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INDEX 



Claronian Scljool, notices of, 310. 



Clay, Mr, his opinion on beet sugar, 330. 



Climate, remarkable change of in Egypt, 246 



Clocks with air for their moving power, 173. 



Close of the 15th volume, 414. 



Clothing, warm, remarks on its healthiness, 144 — a 



preventative of croup, 155. 

 Clover hay. on making into cocks, 4. 

 Clover seed, the raising of, recommended, 298 — direc- 

 tion for sowing, 350 — machine for sowing, notice of, 

 3C3. 

 C. N., his remarks on heaped measures, 273. 

 Coal discovered in Illinois, 114 — comparalive value of 

 different sorts as analyzed by Dr Jackson, 211 — no- 

 tices of discovered at Mansfield, 213, 300. 

 Cochran, notices of his many chambered fire arms, 11, 



189, 307. 

 Cocoons, called pea nut cocoons from Italy, 1G4 — notice 



of large, 237. 

 Coffee, improved bv chesnut meats, 197— how medicat- 

 ed for children, :?34. 

 Cold weather, and unfavorable season, 85 — precautions 



against, 172. 

 Colman C.,on the manufacture of cheeses, 286. 

 Colman, Henry, appointed commissioner, lor making 



an agricultural survey of the State, 374. 

 Colonus, his experiments with plaster of Paris, 203. 

 Combustion, spontaneous, 114, 189, 365. 

 Coinpost, directions for making, 70, 78. 

 Comns Jun., sayings of, 230. 

 Conant, Mr . his remarks on the culture and usis of 



roots, 329. 

 Consumption, on the cure of, 184. 

 Conversation, rules for, 248. 



Cooked food useful fur hogs, but said not to be for fat- 

 tening cattle, 81 . 

 Copper mine in Connecticut, 133. 

 Corn meal rusk, recipe for, 363. 

 Cornstalk fodder, on the virtues of, 226 — remarks on 



cutting, by N. Wib', 282. 

 Corporations, remarks on, by Mr Henshaw,G'i. 

 Counterfeiters, a check upon, 332 



Cow, product irom,50— large, owned by L. E. Stevens, 

 150 — one owned by S. Bradstreet, facts concerning, 

 297 — how to remove a potato from the throat of, 30G. 

 Cows, milking of three times a day recommended, 5 — 

 on the management of, 11 — how to tamo when vi- 

 cious, 2G, 61 — on the use of in teams, 36 — warm water 

 recommended for, 73 — good food for, 184 — expected 

 soon to calve, how managed, 254 — prolific, notices of, 

 273. 

 Cows and Sheep, comparative profit of, 84. 

 Cow yard frolics, 19. 

 Crime, proportion of to population, 290. 

 Crocodile, notice of a very large, 213. 

 Crops, notices of, 11,27, 397, 401, 402— in Indiana, 58 

 — of corn, 13 ears from one seed, 58 — in Maryland 

 and Pennsylvania, 77— in New Hampsliire, 102 — in 

 Maine, 314 — on the rotation of, 315 — in Ohio, 381. 

 Crosses, in the breeds of an mals, the philosophy of, 



404. 

 Croup, a disease in children, remedy for, 357. 

 Cruft, Edward, I^sq., notice of his present of Bulmar 



plums, 102. 

 Cucumbers, how saved from bugs, 213. 

 Currant jelly , a recipe lor making, 58. 

 Cut worn-, observations on, 212 — directions for destroy- 

 ing, 390. 

 C. V. on the manufacture of butler, 20— on dairying, 92 

 Dahlia, on the culture of, 350. 

 Dairy, a profitable, by Lewis Beers, 414. 

 Dairy hints, pasturage, &.C., 10 — remarks on the profits 



of, 34, 92. 

 Davenport's Electro-magnetic machine, 350, 370. 

 Dentistry, by Dr Appletnn, 11. i 



Depths, paragraphs on, 134. 



Dialogue between a father and son on heat, 253. 

 Diamonds, on making, 144. 

 Discontent, universjlity of, 196. 

 Discourse, a brief, 397. 



Discovery, curious, of petrified bodies in a cave in Ten- 

 nessee, 336. 

 Diving bell, successful use of, 157. 

 Dogs, sagacity of, 299 — speed of, 221 . 

 Domestic medicine from the castors on a dinner table, 



251. 

 Draining, swamp muck, ^c, Mr Bowers' remarks on, 



394. 

 Dropsy, a recipe for curing, 339. 



Dung, long and short, remarks on, 279 — how managed, 

 310. 



Dutton corn, how cultivated in Northampton, by H. G. 



Bowers, 291 — recommended for planting, 305. 

 Dyers, hints to, 43. 

 Dysentery, cure for, 122. 

 E., his remarks on roads, 286. 

 Earth, increase of the heat in penetrating, 251. 

 Economical, scraps for the, 332. 

 Economics, more, 219. 

 Economy, hard times, 4-c., 101,211 — maxims of, 211, 



340 — recipes, ..Vc, relating to, by H. C, 355. 

 Education of children, 96. 



E. H. on the use of apple pomace for hogs, 158. 

 Electricity, its effects in vegetation, &c., 196. 

 Electro-magnetism, remarks on, 350, 370. 

 Elm, notice of a large, 315. • 



Elm trees, pruning too close before transplanting con- 

 demned by Medicus, 241. 

 Embalming by corrosive sublimate, 307. 

 Emperor of China at the plough, 357. 

 Engrafting grape vines recommended, 342. 

 Enquiry relative to bots in horses, 30 

 Eps, Van, Hon., setting gale posts, a new sort of paint, 



&c.,12 

 Erie, lake, rise of water in, 7 

 Evenings, on improving, 136 



Everett, Governor, his remarks at the Essex Cattle 

 Show, 108 — extract from his message, relative to the 

 culture of silk, 299 

 Ewes and lambs, on the management of, 279 

 Experiments at sea, 139^utirity of to farmers, 187 

 Farm, a poor, Mr Leonard's mode of improving, 364 — 



notices of one in Wilkesbarre, Penn., 61 

 Farmer A , his directions for removing a potato from the 

 throat of a choking cow, 306 — leaf from the note 

 book of, 76 — on raising beans, 213 — on planting unripe 

 potatoes, 239 

 Farmer B , notice of his farm management, &c., 45. 

 Farmers, what they may be, 29 — maxims for, 186 — good 

 advice to, 292— what they can do, 270 — can double 

 the value of the State, 296 — do not expend time and 

 money enough In ornamenting their places, 395. 

 Fiir.i.ers work, 14, 30, 38, 56, .54. 78, 81, 86, 110, 118, 

 134, 142, 1.58, 166, 173, 182, 199, 254, 270, 278,284, 

 310, 334, 350, 358, 363, 390 

 Farming, notices of improvements in, by William Clark 

 and others, 36 — the time favorable to, 387 — remarks 

 on the profit of, 397 

 Farms, remarks on the size of, 142, 244 — on the advan- 

 tages of well cultivated, 41 1 

 Farm school, notices of, 5ii, 225 

 Farwell, Jesse, large swine killed by, 317 

 Father A., his remarks on live stock, &c., 82 

 Fattening animals, remarks on, 242 

 Feeding cattle, remarks on, and comparative value of 



sibstances used for, 261 

 Fences, remarks on, 284 — posts for, management of, 



301 

 Fessenden's Steam and Hotwater Stove, principles anfl 



structure of, 234 

 Fever and ague, a recipe for, 37 

 Field drivers, duty of according to statute, 381 

 Figs dried, how improved for the table, 92 — fine, raised 



by Mr Averill, 107 

 Fire, a new safeguard against, 221 — remarks on punch- 

 ing, 245 

 Fires in Boston in 1836 



Flax, unrotted, on its use for feeding cattle, 270 

 Flies, a plan for keepingout of houses, 35 

 Flour imported into Boston, 6 — made in Maine, 275 

 Flowerpots, to fill lialffull of lime recommended, 245. 

 Flowers, encomiums on, 133 

 Fly Hessian, description of, 333 

 Food of man, notices of, 69 



Forest trees, planted by Mr Coke, 12 — many more sorts 

 of in America than in Europe, 43 — notices of remark- 

 able, 84 — cultivation of recommended, 88 — an essay 

 on, from the North American Review, 348,353, 361, 

 369— remarks on by the Editor, 3-58, 381, 406 

 Fortune made by accident, 304 

 Fragments, importance of gathering, 168 

 Franklin IJenjamin, his way to make money plenty in 



every man's pocket, 400 

 Frozen limbs, how dealt with, 172 

 Fruit, fallen, should be gathered and given to swine, 38 

 — remarks on changes in, and uses of, &c., (iO — a 

 method of preserving, 150 — how kept in cotton, 227 — 

 preserved from frost by a northern exposure, 22 

 Fruit trees, tarring injurious to, 22 — how preserved from 

 canker worms, 22 — fruit should be picked from when 

 over burthened with fruit, 46 — directions for trans- 

 planting, 133, 262 — how to prevent abortion in, 395 



Fuel, comparative value of different sorts of, 277 

 Galvanism, on its application to poison wounds, 381 

 Gambler, description of a, 216 



Garbus, William, his premiums for agricultural improve- 

 ments, 395 

 Garden ground, an easy mode of digging, 357 

 Gas lighting, new mode of in Paris, 139 

 Gate, economy and saving of time in the use of, 29 

 Gate and fence posts, improved mode of setting, 12 

 Gaylord, W., on the philosophy of crosses, 404 

 Genius, origin of, 112 

 Genius vs. Labor, 236 



Geological survey of the State, report concerning, 276 

 Geology, advantages of, 332 

 G. H, on digging garden ground, 357 

 (iiant asparagus, reared by Mr Samuel Pond, 390 

 Ginseng and garlic, properties of, 302 

 'Gleanings in Husbandry, 50, 73 



Gould Augustus, his letter relative to a Geological sur- 

 vey, and the Natural History of the State of Massa- 

 chusetts, 276 

 Grain, weight of the different kinds of, 174 — harrowing 



of in the spring recommended, 363 

 Grapes lor wine, 110 — remarks on preserving, 244 — 



mildew in, remedy for, 389 

 Grass lands, on top dressing of, 242 

 Grass seeds, on sowing, 278 

 Great man, nothing beneath the attention of, 341 

 Green crops for manure, observations on, 220 

 Green, Nathaniel, notice of his history of Italy, 173 

 Gypsum, on the use of with grain and clover, 390 

 Hager, James E, recommends sassafras stanchions as a 



remedy for lice in cattle, 289 

 Hale, Mrs, notice of her Lady's Book, 256 

 Hall, Jon., a revoluiii-nary soldier 80 years old, cut with 



a sickle an acre of grain in a day, 74 

 Harleian Dairy, notices by H.C., 66 

 Harness, patent safety, 323 

 Harrington, Joseph, his remarks on northern exposure 



for fruit, and on tarring fruit trees, 22 

 Hatch, Leonard K., his experiments on seedling pota- 

 toes, 265 

 Hay and grain, a cheap structure for, 203 

 Hay, a convenient mode of gathering, 20 

 Hay press, by Mr Woodward, 227 

 Hazen, Nathan W., his Address before the Essex Agr. 



Soc, 249, 257 

 H. C, his notices of the Harleian Dairy, his recipes anif 

 other matters relating to domestic economy, 355 — on 

 potatoes for seed, 355 

 Health injured by the vicinity of marshes, temporary 



ponds, &c., .36 

 Healthy constitutions, how procured, 176 

 Heaped measures, remarks on by Wni. Keith, 241,289, 



by C. N., 273 

 Hemlock, or cicuta, two children destroyed by eating, 



306 

 Hens, how fed in winter, 243 

 Hessian Fly, description of, 333 — remedies against, 172, 



212, 227, 333, 366 

 Hinton's United States, notices of, 336 

 Hitchcock, Edward, Commissioner, appointed for mak- 

 ing a Geological survey of the State, .374 

 Hogs, a factory for at Reading, Penn, 114 — should be 



kept sharp, 400 

 Hog, a wild, 235. See Swine. 

 Holmes, Wm S., his recipe for raising and cooking 



skinless oats, 126 

 Holt, Asa M., on making sujjar from butter nut, 273 

 Honey, wild, notices of finding, 93 — made by Messrs 

 Wilcox and Cone, and exhibited at the American In- 

 stitute, 163 

 Horse, a mammoth, 58 — instance of the sagacity, 208 

 Horses, how preserved from flies, 68 — should not be an- 

 noyed with cold bridle bits in cold weather, 235 — how 

 to prevent their digging holes in stable floors, 254 — 

 an Hconrmiical manner of fattening, 289 — on the abuse 

 and proper treatment of, 319 

 Horticultural Society, Mass., proceedings of, 6, 30, 38, 

 46, 51, 69, 70, 77, 83, 94, 99, 110, 118, 126, 134, 142, 

 165, 174, 182, 222, 230, 245,254,279, 286, 342, 350, 

 382, 398, 406, 414 

 Horticultural Anniversary, notices of, 94 — ofEcers, 



102 

 Horticultural reports, made by the President of, 281, 



310 

 Hot water, on warming houses by, 314 

 Household affairs, or making tea, coffee, &c., 202 

 Huntingdon, Rev. Dan , his mode of reclaiming swamp 



land, 324 

 Hussey's Grain Cutler, notices of, 204 



