INDEX. 



Hot beds, how made 277 



Tioward, Roland, his address to the proprietors of a 



bocial Library in )■ aslon 194 

 Humble bees, how confined and bred 130 

 H, W. D. his remarks on draining^ !'6I 

 Huriburt, Samuel Jr. on washings sheep 378 

 Hybrid, a remarkablw I9u 

 Hydrophobia, cure tor 234 



Ice iu canals how n moved 162 — in ice houses, how 

 prepared so as to keep for two or three years 204 — 

 remarks on its exportatioo 373 

 Indiana, notices of the state of agriculture in 97 

 Indian corn on harvestins; of 54 — snwn broad cast for 

 fodd. r, remarks on by John Hare Powel, Esq. — seed 

 of should be selected in the field, &c. 61 — valuable 

 for fodder 71 — great crop of by John Andrew 153 — 

 large ta- of 163 — on its discovery and u.se by the pil- 

 grims lti7 — liow raised in a sparden 3"23 — hnw secur- 

 ed from I'lrds :iad insects 335 — improved method of 

 preparing for planting 344 — soaking in copperas wa- 

 ter JiiJ 

 Indian ink, hnw made 5 



Indigenous productions, which might be cultivated 371 

 Indigo, on choo.-ing 92 j 



Infectious miasmata, means of destroying 401 I 



Ink, writing, recipe (or mak 



made lti'2 

 Insect takf.i from the throat of a cow 374 



nee 205— planting of, recom- 



8 — how made doubly na- 



new variety in Nova Stotii. 



1 by "A farmer" 177— sowed carlv 



in the spring 178-hulled, manufactured by Henr- 



htevens 225— their cultivation recommended 225 ' 



arly growth of 331 ' ' " | "■:,■""-; S'"- ^'"C--"' ', i"i—meinod o( raising earl- 



L. W. B. h. remark, on tarring trees to preserve from Opi'TitrcUurr&T'fs'iT '"^""' "' 



tr„':;.:ar;:3m-"" "--^ '-'-'-'' "- '="'"- "'t^i '- ""t'--' '^- '^^-^^^^ ^- ^«o 



Orchards on the sea shore, how protected, 178— how 



Machine lor raising water, notice of 10— for sowin^ 

 turnips 25— for mortising carriage hubs, &:c. 37— hy° 

 Hraulir, by Mr. N. Saflord 43— lor pressing hay 123— 

 lor dressing hemp and Hax, bounty offered lor by the 

 Pennsylvania legisature 270— for making window- 

 sashes 340— for kueading bread 379— for making- 

 barrel staves 381 ° 

 .Maggots, breeding of, in France 348 

 Magnetic needle, to preserve from rust 344 

 11— hideliblc how { Mahogany, value of 363 



Mangel VVurtzel, large roots ol 102, 127 — on the cul- 

 ture of 226 — remarks on 238, 387 



managed in Devonshire, Eng. 316 

 Orcharding, remarks on, by "A farmer" 265— by the 



Editor 349 ^ 



Orchard-grass, remarks on its culture and uses by J 



H. Powel, Esq. 74— by Lloyd Jones, Esq. 74 ' 

 Orchards, questions relating to. and replies 1)6 122 



129 — VIr. Lowell's remarks on 106 ' 



jrape vines 17 



Insects which pr.y on thi cot-worm, notices of. by Dr j Magnolia macrophylla, remarks on 395 

 K. tji-reen 41 — remarkanle one in Livoni.i 141 — in ( Marl, diif<rent sorts of, Aic. 19 

 plum trees remedy agai.ist 274 — destroyed by birds ^'ahoganj', how cut and transported 24 



289 — on destroy in;j in season 323 — to preserve In- 

 diau corn from 335 — how to secure water melons, 

 &c. trom 367 — destroyed by toads ."72 — which at- 

 tack pear-lr.es, notice oj 382 — destroyed by fires in 

 thir nignt 386, 39l>— in tropical c.Iioiatt:s 403 

 Intemperance cure for 58 



Irishinaii. au, on the presurvatioo o( potatos 370 

 Iron "(-.. great quantities i/i the state of New York 3 

 Itch ciiitd by olive "il 379 

 Jackson, »\ . his machine for sowing turnips 25 

 Jaques, .^oi. .~aaiuei his food tor rattl^ 14 

 Jerusa.cui .\iiii hokc, on ili cuiiivation SI8 i 



ing 



J. iVI. .1. his remarks on peaches, Ot 



of leaves for manure 1J2 — on economy in build 



209— on distemper iu peach trees 390 

 Jones, 1 loyd. I^sqi his remarks on the culture and uses 



of orchard urass 74 

 Kneading machine, notice of 3'i9 

 Knife-board, a useiul one 89 

 Kiight, i'. A. 'lis letter to John !j0well, Esq. together 



with neX7 varieties of fruit 323— extracts Iroiu his 



treatise ou the culture of the apple and pear 369, 



381,385, 4114 

 LaburnuQi. iri ad leaved, notice of 27 

 Lactation, sucklin"' children, remarks on 227 

 Lake f^uperior, remarks on 399 

 Lambs, weaning of, kc. 406 

 Lamp or lantern for the street, notice of 10 — simple 



contrivance lor 192 

 Lamp boilers, &c. 335 

 Landscape and picturesque gardening, remarks on 187 



Alain, J. on winter pruning the vine 65 

 ^janufacturing establishments, importance of 72 

 Manure, on the use of leaves for, by J. M. G. 102 li- 

 quid, its importance in horticulture 115 — peat-ashes 

 recommended for 143— animal, remarks on 186— li- 

 quid, remarks on 190 — horn piths recommended lor 

 241 — sea-coal valuable for 275 — on its exposure to 

 the atmosphere, decomposition, &.C. 342 — cheap and 

 efficacious, how made 342 

 Aleat, how preserved in snow 165 — preserved in mo- 

 lasses 323 

 Medicine, small doses of, administered in Germany 136 



the use Melons, a second crop of, bow obtained 65 • varieti 



of Persian, notice <4' 75 — how cultivated in Kussia 



265 how to raise early 278 — large, notice of 280 



how to preserve against bugs and flies 386 — on their 

 culture 405 

 Metallic cloths, notice of 89 

 .Meyican tiger flower, notice of 130 

 Microscope, a remarkable one 79 

 Milk, observations on 50, C2 



Miller, Rev. Dr. on the cultivation of strawhcrries 233 I 

 Millet, notices of its cultivat.ou by H. C. 41 

 Minerals, State collection of, recommended 393 

 Mines and coal, remarks on 350 I 



Miser's prayer 376 I 



Molasses made from sweet apples 61 — how prepared 



for preserving fruit 61 

 Moon, remarks on its influence on the weather, &c 58 

 158, 168 ' 



Lavender, on its culture and uses 339 



Lead mine, at Eaton, N. H. 372 



Leather bands, their application to machinery 235 



Leaves, 00 the use of for manure 102 



Leeches, artificial 163 



Leghorn hats. Judge Buel's communication respectin"- 

 108 



Lemons, raised by Rev. A. Bigelow 175 



Lightning and thunder, places of safety in 340 — treat- 

 ment of persons 'truck by 340 — singular efl"ects of 

 397— bow to e cafie the effects of 3S9 



Lightning rods, remarks on by Professor Hare, 227 — 

 recommended for barns 389 



Light, velocity of 359 



Lime, its good effects in agriculture 28 — on its uses 

 and modes of applying it 126 — how burnt most eco- 

 nomically 155 



Lime piant, remarks on 289 



Liverwort, said to cure coisumption 1 19, 235, 355 — 

 condemned by Dr Physic 373 — by a writer in the K. 

 Y. Farmer. 405 

 Locust tree, manure for raising 145, 372 

 Longevity, instaiices of 400 



Lowell, John, Esq. remarks ou the culture of lucerne 

 86— his translation of a French treatise on the cul 



Morton Andrew, his mode of foicing strawberries 65 

 Moss, on cultivating plants in 65 

 Mowing match, notice of 7 

 Moles in meadows, how destroyed Ml 

 Mortality, decrease of, in England 205 

 Mother, a, on the extravagance of the times 256 

 Mowing, remarks on 402 

 Mulberry hedges recommended 30 

 Mulberry trees, planting of, recommended 21 — cult 

 vated by sowing broad-cast 37 — how managed in 

 France 82— in Connecticut 82— useful for timber 82 

 quickest and most certain mode of raising 203 no- 

 tice of an attempt to cultivate in 1772 

 Mustard, an antidote against poison 181 — on its culti- 

 vation 197 

 Mustard seed, white, its use as medicine, &c. 180 

 Nasturium, notice of 329 

 Naturalist, on edible bird's nests 158 

 .\ettle, remarks on, and use of 341 

 New England Farmers, hints to 226 

 New England Farmers' and Mechanics' Journal, notice 



of 167 

 New Holland, rapid progress of 342 

 N. L. on raising water from wells by a syniion 178 

 Nursery, soils prcper for 178 

 Nuttall's botany extracts from .2(> 



Osborn, Mr. John, on a diseas 

 I Oxen, on the management of 191 

 Oyster shells, pounded, make good manure 17,5 

 P. his remarks on preventing bugs in peas 307 

 Paints, earthy most durable 126 

 Palma christi. or castor oil plant, notice of 372 

 Parent, advice to a son 141 

 Paring and burning the soil, remarks on 6— injurinu 



in some cases 315 



Parmentier, Andrew, hi? remarks on grape vines lO— 



on a disease in grape vines 17— nofice of his iutro- 



duction of landscape and picturesque gardenin" 18* 



early asparagus raised by 189— his garden 384,'397 



Parsley, cultivation and uses of 1S2 



Pastures, close feeding of, recommended 97— on weed 



ing 340— on the management of in England 344 

 Patent trial, notice of 396 



Peaches. &c. remarks on by J. M. G. 42 — price of, in 



Philadelphia 53 — large ones 81, 95 — fine ones raised 



by B.Vanghar, 1 17 — singular one, part nectarine 40 L 



Peach-bouse, cii script ion ol 42 



Peach l^e-s, on dtstroying the worm in, by hot water 



129, 346. 354 — French mode of training 204 their 



culture 33f, C43 

 I Pears, large, no'i.e ol SI, 102 



Pear trees, bligh: in, <ause of attributed to overbearin<>- 

 1— dist( mptr il, 382, 390— insects on 393— thai opin'- 

 I ion contr i.v. rf d 37— Mr. Priuce'e remarks on blight 

 j in 50 -gaften .<u :nf!dlar stocks 75— Mr. Cransto°n'= 

 I re.mark^ nn di- a« in 98— Judge Butl's remarks cr, 

 iniprovin-.' 1 li-- Jifferent sorts of mentioned by Mr. 

 Prince 2ij3 — c .. au insecl,, which attacks it 382 

 Pear, Bartlel, notice ol 357 

 Pearl barley, a substitute for rice 65 

 Peas, remarks on harvesting 1 1 — time necessary foi 

 raising 262 — direct ions for cultivating 270, 302 — how 

 to prevent bugs in 307 — early in Boston market 37-^, 

 in Providence market 374 

 Peat ashes, for manure, remarks ou 143 

 Pedlars, remarks on 176 

 Pepper, kinds of 203 



Perkins, Jacob, remarks on his steam artillery 1 

 Perkins. Capt. James, notice of his cultivation 407 

 Phinney, Elias, Esq. his reply to queries respectinf 



orchards 122 

 Pickering, Hon. Timothy, his report on raising potato: 



from seed. S8 

 Pierce, Mr Joshua, on the cultivation of silk 10 

 Pike, or pickerel oil, uses of 317 

 Piles, cure for 61 



Pin, swallowed, how withdrawn 131 

 Pine applf cheese by Mi Collins 15 

 Planting fruit trees, proper time for 315 

 Plants, method of reviving 100— their distribution ove? 

 the globe 112 — may be altered by going to seed near 

 others of a similar idnd 143 — number of on !>n acrr- 

 344 

 Plaster of Paris, notice of by " A Farmer 77— by Geo 



W. Jeffrey's 345 — seeds rolled in 345 

 Plough, notices of 37— self governing, reniarl»s on 20:', 

 Ploughing in the fall recommended lor stiff soils J26— 



frequent, and ploughing in ridges, remarks on 229 

 Plums, mammoth, notice of .'i2— new kind of bv M- 

 Prince 90 



