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Prairy Dog, sketches of-3(J3. 



Pr'escott, J. Esq. his remarks on the culture ol miugel 

 wurtzel 338. 



Preston, Samuel, his remarks on ^a^ing; 85 — on graft- 

 ing fruit trees I'il — on clearing laud 172 — on the best 

 mode of manufacturing maple sugar l!i2 — on mill ma- 

 chinery, and the measure of water in mill-races 259 — 

 his communication respecting the workshop of Archim- 

 edes 306 — on the strength and durability of limber 

 31)6, 354— best time of cutting do. 306— on the moon's 

 influence on vegetation 370. 



Prince, John, Esq. his remarks on bad winter keeping 

 of cows y4 — his statement respecting agricultural 

 productions 116 — notice of his communication respect- 

 ing insects in peach trees and other fruit trees 333. 



Proctor, J. VV. Esq. his notice of agricultural experi- 

 ments in Essex county 144. 



Pumpkins, recommended as food for horses 134 — re- 

 marks on their cultivation 365. 



Putnam, Col. Jesse, description of his premium farm 324. 



Q. 



Quincy, Hon. Josiah, description of his farm 2 — his ex- 

 position of the faults of farmers, as respects the econ- 

 omy of barn yards and stercoraries 29. 



R. 



Race Ox, an account of one 136. 



Radish, how cultivated 294. 



Rats and Mice, how extirpated 37. 



Rattle Snake, bite of, how cured 29. 



Ileceipts, Fhdian meal the best cosmetic for ladies com- 

 plexions 3 — infusion of elder leaves preserves against 

 insects ib. — several different mode sof making bread 4. 

 for making yeast 5 — substitute for yeast ib to pre- 

 vent the bite of musquitoes ib. — for making currant 

 •wine 6 — to take the rancid taste from butter 12 — to 

 make butter from scalded cream ib. — for curing but- 

 ter ib. — to fine and clarify beer ib. — several for mak- 

 ing Ruta Baga puddings 12 — for founder in horses 19 

 — potatoe pudding 20 — potatoe bread ib. — for cud 

 lost by an ox or cow 21 — for American Tokay 21 — 

 for destroying ants and spiders 28 — for destroyin" 

 crickets ib. — against vermin that infest swine ib. — 

 for the bile of the rattle snake, or other venomous 

 animal 29 — for the cholera morbus ib. — for destroy- 

 ing white weed ib. — for destroying the Canada this- 

 tle 30 — for the ague ib — for a broken winded horse 

 35 — severla for preserving meats 37 — for preserving 

 cream 37 — to prevent bottled cider from bursting 37 — 

 to prevent skippers in bacon 37 — to extirpate rats 

 and mice 37 — for making cider ib. — for dysentery and 

 bilious disorders .37 — to make salt butter fresh 06 — 

 to cure tainted meat ib. — to preserve meat ib. — to de- 

 stroy bed bugs ib. — to destroy the bee miller 67 — to 

 cure the croup 72 — for making green grape wine 34 — 

 to make Champagne from grapes equal to foreign wine 

 94 — for (tUtening hogs 113 — to prevent bees being de- 

 sToyed by the worm 108 — to prevent cattle from dis- 

 ease in winter ib. — to render washing easy ib. — to 

 preserve potatoes and fruit ib. — to prepare a pickle or 

 brine for beef 110 — to preserve eggs ii). — for preserv- 

 ing iron and steel from rust 115 — for weaving mats ib. 

 — for making jelly for calves 122 — to make hay-tea 

 for calves ib. — to make good butter from the milk of 

 cows fed on turnips 123 — for the scab in sheep 123 — 

 to preserve potatoes which are frozen 123 — for pick- 

 ling beef 130 — my grand-mother's pickle 130 — for a 



cement designed as paint for the roofs of houses 131 



for breaking glass in any required direction 13! — for 

 making rice glue 139 — to remove fruit stains or iron 

 mould from linen or cotton cloths or other substanrr s 

 141 — antidote against contagion 141 — substitute for 

 yeast ib. — for preserving lemon juire, or lime ib. — for 

 purifying putrid wati-r ib. — for purifying glass vessels 

 ib. — for frei-ing wells from fixed air ib. — the best 

 mode of ad.nini-tering opium ih. — for preserving hors- 

 es feet wlien ploughing among lime ib. — for the puri- 

 fication of li<h-oil and vegetable oils 142 — for saltiii" 

 meat ib. — for distingniihing a steel Instrument from 

 an iron one ib. — for damp in walls 148 — for a denti- 

 frice 148 — for making Pomona wine ih.— of a varnish 

 fir iron or steel 1 19 — for poison \ty the oxide of had 

 or copper 157 — wine tests, or methods for ascertain- 

 ing if (here be had or copper in witie or cider 157 — 

 forric- j-lly 171. — a cure for the gravel 224— for 

 jnaL-ing soap by steam 22G.— for making cider oil, or 



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cider royal 227, 254— for drying peaches 227-~for pre- 

 serving peaches 227 — for preserving bacon ib.—- to pre- 

 serve woollen clothes tc. from moths ib. — for making 

 Panada ib. — to increase the strength of vinegar 230 

 — to revive old writings 230 — to prevent wine from 

 tasting of the cask 230 — to clarify new wine ib.~.to 

 restore turned wine ib.--for the relief of cancer by 

 iodine ib. — infallible for the cure of diarrhoea in calves 

 234 — to prevent polished hard ware and castings from 

 taking rust 235 — to clear iron from rust 235 — for 

 making sausages 243 — to make size from potatoes 248 

 — to make cider royal and barley coffee 254 — for mak- 

 ing maple sugar 255 — to make glue from leather 256 

 —to cure sore eyes ib. — for saving cattle, sheep or 

 hogs, choked with roots 258 — a cement for cracks in 

 stoves 270 — preventives against fleas in hogs, lice in 

 cattle, and ticks in sheep 270 — to preserve bacon at 

 all seasons, and in all places 275 — to prevent smut 

 in spring wheat 275— for seasoning glass 275 — to stop 

 cracks in glass vessels 282 — a cement for preserving 

 wood and brick ib. — cement for wood or paper ib. 

 for preserving vines from bugs 294 — to obtain oil es- 

 sential from flowers 299 — to obtain oil or balsam of 

 Gilead 299 — to remove vermin from cattle 307 — to 

 mix mustard 309 — to raise turkies ib. — for swolen 

 legs, or grease in horses 310 — for making age cheese 

 323 — for restoring and rendering legible damaged 

 parchment deeds. Sic. ib — for making good yellow 

 butter 330 — to dress flax so as to resemb* silk ib — 

 to whiten straw ib. — for preserving strawberries ib. — 

 for making hop beer ib. — for washing plaij stufl"s, so 

 that they may not shrink or loose theirjlustre 331 

 — to prevent mortification 342 — to prevent worms 

 from breeding in the heads of sheep 34J — against 

 weevils 354 — for the destruction of flies 355 — for 

 making sirup of sugar ib. — for making broth without 

 meat ib. — for making a polishing powder fiom char- 

 coal 356— for making yeast ib. — for preserving grain 

 from mice ib.— for destroying caterpillars 362 — to pre- 

 vent fishing lines from rotting 363 — for curing the gra- 

 vel 368 — for destroying caterpillars 371, 372 — for 

 making potatoe yeast 371 — for preventing rust in 

 wheat 379 — for the whooping cough 390 — to keep in- 

 sects fruit from and vegetables 395— for the asthma ib. 

 — composition to preserve wood 396 — to preserve the 

 roof of a liouse ib. — to sweeten meat and fish that is 

 tainted 411 — to purify fly blown meat 41 1 — for sweet- 

 ening the breath, &c. ib. 



Remembrancer, farmer's and gardener'* <?78, 286, 293, 

 301, 309, 317, 325, 333, 341, 349, 357, 365, 373, 381, 

 389, 397, 405, 413. 



Repository, Mass. Agricultural, notices of ), 390. 



Rice, Asa jun. his observations on raising and feeding 

 cattle &c. 228 — on raising corn ib — notice of his 

 large cattle 251. 



Rising early, recommended 320. 



Roller, an implement in agriculture, advantages of 7C, 

 170. 



Roots, how preserved 196 — more profitable food for cat- 

 tle than corn 234. 



Roxbury Farmer, his remarks on the seasons 2. See 

 further Farmer. 



Ruta Baga, drill for sowing 67--cnltivated as a second 

 crop by Mr. Buel 246 — Uavid Little's statement re- 

 lative to a crop of 340 — Agricolas remarks on itscid- 

 tivation 388 — remarks on by Hon. Levi Lincoln 315. 



Rye, should be sown between the middle of August 

 and the middle of September 12. 



s. 



.S. his remarks on destroying caterpillars 362. 



Sail cloths, manfacured at Stoneham, near Boston 30. 



Salsafy, or oyster plant, on t!ie culture of 42, 43. 



Salt said not to be a remedy in mildew 148 — various 

 moiies of using it for neat rattle and other stock414. 



^'crapings of roads, useful for manure 28. 



Sea-kale, remark* on the culture of 42. 



Sea-water, wati ring plants with, in certain cases recom- 

 mended 357. 



Seed?, best kinils of how raised 20 — how to tell when suf- 

 fitit-ntly ripe GO. 293 — soaking of when advisal-le 60 — 

 preser\'iiig of 6 I — should he sown with the fruit ib. — 

 to generate the best kinds of ib. — selection of remarks 

 on 142, 222 — on the choice of 293 — those that are 

 good will sink in water ih. — steeping of with frucli- 

 fyiiuc liquids not recomin( ndf'd 380— remarks on col- 

 lectin']c 405 — fllfftrent kinds of. btit of a simlnr nature 

 should not It raised near each other 405. 



Sepulture, remarks on the dangers and duties of, aii r. 

 phlet reviewed by the editor 394. 



Sheep, long-woolled and broad-tailed, from Africa, 

 tice of a, 34, 202— scab in, remedy for 123— fish' o 

 for ib. — Saxon, imported by Col. James Shepherd; • 

 — number of in England and Wales ib. — diseas. 

 205 — worms in head of 205, 342 — for consumptio 

 205— foot rot in ib. — on the attention they requii 

 the spring 301 — Iong-woolled,imported by Capt. 1| 

 notice of 351 — remarkable increase of 390. 



Shepherd, Thomas, Esq. his mode of raising com 

 ruta baga 1 16. 



Sherwood, Aaron, sheared 18 lbs. wool from a si{ 

 sheep 375. 



Shoeing horses, new system of 142, 199. 



Short horned cattle, breed of recommended 173. 



Sick persons, notice of a machine for moving 360. 



Silk manufactured by Mr. Jos. Reed, notice of 19 



Silliman, professor, notice of his experiments for obt i 

 ing diamond from charcoal 371. 



Silver mines discovered in Missouri 383. 



Sinclair, Sir John, his remarks on deep ploughing 6 

 letter to conferring a diploma 331. 



Slavery, effects of in Missouri 314. 



Smoke, antidote against contagion 176. 



Smut in wheat, remedies for 103. 



Soap, on the making of by steam 226. 



Soap suds, as a manure, and an antitode agains i 

 sects 333, 395. 



Soil, the nature and constitution of 217. 



Soils, improvement of 37 — analysis of 91. 



Sorrel destroyed by lime 12. 



Spencer Washington, recommends wild carrot for li 

 gravel 368. 



Spider, foretels the state of the weather 224. 



Squashes, notice of very large ones raised by Ge » 

 Olney, Esq. 95 — summer, 180 in number raised 

 one seed 131. 



Stables for horses, should not be too close 12 — or i 

 construction of 27. 



Staples, Mr. Daniel, his observations respecting th ! 

 fluence of the moon on vegetation 339. 



Steam machine for conveying coal, notice of 139. 



Steel instrumeut.how distinguished from an iron one i 



Stevens, Henry, his remarks on the cultivation of .1 

 258. 



Stones useful in some soils 393 — on digging and d « 

 ing for wall 397. 



Straw cutter, Safford's, notice of S79. 



Strains and bruises in cattle 249. 



Stubble, burning of, remarks on 6, 413. 



Stubble fields, on the management of 413. 



Subscriber, a, his query on the use of lime with a 

 nure 306 — on painting houses 314. 



Sugar maple, how made 254. 



Sunflower seed, and oil, notice of 148. 



System in business, on the advantages of 300. 



Swartwout, Samuel, his remarks on a flax dressing a 

 chine 322. 



Swellings in the joiutri and bones of cattle 249. 



.Swine, should not he kept too warm 12 — nor in f i 

 pens 12 — should not be full fed when first shut u 

 fatting 12 — should be supplied with dry rotten w i 

 as an absorbent 12 — remedies against the ve 

 which infest them 28 — weight of, how ascertaint I 

 — substitute for ringing of CI — breeding stock of i 

 to be most profitable 6 1 — notice of an excelleet b ;i 

 of 107— best fattened with acid food 113, 206— c 1 

 recommended in fattening 144 — pasture for rec i 

 mended 278 — profitably fed on swamp brakes 371 



T. his remarks on the fattening of cattle 234. 

 Tail sickness in cattle 257. 



Tan or tanner's waste, may he usful as a manure 2 

 Taniger, scarlet, a beautiful bird, remarks on 158. 

 Tea, hyson, cultivated in South Carolina 368, 403 

 Teasels, on the cultivation and uses of 272. 

 Teeth, an es'ay on the preservation of 188. 

 Thistles, mode of destroying 398 — see likewise Catl 



thistles 

 Threshing machine. Pope's, notice of 302 — Howe's. 



tice of 363 — one used by the religious Society in (a 



terbury, N. H. called Shakers 378. 

 Thorn, Virginia, not so valuable for making hi? 



fences as the English hawthorn, or the K. En, 



cockspur thorn 2. 



