INDEX 



To the Sixth Volume of the JVcw England Parmer. 



Acacia, or locust tree, remarks on, 20 



■Accounts, farmers', how kept, 182 



A. B. his remarks on the cultivation of the grape, 148 



Acorns, on planting, 89 



Acre of land, great produce of an, 157 



Address of the Rev. Charles A. Goodrich, to the Hart- 

 ford County Agricultural Society, extracts from. 68 



of the Hon. J. Lowell to the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural Society 105 



of Pliny Merri'k, Esq. before the Worcester Agri- 

 cultural Society, 130 



of Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden Agricul- 

 tural Society, 146, 156 



of Mr. Le Hay de Chaumont, to the JefiPerson 



County .\gricultural Society, 164 



of R 'land Howard, to the Proprietors of an Agri- 

 cultural Library 194 



to th( New York Horticultural Society, by N. H. 



Carter, Esq. 196 



to the Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden Agri- 

 cultural Society, hy Professor Hitchcock 266 



Adlum, John, on making wine from wild grapes 140 



Admirer of horticultural pursuits on the vine 137 



A fri nd to improvement, his remarks 307 



Agricola on geological surreys 322 , 



Agricultural Society at Sunbury, notice of their pro- 

 ceedings and premiums 27 



of Hillsborough, N.H. their cattle show 78 — 



officers of 95 



of Essex, their arrangements 83— notice of 



their cattle show 93 — their premium for polalos 98-^ 

 tb 



t-ports, 201 



oi Middlesex, their arrangements 84 — their 



cadi- show 101 



of .vlassachusetls, rules and regulations, 86 — 



their cattle fhow 102— toasts drank at 110— their 

 premiums 233 — their reports No. i, 107 — No. ii, 1 10 — 

 Nns. iiiand iv, 113 -No. v, vi, a-d vii, 1 14— No. viii, 

 129— on agricul. ■■xperimenls 202— premiums ofl'ered 

 by, for 1828, 236 — choice of officers 406. 



. of Rhode Island 93 — premiums offered by &c. 



for 1828, 330 



of Hartford, Con. their cittle show 90 — view- 



ing committee of, their reports 90 — do. on ploughiu 



104 — on domestic animals 104 



of VVorcevter, their cittle show 98 



of Ontario, their cattle show 117 



of Merrimac County 117, 147, 364 



• of Stockhridge 125 



of New Brunswick 125, 133, 235 



of Bristol, Mass. ]33 



of Cheshire, N. H. 150 



of Windsor, Conn. 162 



of Jefferson County, N. Y. 164 



of Philadelphia 217 



operations in England, great extent of 153 



in France, notice of 82 



——^— in Indiana, sketches of, by S. Hornbrook 97 



in Corsica 100 — in the British colonies 116 — remarks 



on, from the N. Y. Statesman 178 — in Georgia 198 — 



in Flanders 234 

 and geological surveys, proposed by Mr. Hol- 



brook 387 

 Societies, benefits arising therefrom 346 



Ague, cure for 52 



Air-bed, notice of 291 



Air-plant, notice of 320 



Allen, Rev. M. expenses and income of his farm 161 



Alligators, notices ol 304 



Almanac, British, notice of S98 



Althea, frutex 347 



American aloe, notice of 854 



Ants, remedies against II, 67 



Apples, Siberian bitter sweet, notice of 76 — large ones 

 95 — preserved in flax seed chaff 127 — part sweet 

 and part sour 160 — how marked with impressions of 

 a leaf 203— preserved in grain 293— worms in 346 



Apple-syrup, how made 81 



Apple trees, a disease in, Mr. Lowell's remarks on 17 — 

 how cultivated as dwarf standards 260 — a remaT^ka- 

 ble one, -which blossomed and bore fruit three times 



in one season 294 — pear trees, extracts from Knight's 

 treatise on 369, 381, 385, 404— Mr. Preston's remarks 

 on 377 — on placing pomace round for manure, 386 



Arracacha, growing in England 203 



Arrow-root, potatos not a good sabstitute for, 159 



Ashes, wood, as a manure 231 



Atherstone, J. on the cultivation and uses of woad 54 



Australian Agricultural Society 180 



Bacon, hams and tongues, on preserving OQ 



Bag-worms, how destroyed 275 



Barley, hulled by Mr. Stevens 231 



Barometer, infallible 40 



Balm-tea, promotes health .Hnd longevity 372 



B. C. his remarks on blight in pear trees 1 



Beans, directions for harvesting 53 — lima, notices of 

 325 — how cultivated 326 



Beck's essay 293— by Mr Lawrence, Jaffrey, N. H. 293 



Beer, hop, receipt for making 349, 362 — spruce 372 



Bee hives in forests, notice of 81 — new construction of 

 333 — snccessfully buried in the ground 337 — placed 

 in winter where the sun never appears 391 — should 

 be placed some distance from the ground 11 — obser- 

 vations on, by "Medicus" 153, 177 — sagacity of 1S2 

 watching the time of their swarming 170 — practical 

 hints on management of 198, 254, 26'2, 289, 290, 361, 

 how to protect from the bee-motli 321 



Beet, green, a substitute for spinage 75 — sugar, its cul- 

 tivation 254, 268, 285— on making sngar from 318 



Beets, on the cultivation of, by \Vm. Curr 302 



Beetles, (insects) notices of 373 — bow destroyed 39!) 



Bells, hung near the ground can be heard further 1 1 



Benton, W. H. his notice of the spontaneous gro%vth of 

 silk in .Mississippi 338 



Birds of the .Mississippi valley 250 — that destroy iii- 

 sects, notice of 289 



Birds' nests, edible, remarks on 168 



Black currant wine, how managed 130 



Blackstone canal, notice of 149 



Bleaching by steam, remarks on 291 



Bleeding at the nose, remedy for 334 



Blight in pear trees, remarks on by B. C. 1 



Blood, successful transfusion of 199 



Blood-hound for detection of sheep stealers, &c. 339 



Bone, on the strength of 101 — use of as a manure 254 



Boneset, honey of, remarks on 1C5 



Bnok farming, remarks on 364 



Bor.ige, notice of 329 



Boring for water 149 



Bots, killed by a decoction of white oak bark 140 — re- 

 marks on, by Rev. L. Capen 257 



Brakes, on gathering for manure, kc. 53 



Bread, brown, recommended in dyspepsia 43 — remarks 

 on making C — from turnips, receipt for 372 — how 

 made from potatos 373 



Breeds of domestic animals, remarks on 174 



Bremen geese, by Col. Jaques, notice of 174 



Brewery, London, notice of 37 



Brewster, G. his mechanical ingenuity rewarded 91 



Broccoli, directions for cultivating 249 



Brussels sprouts, their culture and uses 329 



Budding fruit trees, how performed 21 



Buel, J. Esq, on Ijeghorn hats 108 — on lucerne 108 — 

 on disease in pear trees 108 — on improving the kinds 

 of pear 115 — on lucerne 179 — on horn [liths for ma- 

 nure 241 — on improvement of pastures 308 — notice 

 of his nursery grounds 387 



Buelta abaxo, a new kind of tobacco 315 



Buffum, .Arnold, recommends mulberry hedges 30 



Bugs on vines, how destroyed 355 



Buildings, flimsy erecting of, censured 26, 45, 209 — ol 

 stone recommended 269 



Bull Bolivar, notice of 358 — his pedigree 363 



Burns and scalds, remedy for 165 



Buttons American, manufactory of, at Attleborough 161 



Butter, how made in cold weather 157 — method of salt- 

 ing 302, 358 — to keep from growing rancid 302 — on 

 the manufacture of, by S. De Witt 316, 324, 332— 

 remaiks on making 333, 354 — premiums for best spe- 

 cimens of, offered by N. Y. City Agri. Society 339 — 

 Mr. Peters' remarks on making 370 — on making, by 

 a lover of good butter 370 — a premium of f 100 offer- 



ed for best, by citizens in Boston 387 — large quanti* 

 ty made from one cow in a week 389 



Cabbages, modes of preserving 70, 203— a large one 155 



Cabbage, turnip, its cultivation recommended 269 



Calf, large, notice of 103,' 163, 293, 354 



Calves, on raising 354 



Camellias, how raised in the open ground, 337 



Canada thistle, how destroyed 20, 31)2 



Canadian, or tree onion 11 



Canals in New Y^rk and in China 2 



Candleberry myrtle, remarks on 274 



Canker, to preserve apple trees from 75 — in fruit trees, 

 how remedied 251 



Canker-worms, remarks on, and remedies against 137, 



., 153, 169, 310. 



Canning, Mr. notices of his death 62 



Canvass, American, notice of 47 



C'apen, L. his reiparks on bolts in horses 257 



Carrots, beets and parsnips, on their cultivation 302— 

 advantage of, in fattening oxen, Sic. 065 



Cardoon, varieties of, and manner of cultivating 180 



Carter, N. H. F.sq. extracts from bis address to the N. 

 Y. Horticultural Society 196 



Casks, tainted, hov/ rendered sweet 372 



Cast-iron, cbill(»d, its use for punches, &c. 185 



Castor bean, cultivation of, recommended 294 



Catalpa tree, description ol^35 



Catterpillars, how destroyed 320, 337 



Cattle and sheep in pastures, seen to once a day 14 — 

 Col. Jaques' Ibod for 14— remarks on, by Mr. Mar- 

 shall 35— remedies for, when hoven or swollen 61, 

 334— improving the bned ol 109— notices of large, 

 owned by Capt. Benj. Howard 161 — remarks on feed- 

 ing and raai.aging 166 — not salted in winter 166^ — 

 notice of a print of 182— feeding and fattening 206. 

 214— choked willi roots, &c. how relieved 213, 227 

 horn distemper in 243 — weight of in Loudon in 1700, 

 short horned breed, pedigiee of 321 



Cauliflowers, on obtaining an early crop of 268 — on 

 their culture 329 



Celery, on its cultivation 251, 337 



Cement, Roaian, remarks on 154 — water, lime-stone 

 for, found in couthington, Con. 22S — likewise in 

 West Springfield 229- for boilers, how made 273 



Chambers' medicine, analysed, &c. 1S7 



Chandler, David, his mode of protecting bees from the 

 be-moth 322. 



Charcoal, dang 'r from burning 323 



Chaumont, Le Ray, Mr. his remarks on the vine 164 



Chemistry, applied to agriculture 186 



f.'hes-nuts, Frrnch, large size of 152 



Cheese, on making 355 — not colored, premium offered 

 for 357 



Ches-nut tree, wood and baik of, employed in dyeing 

 and tanning 1 19 



Chimney sv allows, notice of 373, 240 



Children, on the diess of 123— management of 170 



China tree, notice of 130 



Chloride, its use in taking spots from dresses 249 



Cholera Morbus, how pro<luced 27 — burnt cork recom- 

 mended for 29 



Chrysanlh-. mum, much cultivated in England 337 



Cider, directions for making 84, 100— how purified 

 when musty 350 — on the process of fining or purify- 

 ing 385— how made by the Shakers 404 



Climate, remarks on its changes 285 



Cloth, cause of the fulling of 07 



Clover, second crop of, profitably mixed with straw 51 



Coal, Worcester, notice af 162— as a manure, experi* 

 ments on 275 — found near Hartford, Con. 389 — in 

 Pennsylvania 405 



Cobbett, Mr. his remarks on flowers and ornamental, 

 gardening 234, 245, 253, 261, 269— his nursery 269 



Cochineal, its cultivation in the Southern States re- 

 commended 296 



Cockroaches, how destroyed 5 



Codfish, how cooked 1 1 



Codfishery, New-foundland, notice of 57 



Coffee tree, notice of 227, 24 1 



Coffee, how preserved ready made 40 — Siberian, 348— 



remarks on 379 — Araisian, mclhou of preparing 395 



