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TO THE TWENTYSECOND VOLUME OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



A. 



Abstinence from food, 8 



Abortion in cows, 43 



Accounts to be settled, 22*2 



Acids in soils, S, 4 



Adams', John d., opinion of the Farmer's profession, 177 



Address, ofhis Ex. H. W. Seward, 10 ; Hon. Mr. Sal- 



tonstall, 210 ; Hon. C. Hudson, 202. 

 African Guano, by S. L. Dana, 309 — i. E. T., on, .336 — 



Andlysis of, bv Dr. Ure, 371 

 Agriculture, Chinese. 179; Colman's European, notic- 

 ed, 374 ; English tacts in the history of, 21H. 



Agricultural, Aphorisms, 161 ; Mission to England, 1 ; 

 Implements discussed at S. House, 274; Society, N. 

 Jersey noticed, ltJ9 ; Resolutions of Northampton So- 

 ciety, 169 ; Rhode Island Society, 122; Consti- 

 tution of Mass. Society, 185 ; Premium list of 345 ; 

 History of early efforts of Mass. Society, 190 ; Report 

 on farms 299, root crops, 306; Middlesex Co. report, 

 194 ; Middlesex Society premium list, 323 ; Meeting, 

 atlhe State House, 227, 238, 244, 246, 250, 253, 262, 

 254, 206, 274, 282, 286, 289, 290, 294, 303, 306— 

 Plymouth Soc, premium list, 236 — account of Cattle 

 Show, 117, 125— reports of, 130, 349, 356, 363— 

 Chemistry, 345 ; Society, Essex County Cattle Show, 

 114, 117 



Air light stoves, 147 



Allen, Rev. Morrell, on Root Crop, 267 ; Report as su- 

 pervisor of Plymouth Agricultural Society, 349, 356, 

 363 ; On close planting corn, 396 



Alternation of crops, 189 



American, produce in English market, 172; Institute of 

 N. York Circular, 44 



Ammonia, Sulphate of, 179,362 — as Manure, 213 — mu- 

 riate of, soaking seed in, 27S — important suggestion, 

 339 



Animal Food, 67 — liability of different animals to die,67 



Anli-SUim Milk, communication from, 269, 333 



,\pp!es, how to keep them, 138 — for sheep, 147 — orch- 

 ard, H. Foster, 194 



Asparagus remedy for gout and rheumatism, 377 



.Ashes as a manure, 345,393,265,246 — unleached do. — 

 uood, peat and coal, 85 



Ayreshire Cattle, 342 



B. 



Baboons, curious account of, 200 



Barberry, effects on grain crops, 11 



Barbour J. R., on Silk Culture and Manufacture, 322 



Bartlelt Levi, aid of science in agriculture, 260 ; lime, 

 as a manure, 260 ; on root crops and potatoes, 284 ; 

 on Sulphurated Hydri'gen, 316 ; on sudden appearance 

 of clover, 380 



Barn yards, method of making, 204 ; careof, 230 ; cellars, 

 utility of, 414 



Barley, analysis of, 3 



Bathing when hot, warning, 34 



Bean, cultivation of the field, 373 



Ucans lor sheep, 397 



Beard, use of, 184 



Bees, curious fact respecting, 9:i — liabiU's of, TS7 

 \ Bee .Moth, 409 

 VBeet Ts Manz^l Wurtzcl, 365 



Belladona, property's of, II 



Birds, and their usefulness, 395 



Blight in pear trees, 329 ; Beetle, T. VV. Harris' ac- 

 count of, 21 



Black leg in Calves, 243 



Bli>ody Milk, 82 



Book Farmers, 147 



Bohton Harbor fmzen, 2.54 



Bots ill horses, cows and sheep, 254 



Borrowing, evil of, 21)4 — remarks upon, 209 



BorTs not killed. 113 



Bommer's patent manure. 121 



Bone mills fur grinding. 299 



Bleeders' C(>iiv«ntion, 76 



Broom corn account o! quantity raiseil, 121 



Breal, ripe, 387 



Briihlon Cattle .M^.rket, 213 



Breeds of our own cattle, 186; Q C. Rich, inquiries, 206 



Bug, Ame-'cm, 3:;8— to protect vines liom, 371 



Business in England, slate of, 9 — improved stale of, 



33— for January, 222, 230 

 Burnett, Joel Dr., on Curculio, 49 

 Bushes thorough cultivation, 5S 

 Butter, exiraordinary cow fur, 155 — making 218, 389, 



149, 413 — how to preserve, 384 — novel mode of 



working, 384 — salting and preserving, 26 — experi- 



menls and observations on, 81 

 Budding, mode of, 2 

 Buttonwood, cause of decay, 11 — diseases of, in 1840, 



17 — A. M. Holt s communication on, 101 

 Bulls, ringintr young ones, 180 — mode of subduing by 



Jaques, 251 



e. 



Cabbage heads from stumps, 256 — soap suds for, 76— on 

 Long Island, 164 — plants destroyed by calterpiilars, 

 355 



Cactus triangularis, description of, 139 



Calves, on rearing, by Economy, 353 — bLick legs in, 

 243--raised on skim milk, 269, 325, 332 ; manage- 

 ment of, 369 ; rearing by Earl Spencer, 82 



Canada Thistle, mode nf extirpating, 3, 187 ; Salt used 

 in their destructiou, 43 



Canker Worms, an inquiry, 70 



Capon, oi making, 183 



Carrots for horses, 357 ; value of 25i ; best soil for, &c. 

 372 



Caiierpillar, to destroy, 366, 357 



Cat, boiled one, 194 



Catterpillar, new kind, account of, by B. .'^ns. by Dr. 

 Harris, 412. 



Cattle and Sheep of Great Britain, 13 — our own breed 

 of, 186 — management ot, 148 — English, 313 — Dur- 

 ham, 323— Ayreshire, 342 



Cattle Show premiums at Westboro', 27; good effects 

 of, 86; at Coiicoid, 117; at Essex, 117; at Ply- 

 mouth, 117 . at Worcester, 126 ; list of premiums for 

 Concord, :t23 ; increased interest in, 128 



Cellar for milk, 2G 



Cement for pipes, 363 



Charcoal, use of, in wheat culture, 116 ; for manure,282 

 experiment with, 277 



Cheese, method of inoculating, 68; mode of preserving, 

 157 



Chemislry Agricultural, 315 



Chemical science, a slur at, 169 



Chicken sallad, 196; hatching, 145 ; manufactory, 363 



Children, to be sent to schocd, 222 ; indulge their cu- 

 riosity, 229 ; governing of, 376 



Chinese Cus!oms, 11, 32 ; Agriculture, 179 



Churning Butter, 149 



Cigala, or Locust, 13 



Citron Slelon, receipt for preserving, 109 



Clapp's pulverizer, 'ih'i 



Clarks', Hon. William Farm, 9 



Close orVol.22, 409 



Clover Seed, preparations of, 341 ; sowing with other 

 seeds, 326 



Clover Hay, curing of, 121 ; sudden appearance of, 342, 

 360 : curing of, 342 



Coffee, to make good, 136 



Colman's Ag. Mission noticed in IMark Lane Express, 1 ; 

 in England, 2 ; Notice of his work, 14 , Terms and 

 cond. lions oC his work, 73 ; Speech at Highland Asri- 

 cultunl Cattle Show, 84 ; Li'tter to Bateham, 91 ; 

 Letter to N. Yoik Socinty, 164 , Apology for delay 

 of work, 318 ; European -Agriculture noticed, 374 ; 

 Speech at Sussex, 28 



Compost, advantages of lime in. 42; peat, 394 ; heap, 

 shovelinir over, 212 



Conciti of Birds, 333 



Concord Ploughing Match! 117 



Conserv.'itory. destruction by file, 185 



Conirnst in iifi', 376 



Cooking food f'ur stock, 137 ; a husband, 32 



l^orn Malk Sugar, experiraents in making, 402 — Corn 



Stalks r-utling of, 9(; — green for niilk, 355 — fodder, 



value «'f, 83 — mode of culture of, fttr fodder, 393 



vCorn, cnltivaiion of 303 — rule to meashre, 387 — close 



I planliiiir, 315, 39(i, 34li — t-xperiment on stooking, 



I 317 — planting of, 355 — Indian profits of, 357 — tillage 



of, 377 — accounts of large crops, 42 — successful ej 

 perimenis in planting, 76 — harvesting, 7b — hullinj 

 133 — improvement of, 148 — culling up before ripe 

 158 — large crop of, 158 — and potatoe large crop, 173- 

 plowing in for manure, 196 — thorough preparation < 

 the soil for, 201 — great yield of, 205 — cobs, nutritio 

 of, 213 — premium crops of, 274 — samples from largi 

 298 — stalk, sugar, 157 — preservation from frost, 401- 

 odrl rows of, 405 — tillage of, 410 



Cows, Milch, feeding of, 405 



Cows, Milch, will potatoes make them poor, 25) — extr: 

 ordinary Butter, 155 — and horse comparative value 

 12— large yield of Butter from Mrs. Buckley, 17- 

 fork found in the stomach of a cow, 43 — abortion! 

 43 — milking qualities of Durham, 85 — mana»emer 

 with calves, 292 — points of a giod milch, 373 — car 

 of in Netherland, 315 — on dropping after calving, 32'. 



Cream Cheese, 406 



Cream clouted or clotted, 19 



Crops and season, 22 ; rotation of, 141 ; alternation o 

 189 



Cruciform plants, 33 



Cucumber, culture of, 321, 353 — trained, 373 



Culture of fruit, 325— field Beans, 372— of the Grape, 40 



Cultivator, against Plows, 21 



Curing Hams, 193,164, 37 



Curculio habits of, 13 ; Dr. J. Burnett's communicatio 

 on, 49 : J. A. Kenrick's remedy lor, 348 : pavemen 

 remedy for, 403 



Curl in Potatoes, 386 



Cutting grain, 227 ' 



D. 



Dairyman's Bill. 165 



Dana's Prize Essay, 228, 234, 242, 276, 268, 298, 284 

 314, 331, 340, 348, 356; communication on Sassure' 

 experiments, 324, '330 ; on Leibeg's remark on Sas 

 sure's experiments, 338; on Sassure 's proofs, &c 

 358 ; on African Guano, 369 



Debts, ten reasons for paying, 104 — the State, 33 



Devon's and native cattle, 125 



Directions for preparing Beef, Pork and Lard, 194, ITJ 



Disease in Potatoes, 212 ; in Pears, 275 



Dog, faithfulness "f one, 40 ; aliachment of one to 

 child, 264 ; the Poets, 272 



Domestic Economy, 26, 27 



Draining and its etfects, 35 ; of land, 142, 188; leetur 

 on, bv E. Smith, 156; good effects ot, 218; swaiuj 

 land-', 367 ; T. C. Lowell's on, 306 



Dreaming to some purpose, 40 



Droping of Cows after calving, 329 



Dung, the quality of, 264 ; Hoise, Sheep, Hog and nigh 

 soil, 268; action of mould in Cattle, 252; action o 

 sails <m Cattle, 268; circumsiances which effect ih 

 quantity and quality of animal, 276 



Durham Cattle, 332 



Dyspepsia, cure of, 69 



E. 



Eagle, aiisrocralic taste of, 48 



Earihern Pots, danger of using foi Pickles, 201 



Economy, thoughts on, 6.5 



Economical application of manures, 370 



Education abroad. 240 



Ellsworth H. L. Circular, 196— letter on Bomn.er's ma 



nure. 221 



English .Agriculture, facts in history of, 218 — Capital 

 3S8 



Ernst A. H Horticultural tour to Boston, 171, 180,233 



Ergot, deleterious effects ii; Cattle, 229 



William dough's communication on,2Hl 



Essex Cattle Show, account of 117 



Excrements of Horses, liorneil Cattle, ttc, 57 



f^xercise, benefits of, ri;80 



Expeiiments with Guano, 285— with Nitrate f Soda 

 Sulphate of Soda, Sulplulc of Ammonia— f;:irn Yan 

 M:.nures, &c. 362— dillerent kinds of mai.' \ 395- 

 in manufacture of Cm Sialk Sugnr, 402 



Ewes and Lambs, method to make the mother own, 32 

 F. 



Farm, a Virginia one, 105— things to be remini' ered o 

 a, 381 



