TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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Law reforms, ....... 
Lawyers and farmers contrasted, _ ... 
Light, new instrument for measuring, 
Light wanted, com and potatoes successfully alternated, 
Lime water will preserve wood, .... 
Literary statistics, ...... 
Litter your cattle yards, ..... 
Look out for another panic, .... 
Lunar influence, . . . . 21, 25, 121, 167 
Management of sandy looms, &e. . . . 202 
Manual labor, report of Mr. Weld on, 52 
Manufacture of maple sugar, .... 198 
Manures, 
Advantage of, ...... 202 
Ashes, leached, experiments with, ... 42 
— •— and brine, effects of, . . . .54 
— wood, unbleached, experiments with, . 150 
Bone, its fertilizing properties, .... 42 
■— its value for turnip crops, .... 172 
— compared with farm-yard, .... 188 
Conversion of, into crops, .... 146 
Fish, how applied, ...... 21 
For the potato crop, . . . . . 11 
Green crops, their efficacy as, .... 114 
— — How applied, . . . . 70, 75, 104 
— — In what condition applied, ... 65 
Lime, effect of slaking, ..... 146 
•— jnquiry in regard to, ..... 43 
— ifs'nature and properties, . . . . 93 
— on the use of, ...... 140 
■— use of, recommended by Sir Walter Scott, . 143 
Magnesia, observations on, .... 106 
Of the nature and action of, . . . 108, 122 
On burying deep, ...... 76 
Organic, application and value of, . . . 135 
Peat earth, peat ashes, mode of preparation, . . 18 
Plaster on clay lands, experiments with, . . 121 
Portable, value of, ...... 84 
Poudrette, experiments with, . . . 120, 121 
•— and farm yard manure, .... 205 
— extract of a letter relative to, ... 62 
Sea weed, remarks on preparation and application of, 162 
Stable, compared with bone dust, for turnips, . 126 
Urate and poudrette, mode of application, . . 60 
— •— ■— recommended, . . . 151, 163 
Matter of deep interest to the west, ... 51 
Meadows and Pastures, 
Artificial, benefits resulting from, .... 88 
Grass, inquiry respecting, .... 91 
Hay-making, remarks on, ..... 181 
Meat, saltpetre in. ...... 202 
Melons, their culture and profit, .... 23 
Method of raising water, ..... 42 
Miller’s tolls, ..... 56, 91, 133 
Mode of ascertaining the milking properties of cows, 205 
Moisture, air and heat indispensable to germination, 51 
Mortar, directions for making good, . . . . 59 
Much that is to be commended, .... 57 
Mulberry, American, profits of, .... 36 
— criticism on the, ...... 44 
— culture and estimated expense of, 54 
— multicaulis fever noticed, .... 85 
— ■—• mode of cultivating, ..... 20 
— — multiplication of, .... 66 
— •— prices of, ...... 146 
•— varieties, ....... 21 
Musmon, crossing with the sheep, .... 205 
National debt, remarks on, ..... 49 
None so blind as those who won’t see, ... 39 
No one tastes so good fruits as he who raises them, 40 
Northern Shepherd’s Manual noticed, . . . 114 
Notices of Correspondents. 
Rockwell’s corn planter—Oil cake—Improvement by 
selecting seed—Brussa mulberry—More insect ene¬ 
mies—Pea bug—-J. M. Miliken’s proposition—Su¬ 
gar beets—Sugar boiler—Smith’s cultivator—Nitre 
in steeps—Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge— 
Gypsum—Application of lime, . . 16 
Correction—Our back volumes—Lice upon cattle— 
Berkshire pigs—Boynton’s straw cutter—Rohan po- 
tatoes-Farming in Middle Tennessee—transplanting 
evergreens'—Native mulberry—Botsford’s thrashing 
machine—Preparing seed corn'—Lice upon ruta ba- 
ga and cabbage—Silk reel—Cast iron plough with 
steel point—On the subject of advice—Pitts’ thrash¬ 
er—A friend to improvement—Preparation of clover 
seed—loss of the cud, . . . .41 
Official opinion on the franking privilege. . . 147 
Oil cake recommended, .... 151 
Old colony yet, .... 46 
On bringing cattle to the barn, . . . 303 
Onions, culture of, . . . . . 71 
Our country—our whole country, . . 9 
Our four first volumes, . . . .32 
Our premiums, . . . . .12 
Our sheet and its price, .... 129 
Pageantry of Republics, . . . 145 
Parsnip, culture of, . . . .35 
Patent office, receipts and expenditures of, . . 13 
Peach, on the propagation of the, . . 182 
Peach tree grub, how destroyed, . . 133, 150 
Pears, catalogue of, at Albany Nursery, . . 65 
Pear tree, blight in the, remedied, . . 21 
Phinney, E. visit to the farm of, ... 171 
Pliisiology, vegetable, . . . .75 
— vegetable and animal, . . 71, 89, 150 
Pigs, Berkshire, general rules for selection of, . 180 
Pigs, Berkshire, deceptive sales of, noticed, 
— useful hints on breeding, 
Pin making, improvements in, . 
Plants, on the respiration of, 
structure and functions of, 
•— tropical, spices, 
Plums, seedling, noticed, 
Postmasters, caution to, , 
Potato and turnip crop compared, 
culture and crop of, 
— in England, 
great crop of, ... 
Rohan, and China tree corn, 
— large yield, 
— qualities and yield, 
rust on the, 
seed, experiments on, . 
sweet, how to keep, 
Power, economy of, 
Prejudice, force of, 
Premiums for 1838, . 
— for 1839, 
Massachusetts, on farms, 
utility of, ... 
Principles the basis of correct practice, 
Privileged classes, 
Productive powers of nature, 
Proposition to be considered, 
Prospectus to 7th volume, 
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Protection of brick and stone walls, 
Pruning, remarks on, ..... 
Pure air, importance of, 
Queries, on destruction of broom sedge and dock—ma¬ 
nagement of bees—process of laying off side ditch and 
graduated furrow, .... 25 
Queries, relative to Berkshire pigs—Protection of north¬ 
east walls, and French asphaltum, . . 24 
Queries, relative to clover machine, . . .55 
Rail-roads, tendency of, . . .67 
Rail-way towpath, its utility suggested, . . 163 
Relics of by-gone superstition, . . 22 
Renovating worn out land, . . . .46 
Republics, the pageantry of, ... 145 
Rhubarb, mode of forcing, ... 39 
— red giant Goliah, .... 102, 141 
Tobolsk, . . . . .39 
Road-making, remarks on, ... 105 
Robinson fund, location of premium lots, . 88 
Root culture, .... 11, 34, 49, 142 
•— — process and cost of, . . .185 
•—■ — queries relative to, . . 167 
Roots, on the proper selection of, . . 92 
Rotation of crops, . . . 17, 21, 59, 99 
Ruta bagas and sugar beets for hog-feed, . . 199 
— — culture of, .... 19 
— ■—• improvement in culture suggested, . 23 
— •— its advantages, time of sowing, . . 123 
— —• its culture and profit, . . . 125 
— — its effect on butter, ... 42 
•— •— mode of preparation by steam, . 54 
School district libraries, an act respecting, . 76 
— —• •— Harpers, noticed, . • • 177 
— houses, abstract of Gen. Mann’s report on, . 33 
— libraries, remarks on, ... 20 
— select, Rev. J. Lodor's, .... 149 
Schools, infant, of agriculture and horticulture in France, 141 
— of agriculture, importance of, . . 50 
Season, hints for the, ..... 145 
Seed, importance of selecting, . . .92, 149 
— influence of climate upon, . . . 116 
— reason of not germinating, . . . 123 
Seeds, exhibition of, in England, . . .88 
Sheep, Anglo-Merino noticed, ... 67 
— heavy flock in Virginia, .... 105 
— husbandry, ..... 73 
— relative advantages of large and small, . . 15 
— South-Down, recommended, . . 23 
Short horn fever in Kentucky, . . .39 
Silk business, attention to, recommended, • 92, 134 
■— — its progress, . . . .14, 58, 90 
— companies noticed, .... 82 
— culture, address on, . . . .32 
—• ■— as a collateral branch of farm operations, 35 
— •— in poor houses suggested, . . 53 
— growers, hints to, . . . . . 20 
— Manual, Whitmarsh’s noticed, . . 39 
— manuals and periodicals, . . . .67 
— reel, Piedmontese, .... 62 
— worm, new species noticed, . . .39 
— — eggs* carelessness in saving, . . 174 
Smithsonian bequest, . . . . .16 
Soils, capabilities of, . . . 74 
■— memoir on the classification of, . .169 
— singular change in quality of, . . 46 
Squash, culture and profits of, ... 72 
Stink weed, efficacy of, . . . 142 
Storms, northeast, ..... 146 
Subsoil ploughing, .... 36 
Sugar, beet, estimates relative to, . . 14l 
•— — manufacture of, recommended, . 140 
— estimated consumption of, ... 185 
— maple, clayed, for premium, . . . 132 
— — process of manufacturing, . . .12 
Suggestions to builders of stone or brick houses, 56 
Sun flower, mammoth noticed, . . . 166 
— — uses of the, . . . . 166 
Sun shine, daily value of, . . . 143 
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Tariff, balance of trade, . . 
Teaching by example, 
Temperature, comparison of, at Albany, 
The Budget. 
Dwarf blue imperial pea—Apple orchards—Remedy 
against the black ant—Silk culture in poor-houses—■ 
An agricultural glossary 1 —The corn crop—The mul¬ 
ticaulis—The destructive system—New discoveries 
■—Experiment in harvesting corn—Rearing calves 
without milk—Mr. Osborn’s premium crop—Trans¬ 
planting evergreens, &c.—Queries and answers— 
Tea tree, . • . 
Root slicer—Wild garlic or wild onions, &e.—Potato 
oats—Dutton corn and Rohan potatoes—Time to sow 
clover—A decent pig—Relative value of potatoes— 
Budding peach trees—Studioso Evangeliis—Water 
lime, . . . . . . 
Cutting brushes'—Short horn bull—Foreign agricultu¬ 
ral periodicals—Silk culture in the District of Co¬ 
lumbia—Thrashing machines, 
Culture of the strawberry—Disease of Dutton corn— 
Manual labor school—Rohan potato—Price of ani¬ 
mals, &c. ..... 
Silk reel—Thrashing machine, 
Millers’ tolls—Carbonate of lime—Buckwheat straw 
■—Sundry queries—Italian rye grass—Medicus, 
Locust hedges—Peat earth—Hog-pen 1 —Plans of hou¬ 
ses—Planting trees-—Shovel plough—Disease in 
calves—Grape culture—Tomatoes, . 
The farmer is neglected and forgotten, 
— ■— should read and think, 
The farrier, a valuable extract, 
“ The Memorial” noticed and recommended, 
The mind and the Soil, 
The season noticed, . . 
Tomatoes, instructions for preparation of, 
—• how to preserve for winter, . 
To our correspondents, 
To our patrons, .... 
Tow-path rail-way, utility of, suggested, 
Transplanting roots, process of, . 
— trees, hints on, 
Tropical Florida, .... 
Turnips, culture of, 
— injurious to horses—disputed, 
— value of, . 
Useful mode of teaching, . 
Various matters considered, 
Vegetable kingdom explained, 
Vegetebles, artificial crossing of, 
— crosses of, ... 
Vegetation, phenomena of, considered, 
Water, novel plan of drawing, 
Wealth, the result of industry and frugality, 
We spread our nets too broad, 
We thank our correspondents, 
What is education? . . 
Wheat, effects of steeping, 
— product from one grain of, 
— new white, remarks on, 
— Santa-Fee, new variety, 
— Whitington spring, noticed, . 
Whitewash, improved, recommended, 
Whitmarsh’s Silk Manual, 
Wire ropes noticed, 
Wool statistics of Vermont, 
Women milking, ..... 
Young Men’s Department —Hints to Young Farmers. 
Despise not small things—time is capital, 
Self culture, an address by Dr. Channing, 
Culture of the mind, 
Chemical Catechism —Salts, . 
— — Simple combustibles, 158, 
Year 1839, Close of, 
Zinc roofs, objection against, 
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Smith’s Subsoil Plough, 
Tower’s Cheese Press, . 
Drag or Harrow, 
General Plan of a School House, . 
End view of Desks and Seats, 
Plan of a Village School House, . 
Trough for examination of Sheep, 
Sargent’s Forcing Pump, . 
10, 11. Grape training, 
Piedmontese Silk Reel, 
Revolving Gate, 
15. Plan of a Farm Building, 
Plan of Boiler for Cattle Food, 
Machine for Sowing Beet Seed, . 
Improved Expanding Cultivator, 
Read’s Probang, . 
Whalen’s Cultivator, . . 
Improved Gate, 
Plan of an out building, 
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