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INDEX TO VOLUME V. 
N. Y. State Ag Society-Notice of pre¬ 
parations for exhibition,. 287 
Number of animals at Fair of,.... 335 
Officers of,. 54 
Premiums at annual meeting,. 57 
— offered for 1848,.. 125 
— at annual exhibition,. 316 
Receipts of,. 56 
Sales of stock at Cattle Show of, .. 315 
New Hampshire, crops in,. 379 
Niagara District, C W.,. 46 
Northampton, Mass., Notice of,. 46 
Nursery Business, expense and profits of,279 
-- (sec errata,.310) 
— very large,. 370 
Oats, premium crops of,. 194 
— raised in the United States,. 225 
Ohio, crops in,.258 
— Good farming in,. 223 
Oneida County Ag Society,. 95, 336 
Onions, culture of,. 36, 73 
— average yield of,.• 63 
Onondaga County Ag. Society,. 333 
Ontario County Ag. Society,. 161, 191 
Orchards and their cultivation,.138 
— best time for setting out,. 30-5 
— grafting and pruning, . 118 
— profits of,. 54 
— renovation of,. 213 
— time for pruning, . 215 
Osage Orange Seed, how to plant, .... 256 
Oyster shells, good for fruit trees,___ 128 
— shell lime, price of,.• 229 
Oxen for teams. 176 
— Mr Ayrault’s,. 98 
— training,. 209 
Paints, improvement in,. 29 
— Mineral,..378 
Pauiownia, the,. 87 
Paring and burning soils,.211 
Peacock, disposition of,. 343 
Pea-nuts, culture of,. 34 
Peaches at the South,. 309, 370 
— Large,.276 
— List of, approved at Buffalo,. 308 
-at New-York Pomological 
Convention,.340 
— select lists of,. 55, 56 
Peach Trees, on pruning,. 83 
Pears, analysis of forms of,. 307 
— budded on hawthorns,. 343 
— Columbian,-• • • *.. 55, 86 
— description of 33 varieties of, .. 86 , 116 
— for Vermont,. 119 
— for the South,. 369 
— influence of manure on,. 370 
•— List approved at Buffalo Pomologi- 
cat Convention,. 309 
-at New-York Po. Convention, 340 
— Onondaga, or Swan’s Orange..... 307 
— on ripening,. 310 
— Pratt,..•• 370 
— select lists of,. 55, 56 
— varieties of,. 159 
Pear Trees, blight on,. 20, 86 , 87, 370 
-Conical dwarf,. 373 
•-neglect of,. 21 
-Quince stocks for,. 52 
-to raise from seed,. 277 
Peas grown in the United States,. 225 
Peat, analysis of,. 239 
Peony, the Tree,. 276 
— to graft,. 86 
People, occupation of,. 68 
PERIODICALS—American Journal of 
Agriculture and Science. 66 
American Journal of Science and 
Art. 66 , 131, 193, 260, 324. 375 
— Flora,. 324, 376 
Agricultural Journal,. 131 
Agricul urist and Canadian Journal,131 
Bank Note Reporter,.292 
Farmer and Mechanic,. 33 
Farmer’s Library and Monthly Jour¬ 
nal of Agriculture,. 66 , 193, 260 
Farmer’s Cabinet,. 226 
Graham’s American Monthly Ma¬ 
gazine, . 33 
Godey’s Lady’s Book,. 33 
Illustrated Naiural History, .. 324, 376 
Journal of Agriculture, and Trans¬ 
actions of Highland Society,.... 324 
Medico-Chirurgical Review,.... 33, 324 
Maine Farmer,. 66 
Periodicals—Merry’s Museum,. 99 
New England Farmer,. 208 
The Horticulturist,. 193, 228 
The Architect,.130 
The Plow, the Loom, and the An¬ 
vil,. 260,292 
Transactions Mass. Hort. Society,. 33 
Vermont State Agriculturist,.. 260 
Western Journal of Agriculture, &c.,131 
Phinney, E., farm of,. 105,137 
Pigeons, cotes for. 241 
— Management and varieties of,.120 
Piggery, Mr. Jewett’s plan of,. 344 
Pines, death of, at the South, ..227 
Plaster of Paris and Lime, effects of, 61, 69 
— cheap for coarse finish,. 160 
Plowing as practiced by Mr. Phinney,. 106 
— by steam,..... 163 
— deep,. 251 
— draught in,. 37 
— for wheat,. 77 
— how to plow well,. 157 
— in the autumn,. 26 
— match at Avon,. 227 
— prairie land. 142 
— principles of,. 352 
— rules for,. 351 
— subsoil,. 48, 92, 125, 251, 291, 334 
— trench,. 298 
Plows exhibited at State Fair,. 329 
— Scotch and American,.... 10°, 218, 282 
— Wood’s. 29, 97 
Plums, early sorts,.54, 87 
— fine, described,. 269 
— list approved at Buffalo, . 3o9 
-approved by New-York Pomo¬ 
logical Convention,. 340 
— select varieties of,.55, 56 
— to protect from curculio,.. 278,322, 323 
POETRY—Autumn,. 288 
Honor to the toiling hand,.225 
The Carol of May,.. 154 
The Farmer’s Song,. 74 
Pomological Convention at Buffalo, 30S, 341 
-at New-York,. 340 
-at Columbus,. 83, 368 
Pond mud, how used for manure,.161 
Popuiar errors about seeds,. 181 
Posts, new mode of setting,. 156 
Potato, ashes on, .. 98 
— Buried in the winter,. 63 
— crop in Ireland,. 34 
— culture of the.. 50, 62, 122 
— grown in the United States.. 225 
— h’story of,.76, 141 
— nipping the tops off,. 353 
— premium crops,. 57, 98, 161 
— rot, and erysipelas,. 319 
-indicatio .s of in other plants,... 304 
-notices of, 68 , 76, 80, 93. 159, 191. 
290, 292, 303, 376, 377 
-preventing ihe. 36 
-new remedy for,. 228 
— running out of varieties,... 76, 140, 189 
— seedling. . 77, 140, 189 
— sweet, for stock,.228 
— value of, ..... 237 
— wild,.379 
POULTRY—at State Fair. 314 
best breeds,. 160 
Diseases of,. 179 
Geese, Chinese,. 34 
long and short eggs. 186 
management of,. 286 
of J. B Hathaway,. 46 
Pheasant, breeds of,. 335 
Profits of,. 376 
Roup in,. 146 
to distinguish age of,. 11 
to fatten,. 11 
Premiums, rules for awarding,. 99 
Property, the right of,. 366 
Prophecy of John Lowell,. 379 
Provincial Ag. So of Upper Canada,.. 36 
Pruning at time, of transplanting,. 118 
— composition for wounds,. 65 
— old orchards,. 118 
— peaches......... 83 
— raspberries,. 84 
— remarks on,. 8 3 
— time for, . 215 
Pumpkins, how so keep,. 293, 35j 
Q. 
Quack grass, to eradicate,..305 
Queens County Ag. Society,. 57 
Quinces, culture of. 22 
— effects of winter on. 343 
Ctuince stocks for pears,.... 52 
B. 
Babbits, management of,.241 
— hutches for,.241 
Railroads use of, to farmrrs,. Ill 
Rails, charring,. 367 
Raspberries, fine kinds,.258 
— culture of,.370 
— on pruning,. 84 
Rats, catching and destroying,. 225 
Reaping machines, Hussey’s,. 162 
-at State Fair, . . 330 
Red root, to destroy,... 124 
Rensselaer County Ag. Society,... 161, 323 
Revolutionary Reminiscences,. 234 
Rhode Island farming,. 192, 243, 251 
-State Ag Society,. 161 
Rice grown in the United States,. 225 
Roads, breaking in snow,. 23 
— importance of good. 99 
— plank, construction and cost of,.... 175 
Rochester mill in Spain,. 259 
Rows, implement for marking, . 158 
Roots, should be cut for cal tie,.255 
Root cutting machine, cheap,. 255 
— puller, description of,. 288 
Rose bug, how to destroy,.... 245, 256, 310 
Roses, climbing, supports for, .... 275, 342 
— Perpetual,.370 
Rotation of crops,. 228, 251 
Royal Ag Society of England,. 284 
Running out of varieties,. 76,140, 189 
Rural Architecture,. 9 
Rutland County Ag. Society,. 336 
Rustic Hencoop, described,. 281 
Rye, early sown, may be fe,d off,. 353 
— Multicole,. 68 , 129 
— product of one grain of,. 290 
— raised m the United States,. 225 
S. 
Saint John Ag. and Hort. Society, .... 57 
Salmon of Oregon,. 191 
Salt—for celery,. 247 
— rock, for cattle,. 97 
Sandy soils, improvement of,. 243 
Saw for horse-power,. 96 
Sawdust charring and clay burning,... 321 
School-houses, construction of,. 379 
Schools for Orphans,.162 
School, Scientific, at Harvard Univer¬ 
sity,.127, 290 
-at Yale College,. 258„ 261 
— at Hoosic,. 233 
Schools, agricultural,- 145, 220, 250, 364 
Sea-weed, value of, for manure,. 74 
Seed, on change of,.76, 140 
Seeding grass lands,. 121, 170, 292 
Season, characteristics of,. 376, 377 
— and crops in New Hampshire,.... 379 
— Hints for the,. 377 
Seneca County Ag. Society,.161 
SHEEP—at the State Fair,. 313 
browse for,.— HI 
Cotswolds and New Oxfordshires, 254 
Connecticut,. 331, 362, 363 
Diseases of,. 322, 349 
Death of an old,. 324 
Ewes, milking in Wales,. 75 
Fine flocks at the West. 28 
Fat, weight of,.. 126,130, 377 
Fattening in winter,. 192 
Foot rot in. 322 
House feeding,. 30 
in the valley of the Ohio,. 10 
in Illinois,. 112 
in Virginia,. 162 
in South Carolina.... 223 
in Washington County, N. Y., .... 233 
killed by dogs,. Ill 
Lambs, docking,. 96 
— raising for market,. 124 
Management of, in Hungary. 337 
Merinos imported by Mr. Taintor, 194, 
323 
Rot in,. 375 
Saxon, in Litchfield, Ct.,. 353 
Sales of,. 194,378 
Small pox in,. 292 
Shelter for, value of,.. 227 
South-Downs. 65, 291, 321 
To prevent dogs from killing,. 66 
Washing and shearing. 173 
Weight of fleece at different ages,.. 27 
Shelter for stock, importance of,. 23 
Shingles made by Machinery,. 27 
— to fasten,.189 
— to preserve,. 285 
Showers, are they increased by forests? 42 
Shrubs, list of fine,. 114 
