INDEX to volume V 
5 
Fruit Trees, Management of,. 83, 246 
-Moss on, howto remove.. 85 
-Mulching,. H9 
-Pruning transplanted,. 371 
-Renovation of,. 213 
-Transplanting.84, 117, 367 
-Use of Salts of iron on,. 148 
-Wash for,. 55 
— — Watering transplanted,........ 367 
Fruits, Circle of, for the year.276 
— Dri ed, how to keep,. 911 
— Exhibited at Buffalo,.. 308, 314 
—■ Their varieties, soils and origin,.... 22 
— Select varieties of,... 55 
Fuel should be drawn in winter,. 35 
Furnaces for heating houses,. 51 
G. 
Gas tar, for paint,. 65 
r — works, refuse of, for manure,. 318 
Gate, farm, description of,. 345 
Geese, Chinese,... 34 
Gooseberries, Mildew in,... 180 
— Planting cuttings of, in autumn,... 181 
Gorse as food for stock,. 15 
Grafts, how to keep,. 247 
Z — influence of,.278 
Grafting and pruning old orchards,.... 118 
— experiments in,. 214, 244, 277 
— Grape vines,. 149, 343 
— How to perform well,. 53, 84 
— into layers,. 215 
— Pears on the Mountain ash,. 149 
— the Tree Peony,. 86 
Grain dryer, Stafford’s,. 193, 290 
— Quarter of,. 68 
— grown in the United States,.225 
— to improve,. 68 
Grape Vines, the best hardy,. 310,368 
-Bleeding of,.... 246 
-from seed,. 354 
-Bisection,.150, 181 
-in the west,. 368 
-trained on forest trees,... 245 
Grapes, prices of,. 34 
— Liquid manures for.... 368 
— Pruning and trimming,. 84 
— to preserve in winter,. 67 
Granary, to make rat proof,. 96, 160 
Grass lands, on seeding,. 121,170, 292 
-Top dressing,. 302 
Gravelly soils, improvement of,. 243 
Great Britain, Notes of a Traveller in, 14,75 
Greenbush Premium Farm,. 346 
Grub eaters, .. 293 
Guano, compared with ashes,. 188 
— how applied,. 34 
— on the use4>f,. 158 
— value of, .. 219 
Guinea Grass,. 292 
Gutta Percha, description of,. 157 
Gypsum and Lime, effect of,. 61, 69 
H. 
Hampshire and Franklin Ag. Society, . 336 
Hand or horse mill,. 96 
Harrow, Hinge, described,. 147 
Hartford County Ag. Society,. 15,336 
Harvesting machines at State Fair,.... 330 
Harvard University, scientific depart¬ 
ment...... . 127, 290 
Hawthorns, for Hedges,.180 
Hay and Manure Forks,. 330 
— early cut, . 305 
— howto cure,. 129 
— pitching by horse power,. 122 
— proper time for cutting,. 255 
— to measure,. 37 
Hay-caps, how made, ..286 
Heart, a preserved,. 32u 
Hedges, hawthorns for, .. 180 
— hemlock for,... 226 
Hencoop, Rustic.. 281 
Highland and Ag. Society of Scotland, 335 
Hints for December,. 377 
Hoarhound, culture of,. 229 
Hog p< H : plan of,... 344 
Holland, Butler, making in,. 299 
Hope Cottage, plan of,. 9 
Hoosic river, notes about,. 233 
Horse collar of India Rubber, .• 128 
Horse Chestnut trees, large,... 370 
Horse Powers and Threshers, Whee¬ 
ler’s,. 164, 325 
-exhibited at Buffalo,. 329 
HORSES and oxen as teams,.,. 176 
at the State Fair,. 312 
Breeding, by J. B Burnett,.. 13 49, 81 
— by Equus,. 63, 218 
by Junius,. 92 
HORSES—Botts in, cure for,. 66 
Californian,.259 
Carrots for,. 255 
Death of an old,. 66 
Diseases of— Heaves, cure for, 146, 257, 
322 
— Founder, cure for, .... . 19 
— Scratches, cure for,. 66 
Exhibited at Litchfield,. 331 
fur all work,. 13, 81, 190 
Good feed for,. 23 
Good horses noticed,. 49 
Great trotting,. 149 
Killed by poison,. 96 
Medicines for,. 146 
Morgan, notices of,.36, 81 
Morse’s Grey, sale of.. 129 
Narragansett, origin of,. 61 
Norman,. 130, 152. 185, 223 
Notices of,. 194 
of speed and bottom. 31 
Structure of..255 
To save from fire,. 34 
Hot-air Furnaces,. 51 
Hounds, speed of,. 317 
Housatonic Agricultural Society,. 336 
Humbugs, Horticultural,. 310 
Hungary, sheep husbandry of,. 237 
Hydraulic Ram, description of,. 127 
Hydrophobia in man and brutes,. 332 
I. 
Tce-houses, construction of,. 27 
Illinois, crops in, ...283 
— Wool-growing in,. 112 
Implements at the Slate Fair,...... 314, 329 
Improvement of gravelly soils,. 243 
India Rubber Boat.. 293,298 
-for Railroad cars,. 69 
-new use for. 238 
INDIAN CORN—Culture of, 73, 122. 178. 
252, 363 
Crops of 1845 and 1847,*. 65 
Culture of for fodder,.155 
Cobs, value of,. 194 
Cost of per bushel,. 367 
Effect of ashes on,. 64 
Exports of, .. 68 
Experiment in culture of,. 158 
Large crops of, 29. 57, 67, 98, 130. 155, 
161, 185, 194, 378, 379 
On curing,... 192 
raised in the United States in 1847, 225 
raising on the prairies,. 142 
Samples of,. 373 
stalks, to convert into manure, ... 24 
— how to stack,. 345 
the largest grower of,. 157 
very tall,. 291 
Insects, on the habits of, .. . 268 
Iowa as an Agricultural State,. 62 
Iron and gallic acid,. 227 
— and steel to distinguish,. 293 
—■ case-hardening,. 227 
— improvement in working,. 378 
— sulphate of, applied to sickly foliage,213 
Irrigation, by Mr. Rice,..’. 170 
— hint about,. 68 
— in China,. 37 
— in Mexico,. 225 
J. 
Jefferson county Ag. Society, .. 57, 95, 336 
Johnston’s (Prof.) visit to the U. States. 193, 
280 
— — Essay on the use of bones.265 
K. 
Kentucky, Wild lands of.. 349 
Kiln Dryer, Stafford’s .. . 193, 290, 376 
Kings Co. Alms-house farm,. 259 
Lambs, on docking. 96 
— rearing for market,. 124 
Lamoile County Ag. Society..183 
Laboring communities, condition of,.. 352 
Lands, improving light and hungry,.... 170 
— improvement of in Barnstable,. 107 
— on the Canada line,. 107 
— reclaiming worn out,... 291 
— seeding to grass. 121 , 170. 292 
— two crops at once,. Ill 
— wild, of Kentucky,. 349 
— wom-out of Maryland,. 285, 348 
Lawrence Scientific School,-. 127, 290 
Law-suits, advantages of,. 127 
Leaves, office of,. 341 
— for litter and manure,.379 
Lead pipes for water, ..128 
Lightning rods, construction of,. 219 
Lime and plaster, effect of,.61, 69 
— and marl, action of,. 270 
— how much a soil should have,. 379 
— manner of spreading,. 128 
— oyster shell, price of,.... 229 
— phosphate of. 191 
Litchfield County Ag. Society,.. 331 
~-Farms,. 362 
Locust tree borer,.,. 289 
Locusts, remarks on,. 256 
London Horticultural Society,. 370 
Long Island farming,. 187 
Lowell, statistics of,... 190 
M. 
Machines exhibited at State Fair,. 329 
— best grease for,. 260 
Madder, culture of,... 27 
— where roots of can be had,. 256 
Mangel wurtzel for cattle,. 141 
Manure and hayforks,.330 
MANURES—applied to the surface_ 125 
Burnt clay for.. 211, 228, 321 
Cord of,.. 65 
Depth of, . 64 
effects of special,. 222 
economy in saving, . 273 
fish for. how used,. 344 
how to apply,. 95 
how to save all,.... 191 
in or on the soil,. 216 
leaves for,.379 
long and short,. 189 
materials for,. 292 
management of,. 159 
manufacture of.. 105, 169, 297 
on making and saving,. 12 
remarks on,. 65 
refuse of gas works for,. 318 
sewerage,.. . 99 
their nature and action,. 109, 203 
The law of.. *284 
Tan-bark for,. 191 
Waste of,... 42 
Waste wool, &c , for,. 161 
Woolen rags for,... 353 
See also Ashes, Bones . Coal ashes, Com¬ 
posts, Guano, Gypsum, Lime , Muck, Sea- 
weed. 
Marl and lime, action of,. 270 
Maryland lands, advantages, of,... 285, 348 
Massachusetts farming. 47 
— Fence laws of,. 58 
— Society for Promoting Agriculture, 68 , 
139 
Meat, to preserve fresh,.. 113 
Medicines for cattle. 146, 378 
Melon seeds, to purify,. 349 
— squash,. 150 
Melons, to choose,. 150 
Memoir of Judge Buel,. 24 
— Elkanah Watson,. 88 , 97 
— Thomas Green Fessenden,. 207 
Michigan, capabilities of,. 194 
Middlesex (Mass.) Ag. Society,. 336 
Mineralogical Cabinet of Lyman Wilder,233 
Mineral paint,. 378 
Milk, bloody, caused by red cabbage,.. 66 
— composition of,. 249 
— unwholesome in cities,. 69 
— weight of rich and poor,. 253 
Milking, rules for,.... 125 
Mill, Fitzgerald’s portable,. 290, 330 
Moon farming,. 157 
Monroe County Ag. Society,. 336 
Montreal Ag. Society,. 343 
Mount Airy Ag. Institute,.......... 68 , 216 
Mowing machine,. 330 
Muck, management and application of. 165, 
169, 297 
Mushrooms, propagation of,. 350 
N. 
Natural History Society of Brooklyn, .. 226 
— science, importance of, to the far¬ 
mer, . 239 
Neclarines, Elruge and Early Violet,.. 55 
— select list of,...309 
New-York State Agricultural Society : 
Annual Meeting,. 56 
Committees to award Premiums at 
annual meeting,. 34 
Exhibition at Buffalo.,. 312, 329 
Executive Committee, proceedings 
of,...* 193,257 
Implements exhibited at State Fair, 322 
