the locust iree, 33o— on the locust tree, 3'i9 — on the 

 mulberry, 385 



Ptorv, a true one, 385 



Bt'iv'ef, 180— on tices :ind live hedges, 303 



Steam nuvigatim ti> Englaiiit, 34 



striata formnssissa Dahlia, 55 



Swine in an Orchard, 105 — breeding and rcann>;, Ili7 

 —notice uf Trealise on, by H W. Kllswi.rlh, 201— 

 hay tea for, bad effect upon, 253 — poisoned by bean 

 pods, 326 



Suckering Indian corn, 34 



Subiioil, properties and use, 64 



Sunflower seed oil, cure for the founders, 89 



Sunshine, daily value, 73 



Sugar Beet for rmlcli cow8, and soil for, 15 — q-ierios, by 

 ■Tunes H. Hito, 45 — and oilier roots, cost of raising, 

 60 — value of the root for feeding stock. 9! — superior tor 

 fattening mutton, IG4 — success m cultivating it, 185 — 

 ai d the manufucture of beet sugar, 221 



Swedish army, 132 



T. 



Tare, notice of, 246 — varieties, mode of cultivation, 289 



Taplcy, iNathan, statement on cows, 375 



Teachers, qualifications of, by Dr Humphrey, 192 



Tea, cultivation and use, 332 



Temperance, progress of, 370 



Thoughts and observations on matters and things rela- 

 tive to larniing, 24 — on the education of firmers, by 

 P. F. Ill— on farming, 113 



Thatcher, Dr. James, on aberration in vegetable physi- 

 ology, ill — on remedy for bee moth 112 



Thorbiirn, William, remarks on Whittington viheal, 41 



Transplanting fruit trees, 201 — trees, 230 — autumn a 

 proper time 138 



Vrre aieds, planting of. 111 



Tiee planting, 88 



Ureen, yi4— by K. F R.iberts 215 

 Travelling in tlie last ctniury, 148 

 Tomato, cultivntiun of. 

 Tropical pl.ints, spices, 196 

 Turnips l;irge and small comparative value, 49— fly, 



remedy :igainst, 344 



u. 



Urate and poudrctte, recommendations of, directions for 



using, 125 

 Uije of branches and leaves for manuring lands, 223 

 Useful hints, 345 

 U|)ton, F.dv. ird, siatenient on cows, 376 



Vase, presentation of, to M. P. Wilder, 281 



Vegetiibles, new mode of railing, lOli 



Vegetation, progress of during the month of May, 1839, 



378— May, le40, 408 

 Vegetative puwtrs of sea sand, 193 — preservation of 



powers, 215 

 Vetch- or Tare, notice of, 246, 289 

 Virginia agriculture, by VV. Kenrick, 13 

 Vose, U., on education of farmers, 39,72 



W. 



Wanderings in the West, 390, 397, 405, 422, 429 



Walker's tulips and pansies, 386 



Water, power of, by Williuiii Foster, Esq , 424 — causinn- 



fire. 95 

 Wall, building of stone, 254 

 Warren, J. L. L. F., experiment with Rohan potatoes, 



297 

 Webster's, Hon. Daniel, speech at the state house, 242, 



245— spi cell in England, 93 

 Weaiher, record i.f, fjr April, 1F40, 378 

 Weeds, impurtnnce of eradicating them, 49 



Western Rail Road, opening of, 122 



Westboro' Agricultural Society, noticeof formation, 200 



— notice of meeting, 250 

 Wheatland, gerdogy and agriculture of, 12 

 Wheal fly, reniHiks on by R A. Harvard, .Montreal, 54 

 Wheal, 53 bushels to the acre, 13 — manured by lime |.t5 



— on clover and liming, 193— great yield of, IV.}-. 



stcepinij it in brine before sowing 306 — cultivation 



of, by E. Phinnpy, 387— smut in, how prevented, 393 

 Whiiiiiigion Wheat, remarks on by W Thorburn, 1", 



305 — a winter and not spring, 97 

 VVhitmarsh, Samuel, on the silU business, 79 

 Whitney, Peter, account of apple tree producing liuil 



i>f 0|ipo>ite qualities, 112 

 Wliale fishery, perils of, 212 

 Witch grass, method of destroying, 72, 231 

 VVinier butter, 201 

 Williams, Mr, uf Alfred, on steeping seed wheat in 



brine, 306 

 Wine, from currants, gooseberrie,-., &c., 399, 414 

 Wood, importance of having a stock of dry, 383 

 Wilder, IM. P. presented with a vase, 281 

 Wool, importance of. its amount, 263 — clean, 25 

 Women milking, ,50— in a thousand, 188 

 Worm inlesting the locust tree, 322 

 Worcester County Agricultural Show, noticed by Jl. C 



.50, 149 — report of committee on .igricnilural imple- 

 ments, &c. 1.57 — do. on leather and wool, 158— on 

 minulactiired ailicles, 165— on sheep, 166— on swine, 

 181 — on f.it cattle and milch cow.--, 173 — on wuikiiig 

 o.xen, 167 — address before, by H. C, I 



Yankee perseverance, 36 



Zoology important to farmers, 327 



