IV. 



INDEX. 



riows, tri.'il of, al Essex, 139 



l'li>wlng, in green crops, 37 — Corn, for manure, 106 — 

 and Biihsnil Plow, 150 — Gr^'pn t5\v:irrl, 140— Dee|) 40 



I'oor s, Benjaniin, accounl ol Ins (arm, 01 — Pliinncj's re- 

 port on, 'Jlt'J 



Pork and Beef, western, 198— and Lard Oil, 171 



I'orler Apple, origin of, 17H — 



I'otaioes, should tliev be planted whole, 341 — new me- 

 thod of planting, -^84 — Jiercer and Chenango, 2()1 — 

 planting 355 — curious one, 4ij — will they njake Milch 

 Cows poor, 251— colinre of, 307, 300— Irish, 333— 

 (ailure preveii!ed, 373 — dii^ea^rs of, (j() — diseases in, 

 '212 — raising Irom seed, •24"2 — large crops of Corn, ^-c. 

 173 — S. Worcester's !<eedlings, 94 — death from <lisea- 

 sed, 173 — feedin/; to cattle and cultivation of, 267 — 

 Curl and rot in, 404 — trade in, 173— starch 67 — crop 

 and experiment with manure, 395 



Piotee Pinks, premiums for 2';' 



Poultry Houses, 173 — preparing lor market, 214 — prices, 

 ol. 1^06— subject urider discussion at State House, 3()'J 

 306 



Poudrette, remarks on, and Kentish's letter, 198 



Premiums for best farms irtfered, 3 — to be awarded at 

 Westboro', 17— lor Picotee Pinks, y-3— Roses, 14 — 

 Corn crops, 27,') 



Preservation of Corn from frost, 401 



Preserving Butter, 385 



Prince, John, Esq , obituary notice of, 62 



Produce in English market, 172 



Productive farms, 393 



Profiis per acre of 8 crops, 378 



Provisions, packing for I'oreian market, 172, 194 



Pruning fruit trees', 386, 398," i49— season for 382 



Pulverizer, Clapp s, .353 



Pulverising the soil, 358 



Pu^mpkin, culture of, on gras.", 395 — crop, cultivation of, 

 372 — receipt for making pies, 196 



Purging sick Hoi-ies, 21 1 



Putnam, Allen's farewell, 102— reiiracy, 110— account of 

 Essex Catile Show, 114 



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Rail Roads from Boston, length of, 3 

 Ranunculuses, notice of Walker's, 414 

 Rasberry analysis of, 341 

 Rattlesnake, account of, 60 



Rea-^ons for payiow for newspapers, 232 — debts, 104 

 Ri'ceipt to get rich, 3— for making Sassafras-Mead 13— 

 for destroying squash and yellow Btig, 1^ — for taking 



nut Lime Spots, '27— to remove Grease Spots, 27 for 



cleaning ivory handles to Knives, 27— tor washing 

 Wollen Gcods, 44— to mak epickled Tomatoes, 61 — 

 to make Potato Slaich, 67— for Bois, 69— Killing 

 Borers, 68— Killing Caobkae Lice,68— cure for Found"- 

 ered Horse, 76— to prevent dogs running ,Mad, 77— to 

 ruin a Son, 83— to cure Spavins in Horses, 89— for 

 making Black Ink, 139— to niako Butler without 

 churning, 141— eemeni for Wood and Glass, 153— to 



prevent Scythes and other Tools from rust, 152 



Pickle for "Meat, 157— to preserve Cheese, 157— for 

 curing Hams. 164— for corning Rums, 171— to cure 

 Westphalia Hams, 173— for preservation of Apples, 

 179— for curing Heaves in Horses, 186- for curing 

 Hams, 193— for making Pumpkin Pies, 196 — for Fat- 

 tening Hogs, 2(ll — for purging Sick Horses, 211— to 

 Cure Burns, 214— to extract Oil or other Grease, 

 229— to kill Flies in Chee-c Room, 230— to cure 

 Corns, 233,301 — preserving eggs, 353— to kill Lice on 

 Catile, 353— to distroy Caterpillars, 357— to make 

 Souse, 241— for conking Salt Fish, 243— to prepare 

 Green Peas for Winter, 201— to make Indelible Ink, 

 275— to cure a S..rn Throat, 277— to make Cement 



f..r glass and wood, 276— curing diseased Sheep, 291 



to cure Cancers 299— to make grafting Wax, 301— 

 curing chapped hsnds, 301— to cure Cmup, 301- fnr 

 getting a Wife. 301 — for making Candles, 321— to 

 protect Peach Trees against Worms, 325— to take oui 



Grease Spots, 327— to make a valuiihle Siilve, 339 to 



make Cement for Pipes, 363 — ti, make Yeast 373 



to kill Bed Bugs, 381— to cure Worms, 382— for kil- 

 ling yellow Bugs, 3S9— to preserve Tomatoes, 40.5— 

 to kill Ticks on Sheep. 405— preparing cheap Paint 

 411— for I'oiaened Sheep, 411. -^ ° f ""', 



Reclaimed Peat IVIe.ndow and Bogs, 131 



Remedies for disease. I Sheep. 2'J~] 



Rhode Island S..ciely for the !■;. D. J., 122 



Rich, how shall I become, 248 



Ripe Bread, 387 



Robin, remarks on, by S. W. Harris 412 



Rnsei premium for, 14 



Roots, mode of preserving, 15e— ag-iinsl hay, 361 



Root crops, Massachusetts Society report on, 306— L. 



Bartlelt on, 284— discussed at the Slate House, 266, 



270 — manured with their tops, 212 

 Roots of Plants, 283 

 Rotation of crops, 141 

 Rohan Pot.atoes, 141 

 Rot in Sheep, caution, 365 



Salt used in curing Hay, 369 ; and lime as a manure, 

 373,52; and the cut worm, 52; Hon. John Welles 

 com. on, 243; for Land, 265, 405 



Sailing Hay for stock, 219, 381 ; and preserving Butter, 



Salt Lye applied to Plum Trees, 348 



Saltpetre lor Peacli Trees, 219 



Saltonstall's .Agricultural Address, 210, 220 



Sap, ascent of in Phiiits, 337 



Sassure's proofs, &c. 350 ; expeiimenls, 324, 330 



Sassnfras ^lead, 13 



Scientific terms in Agricultural Writings, 78 



Science aid to Agriculture, 187, 260 ; the advantage to 



Agriculture, 209 

 School Journal, 291 

 Scotch Cottage, 374 



Season, forward one, 358 ; and crops, 22 

 Sea Serpent, 136 

 Seasoning posts and timber, 53 

 Seaweed as a manure, 269, 323; as a fertilizer, 204 ; 



and kelp as a manure, 81 

 Seed, Corn, importance of selecling, 27; proper depth 

 for, 92; soaking in muriate of ammonia, 278 ; effects 

 of soaking in chemical solutions, 285; steeping and 

 manuring, 285 ; sow liberally, 313 ; preparing Clover, 

 341 

 Seeding down to grass, 62 

 Seedling grapes and peais, 102; potatoes for distribu- 



ion, 131 

 Sewing Silk Manufaciory, 69 

 Seward, His Excel. W. H Address, 10 

 Sheep, Webster on, 242 ; foot rot in, caution, 365 ; rem- 

 edies for disea.=ed, 291 ; and Lambs, 305; Beans for, 

 397; shearing at Nantucket, 414 ; remedy fir poison- 

 ed sheep, 411 

 Shipping Horses, 217 



Shurtlefl', Benjamin jr., account of his Farm, 105 ; an- 

 swer to inquiries, 114 

 Silk, Circular, 66; convention, 137; resolutions and 

 convention, 146; question settled, 193 ; culture and 

 manufacture, 322; testimony in favor of, 370 

 Silk room, editor's remarks on, 38 

 Skimmilkeron rearing Calves, 325, 353,387 

 Skim-milk controversy, 393 

 Skilful Ag. and Hort. 205 



Smith, E , Lerture on Draining and Sub-soiling, 156 

 Smith, Dr. J. V. C, com. on plum tree, 321 

 Soil, stirring, 5 ; change in, by grain crops, 9 ; the pro- 

 perly of attracting moisture, 18 ; effects of deepening, 

 221; importance of warming and pulverizine, 290 ; 

 of Cape Cod, 377 ; analysis of, 389 

 Soils, benefit of mixing, 377 ; acid in, 2, 4 

 Soiling Cattle, 255, 325 

 Soda, nitrate of, experiments with, 362; sulphate of, 



ibid 

 Sowing Clover with other grass seed, 326 

 Spavins in Horses, 89 

 Spring work, 292, 318 

 Stall feeding, economy of, 282 

 Stone, how to get rid of ,■> large one, 216 

 Stock Farm, basis of excellence, 46— warmth and shel- 

 ter in winter, 196— New England, 54 — improved do- 

 niestic, 74— breeders' convention,— 76 parsnips for, 

 277— Devonshire and native, 125 — cooking food for, 

 137— improvement of our own, 153— management of, 

 discussed at the State House, 250, 254 improve- 

 ment in, 217— imported, 217 

 Stealing fruit, 93 



Stocking Corn, experiments with, 317 

 Strawberry, cultivation of, 68; male and female, 275 ; 



nitrate of soda used on, 339 

 Straw for fodder, value of dilTerenl kinds, 109 

 Stoves, air tight. 147 

 Subsoil plow' and ploughing, 150; lecture on, by E. 



Smith, 156 

 Squashes, son-ing, in the fall, 137 

 Sunflower, cultivation of, 398 



Sugar, Maple and Cornstalk, 157 ; experiments in mak- 

 ing corn-stalk, 402 

 Sulphate of Soda. 3f,2 ; ammonia, ibid 

 Swamps and wet meadows, improvement of, 30 

 Swamp mild, best time to di^, 38 

 Swamp land, 184 



Sycamore, cause of disease, 17, 101, 395 

 Sjmphitum, account of, 177 



Teschemachers remarks at New York Ploughing 

 Match, 138 ; extracts from his address before N. York 

 Insiituie, 226 ; experiment with charcoal in plants, 

 277 ; in Guano, its efTecls on corn,&c. 281 ; answer to 

 Lovett's inquiries, 305; remarks on Dr. Jackson's 

 Guano, 315 ; on the action of Guano, 340 ; analvsis of 

 African and Peruvian Guano, 366 ; answer to a con- 

 slant reader, 390 



Testimony in favor of the Silk Business, 370 



Thistles how to destroy, 53 



Thrifty and unthrifly farming, 354 



Tillage of corn crop, 382, 410 



Tomato, how to preserve, 405; new use of. 91 



Tobacco in Connecticut, 101, 136; around Peach trees, 



Tools, good ones, 185 



Trees effect in ameliorating climate, 36 ; as protectors 

 from lightning, 161 ; how to make an unproductive 

 oiie bear, 277 ; mode of planting, 333 ; season of 

 trimming, 381; Fruit Trees, subject discussed 28-'' 

 286, 289, 290, 294 ' 



Turnip, protection against the Fly, 365; seed not veg- 

 atating when sowed, with Guano, 365; trial of Gua- 

 no on, 355 ; cultivation of, 308; English round or 

 flat, 25 



Turkeys, mode of fattening, 157 ; use of at the south, 



Truths, wholesome ones, 75 



U. 

 Unproductive tree made to bear, 277 

 Unruly milker. 299, 305 

 Urati liow to save, 373 



Urine as a manure, 179 ; causes which make it better or 

 worse, 299 



V. 



Valentine Dr., mode of preparing and preserving ma- 

 nures, 46 ; artificial Guane, 318 

 Van Mons, notice of his death, 225 

 Vines, to protect them from Bugs, 371 ; graftinir of. 27 

 Vineyards, Ohio, 103 5 ^ • 



Virginia, things in, 113 



W. 



Walker, S , notice of his Ranunculuses, 414 



Watering fruit trc;s, 371. 



Wages of farm laborers in England, 11 



Washing wool, 385 



Wax for grafting, 301 



Welles, Hon. J^hn, on Salt, as manure, 244 



Weather, seventy of, 254 



Webber, Dr Samuel, on experiment in soaking seed. 

 &c.,278 ^ ' 



Webster, Hon. Daniel, speech at Rochester, 106; on 

 Sheep, 242 ; and his farm, 234 ; anecdote of, 313 



Westboro' Cattle Show, 118; premium list, 17; Socie- 

 ty's Reports, 133 



Wheat Worm, 413 ; scratched by a Hen after sowing, 

 good effect of, 361 *' 



Wheat, ancient Prayer to ward off the insect, 233 ; im- 

 provement and propagation, 154; culture, use of 

 Charcoal, 116; rise in, at Chicago, 30 ; improvement 

 of, 148 



Wheeler, L. M., account of seedling Potatoes, 130 ; 

 Benj. account of Peat Meadow, 69 



White Daises, 405 



Why and because, 218 



Winter rye, cutting of, 14 



Wife, finding one, 48 ; worth having, 178 



Women laboring in the field, 374 



Woodland, how should they be managed, 235 



Wood, green and dry, 229 ; cutting an sledding, 230 ; 

 lime to cut, 237 ; to prevent decaying, 385 



Wood Ashes, Coal Ashes, 4^., 85 



Wool, demand for long, 257 ; washing, 385 ; effects of 

 Tariff on, 218 



Worcester, S., uocount of Seedling Potatoes, 94 



Worcester County Agricultural Society, 126 ; reports of 

 commitlei, 140; Horticultural Society, exliibition,126 



Worms, forest, account by S, W. Jewell, 412 



Worn out lands, 289 



Y. 



Yeast, recipe for making, 373 

 Yew, caution to Farmers, 373 



Zink vessels for Milk, 413. 



Z. 



