INDEX 



/ Green's straw culler, 65, 266. 



Gnis!,li.)|,|)er9, A:c.,69 ; Hi«lit of, 69. 



Grass ami gras.i sm-d, 162. 



Great discotery, 206. 



Grund Duke and llio Jew, 210. 



Grape and sirawberry, 165. 



txruuihling, l"i. 



Grub worm, 268. 



Grubs, 412. 



M. 



Haying and hay, 38. 



Harvesiing corn, experiment in, 179. 



Hawthurn li.-dgK, 238. 



Hazen, N. VV., report, 347. 



Hall's letiers, 228. 



Herrick, J., on liiresl trees, 265. 



Hedge fence, 246. 



Hints for July, 13. 



Hogs, manageiuent and diseases of, 52; better cua.^ed 

 than driven, 147 ; Berkshire, China, and other breeds, 

 277. 



Ht»rse rake, ('-6. 



Horses, direclions fur purchasing, 29; hots in, 82; ra- 

 cing, strong facts in rejard to, 3.5 ; diseases of, 171 ; 

 hin s for preventing disorders, 44 ; feeding with grain. 

 219; treatment of wounds on, 77; singular opera- 

 tions upon.3d9. 



Holt, Joseph S., on mulberry trees, 377. 



Holbrook, J letter on edui ition, 398. 



How, Joseph on m mure, 370. 



Horticultural Society's exhibitions, 14, 30, 38, 40, 54, 

 62, 67. 77, 85, 94, 102; annual exhibition, 105, 117; 

 123, 131, 158, 170, 179, 198, 211, 219, 229, 237, 

 251, 254,267,283, 307, 366, 374, 390, 399,403,411. 



Human life, probable duration of, 408, 



Hydrophobia, cure of, 88. 



I. 



Ice and ice hou.ies, 171, 293. 



Illinois. 296. 



Illinois and the West, 320. 



Improvement, 374. 



Imprirtant to fanners, 155. 



Indian corn, suckering of, ifec, 22 ; more than a hun- 

 dred fold, 90 ; early varieties of, 115 ; H. C, remarks 

 on, 190. 



Industry and economy, rewards of. 8; effects on Mich- 

 igan soil, 37; and indolence, 67 ; and promptness, 

 204. 



Iniellisence, effecls of, 405. 



Inoculation or budding, 409. 



Invention, useful, 62. 



Indolenre and industry, 67. 



Instinct nf animals, 72. 



Irrigaion,98,388,398. 



logersol's piggery, 201. 



J. 



Johnson, Cuthbert William, on manures, 395, 401. 

 July, hinis ti.r, 13; farmer's work for, 413. 

 Jickson, L)r C T. on influence of lime, 313. 

 Judaon, Mrs., notice of, 384. 



Kenrick, William, on Buerre Capiaumont, Arc, 121, 



220. 

 Keep, Dr N. C, on manures, 358. 

 King, Daniel P. on irrigation, 389. 



L. 



Lambs, early, 189. 



Land sales at the west, 398. 



Lake fisheries, 152. 



Letters from the east, 352, 368, 376. 



Live fences, 246. 



Life in the. Prairies. 304. 



Little's, Tristam, statement on cultivation of crops, 379 ; 



on manure, 307. 

 Lillies, 24.'>. 



Lime, theory of the action on soils, &c. 'J3. 

 Lime, influence in amending soils, by Dr Jackson, 313 

 Lime and Ashes, by S. L. Uina, M. D , 321. 

 Locusts, 59. 



Lowell, Hon. John, on the Capiaumont Pear, 81, 85. 

 on Lucerne grass, 80. 



I Lowell, Hun. John, comparison of the geasins, 371. 

 I Lu(;erne grass, 90. 



Lucerne anil saintfoin, 141. 

 1 Lucerne, on sowing, 228. 



M. 



Marrow squash, 309. 



Manures, by VV. Claggeti, 1 ; materials and sources of, 

 6; materials for, 17; ciicuUr, 323 ; liquid, 386; farm 

 yard and proper management, 50, 116, 147, 386 ; what 

 quantity sLiould be applied to the acre, 124 ; N. C. 

 Keep on, 358; D. rutnam's statement on, 36o ; ex- 

 periment on by Joseph How, 370 ; their Use and ap- 

 plication, 395, 401. 



Marshall's, Josiah T., address, 210. 



Massai-husetls Agricultural Society's premiums, 134. 



Massachusetts Agricultural Society's report on vegeta- 

 ble and gram crops, 285. 



Massachusetts Agricultural Society's exiiibilion of but- 

 ter and cheese, 2S3. 



Massachusetts Agiicultiiral Society's report on farms, 

 290; on inventions, 322. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 403. 



Mexican corn, 90. 



Meadows rechiinied^:"47, 348. 



Midillesex Agricultural Society's report, 150. 



Milk, pnseiving of, 5. 



Millet, '221. 



.Vlilch cows, feeding, 442 ; soiling, 413. 



Mines at I'iclou, 400 



Mildew or rust, causes and pievention.of, 124. 



Moon, influence on limber, 35. 



Moorhead, John, ac<;ount of carrot crop, 285. 



Morus Multicaulis speculation, 178. 



Moius expansa, 314. 



Mount Vernon Farmer, 169. 



.Moiilague coal, 349. 



iMolasses from cabbage, 211 ; from apples, 1.97. 



Mowing, 404. 



Murrain, cure or prevention of, 124. 



Mutual improvement, 172. 



Mulberry tree culture, 26. 



Mulberry and sugar beet, report on, 10. 



Miilbeiry tree, Essex Agricultural Society's report on, 

 377. 



Mulberry^new variety, 57. 



Mulberry trees for sale, 175. 



Mulberry trees, .Vc , 181. 



Mulberiy fever, 182. 



Mulberry fanta-ies, 239. 



Mutton, fai, 4J1. 



N. 



Newspapers, 90. 



New England Farmer, remarks upon its course and iii- 

 I fluoiice, 406, 414. 

 I Neat cattle, ileansing of, 147. 



New year, 214. 



New Engl.ind Farmer Seed Store, 222. 



Ntwhills Bl.itemeni, 348. 



New York Agricultural Convention, 349 



Nobility of labor, 128. 



Odessa wheat, 355. 



Old maid's first offer, 336. 



Onio, valley of, 359 



Onions, culiivation of, 165. 



Osborn, William, statement;. 347. 



Ornamintal trees, 163. 



Ox, lliRgreat .American, 413. 



Oxen, Spanish, 390. 



Parley's Cyclopedia of liotany, notice of, 33. 



Painting roofs, 102,414. 



Patronage to agriculture, 149. ■ 



P.Twtuxet Cattle show, 346. 



Pear trees, wasli not to he used, 162. 



Pelletier, J., on soils, 241. 



Peas, early 338; to raise early, 325. 



Penobscot farming, 251. 



Perry, llev. Mr, statement, mulberry trees, 377. 



Pine trees, summer traiis{dantinff, 37. 



Pig, every family should keep one, 168. 



Pig and piggery, 188. 



Piggery, lii^jersMls, 201. 



Planting trees, 268. 



Pleasacits, J. S., on silk culture, 153. 



Plums, 37, 86. 



Ploughs, trial of, at Hoboken,54. 



Phillip, R. J , statement, 348. 



Potato, preservation of, 118 ; climates adapted to, 219; 

 Pliiiitingearlysort8,283; Quaddy blues, 229 ; Bago^a, 

 245; Dillingham, 318; Rohan, 8,3, 132, 133, 163; 

 lar^e return from, 317; blo.ssunif, 133. 



Pocket Farrier, 416. 



Poultry, 196,226. 



Pommy, V\ illiam, answers to Agricultural Society, 341. 



Poetry. Spring and Summer, 8 ; Lines to Poveily, 16; 

 Home of the Farmer, 24 ; Child at Prayer, 48; the 

 Confession, 56; Pudding and Beans, 88; the First 

 Y.llow Leaf, 104; the Summer bloom is pust, 112; 

 Vaduis Harvest Hymn, 120; New England, 128; 

 Autumn Sonnet, 136; to my Wife, 144 ; American 

 Boy, 152; our Yankee Girls. 184: the Ivy, 192; La- 

 menl,-00; Thanksgiving day, 208 ; my Father's half 

 bushel, 224; Try, try again, 232; .Massachusetts, 248; 

 Receipt for making cakes, 2.56 ; What a good Farmer 

 hates, 256; Farmer, 264 ; what a Farmer wants, 272; 

 Nonh Wind, 280; Washing Day, 296; Grease, 212; 

 Evergreen, 376 ; Nature, 384. 



Profit of fanning, 397. 



Provisions, high price of, 366. 



Prince and Sons, on Mulberry, 157. 



Preserving winter apples, 122; pear and plums, 93. 



Pruning forest trees, 45. 



Prospectus of the N. E. Farmer, 198. 



Probable duration of human life, 408. 



Private coriespondence,203. 



Premium crops. Timothy Robert's statement, corn 

 crop, 299 ; John Moorhead, carrot crop, 301 ; 

 Levi Goodrich, farm, 306; Trist.im Little, com- 

 post manuie, 307; Peter Fay, farm, 314; Wil- 

 liam Buikniinsler, 331 ; Caleb W etherbee, 339 ; 

 J. r. Southwick, 333; Tristam Little, 338; William 

 Pomrnv, 341 ; J. Lawton, 356; N. S. Bennett, 357; 

 Willlain Wells, 364; William Salisbury, 365. 



Pudding made of green corn, 73. 



Pumpkins, on their culture, 91. 



Putnam, D. on manures, 363 ; public health, 94. 



R. 



Rats in grain, to prevent their ravages, 37. 



Railroad steamers, 10. 



Railroad and farmers, 245. 



Receipts, to cure wounds, bruises, sores, &c.,22; ma*^ 

 king good bolter, 30; for I. iking hives without de- 

 stroying bees, 45 ; curing sting of bees, 51; liniment 

 for rheumatism, 72 ; sores and wounds, 72; bone 

 ointments, 72 ; syruji for coughs and cold, 72; m.'ikin^ 

 green corn pudding, 73 ; preserving fruit, 92 ; for spiced 

 tomatoes. 93; lor curing hams, 163: for curing chil- 

 blains, 195 ; for buck wheat cakes, 229; for Indian 

 cake, 240; for making cakes, 256; to cuie sore throat, 

 357; to cuie sting of a wasp or bee, 365; frying 

 pork, 413; to diive bugs from vines, 413. 



Report on premium crops, 299, 301,306,307,331,338, 

 339.341; on farms, fur the premium and obtained, 

 356, 357, 364, 365 ; on farms, for the premium and not 

 obtained, 371, 373 ; on mulberry trees, Es<ex Agricul- 

 tural Society, 377; manure, 303, 370; on reclaimed' 

 meadows, 347, 348. 



Revolving horse rake, 60. 



Reroluliooary anecdote, 200. 



Red oak shingles, 333. 



Reclaimed meadows, 347, 348. 



Remarks on the season, crops, &c. of 1839, 410. 



Richards, E. M. on Rohan potatoes, 163. 



Rohan potato,b3, 132, 1.33, 163,317. 



Robbery, mysterious and happy discovery of, 168. 



Root culture, S06. 



Roots, their use in making fat mutton, 411. 



Roses, exhibition of, at the Botanic Conservaloiy, 411, 



Rotation of crops, !s83. 



Rust or mildew, causes and prevention of, 124. 



Rural festival at Barre,126. 



Rural fesiival at Petersham, 142. 



Russian forests, 325. 



Ruia Baga, premium crops, 338. 



R 



Salt mines at Norwich, 2. 



Saintfoin and Lucerne, 141. 



Salisbnrv, William, farm report, 365. 



Schools in Maine, 309 ; school houses, 96 ; patting a boy 



to, 32. 

 Science, adTaotages of, 18. 



