INDEX. 



red anl 67 — for salting and smoking meat 67— to make 

 champagne from grapes 67— for epilepsy 77— for pre- 

 serving cream 78 — for preserving dead game 79 — to 

 make apple syrup 81 — to prepare fruit for children 81 

 — to preserve cucumhers for pickles 81 for getting 

 -lass stoppers nut of bottles 83— for a composition for 

 m:,rking sheep 89— for chapped or sore lips 89— for ob- 

 stinate'nlcers 89— to stop bleeding at the nose 92— to 

 make supffrior bnnus 9-2- to presfrve grapes on the 

 vines till winter 92— for poison by ivy 97— for poison 

 by dog wood 97— to preserve against moths and ants 

 97_to make hens lay egjs 97— for murrain in hogs 97 

 I —do. in cattle 97— to cure a cold 99— for buck wheat 

 bread or cake 103— for making peach pie 104— for 

 consumption 1 19— to restore tainted boef 126— to pre- 

 vent birds from taking seeds out of the ground 127— 

 to cure asthma 127— "to preserve apples 127— for mak- 

 ing black currant wine ,130 — tor inflamed sore eyes 131 

 —to take ink spots from cloth 131- to cure oxen 

 strained bv over-drawing 131— lore covering for roofs 

 131— to make tomato catsuc 133— to make durable 

 candles 133— fov the whooping cough 133— to make 

 win." of wild grapes 140 — to cure bots in horses 140- 

 for destroving moles in meadows 141— for pr^'serving 

 trees against mire, &:c. 150 — to preserve grain from in- 



,'ort of Hon. [sects and rats, &c. 150— to make durable candles 152 



n raisins from seed 9H-nVw varieties —for destroying rats 155— for the bite of a rattlesnake 



ndelible ink 162— to make teeth 



Plum trees, bugs in how destroyed 274 

 Fompions and gourds leaves of eaten instead of sum- 

 mer cabbage. &c. 33 

 Poison by eating wild hemlock, death ca^isi-d by 3 — 

 suction a remedy for 157 — mustard an antidote 

 against 181— of lead, i-c. effects of how prevented 

 215 — Flottentots' remedy for £69 

 ?omace, see pumice 



Pomeroy, S. W . his remarks on Pope's threshing ma- 

 chine 210— on the protecting system i97 — answer 

 to his remarks on the protecting system 308 

 Ponds, artificial how made 43 

 Pope's hand threshing machine, remarks on by Mr 



I'omeroy 210 

 Poppy, on making sweet oil from 181 

 Porteau, Mods. A. translation from his work on the 



vine 73 

 Foiter l-onnnn, remarks on its composition 402 

 Potato flour, notice o( .302 



Foiato, tl e Mercer, origin of 293— how planted in Ire- 

 land 317 

 Potato, blossoms of often fall ofi' spontaneously 29 

 Potato onions, on their cull.vaiion 166, 205 

 Potato pudding, how made S'l9 ,. 



Polatos, on gathering and preserving 53, large crop of 

 by I'hayer, hestseiecled iorseed90 

 'I. Pickerin 



of 103— great produ- ts of 127.130. 1 63 -to pre- 

 serve from frost 147 — food for horses 15'' — fine crops 

 of in New liruuswick 156 — on the culture of with 

 respect to earliness, &r. 170 — kidney, remarks on 

 185 — to preserve, when frozen lg9 — long reds recom- 

 mended 238- how to raise early 270— on their cul- 

 tivation, by the Editor 2fi6 293 — require a strong 

 heavy loam 293 — rule for seed 294 — raised early for 

 feeding swiue 302— how raised in Devonshire, Eng 

 311— uses of 317. 386 - mw kind of 337— an Irish- 

 man on the preservation of 370 

 Poultry management ol. and description and drawing 



of a bousi: for 69— how profitably fed, 143, 270 

 I'owiler mills, an explosion in 83 



Powel, John Hare, F.sq. on Subs itutes for hay, Indian 



corn sowed broad cast, millel, &c. 57, 378 — on 



g:a?ses and thi'ir comparaiivr value, «tc. 74 — on the 



culture ol rape 277 — on ditferent breed?: of swine 378 



Preston, .'^amiiei on destroying bu 



gardening .361— on apple trees 377 I 



Prince, William, hi? remarks on bligh' '.n pear trees 

 f)'l— on grape vines 70, 244, 252 — on a uew kind of 

 plum 90— on th< (Treville Rose 145 — 'Slracts from 

 his work on horticulture I'S, 228, 283— on the cof- 

 fee tree 241 — on synonyms in fruit 285 — new fruit 

 (fee? imported by ,354 

 Protecting system, effects of on agriculture 297 

 Pumice, apple, uses of 132, 154, 1S9. 174 

 Pumping the human stomach, good effects ef 69 

 Pumpkin, m!iinmoth, notice of 195 

 Pumps, how preserved from freezing 199 

 Quince, on its cultivation 356 

 Jlabbits, remarks ob rearing. &c. 150,202 

 Radishes, large 104, 127 

 Kake, revolving, notice of .399 



Kail lload from Boston to Providence 26 — from Boston 

 (o Hudson river, document concerning 66 — advan- 

 tage of 234— from .New York »o lake Erie 278 

 Rape, on its cultivation and uses 366, 371 

 Raspberries, on their culture 228 

 Rals, how destroyed 168. 373— how prevented from 



burrowing in houses 199 

 l'attle?nake,bite of remedy for 157, 182 — venom of 203 

 ii.ecipes — (or making Indian ink G — for rhciiinati«m 

 6 — forth" ring worm 6 — for making currant jelly 6 — 

 for the tooth ache 7 — for intemperance 7 — for fever 

 and ague 7 — for sore throat 1 1 — for writing ink 11 

 for wen 11 — do. in cattle 11 — for making ginger wi 

 11 — for making whorile berry pudding 14 — for dysen- 

 <ery 21 — for bed hugr. 21 — for poison 23 — for hums 21? 



Roller, remarks on the uses of 147 



Roofs of houses of sheet iron 261 ; composition fot pro- 

 tecting 318 



Root sleatner, description and plate of 23 



Roots of plants, remarks on 229 



Rose bugj, an essay on the natural history of by Dr T. 

 W. Harris 9, IS ; remarks on ly Ur R. Green 41, 49 



Roses, remarks on by V\ illiam Prince 145; Greville, 

 China 145 1611 ; .lapan, remarks on 205. 



Rotation of crops in garden ground, impoitance of 380 



Rural taste 397 



Push Richard. St cretary of State, his directions for in- 

 troducing plants and seeds 172 



Russia, slate of agriculture in 1 1 



Puta baga, recommended 238 



Fye, ixtraordinari yield of 26 ; winter, when sowed. 

 &• . 46 ; great crops of 53, 85 



Ryegrass, uses of 269 



Palad herbs, bow grown at sea 326 



Palsafy or vegetable oyster, remarks on 289 



Salt for cattle, uses of 51, 166 ; as a manure condemn- 

 ed 54 ; on its application to soils 230 ; recommend- 

 ed as a manure for some plants 337. 



Salting and smoking m t, plan tor 67 



Pour krout, how made, &c. 291 



Pcott's legacy, notice of, and list ol premiums under 



teh broom, notice of 347 



.J^ — for makin„ _ . 



white 163— to cleanse the teeth and improve the , Scratches or selenders in horses 242. 249 



breath 183— for broken shins 163— to preserve green 

 house plants 163 — to give a bloom to pearhes, plums, 

 &c. 165— to render glass less brittle 165— lor the dry 

 rot in timber 165 — for burns and scalds 165 — to kill 

 ear wigs or other insects lodged in the ear 169— for re- 

 storing vegetable life 170— of a porter plaster for hruis- 

 e, ]-;0_fr,r chillblains 170 — for mouldiness in the tim- 

 ber of a house 180 — to make swtetoil from poppies 

 180 — to preserve oranges, lemons, Sec. 181 — for a cold 

 131 — for poison 181 — I o preserve eggs 6. 182 — to pre- 

 vent shoes from taking in water 183 — tor a varni h for 

 woods 183 — for making cider cake 183 — of a prepara- 

 tion for covering houses 185 — fer impreving musty 



Sea kale, remarks on the cultivation of 281 



Sea sand, valuable as a lo] -dressing tor grass-land 31,5 



Season, remarks on 1, 207.228,253, 255, 277,351, 



379, 390 ; for sowing grain 1 

 Sen weed for stuffing cushiors, notice of 144 

 Seeds fall sowing of 63; vegetative principl* of des- 

 Irnypd by stagnant air 100 ; Inglish how raised in 

 .America to perfection 123; how preserved in a state 

 fit for vegetation 171 ; directions for introducing- 

 into this country 17'^, long retnition ol the vital 

 principle of 203, n marks on from i lane's N. F.. 1 ar- 

 mer 2-43 ; remarks on the mixture ol breeds in, by 

 Veritas 289 ; further remarks on 355 ; vital princi- 

 ple of long continued 371 



frozen lR9—to cure beef 191— to make a Yorkshire Shallots on ibeir cultivalion, &c. 83 

 pudding 203-to make a boiled plum pudding 205—: ?hfep in Fur pe, remarks on 1 1 ; on foldin 

 on vmes 355— on for thenar ache 206— to couiiterart poison by arsenii 

 o]]- for making preparations of spruce for beer 24 i— 

 242, 249— for swol 



for scratches or selenders in hors' 

 len bags in cows 249 — for curing sheep poisoned with 

 laurel, &c. 265 — for the whooping cough 267— to clean 

 monMing of carrla-'es 267— for making a horse chesnut 

 dye 267— for poison 269— to cure deafness 270 — for 

 destroying bug? in plum trees 274 — for a cement for 

 boilers 275 ; for making tooth powder 278 ; for sprains 

 or bruises 279 ; for the ear ache 279 ; to make a mar- 

 row pudding 280 ; for salting butter 302; to keep but- 

 ter from growing rancid 302 ; to make a potato pud- 

 ding 309 ; for dropsy 312: for measles in swine 323 ; 

 for bleeding at the nose 334; for cattle which are hov- 

 cn or swollen 334; to secure seed corn from insects 

 335 ; for the stings of wasps and bees 340 ; for currant 

 wine 341 : for water proof glue 343 ; (or preparing In- 

 dian corn for planting 344 ; for celery sauce 347 ; to 

 dress calf 's head soup 347 ; for pea soup 3^17 ; for Mrs 

 G's burns 347 ; for black cake 347 for Roston pud- 

 ding 317 ; for making hop beer 349 ; for preserving 

 strawberries 349 : for purifying musty cider 350; for 

 making yeast 357 ; for making vinegar 357 ; for des- 

 troying slugs 3,57 ; for preserving hams 359 ; for 

 scratches in horses 361! ; for destroying bed bugs 371 ; 

 for a cheap soap from potatos 372 ; for a new and 

 cheap paint 374 ; for pain in the eyes 399 ; for goose- 

 berry pudding 401 ; black currant jelly 401 ; fruit 

 pies 401 ; red currant jelly 401 ; for pickling walnuts 

 403; to make molasses beer 408 ; for indelible ink 408. 

 Red spider and damp, remedies against 203 

 Reed can», recommended 92, 132 



for making hard soap 24— for making rien jelly 24— "Rheumatism, receipt for 6 



for cleansing the teeth, kc. 24— for making 'vinegar of, Rhode Island, remarks on its enterprise, energies, &c. 



rose? 24— for making elderberry wine 29 — for making i ^^ 



mead 3]— for making soap 3.3— for the foot rot in sheep Rhode Islander, on South American horses 154, on cul- 



33_fnr worms in children 51— for corns 51— for ague! tivating teasels 307 



52— for ticks nnd other vermin in sheep, &c. 53— fori Rhubarb stalks, various uses of 260, 290 



making soap 53— for making starch .53— to take spots 1 R'f^f i "'"'1. ""I'Cf' of 92 



from clolU of any colour .53.-to take iron mould from ' R'"? "'<''''"' '''■'^'P'' '"'^'' " 



linen .53— for the piles Gl—for pre.'crving bacon, .<kc. : R"cks. iinpiovement in blasting 70, 332, irmoved by 



.f,6--ror prr— rving grain against raire 67- against the hcMing and pouring ^vuter on 2f, 



1 4 : oi> 

 worms in the head of 33. 52; remedy for loot rot in 

 33 82, 143, 315 ; destroyed by feeding in a rye field, 

 after harvest 39, reined) for ticks in 53. 358; num- 

 bers of in England and Wales 78 ; on their habits 

 80 ; how managed in France 82; sjmploms and pro- 

 gress of rot in 82 ; chiefly Irng w oleri in England 

 84 ; how marked without injury to tb< wool 89; in 

 Dutchess county, fJ. V. remarks on 89 ; remarks on 

 pasturing 97 ; great profit or raising 101 ; called De- 

 vonshire N'ots, presented to Mass. Agri. Soe. by Gen. 

 Coffin 103, 151 ; how managed in Spain 133 ; remarks 

 on the improvement of, &c. 142 ; on a singular dis- 

 ease in 154; number of in Maine 155; remarks »n 

 merinos, ic. 225; and wool, different varieties of 

 226; farmers killing them ofi" 245 : diff'erent breeds 

 of in Great Britain 259 ; cure for. when poisoned by 

 laurel, &c. 265; cure for scour in 316; on washing- 

 346 378 ; cause of rot in 365 ; large ones 387 

 Shfep-stealers, how detected 183 

 Sickness directions to prevent 155 

 Silk, on its cultivation, by Mr. Pierce 10 ; specimens of 

 in Penn. 145 ; cultivation of in N, TI. 171 ; weaving 

 o(, in Windham, (on. 171 ; quantity of, raised in 

 Mansfield, Con. 175, 197; treatise on, presented to 

 Congress, by Count Von Haggi 245 ; produced in St. 

 Helena 292 ; observations on, by J. M. Gourgas 305. 

 313,353; grown spontaneously in Mississippi 338; 

 notice of specimens of, left at the .M. E. Farmer office 

 3S8 ; further notices of 364, 381, 391 

 Silkworms, expenses and profits of raising 53 ; remarks 



on 333 

 Slugs, how destroyed 357 



Snales, fascination of, supposed to be a fallacy 228 

 Snails destroyed by salt, and by lime-water 372 

 Soap, saving of -102 

 Soap stone, pounded fine, and mixf d with oil, diinin> 



isbes friction 326 

 Soda, use of in washing 402 

 Soiling laboring cattle and horses, recommcded 6 : ilf 



effects of, in general 54 ; remarks on 335 

 Soils, color of, important 407 

 Soot, its importance aj a manure 115 



