel iments, etc., 13 



■■ i i iidot; U5 



6 7 



17 



1 55 



Cabbage, how to raise, 

 ( lve . how to raise aifd Cced, 

 l banker worms, how to stop, 

 Cottle Show at Buffalo. IN. V., 

 of Smilhfield (Kuglnnd ) 

 •' how io prevent running at large, 1 - ( > 

 " fattening and fonnalion-of milk, 65 

 Ayrshire, !■ 



in htighv aj b, 156 



"large, 1 



Characteristics of the season 13-10, 178 

 Cheese in .V V., 0. \ I a id I nun . 



" dair.es of N Y., 65 



■' trade of the United States, 35 

 Chloroform appbed to a | 64 



Coal trade of Pennsylvania., 

 Communication from A. A. Gile, 

 Commerce, 1 i ! 



" of the West, 

 " of the N. York Canals, 

 " of New York, 

 Compost sheds, 157 



' ner, 17-i 



Corn, 26 1)9 



" » Brown," 



" for fodder, 73 



•' crusher, Pitt's, 27 1 



■ '- goin) yield of, 14 



Cotton *in manure, 31 



Cow, profit. ihle, 47 



Cranberries on uplands, 123 



Crops °n " le Rio Grand© . 40 



'• in Europe lor 1818. 151 156 



Crows beneficial to the husbandman, 65 



and ihe .-quash bug, 1 12 



Cultivators, 17'; 



Cultivation fifty years ago, 1" 



" lite tin ol y of, for which ihe 



Visitor claims to lie the 



American discoverer, £2 



Cultivation of grass in Illinois, 86 



" thorough, 98 



Cunard steamers, 62 



Curious adventure, 158 



D 

 Destitute, relief to, 41 



Diet, plain, tor children, 30 



Diving bells, 159 



Draining marshes and wet lands, 99 



Dry goods, selling of, 67 



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Economy, true political, 151 



Education of the young for agriculture, 179 



E^g business in Maine, 180 



Electricity applied to plants, 29 



Elephant's sagacity. , 35 



Embankments and drainage, 68 



England's social condition, 55 



English Grammar, notice of, 144 



" yeomanry, 150 



•' taxation, 45 



Enterprise of Massachusetts, 128 



" of New Hampshire in Me.. 1H3 



" and industry of IN England, 173 



Essav on seeds, trees, &c. by William 



Prescott, 17 



" on renovation of worn-out lands, 



by Edward Stabler, 146 



Evcr-glades of Florida, 1G8 



Exhortation of a father to his children, 12 



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Facts for the ladies, 67 



Failure ol an experimental community, 177 



Faneuil Hill market, statement of, 183 



Farm work for October, 137 



'• " for January, 185 



" implements, 170 



" of F. F. Blair, of Md., 180 



Farms, worn-out, 14 



Farming in Massachusetts, 1 1 



" on Long Island. 36 



•' and other matters near Federal 



city, 53 



11 in Hillsborough, 74 



" in Concord, S I- 



" the essentials to productive, 79 



in Rockingham county, !'l 



" in Mar) land, bv Col.Capron, 1 c; 1 



" profits of, 97 



Farmers, their position, duties, &c, 19 



il suggestions to, 80 



" importance of educating them, 83 



• ; Bongs, 76 83 



" emulation among, 187 



Feeding work horses, 157 



Females, domestic education of, 19 



Fences, 7 1 



Finances of government, 86 



Fish for m. mure, 13 168 



" great success in catching, 71 



Forest trees, cultivation of, 25 



France, public debt of, 59 



French monarchy! overthrow of, 49 



Fresh meat?, how to preserve, 'il 



Fruitgrower's national convention, 161 



profits of growing, 1 13 



•• trade, 15b 



" buds destroyed by fro. t, 1 13 



" in Orange county, N. Y. ; 187 



G irden in mourning, 31 



Gardening at Nahanf, 9 



hints on, 64 



Glaciers, their progress, 75 



( flass, how cut h ith a piece of iron, 14 



( iold mines in California, 136 



< Ire il Britain and the United States, 152 



Grain in Fiance, 63 



I -i pes from seed, 163 



Grape, culture in Missouri, 174 



( .r--> In ds, mode ol ploughing. 78 



Guano, 41 



*■ . Afi-ican, on pine plains land, 1C7 



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I't; trade lor ty -two years since, 3G 



Ice in Michigan. 63 



I< :e from Granite mountain, 41 



Illinois d« il w. ■■ twi niy years ago, 10 

 Imagination, us effect on the physical 



Frame . 160 



Immigrants to JarneS Rive/, 71- 



to the West, 82 



" to the i aiied Spates, U8 180 



*' to V\ e stern Virginia, II I 



Important facts, "J 1 



Indian treaiy- H 0.1 00.1 DO acres 



acquired, Iti I 



Industry, specimen < f, 3 



Insects about fruit trees, 75 



Interesting from Ireland, 33 



Iron, improvement in working, 185 



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Journey of the editor in lower New 



Hampshire and Maine, 100 



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King bird, !■' 



Labor, 136 



Laboring communities, 163 



Land monopoly, 160 



'* too much, 12u 



I Ands, timber and wood, 31 



" crown, in Canada, 156 



" wet clav, advantages of draining, 128 



*< wet, ' 15 142 



Langdon, John, and Josiah Bartlelt, a 



tribute to tlrfeir services, 69 



" " a patriot in civil life, 124 



Lead ore in Arkansas, 47 



Loan of the United States, 62 



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Machinery a benefit to all classes, 127 



Machine for sewing cloth, 132 



Mackerel fishery, 160 

 Maiue and Montreal railroad, with a 



chapter on the boundary, 7 



" and her resources, 1 12 



Manures, 114 



law of, 135 



" sewage, 158 



" for fruit trees, 84 



Manufactures at the South. G3 



Manufacturing Co at Grjmteville,S C. 65 



Marines at Washington, D.C , 6t 



Marl and lime, M0 



Mnrsh-roud, 130 



Metallic paints from Ohio, 162 



Mexican art, 83 



" mummies, 144 



Milking, rules for, 30 



" cows, 168 



Mind and soil to be improved, 81 



Modern science,. 136 



Monument to revolutionary patriots, 94 



Monarchical debts and taxation, 63 



Mutes the first democrat, 85 



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.Names in Boston two hundred years 



ago, 90 

 National Pomological convention, 15i 

 Natural sciences, acquiring a know- 

 ledge of, 143 

 " history, curious facts in, 142 

 Nest erjgs, 29 

 New England Farmer, notice of, 182 

 New York and Boston, growth of, 35 

 Niagara Falls suspension bridge, 71 112 

 New Hampshire and Maine mountain 



region, 1 16 



" and the revolution, 124 



New States, 82 



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Ode by Wm. C. Bryant, 153 



Old scraps for young house-keepers, 67 

 Onion crop of Mr. Darling, Hopkinlon, 167 

 u cultivation in Dan vera, Mass., 

 Bnd essay on the same by 



John W. Proctor. 23 



Orchard?, six reasons for planting, 77 



Oregon territory, extent of, 185 



Oxen, 78 



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Peach crop of Delaware, 46 



Peaches on Long Island. 41 



" how to preserve, ■ US 



Peat charcoal the best deodorizer, ] VJ 

 Philadelphia, its growth — Fairmount 



and the suspension bridge, 70 



Pins, I 



Plants selecting their fuod, 7/ 



constituents of, 155 



Plough, c.tst-irou, history of, I 



" Bteam, 32 



Ploughing, o5 

 Political writer, eminent and literary, 



David liverett, 27 



Plum trees, how cured when sick, 1613 



Poetry, death of Col. Ransom, 46 



" things that change; 110 



" to an absent sister, I 1 1 



■•' withering leaves, 149 



" the season, 156 



•'• philosophy of endurance, lt'ii 



" winter birds jt the North, 187 



Poison, antidote to, 15 30 



Politeness in olden times, 16 ' 



Pork, shi mkiiy, ■ f, l 



*' DAcfcing of, G3 



" h»w much will a bushel of corn 



make/ 30 



Postage reduced in France ik Russsia, lb" 



Pol ilo rot and remedy, 13 



•• c luse ol . 104 



" disease, 1 £ 



m England, in 



'' " preventive snd cure i ■'. >9 



in Maine. 2Q IJ5 



" its cause and remedr, 97 



•' " ^S 13 75 111 152 



'•' " straw used to prevent 97 



8, tune oi planting, 6 ; 



early, 21 63 



Poultry and eggs, 17 



11 In w reared, ,,t ' 



" report on, 162 



Prayer, first in Congress, 15 



Provisions, curing of, 17U 



Public works, 61 



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Railroads, 41 



in Vermont, 142 j, 

 " low fares & increased travel, 156 , 



Railroad and other cogitations, 71 



" from Concord to Portsmouth, I I i 



Raspberries, cultivation of, 74 ^ 



Rattle-snake bile, remedy for, 15 ^ 

 Recipes, &c , 16 31 



Remedies, 76 



Rhubarb, cultivation of, 144 <i 



Road-making, 154 

 Roofs, covering for, 

 Rose bug, 

 Rural life, 

 Rye, cultivation of, 



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Salt a good manure for celery, 



Salt and soot in manure, 



Salt I. >kes ol" the Nueces, 



Sand wastes, mode of improving, 



Scientific convention in Philadelphia^ 141 



S-irtain's Union Magazine, 132 



Shaker per ecuiion in the Capitol, 180 



Sheep management in winter, 18 



" care of, 45 



" Saxon and Merino, 65 



" South Down, 142 



Shipments to Mexico, 99 



Silk ruliure, 73 



Smoking, evil consequences of, 178 



Smuggling, ^ . 



Snow, is it useful to farmers 1 12 



Soap as a manure, 93 



Soils, advantage of mixing, 73 



" the effects of cropping, 183 



Song, the thriving family, 3 



" lor the million, 98 



" of the kitchen, 63 



" ol old maids', 12P 



Statistics ol finance and commerce, 02 7 



Steam, ihe power of, 135 



Stephenson, Geo , author of railway * 



system in England, 137 

 Slocking frame, Bam ford's improved, 163 

 Straw berries, productiveness of, 



Si i urs in sv\ me, V0 

 S ■'■ i ne, how to fatten, 

 Subsoil ploughing, 22 113 17- 



Summer travelling sketches, 164 



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Tail-sickness of cattle, 77 



Topographical engineers' reports, 61 



Trade, production and consumption, 32 

 " with South Africa— introduc- 

 tion of the N.E. plough, &.c.,3S 



" American cheese, 76 



Travelling, rapid, '''' 



Trees, shilling their bearing year, 16 



'• planting and cultivating, *3 



" lime in planting, 76 



" transplanting oi', 16- 



'■ pruning of, 60 



Tunneling mountains, J? 



Turnips, great yield of, 71 



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United States in Feb. 1313, 42 



■* productions and capital, lSt ~ 



" •-' annual coinage Irom 



branch minis, 35 



brine, *~ 



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Valuable oniric, 96 



'. e etables, how to enlarge, 61 



\ ;nerab!e tree, 3 

 Vi ti rans ol the war of 1312 — battle 



ol Chippewa, 170 

 Veteran nl* the revolution unpensioued, 124 

 Vine in France, 



Vines on forest trees, 113 



Visitor in Hopkinton, N H , 11 



" complimentary letters to, 1 ! 29 



" in New Boston. 



'■ correspondence, 139 



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Washington's autograph manuscript, 37 

 Wash lor buildings, 128 

 Water in barn yards, 114* 

 Wealth and enterprise of New Eng- 

 land forly-seveu years ago, 3i) 

 " distribution of, 45 

 West, capacity o', 31 



lour to and through a portion of, 1 10 



Wh: le fishery, 48 



i at the west, 126 



White D.ii-y, 115 



Wine making, 135 



Wood, how to prevent decaying, 10 



Woodpecker, 16 



Wood lands, clearing of, 3 I 



Wool, demand fur, J^7 



ii Ohio, fi3 



tnalrebses, 99 



'* irade, foreign, J28 



Woolen rags lor manure, 160 



•■ goods, importation of, if ;i 



Women, example for, 40 



Wonderful discovery at Lake Superior, 184 



