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INDEX 



Copper in vegetables, 8 ; springs impregniited with in 



Ireland, 21 ; sugar an iiiitidcitc to llie puison of, 141). 

 Ccipying nKM-liinus, siibslitute for, 37. 

 Corbus, YerUf, his receipt for uiuking pumpkin apple 



tiauee, 14(i. 

 Corn and coil's, ground togetlier, u.ses of,. 11, 110. 

 Corn, green, should bi' boiled with its hnslis, 43; liow 



to li.ive it in winler, 73; .■Si-e Indian corn. 

 Corn huskings in the Soutllern States, 'M. 

 Corn busks lor hcds, 0!). 



Corn-aheller, patent, ent and deseriplion of, CT 

 Corn-stalk fodder, how to make the most oi, 05, SI, 91. 

 Corns, recipe for, 120. 

 Cotton gin, patent for improvement in, 24.'?. 

 Covering ior ilc)nses, by Q in a corner, 75. 

 Caws, a good food for, 142; stables or bouses for, 146; 



an cstraordinary one, 158 ; on the management of 



wliou kept for the d.iiry, 100 ; a profitable one, 207. 

 Cow cabbage, on its failure, 14. 

 Cow tree, notice of, 83. 

 Cradling grain, remarks on, 22. 

 Cream, how raised by beat, 35. 

 Crops, notices of, .^7j. 

 Cucumbers, on the culture of, GG; Itirge, 62, 110, 126, 



131 ; indis{)ensable use of, 123. 

 Cultivator, his remarks in reply to a Dorchester Farmer, 



14. 

 Currant, notice of different varieties of, by E. S.. 17; on 



the culluri' of, Irf. 

 Curtis, Aaron, great yield raised bv, 171. ■ 

 Cnsliinan, Henry C. large steer raised by, 253. 

 Dairy, profit of compaied with that ol laltening animals, 



57; on the management of cows kept for, 190; re- 

 marks on in a work translated fnjm the French, 1"3. 



201,20:), 320, 211, 257, 273, 2ol-, 30y, 32i; remarks 



on slock intruded for, 2!)2. 

 Dairy firm of Mr Mills, visit to, 44. 

 Dairy Ilushandry of Holland, Co. 

 Dairy maiiagemeiit, hints relative lo, 390. 

 Dairy .secret, tj7. ' 



Dandelion, large, cvliibited by Mr I'iorcn, 3S3. 

 Date Palm tree, eullivalcd in Georgia, 146. 

 Deafness, owing to inattention, 192. 

 Dearborn, Gen. /I. A. S., bis letter to Z Couk,Jr. 171. 

 Debt and credit, system of condemned, 40. 

 Deer and rattle snake, combats between, 10. 

 Delavan, Hcjjiry W. en the relative pleasure and profit 



ol agriculture, 12. 

 Disease of plants, remarks on, 98. 

 Diving api)aral:js, a new, remarks on, 20. 

 Dinon, Joseph, bis remedy against canker worms, 347. 

 D. K. G., on the destruction of ticks on sheep, 2. 

 Dogs, a useful, H3; mischief done by, S4 : number of in 



the United Stales, 97 ; cne that acted'the part of a 



life preserver, 152. 

 Doric Fire place, notices of, 128. 

 Draining, observations on, 37. 

 Drains and sewers to populous towns, 102. 

 I Dry rot, limber preserved again.<t, 37, Irili. 

 Ducks and Turkies, on riusing, 194. 

 Duels, measures to prevent, taken at New Orleans, 103. 

 Dnraat, his remarks on estimating great heights, 14S. 

 Ear, on extracting substances from, 3. 

 Kasi lioston, notices of im|iroveinenlB in &c., 118; cel- 



ebiaiion in, 3/4. 

 F.eli|)se, lliu great of Nov. 30, 1834, remarks on, 171. 

 I'-conumy, sometimes connected with e.tpcnsp.., 103. 

 Education among the Knglish operatives, 142. 

 Klderberry syrup, a recipe for, liO. 

 Elephants, breakfasting on apples, 109. 

 Elm, slippery flour of ami uses of, 307. 

 Emotions of the mind have an cfl'uet on tlia slomach, 



149. 

 K. a., on different varieties of the vutralil, 17. 

 Evans, Win, on the wheal fly, G()! 

 Evils, which may be remedied, 84. 

 Experimenls in agricnlluro proposed, 229. 

 Eyes, remedies lor preserving. »itc., 212, 243. 

 F., ilia remarks on the season, 379; on exterminating 



the sweet flag, 379. 

 Factory conlaining si.t acres, 315. 

 Fculs, inleresliiig, from a work called Knowledge (or 



the People, 81. 



iir, an exhibition of produelions to be held in France, 



43. 

 Farm buildings, remarks on, 147. 

 Fanner C, his remarks on hor; pens, 179. 

 Farmer, things be should not do, 3(^id. 

 Farmers' work in August. 30; in l\ovembpr, 142, 150; 



for December, 174, 182 ; for April, 302, 310, 318, 326 ; 



for M,iy, 331, 342 ; lor June, 374. 

 Farmer's Family, 336. 



Farmer's road to wealth, remarks on, 38. 



Farmers advised not to raise corn for distillers, 54 ; bints 

 addressed to, 301, 341, 410, 414. 



Farmer, the, Independence of, &c. 312; of New Eng- 

 land, 'S"S. 



Farmer and Gardener, his directions for destroying in- 

 secls. which infest trees, 85. 



Farming, remarks on, 333 ; English, observations on, 412. 



Fashion, remarks o.n, 1.54. 



Feather beds, the use of condemnei, 219. 



Feet, wet and cold, cin umstances in which they are 

 most injurious to hcallli, 120. 



Female beauty and ornaments. 272. 



Fences, on building of stone, 284 ; of rails, 317. . 



Fence posts, means of making more durable, 355, 



Fern and otiier plants, on growing in glass cases, 188. 



Fessenden's Practical Fanner and Silk Manual, 559. 



Field, Roswell, on making maple sugar, 385. 



Figs, raised on Long Island, 82. 



Fires, destructive, causes of, 105. 



Fish, hatched under fowls, 121. 



Flannel Factory in Rochester, N. H. 98. 



Flax seed, boiled for cattle receommended, 219. 



Fleeces, large, '37, 402. 



Flogging in Ciiina, 136. 



Flour injured by being kiln-dried, 212. 



Flower, George, on sheep in Illinois, 252. 



l''iowt:rs, an easy way to preserve, 3; on arranging t!ie 

 color of, 265. 



Flower seeds, an improved method of sowing, .by H. 

 Williams, 17; by Joseph Harrison, 109; the beauties 

 of, &:e., 368. 



Flying, folly of man's attempting, 120. 



F( iider from Indian corn, management of fodder from, 

 33,412; cuttmg for cattle, ^'c. 150. 



Forest Trees, time for planting the seeds of C7. report 

 no from ftlass. Agr. Soc. 270. 



Fothergill, anecdote of, 152. 



Fruit, on gathering and preserving, 155. 



Fruit Ladder, a cheap and useful, how constructed, 94. 



Fruit trees, on plastering, 77; on white washing of, 98; 

 flow packed for exportation, 153 ; bow saved when 

 injured by mice, 212, 308 ; a wash for, 358. 



Fuel, economy of, 69. 



Gania grass, notice of, 6; methods of causing it. to 

 sprout, 14, 19, 38. 



Garden vegetables, advantages in sowing of in autumn, 

 110. 



Gardener's work for July and August, ] ; for September 

 and October, 83 ; for Mjiy, 339. 



Garden school, by Lady Byron, 171. 



Garnier, Kev. Thomas, notices of his garden, 125. 



Gas, destructive effects of, 172; ex[ilosion of, 187. 



Geese, cruelty of plucking alive, 104 : German, notices 

 of, 112; remarks on raising, 251. 



Geological treat, 108. 



Geology, utility of a knowledge of, 61, 207; remarks 

 on, 323. 



Gold in North Carolina, 147. 



Gooseberry three inches in circumferGnce, 46. 



Gourgas, J. M., on using ides in building, 286. 



Grafting, or inoculating fruit trees, remarks on, 45. 



Grain, tlie proper time cutting, 28, 114; on raising on 

 light .soils, 138. 



Grapes, vines, how cultivated in pots, 4 ; benefitted by 

 watering, 13 ; native especially the Catawba recom- 

 nn:;nded, 13; preserved in saw dust, 54^ how preserv- 

 ed on the vines, 57 ; cultivating in jiots, by the coilii, - 



system, 92 ; a mode oj parking, 102 ; to preserve fiir 

 winter's use onjthe vine, 102 ; euliivated in Maine by 

 James BIcArthur, Esq., 114; The Isabella, remarks 

 on by Dr Thalchcr, 139. 



Grass lands, Mr JU. Alien's statement on laying down, 

 157. 



Grass seeds, on sowing, 43 



Grasses, rtimarks on by John Haro Pnwel, 93. 



Gray, Hon. John C, his Address lo the Muss. Hor. Soc. 



161. 



Green House, building in Watertown, C9. 



Green, K. his remarks on the dilference of temjieratiire 

 between liills and ^aSley.s, 318. 



Green Mouiilainecr, to ihe Farmers of Vermont, 128. 



Grub, destroyed by salt, 171; 



Gum elastic, uses to which applied, 2'29. 



Gunpowder, its force of explosion, ^'C. 11. 



Gypsum, remarks on the ojieralion of, 187; on its origin 

 and progress, 275 ; on sowing ashes with, 284. 



M., his leinarks on improving stock, 108. 



Habits, had, on the cost of, 18. 



Hale, Mr James, his dissertation on making and apply- 

 ing matsure, 169. 



Harris, T. W., his remarks on the parasite of the honey 

 bee, 233. 



Harvest home, celebrated in Pennsylvania, 36. 



Harvesting grain, the proper time for, 28. 



Hats, manufactured by steam, 98. 



Hay, how measured in the stack, 299. 



Haymaking, remarks on, 18, 406. 



H. C, bis remarks on the establishment of the Shakers 

 in Pittsfield, 10 ; on the produce of a small farm, 283 ; 

 on stock intended for the dairy, 292; remarks on his 

 articles, pursuits. Sac. '389. 



Heat, influence of color on &c. 155; of the earth, M. 

 Cordier's observations on, 351. 



Herbs, for medical purposes, on saving and drying, 23. 



High ways, remarks on by Victor, 28. 



Hints to housewives, 21. 



Hog-pens, remarks on by Farmer C, 179. ^ 



Hogs, a new method of scalding, 189 ; habits of, 2&f^ 

 347 ; great numbers driven from Kentucky, 243. 



Hops, remarks on, 112, 134 ; profits in raising, 125; 

 cultivaticm of in Maine, 146; profits of raising, 155. 



Hopkins, Samuel JVI. his letter on silk cullure, .381. 



Horse, killedby a bear, 34 j remarks on the sight of, 108 ; 

 poll evil in, cured by poison ivy, 253. 



Horses, cruelty to condemned, 3-1 ; worms in prevented 

 or dcstri'iyed by salt, 17 ; for bolls in horses, 21,. 59; 

 advantage in feeding on turnips, 37 ; improving the 

 breed ol^ recommended, 141 ; killed by giving water 

 while heated, 317 ; remarks on the several breeds of. 

 331. 



Horse shoe nails, patent, notice of, 1.58. 



Horticultural exhibition, notices of, 67, 86flOG ; at Brad- 

 ford, iMass , 102 ; at Newburyport, 124. 



Horticultural Register, &c. notices of, 182. 



Horticultural Society, Mass., proceedings of, 3, 11, 19, 

 27, 36, 43, 54, 59, 67,78, 76, 91 , 99, 106, 118; 123, 131, 

 158,166,174, 191,198,207,222. 238, 278,294, 302, 

 318,334, 350, 366,374, 382, 390, 406,414; notices 

 of their annual exhibition, 106; Report of a commit- 

 tee of on Flowers, 106, 138. 



Hot springs of the Arkansas, notices of, 34. 



Hot water, use of in heating, 171. 



Houses, quere concerning t'ne construction of, 145 ; 

 remarks on the location and construction of, 246, 278. 



Howard, Sanford, on an improved breed of cattle, 76. 



Humming-bird, notices of, 120. 



H^'drophobia, remarkable instance of, 254 ; said to be 

 cured by tobacco, 275. 



Ice-house, on the construction of, 170 ; description of 

 Col iVIetcalf's ice-house, 353. 



Jingo tree, remarks on its removal, 350. 



Imagination, observations on, 112. 



Implements, farm, evils of borrowing and lending, 84 : 

 of agriculture, on the caie of, 94 ; remarks on by a 

 committee of the Essex Agr. Soc. 3.58. 



Incombustible wash and stucco white wash, recipe for, 

 220. 



India, remaiks on the fruit of, 165. 



India rubber cirpets, remarks on their introduction, 5 ; 

 India rubbct bathing-tubs manufactured in Roxbury, 

 62 ; manufaetured into coffins, 347 ; Boston and Lynn 

 Company for manufacturing, 329. 



Indian corn, tarieties of presented by Dr V/hitredgc, 

 C , on the ihanagemcnt of fodder from, 33 : experi- 

 ments in topping, CO: on selecting for seed, 62; 

 small, 20 : trop of in Blaryl.ind, 75 ; case of growing 

 on shrub oalis, 82 : remedies for weevil in, 126: an 

 early sort to precede a wheat crop, 18^^, 285 : remarks 

 on growing by Diiniel Chandler, 2'.l1 : queries on the 

 culture of, by Zacheus Frasiklin, 305: Mr Chandler 

 on cultivating, 326 : on raising for fodder, 406. 



Indigo, African of a quality superior to that of the East 

 Indies, 142: a substitute for, 172. 



Industry, effects of as exemplified in Mr Cope's fiirm 

 in Norfolk, England, 17 



Influenza, a recipe for, 211. 



Inquirer, an, wishes to know a remedy for spring hall 

 in horses, 347. 

 -Llnseets, on sounds made, 9 : destroyc(' by Chamomile 

 floVv'ers, 30 : how deslrov<'d on fruit trees, 8-5 : extra- 

 ordinary appearance of, 1C4: odoriferous substances 

 offcnsivo lo, 2;!0 : destroyed by spirits of turpentine. 

 332 : infesting pear trees, 345 : methods of guarding 

 against, 3.50. 



Instinct of plants, 212. 



Inlemperancp. decline of, 156. 



Irrigation, 326, 341. 



Itch insect, remarks on, 167. 



Ives, John M. his notices of the .\utumna] Marrow 

 Squash, 121. . 



Jacknife, my first, 88, 



