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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Mr. Ingall’s premium crop...188 
Mr. Osborn’s do.... 188 
Singular growth of.192 
Corn stalk fodder, cut, is good food for cattle.205 
Kentucky soils deteriorating... 39 
Knitting machine noticed....... 1S7 
Like produces like ...... 54 
Lombardy poplar, its use. 138 
Lunar influence, on meats . ....172, 191 
Looking-glass for farmers. 173 
Making pork.....209 
Matters interesting to all.209 
Mangold wurtzel, Mr. Spring’s crop. 139 
•— — its mode of culture.121 
Manufactures, their importance to agriculture... 60 
Mixed crops, successfully tried.8, 77, 159 
Moral culture, promoted by industrial schools.185 
Meat, preserved without salt.147 
Meteorological data. 9 
Millers’ tolls. 74, 108, 139, 173 
Madder, its culture in Pennsylvania... ..... 80 
Main objects of the farmer. 89 
Manures. 
Ashes, barilla, their value. 191 
■— common, their utility. 112 
Specific.201 
\ Effects of different kinds. 138 
\ Relative value of different kinds. 129 
Advantages of applying when fresh. 126 
Their importance shown. 6 
Unfermented, to what crops best applied... 39 
Not generally economized .... . 39 
The quantity per acre.. 44 
Hog-dung, how applied. 59 
What is a load ? answered. 73 
Mode of managing . 79 
Of the fold yard, not duly preserved... 122 
Why are they best buried ?.v. 152 
On the winter management of.202 
Their value illustrated...144 
Liquid, their value... 86 
Marls, their operation. 57 
— mode of application. 98 
Cbmposts, in what cases useful. 152 
Peat earth, source of fertility ... 115 
•— —- and peat ashes, mode of applying.118 
Marsh mud do..... 115 
— — analysis of. 116 
Sand and ashes good for clay soils...204 
Bone-dust, its operation. 105 
— ■— remarks on.... 121, 141 
Desiccated, notice of.122 
- Lime, hints in regard to its application. 42 
•— essential in a wheat soil. 72 
— its benefits not appreciated. 72 
•— salts of, their importance. tz 
— directions for analyzing .. 91 
— interesting facts in relation to. 91 
— used in blasting rocks. 91 
— theory of its action on soils ... 97 
— practical application of the theory. 97 
•— magnesian, not injurious.147, 150 
— new mode of applying. 184 
Gypsum, its reputed efficacy on fruit blossoms. 12 
•— recommended to be sown broad cast for corn.209 
— its efficacy when sown in autumn. 47 
— quantity to be sown per acre. 58 
— experiments with.. . 59 
— singular effects of... ..110 
—• its good effects in drought. 156 
•— inquiries into its operation. 192 
Mulberry, remarks upon the. 185 
35 
47 
125 
137 
mode of growing in stools. 10 
mullicaulis, on the culture of.,.142 
— — directions for its culture.167 
•— •— speculations in.149 
•— •— seeds of, not to be depended on. 49, 50 
.— Brussa, queries and answers in relation to.143 
— — sale of, at Newburgh. 55 
— •— its character.... 55, 65 
Mulberry and sugar beet, Mr. Randolph’s report on, in 
Congress. 90 
Melons, their culture in the south. 74 
Meadows and Pastures. 
How improved...9, 59 
On converting plough land into permanent meadow 
and pasture. 56 
How to renovate them. 18, 127 
Advantage of top-dressing them . 50 
Oat pasture, how managed. 10 
Grass land that ought not to be broken up by the 
plough.. 192 
On the advantages and disadvantages of breaking them 
up. 192 
New Husbandry. 
Preliminary remarks. 5 
Manuring. 6 
Draining, good tillage. 37 
Alternation of crops. 53 
Fallow crops—conclusion. 54 
Nitre, its reputed efficacy in steeps. 12, 55 
New-Jersey lands, their natural advantages. 49 
North and south compared, in regard to agriculture. 80 
Nothing is annihilated. 178 
New discovery in philosophy. 183 
New mode of planting trees. 187 
Notices of Correspondence. 
Root culture, starch and sugar, carrot seed, devasta¬ 
tion by blackbirds, oil of tobacco, horn-ail, after-cul¬ 
ture, millers’ tolls.'. 
Spent tan-bark, ruta baga feed, steeps. 
Advantages of cutting up corn, spring rye, sugar-beet 
seed, swamp muck, hedges, spreading lime, poll- 
evil, rotation of crops. .. 
Sheep husbandry, worn-out lands, succoring corn, beet 
sugar, Italian spring wheat, hams, Indian buckwheat, 
pumpkin seed oil... 46 
Disease in fowls, capons, shade-trees, to keep meat 
fresh, ruta baga, Illinois farming, renovation of mea¬ 
dows, old apples, large calf, maple sugar, animal car¬ 
bon, Brussa mulberry, Rohan potato, Italian wheat, 
succoring corn, strawberries.... 92 
Steeping seed wheat, curculio, horn-ail ..122 
Blight of the plum, water-melon, agricultural fairs, 
Saxony sheep, Lincolnshire sheep, early corn, Berk¬ 
shire pigs, grain worm, grain maggot... 138 
Mercantile correspondent, a medical one, draining, 
manual labor schools, millers' tolls.. 154 
Madder, peat-swamps, marl, vegetable marrow, pump¬ 
kins and squashes, corn in England, rutabaga..... 191 
Orchard grass, its value . 
Ox-yoke, a new one. 
— gearing, remarks on. 
— — Portuguese. 
Orchard, hints for the. 54 
Old and new husbandry contrasted. 96 
On an agricultural education for gentlemen farmers, and 
a scientific one for practical farmers.. 105 
On the means of increasing the fertility of land.145 
Philosophy of vegetation. 159 
■— of pruning .1°1 
Prairies west. 46 
Poultry house, &c. ’7 
Process of converting starch into sugar.. 61 
Plants exhaust moisture._. '8 
Premiums of the Highland society .. 89 
Product of the Canterbury Shaker farm... 113 
Premiums for agricultural school books. 141 
Practice vs. theory. 146 
Premium crops .• .l°j 
Peat-bogs, new mode of reclaiming. 191 
Pig-pen, Jewett’s rotary. 20 
Pigs, staggers in, how cured. 48 
— process of fattening. "06 
— Berkshire and Leapers, contrasted. o2 
•— •— described . ®4 
— — mode of treatment^. 80 
•— .— high prices of, in Kentucky. 187 
— — weight of S. Craig’s. 188 
— Tuscaroras, described. 78 
Potato sugar, how made. 45 
— oats, their great weight. 20b 
Potatoes, large tubers give the best produce. 
— should not be earthed. ...... 
— culture and crop. 
•— economy in seed....... 
— Rohan, original notice of.. ••• 
.— — its good properties enumerated... 
.— — its produce... 158, 162, 187, 
— experiments in planting. U3, 
— forty-fold, hints for planting. 91 
Pyramids of butter, Meacham’s .200 
Rural embellishment recommended.• •• 85 
Roots how preserved in winter . • 93, 161 
— their office and extent.,.134 
— their offices. 
Ruta baga, its value estimated. 
—- mode of harvesting. 
—- relative value for stock. 
— how wintered.- .. 
— value of the crop..—. 
— good for hogs. 
— mode of culture and product.. . 
—- not adapted to the south west. 
— J. Hopkins’ crop. 
— Mr. Mather’s crop..... 
Rotation of crops required in Scotch leases, virtually... 
— —-in Virginia... . 
_ — in Tennessee... 
_ —. may be carried too far. 
— — course proposed. 
Remarkable abstioence in a calf.. .... . 
Reply of D. Stebbins, to remarks on varieties of mulberry, 215 
Rules and suggestions in husbandry.. 118 
Robinson fund.-. 150 > 185 
Rape, its culture and profit. 
Remedy against moth. 
Rearing of cattle recommended . 
Resources of fertility.•... 
Root culture, preliminary remarks on... 
Soil, its offices m vegetable economy. 
Soils, new mode of analyzing. 
Salt-mines in Poland. 
Serious suggestions to farmers .— • • *69 
Silk-worms, bint in regard to..191 
Statistics'of American wool and woollens. 42 
_" 0 { Massachusetts manufactures. 56 
Sentiments of Franklin... 57 
Socrates in praise of husbandry... 66 
Stones, how best disposed of. 76 
Stone walls in Ireland.•.294 
Steam engines recommended on canals. 8U 
Summer fallows, disapproved of . 94 
Scraps from Bulwer.....1UU 
Sinclair, Sir John, notice of. 193 
Suggestions to the wool-grower.• 119 
Salting calves, new mode of.2U7 
Self-education, makes the man .124 
Substitute for spaying. .••••• •••• - 
Spirit of agricultural improvement in England.. .. 
System of culture.. • • • • . 
Sheep, Daubenton’s experiment in feeding. 
•— the broad-tailed noticed. 
— Tunis mountain do... . 
— Leicester, samples of fine i... . 
hints on wintering. ••• • 
improved cross of......- 
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206 
190 
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149 
188 
190 
176 
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59 
77 
158 
190 
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188 
39 
208 
93 
154 
155 
109 
207 
204 
200 
202 
203 
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114 
147 
215 
204 
Scientific principles of digging and raking—Action of 
frost on soils 1 —Levelling and draining 1 —Scientific 
princi pies of seed sowing—Effects of water and steep¬ 
ing—Time of germinating. 213 
Scientific principles of transplanting—Transporting— 
Pricking out seedlings—Scientific pcinciples of strik¬ 
ing—Chinese mode of striking 1 —Striking by layers— 
do. by slips or cuttings 1 —Scientific principles of graft¬ 
ing—Binding the graft. 214, 
Tables of foreign coins, and value and weight.... 
— in regard to land measure. 107 
Table for foretelling the weather. 161 
The oak, an emblem of our country.202 
Things we want. 6 
— a farmer should not do .....161 
Transplanting, hints on... 18 
Teazles, remarks on their culture... 72 
Theory and practice. 87 
The great danger-in the west. 89 
To beautify the country... 109 
The times, comments on. 110 
Turnips, mode of cultivating. 143 
Timber, most durable if cut in summer. 143 
Tropical plant company. 185 
Uncle Sam’s account current. .. 87 
Veterinary art, publication on the... 11 
Vetches, Chan. Livingston’s experiments in cultivating. 72 
Vitality of seeds. 89 
Wheat, analysis of. 6 
•— new varieties noticed. 77, 183, 18 
— properties of. 202 
— to increase the product of.109 
— mode of culture. 63 
•— advantages of hoeing.189 
— — of'brining and liming.207 
— — of brining and ashing.. . 207 
— Egyptian, its quality.. . 9 
— — further notice of. 49 
— spring, late sowing produces most straw, early the 
■— — best gram . 81 
— •— mode of culture.124 
•— farms, should be stock farms. ... 94 
— Italian, its success in N. Ohio. 75 
— •— its failure in S. Ohio. 190 
-— 1 — product of. 18 
— — S. Hopkins’ crop. 46 
— •— A. B. Clark's. 46 
— 1 — preferred to Siberian.157 
— Siberian, preferred to Italian.-...156 
— — its product. 19 
Worn out lands, how renovated. 208 
Wood-land, directions lor managing. . 41 
We overlook the main point.104 
We must have knowledge.. .109 
Wool, prices of, in England.152 
What the legislature can do to benefit agriculture...185 
Young Men’s Department —Hints to Young - Farmers . 
Indolence. 67 
Rem^mhfir consequences. 82 
Do not get above your business. 99 
Good and bad luck. 115 
The mind and soil compared. 132 
Social duties. 195 
Electricity, galvanism, magnetism, abuse of memory.... 36 
Maxims for farmers. 82 
Importance of improving the mind. 82 
Chemical Catechism. 
Introductory and miscellaneous. 67 
Atmospheric air. 33 
Caloric. 99 
Water. 115 
Earths, silica and alumina.-...•• 148 
Lime...... • 163 
Alkalies, potash, soda, ammonia. 179 
Acids, the different kinds of. 215 
Industry vs. Indolence. 132 
Poor Richard’s almanac. 162 
Wbat is education, answered. 178 
Order and neatness.. 195 
Objects and advantages of science.217 
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LIST OF THE CUTS. 
No. 1, Scarifier...Page 7 
2, Yorkshire cow. 8 
3, Devonshire ox. 8 
4 to 8, Armstrong’s plan of a barn, &c. 13 
9 to 16, Bement’s do. 14 
17 to 18, Allen’s 
do. 
15 
Science of Gardening. , . , 
Arts and science—the word gardening—food of garden 
plants—garden chemistry. ••• 65 
Water ...•■••••• v,. 
Atmospheric air—carbon and carbonic acid gas—nitro¬ 
gen .." 
Humic acid. 
Potass—lime. * * * V * * * V V' * V * 
Sugar and gluten—recapitulation and proof from the 
sap... 
Light 1 —heat. . 
Injurious substances.... • • 
Garden physics—direction of plants.. 
Exposure and shelter—mechanical texture of soils—cir¬ 
culation of water in soils—tests of the texture of soils 
Rise of the sap.. • • • -.... 
Rise of leaves—descent of the pulp—seasons of growth 
and cessation...4‘° 
66 
81 
82 
98 
99 
146 
147 
159 
160 
173 
18 to 20, Hedges... 34 
21 to 25, Clark’s poultry house. 47 
26 to 27, Ox searing. 47 
29 to 32, Pennsylvania barn. 48 
33, Berkshire and Tonnewanta pigs. 52 
34, Bushnel’s drill-barrow... 71 
35, Webster’s threshing machine. 74 
36, Turnip drill. 75 
37, Berkshire pig. 80 
38, Potato washer. 94 
39, Jewett’s portable barn. 108 
40 to 43, Hoyt’s drill. . HO 
44 to 45, Potato-lifter. H4 
46, Plan of a garden. H9 
47, Centrifugal disseminator. 126 
48 to 49, Potato washer... 127 
50, Turnip patch.... • .. 134 
51 Ox gearing. |37 
53 to 54, Plans of drains. 144 
55, Book-case. ^1 
56 to 57, Illustrative of vegetable growth. 159 
58 to 59, do do. 160 
60, Apparatus for analyzing soils.. 160 
61 to 64, Pennsylvania barn and log-lifter.. 172 
65, Plan of a garden... 173 
66, Grass seed sowing machine. 173 
67, Clover do. 201 
68 to 69, Kentucky bee-house..... 203 
70, Eggs during the process of hatching,.213 
71, Magnified germinating bean,. 213 
