INDEX TO VOL. If, 
7 
Sheep, Mills and Barker’s Saxons,.248 
— Cheviot, importation of,. 184 
— care of, in winter,. 13 
— washing',. 25S 
— shelter for, importance of,..260 
— management of ewes and lambs, 57, 93 
— cheap sheds for,. 93 
— fattened for St. Louis market,. 125 
— tails of, should not be cut,. 130 
— mountain regions of N. C. and Tenn. 
for,. 
— to prepare for shipping,. 
.— breeding, remarks on,. 147, 
— shedding their wool,. 
— lambs, warm bath for,. 
— compound for smearing,. 
— of Hesse Darmstadt,... 
— treatment of, after shearing, • •.. 210 
management of, by Gen.Washington, 226 
breeding, management, &c.,*** 227, 373 
— improved in England,.. 228 
— coarse and fine wooled,.. 244 
— profits of, in Virginia,. 336 
— scours, cure for,...... • 39, 141, 151, 270 
— foot rot, cure for, 55,153,1S3, 277, 311, 3S6 
— ticks, to destroy,. 55 
— balls of wool in stomach,.. 106 
— suckling puppies, • • • .. 106 
— South Down mutton,. 376 
— fat,. 112 
— bot, described,... 285 
— varieties noticed, • • • • •.389 
— marking, how done,... 315 
— scab, cure for,. 49, 336 
Side-hill ditching,. 303 
Silk made in Mansfield,. 227 
Smithsonian bequest,.*. 46 
Smokey Chimnies, remedy for,**. 366 
Snow-plow, improved,.*. 375 
Soiling cattle, by C. Newhall,. 22 
-by J. Gowen,.. 2S9 
-— remarks on,. 95, 249, 300, 339 
Soils, analysis of,- y . 88, 172, 233 
— how improved,. 16, 25, 297 
— of perpetual fertility, . 150 
South Carolina, geology of,. 155 
-Agriculture of,. 157, 270 
Spanish moss, how it grows,. 
Spinning machines,. 30 
Spontaneous vegetation,. 177 
Spring grain, culture of,. 78 
-time for sowing, * * *. 122 
Springfield, Ill., described,. 124 
Squashes, the Valparaiso,.•• .. 96 
— the Cushaw,. 152 
St. Andrews Ag. Society,. 74 
Stable, a Mississippi,. 365 
Stacks, how built in Eng. and Scotland, 297 
Stock, on wintering,.381 
Stonehenge, England, remarks on,**** 118 
Stone-boat or sled,. 33 
Stone walls, in Vermont, how built,.... 258 
Strawberries, Alpine, in Paris market, 47 
-Col. Stoddard’s seedling,*•• • 251, 388 
— barren and productive,. 47, 279 
— culture of,. 1S8, 333 
— crop near Cincinnati,. 334 
Straw cutters, Sanford’s,. 153 
■ • —Hovey’s,. 280, 31] 
Straw, salted in the stack,. 247 
Student’s life at Giessen,. 299 
Stump machine, Hall’s,. 27 
— — Norcross’,. 314 
Sub-soil plowing, exper’ts,. 23, 71, 102, 195 
Sugar from cornstalks,.. 32, 39, 45, 176, 3S8 
— from beets,. 190 
— maple, from one tree,...... 198 
-made in Vermont,. 258, 280 
-exhibited at State Fair,.313 
Sugar cane, its culture in Louisiana, 37, 238 
-natural growth of,.. • 334 
Sulphuric acid and bones,. 204 
Sweet potatoes, culture of,. 65 
-how to keep,.*. 66, 178 
Swine—apples for,••••.••••?.337 
— Cheshire and Mochas,. 77 
— cheap mode of rearing,.. 117 
— large,.. 84, 94, 106, 112 
—'how fattened in Ireland,. 225 
— kidney worm in,..• • • 185 
—• of Germany,. 202 
— rapid fattening of,. 12, 42, 102, 195 
— on fattening,.*. 375 
remedy for falling of intestines, • • • • 140 
Suffolk breed,. 74 
— Improvement in,.*.369 
‘ T. 
Tables showing quantity of inorganic 
substances in various grains, • • • • 234 
-quantity starch, water, Sec., in 
potatoes, *••.329 
-- grain and stock raised in Canada, 323 
-quantity of flour, bran, Sec., from 
wheat, .. • • 185 
— — inorganic substances in soils, • • • • 172 
-quantity of crops grown in Uni 
ted States, * * * * *. 84 
-food of plants,. 59 
-experiment in sowing grass seed, 48 
-depth of planting corn,.290 
-showing amount of nutriment in 
different kinds of food,. 384 
Tan-bark for manure,. 114 
Tanning machine, Howell’s,. 106 
improved process of,. 307 
Tariff, English, on American produce, 99 
Tenn., soil and agriculture of, 141, 239,339 
The Cultivator, to its friends,. 10, 11 
-no. of subscribers to,. 41 
— j— for premiums,.... 73 
-liberal subscriptions to,. 77 
-for School District Libraries,_ 86 
— circulation of, <. 105 
-Agents for,. 376 
-foreign correspondence of,. 105 
— close of the volume,.376 
— a farmer’s library,. 275 
Theories to suit circumstances,. 319 
Thrifty and unthrifty farmers,. 39 
Threshing machines, .. 311 
Tiles, machine for making,*.. 19 
Tobacco culture in Kentucky,.239 
— for consumption,.*. 12 
Transmutation advocated, 91, 183, 332, 344 
opposed, •••• 132, 177, 183, 275, 310, 322 
— experiments deemed necessary, * • • • 216 
Trees, arrangement in planting,. 83 
— cultivation of forest,. 110 
to ascertain height of,. 119 
— on trimming,. 221 
— care of, in drouth,.*. 223 
— enormous oak,.* • * • 224 
Truffle and Tuckahoe,...221 
Turnep cutter,. 20 
Turneps, great crop,.-.203 
— successful culture of,. 108 
U. 
Ultraism, remarks on,. 224 
Union (Conn.) Ag. Society, . 117 
V. 
Vegetables for seed, ••**•*.. 262 
Vegetation, spontaneous,. 177 
— lecture on chemistry of, * *.260 
Vermin in animals,*. 55 
Vermont farming, *.162, 219, 256 
Vicksburg, description of,. 337 
Vineyards of the Rhine,. 138 
— of France,. 330 
— of Mr. Weller, N. C.,. 367 
Virginia lands, quality, price, &c., 114, 335 
— Ag. Societies,. 312 
W. 
Wages in England in 14th century, • * * * 116 
— in Europe, ••*•. •••• . 380 
Walsh, Alexander, honor to,. 244 
Walks, machine for cleaning,. 249 
Water for stock, importance of, . 240 
— courses, to calculate velocity of,- 22 
Weeds, to destroy, .190 
Wells, remedy for “ damps” in,. 304 
Westchester farming,. 310 
— Ag. Society, •*••'•. 195 
WHEAT—Large crops,. 42, 203, 375 
— culture of,. 179, 254 
-in Maryland,. 112 
-in Connecticut, . 332 
— preparation of land for,. 20 
— premium crops,.50, 102 
to protect from fly, . 71 
— Mediterranean, notice of,. 71 
— spring, grown by Mr. Merrifield, • • • • 77 
-culture of,..*. 78 
-Black Sea, culture of,*. 95, 307 
to prevent smut,.89, 254, 310 
— average product per acre,84, 99, 164, 266 
— insects injurious to,. 148 
— crops, remarks on, .. 102 
no. of kernels in a bushel,. 117 
— flour, bran, &c, from a bushel,. 185 
cause of rust in, . 209 
— experiment in culture of,.224 
— salted in mow, . 247 
— plowing for, *. 259 
— dressed with nitrate of soda,. 266 
— Aguirre, notice of, •••• .280,282 
soaking seed,. 291 
— large stacks of,. 297 
Wheel-drag, Welsh,***. 48 
Whiffets, anecdote of, •••••••• . 203 
Whitewash, receipes for, . 255, 291 
Willow, basket, culture of, . 126, 303 
Wine made in Mississippi,.. 29 
in South Carolina, . 74 
Winter evenings, employment for, * * * * 
Wintering stock, remarks on, . 381 
Woad, preparation of, for market,.291 
Wood cheap contrivance for splitting, * * 383 
culture of,.*. 389 
Woodlands, management of,. 385 
Woodburn, town of,.205 
Wool depot, at Kinderhook,. 208 
— importance of,.*. 374 
sample? of, see Sheep. 
Worn-out lands, to improve, 25, 69, 88, 
94, 195, 204, 251, 292 
Y. 
yates Co. Ag. Society,. 52 
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 
PLATES. 
Mr. Lenox’s Cow, to face p. 11 
Mount Hope, to face p. 43 
Mr. Donaldson’s Bull, to face p.. 249 
CATTLE. 
Mr. Prentice’s “ Esterville,”. 56 
Hereford Bull “Pomaria,”. 88 
Mr. Lenox’s “King Charles,”.288 
Mr. Parson’s “ Fortunatus,”. 349 
SHEEP. 
Merino Buck, “Don Hardy,”. 128 
Leicester Ewe,. 180 
“ Vermont Hero,”. 214 
Leicester Wether,.385 
HORSES. 
The Clydesdale,. 24 
Morgan “ Black Hawk,”.196 
BUILDINGS 
Ground plan of Mt. Hope,..._. 43 
Mr. Prentice’s Barn,.* • • *- 44 
Plan of a House,... • 65 
Mr. Van Rensselaer’s House,. SO 
Mr. Rathbone’s House,. 81 
Mr. Lyman’s House,.. 82 
Residence unimproved,... 82 
Residence improved,. 82 
Gardner’s House at Blithewood,. 84 
An English Farmery,.120 
House for Plantation laborers,. 144 
Plan of German Farmery,. 202 
Flans of a Barn,. 301 
Carriage-house and Barn,. 337 
GEESE. 
Wild,. 218 
Chinese, ...357 
IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINES. 
Sinclair’s Corn-mill,. 17 
Esterley’s Reaper,...; 25 
Hall’s Stump Extractor,... 27 
Hay-spreader,. 190 
Grant’s Fanning Mill,. 276 
Grain Dryers,. 118 
Root Slicer,. 49 
Worcester Plow,. 134 
Worcester Subsoil Plow,. 134 
Centre-draft Harrow,. 176 
Plows of Germany,. 235 
Maryland Plow,.284 
Bog Cutter,. 337 
INSECTS. 
Acari, or sheep insect, . 49 
Caterpiller’s nest.. 76 
Sheep Bots,. 285 
