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INDEX TO VOLUME VI, 
Potatoes— Graylock,. 162 
Lime and Charcoal for,. 157 
Mixing at the root,...229 
Premium Crops,. 65 
pot in,. 35j 192, 194, 323, 330, 379 
Substitute for,... 62 
Sweet, Cheap crop of,. 354 
Top-dressing for,. 284 
versus Indian Corn, .. 219 
POULTRY—Bantams, .. 113 
Best breeds of,.. 194 
Bolton Greys or Creoles,. 113 
Canada Goose,. 280 
Chickens, how to raise,. 147 
Digestive Organs of,.. 146 
Dorkings,...... • 113 
Eating their Eggs,. 307 
— their featners,. . .. 129 
Fine, at Bridgport,. 162 
Frizzled, or Friesland,. 114 
Game Breed,. 50 
Great Malay,. 51 
in Yards,..... 320 
J avanese or Bankiva,. 18 
Large,. . 18 
Profits of,... 18, 163, 189, 217 
Silky and Russian,. 114 
Sonnerat’s Jungle .. 13 
Spangled Poland,. 83 
Spanish,.. 84 
The Curassow,. 217 
The Peacock,. 249 
The Swan,... 280 
Wintering,. 261 
Pruning Raspberries,. 116 
— Ornamental Trees, .. 369 
— Young Apple trees,. 118 
--Pear Trees,... 119 
.— Orchards,. 369 
Q 
Queens County, Farming in,. 297 
Quince tree, Large,. 150 
R. 
Radishes, Spanish, for cows,. 182 
Railings for cemeteries, Ac.,. 372 
Rail-roads, Advantages of, to Farmers, 156, 
157 
Rain, Absorption of,.. 355 
Rake, Improvement in,. 127 
Raspberr es, Best varieties of,. 52 
— Culture of,. 276 
— Everbearing,. . 340 
— Should be pruned early,. 116 
Reading and Study, Importance of,. ... 367 
Reaping Machine, Eslerly’s, . 195 
— — Hussey’s,.68, 93, 144, 212 
-McCormick’s, .257, 323 
Renovating worn-out lands,. 242 
Rensselaer County Ag. Society, 97, 151, 227 
Rhubarb, Victoria,. 228 
Roses—Bugs on, to destroy,. 182 
— Hybrid Perpetuals,. ... 182 
— Management of,. 309 
— Notices of several kinds,.. 309 
— Perfect described,. 85 
_ Pillars for,. 277 
— Protection for,.260 
— Use of,. 36 
Rotation of Crops,.. 299, 333 
Royal Agricultural Society of England, 289 
Ruta-bagas, Premium Crop of,. 65 
Rye, Composition of,. 241 
— Nutritive properties of,. 233 
Rye-grass,. 151 
S. 
Sales at the State Fair,. 321 
Salt, for Sandy land,. 66 
— for Asparagus,. . ... 324 
— Fertilizing properties of,. 138 
— Purity of,. 303 
Saratoga County Ag. Society,.. 227 
Sausage Cutters,. 26, 64, 127 
Scarifiers or Extirpators,. 81 
Scare-crows, how made effective,.229 
Schools, Agricultural, 31, 34, 38, 130, 161, 
195, 292, 323 
Science, Relation of Agriculture to,... 331 
Season, Notes on the, 178, 195, 209, 253, 372 
— of 1849, characteristics of,. 372 
Seed necessary per acre,. 62 
Seedling Fruits, Remarks on,.278 
— vs. Suckers,. 119 
Seeds, Diffusion of,. 279 
Seed Planter, Emery’s,. 109 
-Advantages of,. 143 
Self-improvement, how performed,.... 188 
Seneca County, Agriculture of,... .211, 350 
-Ag. Society, ...211, 227 
Sewing Machine,.322 
Shade Trees, Rapid growth of,.... 246, 276 
-Pruning,. 369 
SHEEP and Wool, Profits of,.157, 186 
at the State Fair,. 305 
Diseases of— Scab in,. 163 
— Scours and Stretches,. 96, 115, 145 
— Staggers in,. 129 
Fat, .... 130 
How flocks run out,. 57 
Husbandry, Profits of,.... 110, 186, 254 
— in the South,.159, 191 
Importation of Saxony,. 67 
in Vermont, . 233 
in Illinois,. 293 
Improved Cotswold,. 348 
Lambs, Docking & Castrating, 179, 276 
— Rearing,. 228 
Long-wooled,. 323 
Models of,. 67 
Management of,. 287 
$100 Premium for,. 228, 255 
Prize in England,. 290, 348 
Shelter and food for,. 233 
Sheltering, .... 223 
Saxon, in Oneida,.. 365 
South-Down and Leicester,. 354 
Sympathy of a Horse for,... 35 
Ticks on, to destroy,. 14 
Yoke for unruly,. 190 
Shrubs, Tender, Shelter for,. 246 
Silks, American,. 352 
Slave and Free Labor, Advantages of. 156, 
209, 238 
Smithsonian Institute,. 123 
Snow-storm in April,. 178 
Soiling, Corn-fodder for,. 151 
Sorrel, how to exterminate,. 43 
Spaying Cows,. 36, 145,244 
Spiraea prunifolia,. 67 
Spring Season. Work for,. 128 
Squirrels, how to Catch, . 222 
Starch from Indian Corn,. 379 
Stereotyped Errors,. 341, 378 
Stock, Care of in Winter,. 30, 48, 61 
— Management of,. 270. 334 
— Rearing and Fattening,.. 191 
Stones, Broken by Fire,. 125 
— Removing large ? . 61 
Stove, Race’s Self-registering,. 319 
Strawberries, Black Prince,. 31.1 
— Culture of,. 53, 279 
— Different varieties of,. 54, 246 
— Seedling of Ellwanger & Barry, 277 
— Stoddardt’s Washington,. 310 
— 230 bushels per acre,. 311 
Suffolk County Ag. Society,. 258 
Sugar, Maple, Improvement in Making, 261 
-Economy of Making,. 62 
-how to make Good, . 123 
Suggestions to Farmers,12, 44, 79, 107, 143, 
836, 250, 265, 301 
Sullivan County Ag. Society,. 35 
Sunflower, Culture of,. 39,97 
— Oil,. 68 
Swallows, Usefulness of,. 261 
SWINE—at the State Fair,.305 
Berkshires,. 94 
Cost of Fattening,.155,190 
Swine—Diseases of—Mange or Itch,,.. 14 
— Quincy, or Sore Throat,. 14 
How to Remove,. 95 
How to Drive,. 220 
Large,.68, 126, 131 
Mackay,. io 
Mocha,. 96 
Mr. Webster’s,. 10 
Profitable,. 228 
Suffolk and Middlesex,. 153 
Wild, in Morocco,. 43 
Sympathy o a Horse for a Sheep,. 35 
System, Order and Economy in Farm¬ 
ing,. ..12, 79, 107, 143, 177, 236, 301 
T. 
Teazels, Culture of,. 304 
Thorn, White, to raise from seed,. 291 
Threshing Machines, Economy of,.... 177 
Tiles for Draining,. 174 
Timber, Causes of Decay in,. 324, 349 
— used in a 74-gun ship,. 371 
Tomatoes, Analysis of,. 224 
— Composition of,. 241 
Transmutation, Remarks on, 221 , 293, 318, 
354, 378 
Transplanting,. 53, 86,124, 150, 215 
Trees in Cities, . . .. 276 
Tulips, Prices of, &c.,. 54 
Turneps, Culture of,... 221 
— To Protect from the Fly,. 196 
— with Corn,. 259 
V. 
Vegetables, Preservation of, ... 
Vermont, Farming in,. 
Virginia, Cheese-making in,.... 
—. Crops in,. 
-— Lands,.. 
— Ramble in Southwestern, 
— Western,. 
W. 
Walks, Rules for Laying-out,. 84 
— To destroy Weeds in,. 247 
Washington County Ag. Society,. 227 
Watering newly transplanted Trees,.. 343 
Watermelons after Tomatoes,. 3 55 
Wayne County Ag. Society,. 258 
-(Pa.) Ag. Society,. 290 
Weather, Register of,. 126 
Webster, Hon. Daniel, as a Farmer, .. 9 
Windsor County (Vt.) Ag. Society,_ 151 
Winter of 1848—9,. 178 
AVHEAT—Composition of,. 241 
Cost of raising per bushel,. 144 
Culture of,.125, 126, 269, 287, 334 
Drilling.,. 182 
Dri l for, Palmer’s,. 153 
Hessian Fly in, destroyed,. 290 
Insect in,. 380 
in Seneca County,. 211 
Large Crops of,.. 62, 125, 290 
Midge in,... 256 
Nutritive properties of,. 236 
Premium Crops of,. 65, 163 
Rust in,.193, 314 
Spring, Culture of,. 92, 332 
-Black Sea,.97, 126, 373 
Shrunk, value of,. 354 
Smut in, to prevent,. 79 
Wood-lots, Management of,.. 169 
Wood, Preservation of,. 192 
Wool, Cost of producing,.186, 254 
— Samples of,. 260 
— Depot of Mr. Blanchard,. 258 
-at White River,. 293 
--Benefits of,... 127 
Wool-growing at the South,. 191 
-in Illinois,. 293 
Worcester County (Mass.) Ag. Society, 227 
Y. 
Yale College, Agricultural Lectures in. 34, 
38,195; 292 
,... 209 
110,233 
.... 91 
.... 290 
.... 159 
... 46 
... 229 
