INDEX TO VOLUME IX. 



A 



Agricultural Chemistry, progress of 9:3 



— Education,... '. 9, 220 



— Fair of Cliautauque Co., 243 



in Canada, 2(}o 



of N. Y. State, remarks on, . 237, 



246, 258, 264 



regulations of 229 



ofAladisonCo., 241 



of Royal Ag. Soe., 217 



at Stone Mountain, .-. 216 



— Geology, 68, 103 



— improvement, 146, 202 



— Journals, notice of, _ 25 



— papers, important facts, 203, 268 



— periodicals, 296 



— products of U. S., 223 



— ramble, 194 



— reading, 261 



— Society, N. Y. State, proceed- 

 ings, . 77 



premiums of, 52, 97, 100, 



130 



premiums awarded, . . . 250 



officers, 53 



committees,.. 180 



TransactioAs of for '47, 205 



ofSenecaCo., 45 



ofYatesCo., 27 



Agriculture, American, remarks on 65 



— in Ireland and Scotland, 20 



— respectability of, 13 



— Scientific, notice of, 297 



American Farmer, the, 297 



American hare, 243 



American Institute, fair of, _ 228 



Apple trees, renovation of, 221 



— seeds, planting, 234 



Apples, American, in London, 44 



— on Paradise stocks, 298 



— Autumn Strawberry,- 278, 301 



— Domine and Peck's Pleasant,.. 86 



— great crop of Greenings, 133 



— Hawley, 138 



— keeping 269 



— from IN. England, 58 



— Norton's Melon, 29 



— Northern Spy, remarks, 187 



— Orange Sweet, 283 



— quality of. 300 



— Summer Rose, 233 



April, hints for, 96 



Arithmetical questions for boys,.. 284 



— answers, questions, &c., 304 



Arkansas lands, 2.53 



Ashes for manure, 69, 122, 146 



— on meadows, 276 



Autumn planting, advantages of,. 34 



B 



Bacon, curing, 35 



Barn, best plan of, 204 



Barley, the Cheltenham black 



skinned, 290 



Beef, to cure, 82 



— lawinMass., 132 



Bee-hive, new, 149 



Bees, mode of hunting wild, 245 



— to procure artificial swarms,... 222 



Benefit of the rise, 276 



Billions cholic, remedy and caution 27 



Birds, looking-glasses for, 122 



Book-farming, 12 



Books, good and useful, 291 



Botanic specimens, to preserve,. .. 106 



Brick yard, extensive, 25 



Brine, poisonous property of, 122 



Buckwheat flour, 62 



— cakes, 302 



Budding, spring, 86 



Buds, origin and office of, 60 



— starting too soon, 232 



Bulbous roots, management, 257 



Butter, successful experiments,.-. 14 



— quantity of in milk, - 122 



— making for sea voyages, .. 198, 214 

 fact in, 212 



— mods of preserving, 245 



C 



Cabbage, pickled,... 260 



Candles, economy in, 124 



Carriage, improvement in,.. 181 



Carrot, orange, success with, 45 



Caterpillars, to destroy, 105 



Cattle; Ayrault's fat steers 218 



— rooking for, 52, 188 



— cutting food for, 19 



— Hereford, 50 



— improvement in,.. 71 



— remedy for hoven, 12 



— salting, questioned,.- 247 



— Short Horn, notice of, 168 



Cauliflower, Early Walcheren,... 192 



Cellar for roots, cheap, 296 



Celery, salt for, 87 



Cement for earthen and glass, 297 



Cheese-making, knowing how,... 82 

 by A. L. Fish,.. 163, 178 



— potato, 283 



— press, improved, 175 



— Stilton, 235 



Cherries ; May Bigarreau, Early 



Purple, Guigne, Knight's Early 

 Black, and Early While Heart,. 183 



— Burr's Seedling, Elkhorn, and 

 Downer's late, . 206 



— Belle Magnifique and Carnation,' 231 



— on dwarf stocks, 139 



Chimneys, to prevent smoking,.. 215 

 Chloriform to ahorse, 276 



— to a pig, 107 



Clay houses, 83 



(Clearing land, cost of, 171 



Climate, rationale of, 197 



Clover and timothy together, 97 



Cockroaches, to destroy, 212 



Colts, when to work,-.- 83 



Commissioner of Patents, report of 



for 1847 205 



Composts, remarks on, 99 



— to make, 157 



Corn, ashes on, 44, 243 



— and cob mill, Pitt's, - . . 270 



— cobs as food, 82, 126 



as fuel, 44 



— crop of U. S., 53, 133 



large, 55 



Corn, cutting unripe, 22i< 



— culture, experiments in, 167 



— eluding worms, 204 



— field, vast, 276 



— for fodder, 144 



— lime and ashes on, -_. 243 



— meal cakes, --- 35, 115 



to preserve, 229 



— shellers, - - 289 



Clinton, 289 



Smith's. 289 



Cottage, figure of, - 78 



— residences, 301 



Cottages, cheap plans needed;.- 222 

 Country houses, a new work on,. 801 



Cow, Oaks, account of, -- 269 



Cows, best kinds, 242 



— ho w to dry , 268 



— food for,... - ---- 82 



— remarkable, - 227 



Crops in E. Bloomfield, 244 



— of 1847, tabular estimate, 201 



— on two acres, - 121 



Cucumbers, to grow, 163 



— to keep long, 188 



Curculio, new remedy, 114 



— to repel, - 157 



Currants kept 20 years, 122 



— to keep, 188 



Cutworms, to manage, 204, 269 



D 



Dahlia,.. - 87, 137 



Dairy Ijusiness in the mountains,. 286 



— farm, extensive,.- 276 



I>ecember, notes for,... 290 



Deep tillage, importance of, 230 



Domestic animals, shelter,.. 294 



Domestic economy, various items, 187 

 Draining lands, 287 



— beneficial effects of, 170, 171 



— extensive, 39 



— of marshes, 227 



— remarks on, 199, 276 



— and snbsoiling, 153 



Drill, Palmers 97 



— Emery's, 121 



Dysentery, a remedy for, 220 



Economy in washing, 235 



Egg pone,.. 211 



Eggs, pickled, - 90 



— to preserve, 245 



Elders and willows, to destroy,.. 72 

 Election cake, 284 



F 

 Farm house, Ellis' plan and view 



of, 22, 79 



Howard's plan and view,... 272 



— accounts, keeping, 247 



— implements, American and Eng- 

 lish, . 70 



Farmer, picture of lucky and un- 

 lucky, 248, 249 



Farmers, importance of educating, 149 



— and millers,.- 125 



— progress among, - - 75 



Farmers' clubs, 21 



— wives, duties of, 39 



