THE CULTIVATOR. 
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We have arranged under the respective heads 
of Household Economy—Farm Implements—Dis¬ 
eases of Animals—Diseases of Crops—Farmers’ 
Garden—Meadows and Pastures—Manures and 
Indian Corn, &c. — whatever relates to these parti¬ 
cularly. 
Page. 
Address to dairy women. 79 
Advantages of science. 89 
Agricultural movements. 5 
— periodicals...7, 107 
— — recommended for common schools .. 10 
— — their advantages. 13, 49 
— — salutary influence of. 108, 190 
— chemistry, its importance.150, 35 
— convention, N. Y. State, the proceedings of.. 27 
— — at Syracuse.do. 33 
— address of J. Buel, to Fulton county society.170 
— bounties of Maine .. 45 
— — of Massachusetts. 33, 71, 86 , 169 
— employment, commended. 74 
— libraries, books recommended for.78, 91 
— items. .187 
— memoranda.106 
— museum in Scotland. 152 
— — recommended in N. York. 198 
— exhibitions noticed. 152 
— report in Massachusetts.56, 69 
— — of Mr. Allen, in Assembly. 31 
— improvements in Scotland. 150 
— society, N. Y. State, their proceedings . 21 
— — suggestions to. 77 
— — of Newcastle, Del. 42 
— — of Scotland, notice of its annual meeting. 12 
— — national of Britain. 136 
— — — American, proposal to establish.60, 109 
— societies, their utility. 102 
— — notice of new ones.150 
— legislation, much wanted. 189 
An admonition to farmers. 73 
Agricultural bill, reported in Assembly. 32 
Agriculture, its importance to society...61, 91 
— encouragement given to it in France . 107 
— what has our legislature done for it. 71 
— its study recommended.152 
— has been patronized by wise governments.141 
— of Germany, its condition. 72 
Agricultural school, remarks in relation to. 71 
— circular in relation to. 183 
— plan of study in. 76 
— at Templemoyle, Ireland. 97 
— three others m Ireland. 152 
— in France. 98 
— of Hoffwyl, noticed . 107 
Agricultural schools, their public utility demonstrated... 165 
Atmosphere, a source of fertility. 45 
Agricultural and Horticultural society in Michigan. 185 
American Institute, 11th anniversary. 130, 187 
Am. Soc. for diffusion of useful knowledge... 151, 181, 190 
— — note from the executive committee of. 215 
Alkalies, their effect in preserving wood.138 
Available means of agricultural improvement. 102 
A small matter set right. 5 
Army worms, avert blight. 192 
Apples, S. Preston’s remarks on. 38 
— how preserved in winter.189 
—• butter, how made. 63 
— pomace, good for stock. 187 
Axiom in husbandry . 91 
Aim and fruits of philosophy...56 
Birn, &c. Armstrong’s plan of. 13 
— Bement’s do...... 14 
— Lagrange’s do.... «. 15 
— Cowles’ do. 47 
— Penn’s do. 48 
— Walker's opinion of a. 49 
— Jewett’s portable. 108 
•— plan of a Pennsylvania.172 
Beet sugar, remarks on . 9 
— — great improvement in making. 72 
— — new improvements in making.203 
Bee-hive, the Vermont, described. ] 4 l 
— —r- the Kentucky do .208 
—- moth, how to avoid. . 64 
Breeding farm stock, important essay upon. 193, 209 
Board of agriculture, useful duties it might perform .... 197 
Book-farming, considered. 19 
■— — defined. 137 
Bog land, how improved.. 12 
Butt-hinge manufactory at West Troy.204 
Books on agriculture for schools. 96 
Buckwheat, Indian, noticed. 46 
Bees and Bee-houses. 62 
Bad practices in farming... 77 126 
Botany, Johnson’s lectures on...’ 129 
Board of agriculture. 197 
Cash-book, important to the farmer. 194 
Calf, extra large one noticed.. 59 
Caution in the use of matches...136 
Calendar of Flora......... . 201 
Cattle, the best to be kept for breeding .. 7 
Yorkshire cow. 8 
— Devonshire ox. 8 
— directions for stall-feeding.. 44 
— hints on feeding. 122 
Cattle, short-horns, sale of Weddle's. 104 
— — of Whitaker’s stock. 150, 187 
— ■— of Clarkson’s.-. 120 
— 1 — great prices in Kentucky. 187, 194 
— — prices at Holkham sale.122 
Canker-worms, how destroyed. 40 
Capital, health, industry and intellect. 66 
Carrots, Mr. Spring's crop.187 
Cultivator premiums.5, 200 
Cucumbers, culture and profit of. 173 
Climate, artificial means to improve. 40 
Crops, in Chenango. 19 
•— prospect of the... 120 
— further notice of.... 126 
— in Virginia, defective.. 143 
•— in New-Jersey, deficient . 143 
•— in West New-York. 157 
Children, belong to the republic. . 55 
— in manufactories, their condition . 55 
Criticism, on Mr. Glass’ letters. 60 
Clover, its culture in the south. 74 
— mode of curing in cocks. 109 
— and clover seed, invite attention. 201 
•— leys, how made beneficial .196 
Corn-stalk fodder...94; 200, 205 
Chemical knowledge, important to the farmer.104 
Convertible husbandry......107 
Cheese from potatoes ... 107 
•— modes of making in Scotland.169 
— double Gloucester, how made.169 
— Stilion and Wiltshire do.169 
Cows, great product of.110, 139 
Cotton culture and its profits. 124 
Choice scraps.148 
Common school libraries, legislative provision for. 101 
— subject noticed... 151, 157, 182 
Couch grass, valuable cattle food. 152 
Cider, mode of making and fining. 157 
Clay soil, means of improving..'. 194 
Close of the volume, remarks on the. 197 
Dairy, its profits. 15 
— management in Scotland. 168 
Deterioration of soil. 9 
Dogs, cured of sheep-killing propensity. 11 
Doctoring fruit trees.206 
Deep ploughing, recommended. 80 
— its importance explained .. 87 
Draining, its advantages illustrated . 87 
—• its practical effects . 106 
— by steam, noticed. 106 
— on Ohio prairies.110 
*— averts the effects of drought.137 
— perfect subsoil recommended.147 
— furrow, economical mode of.144 
•— under, inquiries relative to. 110 
— — economical mode of. 126 
— tiles of peat, how prepared. -.t'** 
Decomposition of vegefn 6 ioo.- 98 
Different oyatnnis of farming.112 
Diseases, &c. of Farm Crops. 
Eider will protect grain from rats. 92 
Grain weevil, described, &c. 121 
Turnip fly, how avoided. 104, 121, 150 
Insect enemies, described .... .. 18 
— notice of. 183 
Efficacy of lime in repelling do. 108, 127 
Feeding off wheat in spring prevents the ravages of do 64 
The least of the hugs described. 55 
Damage from insect enemies. 89 
Striped bug and turnip fly, how kept from plants. 91 
Fumigation successful in protecting crops. 136 
Causes and prevention of rust or mildew.136 
Wheat maggot. 167 
Prevention of mildew. 178 
Blight caused by barberry bushes.204 
Mode of destroy ing grubs. 206 
Experiments with steeps.119 
Smut avoided by using old seed. 51 
—- directions for preventing... 102 
— how communicated to clean seed... 55 
Remedy against the Hessian fly. 59 
To prevent injury from the cut worm. 63 
Curculio, how to guard against ..Ill 
Diseases, &c. of Farm Stock. 
Cure for poll-evil. 45 
— foul in the foot. 45 
— horn-ail. 43 
•— stifle.207 
■— galled backs of horses. 187 
— scours in calves. ]9 
— hoof-ail. 207 
— ring-bone. 94 
•— joint-murrain, or garget. 94 
Prevention and cure of the murrain... 93 
Corn-stalks, a remedy for heaves. 109 
To relieve choked cattle. 78 
Hints for preventing diseases in horses. 113 
— on the inflammatory complaints of horses. 131 
Education, in natural science, diminishes crime. 91 
— physical, intellectual and moral, necessary.127 
— condition of, in Germany.202 
Economy of health, extracts from. 58, 204 
Eggs, importations of, in England . 120 
Expenditures of government. 162 
Evergreens, a calcarious soil not congenial to their growth 189 
Ellsworth’s notice of the upper Wabash valley.211 
Edcuation, remarks on.;.. 198 
Facts for the fireside. 161 
Farmers and mechanics, the producers of national wealth 162 
Farming in North-Carolina.192 
Farmers’ Garden. 
Location and preparation.118 
Plan and laying out.... 119 
Fruits—select early apples, pears, plums, cherries, 
grapes, quinces, peaches. 133 
Currants, gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries, trans¬ 
planting . 134 
Culinary vegetables, herbs, salads, &c.168, 183 
Ornamental trees and shrubs. 208 
Its value—transplanting. 38 
Sprouts do not make good stocks. 62 
Onions, culture of . 88 
Grape, its culture . 61, 142 
— to make wine from .... 62 
Wine-sour plum . 58 
To prevent mildew on gooseberries . 104 
Plan of one in Virginia . 173 
Black canker on plums . 123 
Rhubarb, how forced in winter . 169 
Strawberries, varieties and modes of culture, 101, 109, 140 
Farm Implements, &c. noticed. 
Corn crusher and grinder . 58 
W. A. Seely’s machinery . 17, 18 
New drill-barrow . . . 59 
Machine for sowing lime . 59 
Steaming apparatus ... 63 
Bush-harrow, howjconstructed . 65 
Small’s plough . 71 
Bushnell’s drill-barrow . 71 
Parker’s manufactory of, Richmond . 71 
Pitt’s separator and cleaner . 138 
Log-lifter . 172 
Improved wind-mill . 172 
Potato-lifter (Lawson’s) . „ . 114 
Grass-seed sowing machine . 191 
Boynton’s straw-cutter . 202 
Webster’s threshing machine . 74 
Scotch turnip drill . .. 75 
Gauge wheel for plough . 76 
Potato washers . 127, 94 
Several enumerated and priced .105 
Hoyt’s drill-barrow . Ill 
Green’s straw-cutter . ... 119 
Steam plough . 119 
Horse power and thresher . 124 
Centrifugal disseminator . 126 
Fruit trees, should be pruned in June . 41 
— blight on, cause conjectured . 139 
Force of habit . 78 
Freak of nature . 92 
Flora of North America, Torrey & Grey’s. 120 
Flax, new process of preparing .121 
Florida, south, climate and soil of, &e . Ill, 122 
Germination of seeds . 44 
Grain, on sowing early and feeding in spring . 49 
— varieties deteriorate, and should be renewed. .. 134, 182 
— weight of, influenced by climate . 152 
— • new mode of stacking . 162 
— new varieties of, noticed . 182 
— proper time for cutting . 102 
Grain-worm, premiums offered for security against . 71 
— two kinds of . 102 / 
Grafting, Knight’s mode of . 57 
Grafting clay, of the French, &.c. 57— 
Geological science, applied to agriculture .. 70 
— survey, of Ohio . 72 
(xCPJifiO *-vLooltj a<ivl raacilihld y . . » . _ . -**•••••#«•«• 187 
Glass head dresses . 187 
Harrowing grain recommended . 9 
Harvest prospects in June . -71 
— — in July .. . 101 
— beverage . 91 
Half-farmers, described . 7 L 
Hedges, two important points in clipping . 9 
— objections to . 16 
— C. Kirk’s mode of managing . 34 
— evergreen plants proposed for . 64 
— • cedar, mode of planting . 19 , 
— of willow, recommended . 156. 
Hints, to those who write for instruction . 43 - 
— in husbandry . 57 
— on pruning forest trees ..104 
— for the master .199 
Horticulture, Prof. Ives’ address . 11 
— Professor Shepard's do . 199 
— President Dwight’s love of . 11 
— Van Mon’s improvements in . 11 
Horticultural exhibition at New-York . 162 
— society of the valley of the Hudson .120 
Humus, its nature and properties . 42 
Help one another . 43 
Household Economy. 
Hams, how cured . 161, 190 
— bow to keep in summer . 46, 190 
Soap-making, economically managed .125 
Cream, bow managed in summer .191 
Hints in regard to ventilation, &c . 169 
To make salt butter fresh . 204 
To purify tallow . 204 
Cement for broken china . 204 
— for cast iron boilers .204 
—• that will resist fire and water .204 
— for floors . 204 
Directions for making shoe-blacking .204 
Milk, economical mode of managing in summer . 80 
Preserving plums .204 
Improvement progressing in the south .. 74 . 
Imports and exports of sugar and silk . 90 
Improvement of the mind . 92 
Ice-houses, modes of constructing . 145, 173 
Improvement in horticulture—J. Buel’s address .152 
Indian Corn. 
Steeping the seed recommended . 51, 78 
Sprouting, its advantages . 79 
Varieties enumerated . 43 
Criticisms on the above . 75 
Remarks on the varieties of . 81 
Early varieties noticed .140 
Means of augmenting the crop . 43 
Method of obtaining new varieties, .... 64 
Suggestions as to deep planting . 208 
Baden, will not ripen at the north . 9 
Dutton, lias its counterfeits . 9, 59 
— its early maturity in Dutchess . 89 
— • its character in Connecticut. . 94 
•— commended . 157 
— its great weight . 47 
Experiments in harvesting .57, 149 
Cutting up recommended..... . 119 
Care lequired in saving seed.... . 135 
Mr. Vails crop . 15 
D. Sunderland’s crop . ........ 36 
Mr. Spring’s crop . . £89 
