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INDEX 



1-8— obituary notice of 'Iheodore SedgwK k, Lsq 

 17H— brinaing cattle to the barn, 178— silk reel, 166 

 —materials loi ma.,nre, 18G-agricult,.re .n I'.urope, 

 194_„oiico of Cultiv.itorB Almanac, 191— VVestboio 

 Agricultural Society, 202— watering cattle in winter, 

 21"?- »(>ilin", 217— silk convention at Washington, 

 218— Dillin^i-'ham potatoes, 21.S— decisi'.n in a^coniest- 

 ed case, d2e— remarks on premium butter, 2o4— no- 

 tice of VVestbor.i'ag.icnltural meeting, 250— science 

 and aTirulture, 958— obituary notice ot Hon. J. 

 Lowclf, :U4— notice of model bee hive, 315— addiess 

 before llie Middlesex Agricultural S..ciety, Mi— 

 noulirv management and butter, 338— value of punc- 

 tuality, 340— remarks on poultry, 3C2—on silk cul- 

 ture, 394— notice of Week's Essay on Bees 370— ol 

 Horula Bostoniensis, 370— notice ol Third Report ot 

 A<rricullu'C, 386— remarks on Massachusetts agncul- 

 raT premiums, 394— address alcaitle show at Worces- 

 ter, <S;c. 1— on the season, 18— haying, 18— rota baga 

 and bone manure, 18 — independence, 18 — Second Re- 

 pori of Agriculture of .Massachu-ells, 21— on beet sugar 

 and silk, 402— encouragement to agriculture in Masi. 

 sacliusetls, 409, 410, 426— labor saving machines, 410 

 —opening Western Railroad, 122— notice of cattle 

 show at Woroestor, 138 — speculation, 186 



Corn, expenses of cultivating an acre, 21— harvesting, 

 by H. C. 74— crops, Hon. Isiac Hill's account of 

 large crops, 189— Brown's account of large crops, 19tl 



Cows, milch and heifers, Essex Agricultural Reports 

 on, 375— on stripping them, 409— a good one, butler, 

 &c., 56— extraordinary one, 29— holding up their 

 milk, inquiries about, 145— holding up their milk, 

 remedy for 155— importance ol their li iviiig acccs-i to 

 good water, 135 



Cruelly to Animals, 153 



Crops, 21— in We^^tern Ne« York, 5, 38— ploughed in 

 as a manure, 432 



Creeping Wheat, 106 



Cramp, remedy for, 3 



Cross breeding in the vegetable, kingdom, 319 



Curculio, Joel liurnell's account of, 304— remarks on 

 431-do. by Dr James Thatcher, 343— by Joseph 

 Barrelle Quincy,398 



Curtis, liven, of Sbellicid, remarks on grain at agricul- 

 tural meeting, 307 



Cucumber and Melons, 345 



Culture of Rula Baga, 89— of the mind, 52 



D. 



Day for labor, night for rest, 346 



Dairy manajement, 112 — dairy and soiling, 30 



Uana, Samuel L., on ploughing in crops for manure, 432 



Dearborn, H. A. S.,on Billaudeau cabbage, 2 13— speech 



at the agricultural meeting, 301 

 Degeneracy in I'lanis and Animals, causes of, 337 

 Deanston I.equent drain system, 2(il 

 Derby, E. H, account of his farm at sixth agricultural 



meeting, 296 

 Denny, George, on butler ntede on his farm, 3 18 

 Dew, theory of, 353 

 Diseases in' Cattle, remedy for, 33 — animals, 359 — of 



horses, 261 

 Diutionaiy of terms used in agriculture, 40, 46 

 Dialogue between lather and sun, 152, 159 

 Dillingham I'otatoes, 218 

 Dirty Stables, ill eft'ect of, 358 

 Dodge, Pickering, ol Salem, on the first manufacture of 



beet sugar in New England, 384 

 Do", fidi?lilv of one, 196— anecdote ol, 204— fiithfiilness 



v( one, 268 

 Domestic economy, 45 308 



Downing, J. A., on the culture of the strawberry, 48 

 Drought, destroying mulberry rutlings, 40 

 Duncan, Col , on v\'lieat at agricultural meeting, 298 

 Durham Cattle. 102— half bie.id hardier than the pure, 



177 

 pumb Creation, a word for, 96 

 li)urny, M., on beet sugar, 46 

 Dutch Butter, 17 

 Uysentary, reieipt to cure, 73 

 K. 



Early Rising, advantages of, 49 



Education .'f Farmer-, by 11. C, 3:t, 72— by H. C. 



Mernam, 2nl— J. Holbr.nik, 9, 16, .l,"-- llioui^lns on, 



by Dt Huinpli.ei', 177— qualifieations of t.acheis, 



192, 200, 209. 225- scho.d Houses, ln3 

 Kggs, ponliry, 351— value of, 89 



Ellsworth, H W., nutici- ol Treatise on Swine, 201 

 Election of Goveino.-, 251 

 Entomology of the Canker VVorm, 120 — knowledge of, 



important !o larinors, 311 



402, 



14— 



s of, 

 merl 



Enquiry about a hunting match in Rowley, 332 

 Encouragement to agriculture in Massachusetts, 



410,420 

 Essex Agricultural Society, notice of, by H. C, 1 



address before, by A. Putnam, 309 — transaction 



354 — reports im cows, 37.5 — reports on reclai 



meadows, 376 — agriculture, 401 

 Ethan Allen in England, 260 

 Essay of an Amateur Fanner, 1111 

 Every thing in its place, 345 

 Expenses anil profit of crops, 21 — of i oltivalioii of an 



acre of corn in Sheffield, 21 

 Experience, importance ol, 100 

 Execution and extraordinary scene at Atlii-ns, I4H 

 E.vtrelion of pl.-mts, 23.", 253 



r. 



Farm Wall, 238— accounts and profits, 233 



Farming, thoughts on, 113— profits, 26 



Farmers, hints to, 19S — happy lot, 177 — i:ircnlar, H. C , 

 162 — gardens, by W. B ,38 — a lazy one, 65 — a rir- 

 cumscribed one, 84 — cabim.'ts, by J. Holbrook, 31 — 

 education, 39, 72— value of observation to, 87 



Fashions, origin of, 20 



Farrier, 131 



Fences, 360 



Flora Bostoniensis, notice of, by H. C, 13 



Flax culture, 161 



Flour speculators and the banks, 6 



Forest Trees, their importance, sowina the seed, 181 — 

 on planting the seed by M. .Mien, 111 — inquiries 

 about, III 



Fosses Inodores. 193 



Fimnder in horses, a cure for, 89 



Fruils, mixture of, 377 — tries, proper time for pruning, 

 399— advantag<? of planting near a wall, 119 



French, B. V. Esq , remarks at eighth agricultural meet- 

 ing, 306 



Free martins, 41 



Franklin County Agricultural Society, address before, 

 by H. C, 1 



Franklin and Legislative Chaplains, 172 



Foster, William, letters from, read at sixth agricultural 

 meeting, 312 — i>n agricnlli re in France and Spain, 

 341 — communicatiim on irrigaliim and management 

 of water, 373 — on agriculture, 400 — cider and apples, 

 406 — power of water, 424 



Garlic, extirpation of, 39, 49 



Garget, saltpetre a remedy for, 81 



Geolooy and agriciillute of Wheatland, 12 — of Maine, 



review of third report, by H. C. 58, 66, 82, 98 

 Gilkies, 17 

 Gigantic Clover, 33 

 Good work advancing, 240 

 Goodsell on cross breeding in the vegetable kingdom, 



319 

 Grain Plants, 49— crop of 1839, 136 — preservalioit of, 



223 

 Gratitude, 203 



Grapes, native, from Mr Perry. 122 

 Great .lileii, the end ol, 00— wall of China, 268 

 (jreen crops as manure, 354, 432 — of Indian oorn, 110 



— manuring with peas, 216 

 Growth of plants, 264 



H. 



Hampshire cattle show, address by H. C 1 



Haggcrston, David, communication on rose bush slug, 

 418 



Hard times 132 



Harvest, prospects, 31 



Haskell, Calvin, notice of his silk farm, 104 



Harvesting corn, bv H. C , 74 



Hams, curing of, by H. F..wle, 40 



Happy, ihe way lo be, 140 — condition of the New Eng- 

 j land Farmer, 191 



Hays, William A., remarks at agricultural meeting, 272 



Hay. II aking, 430 — racks, best way of placing, 8 — 

 change in English. 278 — tea for swine, 253 

 i Haying, by H. C, 18,74 



I Health, ■ ccupation to larniers favorable to it, 73 

 ! Hen coops, 33 

 i Hints to farmers, 198 — for the season, 143 



Historical imidei t, 356 



Hilling potatoes. 17 — plants, 10 



Hile, James S queries on sugar Beet, 4.'i 



Horiicultural .'■■oei.'.ty. New York, annual exhibition, 100 

 — iVlassaclin^etls, annual exhibition Iruits and vegeta- 

 bles, 129 — flowers, 128 — committee of aitangements 



for annual exhibition, 27 — premiums awarded for car- 

 nations, 27— notice of exhibition, by H. C. 1,30— pre- 

 miums ofl'ered for fruils 1840, 377— for flowers, 378— 

 and vegetables 1840, 378 — premiums awarded for 

 1839 on vegetables, 297— on fruits, 304— on flowers, 

 303— premium offered for lose hush sing. 294.418— 

 Exhibitions, 7, 19. 27, 34, 42, 50, 55, 58, 63, 78, 97 

 106,113, 135, 146, 151, 155,162,170,178,199,255, 

 278, 394. 402, 410, 418, 422, 434 



Hog, notice of a large one. 249 — weight of fine ones 

 raised by E Phinney, 283 — great weight of, 98 — sold 

 in Providence, 231 — descriptioH of Russian, 169 



Horses, slobbering, causes of it, *J6 — and cattle, to cure 

 wounds on, 96 — hints on the care of, 273 



Honest poverty rewarded, 3(i4 



Honey-dew, causes of, 97 



Holbrook on education of farmers, 9, 16, 85, 33 — on 

 geology and agriculture of Wheatland, 12 — on far- 

 mers' cabinets, 31 



House plants, 31 



House wife, rule for, 2.52 



Housewifery, a hinl in, 56 



House of Industry, report of the agriculture by Captain 

 D Chandler, 386 



Howard, J. E , success in cultivating Rohan Potatoes, 313 



How to be rich. 8 



Husbandman, life of, 225 



Humphrey's Thoughts on Education, coininon schools, 

 177 — school houses, 183 — qualifications of teachers, 

 19-.', 200, 209, 225 



Hunt, Thomas P. on poultry management, 330 — answrr 

 lo inquiries relative to poultry, 362 



Hunting Deer by steam, 100 



Hydrangea, how to change the color of the flower, 65 



H. Vose on education i^f farmers, 39, 72. 



I. 



Illinois, description of the face of the country, 64 



Independence, by H. C, 18 



Indian corn crop, Isaac Hill's account of large crops in 

 in N. H., 189— green crop of, 110— suckcring, 34— 

 benefits of ploughing in the manure for, 207 — suc- 

 cessful cultivation of, 2()3 — discussion on the culture 

 at the sUte house, 282 — crop, by M. A. 336 — John 

 Brown, account ol crop, I'JO — account of Samuel 

 Heartwell s crop, 286 



Influence of climate upon seed, 95 — of native magne- 

 sia, on the germination, vegalion and fructification of 

 vegetables, 45 



Internal Improvements, 124 



Industry rewarded, 284 



Insects, prevention against, 330 



Improveil stork, 247 



Importations into our country loo great for our pros- 

 perity, 64 



J. 



Jackson's, C J., Report on Geology of Maine, review 

 of, by 1 1. C. 66, 58. 82, 98 — on manure from peat and 

 lime, 77 — on soils and manures at th.rd agricultural 

 meeting, 268 



Jarvis, Leonard, on cullure of luta baga, 89 



Jacobs, J. R. answers to the interrogoiories of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Agricultural Society, 344 



Jerusalem artichoke, 430 



Jewish nation, statistics of, 372 



Judicial anecdote, 268 



K. 



Kenrick, W., the effect of s'avery on agriculture in 



Virginia, 13 — essay oti silk culture, new system, 365 



Keep, N C , letter to C T. Jackson on peat, 78 — essay 



of an amateur farmer, UU 

 Keeping truth in the dark, 364 

 Keely, John, on turning in green crops, 354 

 Knowleilge nniler difficulties 132— pursuit of 140 

 Kirklaiid, Rev. IJr., biographical sketch of, 38 



L. 



Laborers, comparison of the Americans with the Eng- 



ghsh, 194 

 Labor and labor saving oiarhines, 208,410 

 Lanillord. a tender hearted one, 348 

 Lazy farmer, by B. S. 65 

 l..aoils, exhau.st.'d. loo soon ibanHoned, 239 

 Law toll, Joshua K., letter from, explaining his mode of 



cultivation, 327 

 Lelton, J E., essay on swine breeding, 167 

 Ligbtnina rods, 423 

 Lime, efficacy in preventing insicl depredations, 91 — 



remark-: on the use in agriculture, 81 — benefits of, as 



