INDEX TO VOL. I. 



A. his remarks on the difference between domestic and 

 imported wool 396. 



A. B. his remarks ou the manufacture of butter 364. 



Abbot, Rev. Abiel, his observations on fruit trees 141. 



Accounts, farmers' should be regularly kept 157. 



Adams, late President of the United States, notice of 

 his donation to the town of Quincy 40, 318. 



Adams George, his mode of raising cabbages 363. 



Addoms John T. his communication respecting the dis- 

 eases of sheep 205. 



Address, to the Society of Middlesex Husbandmen and 

 Manufacturers 89, 162 — to the Fredericksburgh Ag- 

 ricultural Society 164 — to the Worcester do. 180— 

 to the Ontario do. 194 — to the Massachusetts do. 217 

 — to the Maine do. 236 — to the Essex do. 244 — to 

 the Cheshire do. 284. 



Agrestia, his remarks on making butter, cheese, &c. 32-J. 



Agricola, quotations from his Letters 45, 91, 92, 139, 

 218— his Report delivered before the Provincial So- 

 ciety of N. Scotia 337 — on cultivating R uta Bag-a 38S. 



Agricultural College, considerations on the necessity of 

 establishing 41, 49, 57, 65. 



— Experiments, report of by a committee of the Mass. 

 Agricultural Society 178. 



— Professorship founded in Virginia 147. 



— Societies, Washington's opinion of 78 — Peter Plough- 

 jogger's remarks on their utility 285. 



— Society of Massachusetts, premiums of 25, 97, 273 — 

 Officers of 375 — of Essex, report of their committee 

 on the management of farms 282 — premiums offered 

 by 239 — of Worcester, premiums offered by 52. 



Agriculture, importance of as a science 14 — an eligible 

 employment for young men 108 — connected with 

 commerce and manufactures ib. — report of a com- 

 mittee of, appointed by the legislature of New York 

 210 — remarks on 308. 



Allen, Rev. Wilkes, extracts from his Address 162. 



Alum, manufactured in Salem 363. 



Analysis of soils, modes of, 91, 403. 



Apple-trees, destroyed when young by tearing off all 

 their top branches in grafting 61 — grafted on syca- 

 more trees 387. See Fruit Trees. 



Arator, his query concerning cattle sheds 347. 



Archimedes' workshop, communication concerning 306. 



Arrangement of agricultural labor 181. 



Artichoke, Jerusalem, its cultivation recommended 40], 

 402, 406. 



Asparagus beds, how to be managed, &:c. 293. 



Aurora Borealis, remarks on 288, 296. 



B. 



Bacon, skippers in, destroyed by elder juice 3— pre- 

 vented by ri-d pepper 37— preserved in oats 227— 

 preserved in charcoal 275. See further receipts. 



Balsam of Peru, a remedy for mortification 342. 



Barker, John B. Esq. his song on a farmer's life 200. 



Barley, C3 1-2 bushels of, raised on an acre, by Joseph 

 Watson Jr. 259. 



Barns, the situation and cpnstrvtction of 353, 3G1, 369. 



Barn-yards & stercoraries, Mr. Quincy's remarks on 29. 

 Bartlett Mr. an account of his premium farm 314. 

 Barton Mr. on gathering and cleaning clover seed 202. 

 Beaca grass, its utility 104 — further notice of 120. 

 Beans, Heligoland, less valuable and curious than has 



been supposed 294. 

 Bed bugs, how destroyed 66. 

 Bed bug society, notice of 3.52. 

 Bee Miller, how destroyed 67. 

 Beef, how cured in summer 37. 

 Beeliives, improved construction of 331, 396. 

 Beer, how to refine and clarify 12 — made with hemlock 



instead of spruce 393. See receipts. 

 Bees, proposed to keep them in an ice-house 5 — to pre- 

 vent their being destroyed by worms 108 — honey, 

 how taken from, in Germany 322. See Bee-hires. 

 Beets, large ones, notice of 128 — how cultivated 293 — 



battle of 144. 

 Berkshire, bis observations on preserving bacon by 

 charcoal 275 — on sowing spring wheat, and preserv- 

 atives against smut 275. 

 Berrj', Ebene/pr, his statement respecting the advan- 

 tages of deep ploughing 340. 

 Birds, should be protected against gunners 59. 

 Bonnet, a splendid, manufactured by Mrs. Wells 80 — 



one sold at Biighton for eighty dollars 95. 

 Book-farming, remarks on 14, 15. 

 Boozy, Ichabod, his wet tax 336. 

 Botts in horses, remarks on 388. 

 B. P. his communications relative to taking honey from 



hives 331, 396. 

 Brandy, peach, how made by the French 20. 

 Bread, various modes of making 4 — of potatoes 20 — 



improvements in 176 — food for horses 393. 

 Breeds of cattle, notice of 173. See further " Catth 

 Brewing, notices of 322. 

 Brown, Dr. J. B. his observations on the diseases of 



animals 45. 

 Buel Jesse, Esq. on the cultivation of turnips and ruta 

 baga 106, 131, 246- on millet 106— on the applica- 

 tion of stable manure 370, 

 Bugs, how destroyed 3. See further receipts. 

 Buildings, costly, should not be erected in commencing 



farming 12. 

 Bull-baiting, a cruel instance of 152, 

 Bulls ought to be made to work 28, 

 Burnham, Mr. Daniel, notice of his new sort of Indian 



corn 265. 

 Burning clay for manure 210 — burning sod 316. 

 Burrall Thomas D, Esq. his address to the Ontario Ag- 

 ricultural Society 194, 

 Burying ground, national, remarks on 206. 

 Burying dead in populous cities condemned 323, 394. 

 Bushes, on the best mode of killing 306. 

 Butter, how made 12 — to take a rancid taste from 12 

 — to make from scalded cream 12, 159 — receipt for 

 curing 12 — salt, how made fresh 66 — how best made 

 in cold weather 108 — method of making good from 

 cows fed on turnips 123 — great quantities of madi 

 by John M.Graham 149 — Mr. Pickering's remark" 

 on 220 — general directions for making 324, 364, 3.'J1. 



C. his communication on the properties of an unit 18!*. 

 Cabbages, on the cultivation of 293, 349— great crops 



of 363. 

 Calendar, farmers', indicated by the budding of tree?. 



&c. 21, 22. 

 Calves, best mode of feeding and raising 122, 324. 

 Canada thistles, how destroyed 30, 280, 398. 

 Canal from Worcester to Providence 186. 

 Candles with wooden wicks, notice of 30. 

 Capital, necessary for a farmer 29. 

 Carrot, on the cultivation of 265, 293. 

 Cashmere Goat, and its importation into France, re- 

 marks on 108. 

 Catarrh in cattle, remedy for 177. 

 Caterpillars that destroy grass. Dr. Harris's description 

 of, and remedy against 238, 305 — description of Col. 

 Pickering's brush for destroying 308 — other modes ol 

 destroying 362, 371, 379. 

 Cattle, breeds of much improved since 1700, 1 — mode 

 of fattening 12, 133— improvement of 134, 156— how 

 to distinguish those which are inclined to fatten 162 

 —diseases of 169, 177, 185, 193, 201, 209, 225, 233. 

 249, 257 — large ones in Germany 19 — swollen oi 

 hoven, remedy for 46 — weight of, how ascertained 

 by measurement 68 — breeding of 67 — best shape for 

 109 — different kinds 204 — remarks on 213, 228 — 

 large, owned by Mr. Rice 251 — Mr. Wilkinson's re- 

 marks on 252, 260, 268— breeding in and in to too 

 great an extent not advisable 270 — fine, belonging 

 to Mr. Monmouth Purdy271 — North Devon, their 

 prices in England 299 — to remove vermin from 307 

 — on making veri/ fat 313 — proper age for fattening 

 ib. — best food for fattening ib. — Col. Jaques' breed, 

 notice of 350 — breeds of remarked on by Curweu 362. 

 Cattle Sheds, query concerning 347. 

 Cattle Shows— at Worcester 43, 71, 74 ; at Brighton 66, 

 86, 97 ; at Amherst, N. H. 79 ; at Concord 81 ; at 

 Windsor, Vt. 83 ; at Burlington, Vt. 83 ; at Paw- 

 tuxet, R. I. 101 i at Exeter, N. H. 101 ; at Middle- 

 bury, Vt. 101 ; at Acworth, N. H. 92 ; at Pittsfield 

 93 ; at Plymouth 94 ; at Hartford, Ct. 94 ; at Wind- 

 ham, Ct. 109; at Northampton 114; atGranby, Ct. 

 115; at New York 130; at Virginia 154. 

 Cattle stalls. Col. Pickering's remarks on their incon- 

 veniences 108. 

 Cement for water cisterns 204. 



Charcoal, pulverized, a cure for dysentery 37 — polish- 

 ing powder from 356. 

 Chemistry of use in farming 149. 

 Cholera Morbus, cure for 29. 

 Church Dr. his Printing Press, notice of 355. 

 Churches, how secured from fire 179. 

 Chum-dasher, improvement in 12. 

 Cider, bottled, how kept from bursting 37 — an essay on 

 76 — fixed air should be retained in 149 — vessels for 

 the best are hogsheads made of oak and iron bound 

 155 — -Col. Pickering's remarks on 220 — mode of mak- 

 ing adopted by the religious society called Shakers 



