L. 



\cc-loom, notice ef 203. , , . i, , 



M W.lliam Esq. his address before the Agricultural 

 Society of Maine 236. 



ind, wora out, how renovated by sowing with clorer, 

 and ploughing in the crop J64, 366. 

 tndrum, Mr. Abner, his observations on fruit trees 145. 

 irch tree, notices of 59. . 



iw, Mr. Thomas, his remarks on burning sod Jib. 

 ■ad colic, account of 270. . 



adcn pipes, water which has stood in over night 

 should be emptied 40. 



;es, Mr. John, his communication respecting the cul- 

 ture of Indian corn 332. 



e<rhorn hats, on the manufacture of in Italy 192. 

 "straw, communication respecting, from the Hon. 

 Samuel Dana 212. 



ice on apple trees, description of, how destroyed SJJ. 

 ife-preserver, a dress for swimming so called, notice 

 of 40. 



ightning, wet clothes conductors of 3. 

 ime, should not be mixed with fresh dung while hot, 

 or in its caustic state 12 — how applied to soils, &c.- 



92 218 increases the productions of the earth 139 



how to greserve horses feet from its effects 141 — 



method of ascertaining its qualities 277 — on using it 

 with manure 306, 334. 

 ime-stone, magnesian, remarks on 143. 

 incoln, Hon. Levi, extracts from his address to the 

 Worcester Agricultural Society 180 — his remarks on 

 ruta baga 315. 



iquid manure, Mr. Young's and Col. Pickerings re- 

 marks on 219. See further Manure. 

 ittle David, report on his crop of mangel wnrtzel 17C 

 — his statement respecting a crop of ruta baga 340 

 — of mangel wurtzel ib. 



ittle U'allis, on curing bacon 251 — on raising English 

 turnips 258 — on relieving cattle, when choked 

 ■with apples, roots, &c. 258, 259. 



ittle Henry, his statement relative to the culture of 

 Indian corn, Sic. 332. 



ittle Silas and Joseph, their statement relative to the 

 cultivation of turnips 332. 

 ive stock. Col. Vickerings's remarks on 220. 

 ong life, rules for attaining 312 — instances of 376. 

 dwell John, Esq. his remarks on the manner of con- 

 ducting the Massachusetts Agricultural Journal 1^ 

 on soiling 10 — on horticulture, i;c. 11 — his directions 

 for cultivating and preserving the sweet potatoe 

 210, 370. 



M. 



Machine, for cutting furs from skins 144. 



.agnet, chemical agency of 171. 



iangel Wurtzel, autumn ploughing and broad cast 

 manuring recommended for 28 — David Little's culti- 

 vation of 178 — Col. Powell's remarks on 276 — Judge 

 Prescott's statement relating to its cultivation 338 — 

 D. Little's crop of 340 — on feeding sheep with 348. 



lange in cattle 163, 257. 



[anure, does not sink in the soil 36 — liquid, Mr. R. 

 .Smith's observations on 44, [3ee,also liquid manure] 

 on saving and making the most of 54, 62, 86, 110, 

 134, 150, 174, 190,214, 281, 321— how best made 

 from sv;ine 282. 



laple sugar, cultivation of recommended 305. 



larried persons, address to from the clergyman at the 

 altar 384. 



lassachusetts Agr. Repository, notices of 1, 390. 



(uts, new method of weaving 115. 



leadow land, wet how reclaimed 246. 



leat, tainted, how cured 66 — how preserved by char- 

 coal ib. .See further receipts. 



lildew not remedied by salt 148 — how prevented in 

 late sown peas 414. 

 ike|Iiddlesex husbandman, his remarks on the causes and 

 treatment of pauperism 187. 



lilk, remarks on 324. 



lillet, the cultivation of recommended 59 — crop of 

 raised in Wilmington 83 — Col. Powell's statement 

 concerning 277 — Mr. Coxe's mode of gathering a 

 crop of 299. 



lineralogical, a series of essays, so entitled 124, 132, 

 . 140, 153, 161. 

 ""lineral spring, in Bradford, E. Parish, notice of 351. 



litchell, Dr. his address to the New York Agricultural 

 Society 157. 



CONTENTS. 



Mortar, theory of the formation of 44. 

 Mortification, balsam of Pmi, a remedy for 342. 

 Moths, sweet flag a remeily against 227. 

 Mowing ground should be harrowed, rolled, and top 



dressed after haying 413. 

 Mowing machine, notice of 398. 

 Mowing match, notice of 35. 



New England and Virginia, comparison hetween, as 

 respects expenses of house keeping, &c. 400. 



Nichols Andrew, Esq. extracts from his address to the 

 Essex .Agricultural Society 113, 114. 



Nut-galls, native, notice of 38. 



o. 



Oak, how cultivated 305, 404. 



Oats, eighty-five bushels raised on an acre 55 — Mr. H. 



Stevens' observations on the culture and uses of 258. 

 Oil essential, hew obtained from flowers 299 — of G ilead 



how obtained 299. 

 Old Colony Farmer, his remarks on imported cattle, 



and the answer 266. 

 Onions, Mr. Adam Knight's premium crop of 178 — 



how to cultivate 302, 

 Opium, best administered with lemon or lime juice 141. 

 Orchardis:, American, notice of 230. 

 Orchards, remarks on by John Welles, Esq. 372. 

 Ovens, hew constructed to save fuel 374. 

 Ox, weighing 2420 pounds 294. 

 Oxen, working, how to manage them when they will 



not work well together 20 — potatoes proper food for 



in the -pring 278. 



P. 



Paint, ftesh, the cause of sudden death 94. 



Painting houses should be done in autumn or winter 314. 



Panada, a delicate diet for a weak stomach, how made 

 227. 



Paring and burning, new method of 20. 



Parsnips, how cultivated 294, 326 — raised to advantage 

 with peas 351. 



Parsons Gorham, Esq. his note to the editor respecting 

 the breed of horses 267. 



Pastures, observations on those which are permanent, 

 not to be ploughed up unless they can be enriched 

 297 — cattle should not be turned into too early in 

 the spring 317. 



Patented machines said to be charged too high 29. 



Patent office, remarks on 208. 



Peaches, mode of drying itH. 



Peach trees, insects injurious to, destroyed by walnut 

 shells 107 — Mr. Coulter's method of cultivating 186 

 — remedy for grubs in 317 — how they may be forced 

 to bear 326. 



Pear, weighing 34 ounces, notice of 103. 



Peas, on the cultivation of 11, 279 — late, saved from 

 mildew by frequent watering 414. 



Perfumes prevent mouldiness 315. 



Perkins' steam engine, notice of 392. 



Peters Lovett, his receipt for diarrhoea in culves 234. 



Peters, Hon. Richard, his account of Tunisian sheep 

 34, 202. 



Petrifaction, notice of a dead body petrified 24. 



Petrified animals, curious discoveries of 208. 



Pickering, Hon. Timothy, his remarks on raising peas 

 free from bugs 11 — on the folly of regarding the moon 

 in agriculture 11 — on the best time for felling trees 

 for timber 17, 250 — his observations respecting ma- 

 nure's not being liable to sink in what is called riddle 

 land 36 — on live stock, thinks premiums should be 

 given for the most valuable breeds of cattle instead 

 of those which are biggest and fattest 36, 220 — on 

 Indian com sowed for fodder 36 — on fallow crops ib. 

 — on deep ploughing 60 — on cattle stalls 108 — his 

 address to the Massachusetts Agricultural Society 

 217 — on the food of plants ib. — on lime, and the 

 earths which constitute a fruitful soil ib. — on burn- 

 ing clay for manure 218 — on the slow progress of 

 knowledge in husbandry 218, 219 — on materials for 

 manure 219 — on liquid manure 219, 220 — on cider 

 220 — on turning in green crops 221, 289 — on trench 

 ploughing 221 — on premiums for new objects of ag- 

 ricultural improvement, and on new principles 221, 

 289, 290, 291 — on dairy soiling 289 — his description 

 of a brush for destroying caterpillars 308 — notice of 



the part taken by him in the celebration of the 4th 

 of July, at ."alem .J98. 

 Pies, more ad\antageous for food than roasting or boil- 

 ing 20. 

 Plaster of Paris, new application of to clover, previous 

 to ploughing it down lor a wheat crop 44 — operated 

 beneficially three years alter it was applied 94. 

 Pleurisy in cattle, (Uscriplion of and remedy 177. 

 Pliny's natural history, extract from 78. 

 Plough, Davis' substratum, notice of 366. 

 Plough-cleaner, description of 107. 

 Ploughing, deep, remarks on by several authors 60 — 

 should generally be performed in the fall 278 — dif- 

 ferent modes of on different soils 393. 

 Ploughing, horizontally, description of a machine for, 



and remarks on 14. 

 Plumbago, or black lead, discovered in Bristol, New 



Hampshire 127. 

 Plymotheus, his remarks on a worm that destroys cora 



and grass 61. 

 Poetry — .Agriculture 16 — the milk maid and the bank- 

 er ib. — the lawyer and the chimney sweep ib. — fly 

 not yet 24 — the evils of a mischievous tongue 32 — 

 the rich man and poor boy 40 — the scholar who lost 

 his key-hole ib. — liome 48 — the milk maid and her 

 lover 56 — a man to my mind C4 — a man not to my 

 mind ib. — the fox and the ant 72 — on the necessity 

 for laborious work 80 — rural life 88 — husbandman's 

 holiday 96 — love relishes the coarsest fare 112 — an- 

 tidotes to ambition 120 — rural felicity 128 — scolding 

 wife 136 — self puffing ib. — on a purse proud block- 

 head ib. — on the miseries endured by a post horse 

 144 — rural scenery 152 — on health 160 — the fleece 

 168 — on a man's enjoying the good of his labor 176 

 — on governing the passions 184 — the pig and the 

 connoisseurs 192 — song, on a farmer's life 200 — to a 

 New England poet 208 — ceremony, or more compli- 

 ments than courtesy 216 — the wearisomeness of what 

 is called a life of pleasure 224 — the sleep of the slug- 

 gard 232- -a merry heart doeth good like a medicine 

 240 — farmer's lot 248 — a moral lesson 256 — on the 

 laughter of fools 264 — rural peace and independence 

 272 — the farmer 280 — on the vowels ib. — contented 

 farmer 288 — an acre of corn 296 — on the sensibility 

 of the brute creation to changes in the weather 304 



— address to the hou. speaker B w, on peaches 



presented by him 320 — invocation to spring 328 — on 

 the art of pruning wall trees 336 — American sketches 

 344 — ode to innocence 352 — pot luck 360-— odes for 

 the celebration of the centurial anniversary in New 

 Hampshire 368 — rural scenes 376 — the PVench peas- 

 ant 38-4 — splendor of the setting sun 392 — ode for 

 the 4th July 400 — the happy man 408 — sonnet 416. 

 Pomeroy, S. W. Esq. his essay on the advantages of 

 manuring with green crops 9 — his letter on bleach- 

 ing 71 — his letter to Gov. Wolcott on the prepara- 

 tion of flax 50. 

 Pomona, an essay on cider, written by 76. 

 Ponds, for watering cattle, how made 226. 

 Population of the United States, remarks on 184. 

 Porcelain clay, American, discovered 247. 

 Potatoes, greater crops of raised now than thirty years 

 since 1 — best economy to plant large, or at least 

 middle sized 1, 2, 286 — may be spoiled by bad man- 

 agement in harvest 5 — should be boiled, steamed or 

 baked for feeding stock ib. — not proper for milch 

 cows ib. — raw, good for working oxen in the spring 



ib tops of may make a good fodder 20 — pudding 



made of ib. — bread made of ib. — how preserved by 

 peeling, rasping and pressing ib. — experiments by 

 J. W. on the best mode of planting 53 — ^mode of 

 preserving in fine sand 108 — when spoiled, how to 

 be maiaaged ib. — when given raw inferior to boiled 

 or steamed 45 per cent 117 — 503 bushels of to an 

 acre, raised by Joseph Watson Jr. 259 — on the culti- 

 vation of 286, 325— best planted whole 286, 330— a 

 farmer's remarks on securing them in autumn 354. 

 Potatoes, sweet, best mode of cultivating 210, 307, 370. 

 Poultry, how kept by Mr. Wakefield 5 — molasses mix- 

 ed with thtir food profitable ib — com given to should 

 be soaked ib. — should have access to slacked lime 

 or some calcareous substance ib. — should not be 

 scalded 294. 

 Poor, Mr. Benjamin, his communication respecting die 



construction of bee hives 331. 

 Powell, Col. John Hare, notice of his improvem ?>nt« in 

 the breeds of cattle 135^u3 communications oa 

 mangel wurtzel and millet 276, 277^ 



