INDEX. 



Hydrophobia, said to be cured by the vapor bath, 13 ; 

 proposid cure by injecting substances into tho veins, 

 195 ; said to be cured by powdered oyster shell lime, 

 mixed with egg, 227 



Ice, in summer, iiow obtained, 283 



India rubber, how prepared for applying to boots and 

 shoes, oOl 



Indian bread, a recipe for making, 213 



Indian corn, large crops of, raised in the State of Dela- 

 ware, 18; best mode of harvesting, 57 ; seed of pro- 

 cured by Mr E. J. Pierce in New Hampshire, and 

 planted in Germanlovvn, r.nn.,71; should be cut up, 

 not topped, 81, 100; on obtaining sugar from, 91 ; 

 remarks on selecting for seed, 91, 117; notices of its 

 cultivation, 100; slender crops of, 150 ; very early_ 

 planting of by Rev. Mr Barstow, 239; new sort of 

 sent to the Editor by the Hon. Abbot Lawrence, 265 ; 

 oil made from in Cincinnati, 2(i7 ; on the culture of a 

 sort called Uutton corn, 291 : notices of the earliest 

 sorts of, 302 ; how to prevent Birds from destroying, 

 310; remarks on ridging by Cyrus Barton, 313; di- 

 rections for its cullivaiion, 326 ; no advantage gained 

 by cutting up wlien injured by frost, 340 ; advantage 

 of planting early ,350; for seed, how prepared for plant 

 ing,356; remarks on planting, and tlio Dutton corn 

 recommended, 305 ; for seed corn on applying soap 

 to, 389 ; sugar may be obtained from 405 



Influenza or Grippe, 336; remedy for 365. 



Insane persons, well employed in cultivating land, 227 



Insects, how to destroy, 397 



Invention of the life spar, 213 ; uf a pulverized cork 

 mattrass, 381 



Iron roofs, notices of, 114 



Jackson, Doctor, notice of his geologic^al survey of 

 Maine, 290 



James, on feeding hens in winter, 243 



J. B., on the LeersiaOryzoides,a new sort of grass, 334 ; 

 on Walker's show of tulips, 374 



Jerusalem Artichoke, recomi»iended for culture, 73 



Johnson Ebenezer, 94 years of age, his swinging the 

 scythe, 76 



J. S. T.jOn cutting up corn by the roots, 81 



Judson, Hon. Andrew T.,his inquiries relative to the 

 growth and manufacture of silk, 193, 377, 385 



June, month of uncommonly cold, 27 



Keith, William, his remarks on heaped measures, 241 



Kenrick, William, on Plantations of Forests, &c., 252; 

 on silk and sugar beet culture, 292 ; on New Zea- 

 land Flax. 374 



King,D. P., his report as chairman of the Com. on Man- 

 uliictures of the Essex Agr. Soc, 137 



Kingsley, Gamaliel, 97^ years| old, vi^or of, 400 



KingZor, Wni. Penn, his remarks on the. cutworm, 

 and the Hessian fly, 212 



Knapp, Col., extract f^rom his speech before a Com. of 

 the American Ins., 380 



Kreosote, a dangerous article to tamper with, 195 



L.jOn keeping varieties of melon separate, 381 



Labor, honorable, 128 



Lady, a double refined, simpering, &c., 168 



Lady's Book, notice of, 294 



Lamp, seamans, notice of, 59 



Lathrop corn, notices of, 194 



Lavender, oil of destroys moths, 341 



Law of Patents, by Willard Phillips, Esq., notice of, 

 272 



Lawrence, Hon. Abbot, notices of a new sort of corn 

 sent by to the Edilor, 265 



Lawton, James M., on the culture of Ruta Baga, 331 



Leonard, Richard A., on improving a poor farm, 364 



Leaves for manure, 134 



Leersia oryzoides, Sanoley's Grass, notices of, 334 



Leeches, how made to bite, 254 



Lice on cattle, quere concerning, and answer, 273 ; sas- 

 safras stanchions, a remedy for, 289 



Life spar, as a means of preserving life at sea, 187 



Lightning, remarkable effects of in promoting the growth 

 of a tree, 155 ; its effects in splitting a rock, 155; per- 

 son s'truck apparently dead by, restored by pouring 

 cold water on them, 411 



Lime, its use as a preservative of health, 14 ; quantity 

 of drank by the citizens of Boston, 74 ; its use for ma- 

 nure, &c., 89; use of, by M. Puvis, [ff, 105, 113,121, 

 129, 137, 149, 153, 164, 169, 177, 185; its use for des- 

 troying the Hessian fly, 72 ; its use in the culture of 

 potatoes, and garden vegetables, 387; its use in pre- 

 serving fence posts, 413 



Lime, chloride of, its use as manure, 388; use of for 



wounds, &C.J 388 

 Lime Spreader, a notice of 277 

 Lincoln, Willi.mi, his rejjort on swine, 132 

 Linly M., his remarks on the curcalis, &c., 240 



Linseed oil meal, a voduable article, 166 



Liquid manure, remarks on, •158. 166, 174, 183 



Living on other people's means, notice of, 328 



Lockjaw in horses, now cured, 213 



Locusts, war declared against, 155 



Love and married life, 176 



i-owell, John, Jun., munificient bequest by, 133 



Lucerne, experiments in raising, 393 



Machine for mowing wiih a horse, 52 ; for pressing'peat, 

 85; for grinding corn, 158 ; for takinj; casts called the 

 Physiiiguotype, 202 ; for planing rough masses of rock, 

 275 ; for hammering stone, 334 ; for sowing clover 

 seed, 363 



Machinery for propelling the wheels ol steamboat 

 paddles, 107 ; in Sprinfield, Mass , notices of, 396 



Madder crops, soil |)ropcr for, and rultivaiion of, 228 



Maison, Judijfe, on fattening swine, 293 



Mammolh, tooih of, found in Rhode Island, 107 



Manganese, found in Chittendon, Vermont, 251 



Manufactures, domestic, in Mass., notices of, 28 



M inufacturing advantages of America, 333 



Manure, bather cuttings, woolen rags, if-c , recommend- 

 ed for, 57 ; difi'ercnt sorts of mineral, 89; inquiries 

 relative to the use of potash for, 158 ; liquid, r(^marks, 

 on, 1.58, 166, 174, 182; how managed in summer, 

 342 ; when ploughed into the :oilsliould not bo plough- 

 ed out again, 365; charcoal mixed with, destroys iis 

 infectious qualities, 349 



Maple sugar, directions for making, 290; specimen of 

 by David Campbell, 374 



Marble, quarries of in Vermont, 172 



Marble, cement, notices of, 100 



March, brief hints for, 309 



Marine life preserver, 275 



Marl for manure, a sample of received from William 

 Rhodes, Esq., 6 ; how applied in Norfolk, England, 

 12 ; extensive beds of discovered by Professor Hitch- 

 cock in West Springfield, and South Hadley, 131; 

 remarks on, and how to find the composition of, 3i8 



Maternal affection, affecting inst.ince of, 64 



Maternal cruelly, 88 



Meadow land in Northampton, great prices of, 315 



Mechanic arts, importance of, 13 



Mechanic's Fair, notices of, 326 



Mechanics, high estimation in which they are held by 

 the Pacha of Egypt, 186 ; remarks on paying, 413 



Mechanics' wives, notices of, 96 



Medicos, his remarks on transplantingelm trees, 241 



ftlelville, on the importance of selecting good seed, 213 



Melons, varieties of should not be mixed, 381 



Milch cows, treatment of, 244 



Milk, how prevented from becoming sour, 390 



Milkometor, to test the quality of milk, 173 



Minor, D. K., his remarks on poudrette and night soil 

 as manure, 398 



Molasses, how made from sweet apples, 107, how pre- 

 pared for preserving fruit, 400 



Moody, Calvin, notice of silk manufacture in liis fami- 

 ly, 338 



Morocco leather, how prepared in Mngadore, 387 



Morus multicaulis, remarkable growth of in East Flori- 

 da, 40; directions for manasiing, 69 ; how to preserve 

 from the effects of winter, 179; remarks on, by Gide- 

 on R. Smith, 201,381 ; observations on, by Robert 

 Sinclair, 211 ; by the Editor of the Farmer and Gar- 

 dener, 211 ; not'a true species, its seed will not pro- 

 duce its like, 296; remarks on, 265; mquiries con- 

 cerning, by W. S., 309 



Mud for manure, compost, &c., 70,80 



Mulberry Layers, management of, &c., 122 



Mulberry patch and cocoonery , 267 



Mulberry tree, well adapted to the soil and climate of 

 Nantucket, 4 ; questions by John B. Cady, on the 

 propagating of, 42 : operation of cold weathc'r on, 81 ; 

 raised by P. M. Whitcomb in Maine, 94 ; Italian di- 

 rections for sowing the seed and raising the plants of, 

 98; remarks on by William Kenrick, 270; on pre- 

 servihg and pruning, in answer to Neophyte, 286 



Murrain m cattle, cure for, 36 



Musician, his improvement in sap boiling, 309 



Mussey, Dr., on Temperance, 229 



Mustard an antidote to poison, 179 ; raising of, recom- 

 mended to farmers, 318 



Natural History, Boston Society of, 365 



Nelson, Bartliolemcw, his mode of washing sheep, 300 



Nelson, Albert H., his address before the Middlesex Agr. 



Soc, 145 

 Neophyte, a, his quere on preserving mulberry trees 



&c. 286 

 New furniture, a mahogany bee hive, 213 

 New Zealand Flax, notice of by William Kenrick, 374 

 Nightingale, anecdote of, 200 



Night soil as manure, remarks on, 398, 401 



Norfolk course, i>r rotation of crops in Norfolk, Eng- 

 land, 12 



Notes on farming, 12 



Nova Scotia, Geological and Minoralogicol notices of, 

 65 



Oak, live, instances of the durability of, 6; large in 

 South Carolina, 125; large and old, 133 



Oals, vahu^of dilfercnt weights of /br horse food, 101 ; 

 on maijufacluring into bread stufi's, 178 ; the proper 

 tiine for sowing, 338 



Oals, skinless, Mr Holmes' receipt for raising and cook- 

 ing, 126 



Oestrus Bovis, or warbles in rattle, observations on, 388 



Oil obtained from Indian ct»rn in Cincinnati, 207 



Old man, on the nnressity of giving shelter to sheep 

 after shearing, 3t>4 



Old people, notices of, 208 



Old Rusticiis, oit the management of stock, 197 



Onions, great yield of, 107 



Operation extraordinary, in drawing by a magnet a nee- 

 dle from a lady's eye, 251 



Orchard grass, how prepared for sowing, 83 



Organic remains, found in Sunderland, 69 



Osage orange, remarks on by Win. Kenrick, 252 



Ox, a mammolh, raised by Nathan Slade,)33 ; one sold 

 f r $1000, 



Oxen, notices of large, fat, &e-, 205, 283, 342 ; working 



how fed in spring, 313 

 aper, veneering, 263 



Parasol anis, notices of, 357 



Parsnips, as a field crop, 310 



Partridge, anecdote of a, 288 



Pastures, how managed in spring, 



Pauperism, notices of a society for the prevention of, 



166 

 P«".<ch trees, how preserved against worms, 90 , 

 'a caches, large, 74 

 Pear trees, blight in supposed to be cun-d by spirits of 



turpentine, 58 ; remedy for by keeping the ground 



Cool about the trees, 299 ; premium offered for the 



discovery of a remedy for blight in, by the Penn. Hor. 



Soc, 318; Jesse Y. Carter's remedy for, 410 

 Feas, raising of by Eliphalet Folsom, 148 ; remarks ore 



the culture of, 33-1 

 Peat, how used for manure, 50; for fuel in Taunton and' 



its vicinity, 95 ; t^'uery concerntng^Jby Enquirer, 273 

 Pender, John, on mi inufacturing pWtB into bread stufTs,, 



176 

 Pennyroyal, extract from for' preventing horses from 



being annoyed by flies, 410 

 Perlev, Stephen, on feeding cattle with unrottcd flax, 



270', 271 " 



Pine, plain land, fina crops 'h-om, '36 

 Plantations of forest and tioiber trees, by Wra.KenrJcft 



Plaster of Paris, experiments witb, 203 



Ploughing by steam , noti.ces of, 28 ; deep, remarks on. 



Ploughs and ploughing, by Wm. Bucfcminister 141 

 Poetry. Cold wate r, by J W, 8 ; Hymns sunff at the 

 consecration of a rural cemetery at 'I'aunton 16- Doc- 

 tor Caustic's D( lectable,24; Hymn by Henry J 

 Harrington, suns at the Roxbury celebration of inde- 

 pendence, 32; Flymn sung at the conisecration of" 

 Mount Hope Cemetery, 32 ; Lines to the memory of 

 Miss Elizabeth P. Fessenden, 40; Death of a child 

 4fl ; The Bride's Farewell, 48 ; To the Cactus Spec- 

 osi3simus,!56; Hymn to Knowledge, 64 ; The Schools 

 of Auld Lang S.yne, 72 ; Let us love one another, 80 • 

 Ode for the centennial celebration at Cambridge a 

 name in the sand, 96 ; Harvest Hvnin, 102 ; Od'o 

 sung at the Eulogy of James Madison, 'written by 

 Park Benjamin, Esq., 104 ; Original Hymn written 

 for, and sung at the Centennial Celebration at Ded- 

 hani, 104 ; The Old Man's Carousal, 112 ; The Amer- 

 ican Flag, 120; The CoUer's Home, 128; Snowdrop's 

 call, 136 ; The Cottage Door, 136 ; The Squirrel 144- 

 To my child at play, 144 ; The Mother's Call,')52' 

 Imprompta on Madam Dix's Pears, 158; Hymn to 

 the Flowers, 1C(8 ; Autumn, by Isaac C. Pray Jr 176- 

 The Field of Corn, 184 ; The Wise Decree, 192' Let 

 us pray, 200 ; New Year's Address of the New Eng- 

 land Farmer, 206; The Dead, by Mrs Si^ourney 

 208; My unfashionable Bonnet, 216; The "sund.ay • 

 Scholar's Pr.nyer, 21(i ; To Alexine in her first year 

 224; Mortal and Immortal, 232 ; The Stars, 240 ' 

 The Disciple, 248; Bunker Hill, or the Am'crican 

 Hero, 264; To a little girl, 272 ; The Stranger and 

 bis Friend, 2e0; Drinking Song, 288 , I've thrown 

 the bowl aside, 296 ; Canzonet, a Mother's Love, 305; 

 Farmer's Song,312; The CoinnThn Lot, 320;'The 



