CONTENTS OF VOLUME I 
CONDUCTORS’ DEPARTMENT. 
Address from Specimen number,......................... Page 
Report of the Corresponding Secretary of the Society, .......... 
On the manufacture of maple sugar, .......................... 
Method of claying or whitening the sugar,..................... 
The advantages of the roller,................................. 
On the varieties and culture of the potato,..................... 
Grafting—Canada thistles,.... 
Chemistry in the kitchen—swine—grape vine,.................. 
Rearing calves—Massachusetts premium crops, ................ 
Memorandum—time to sow plaster,.... 
To destroy weevil in grain,.... 
Annual address to the State Agricultural Society,............... 
Manures, ................................................ • 
Farm implements—Draining,.... 
Barley and hops—Division of labor, .......................... 
New articles of culture—turnips—mulberry—agricultural school,. 
Letter from H. W. Delavan, on draining, ...................... 
Do from Earl Stimson, on farming,......................... 
Communication from Dr. Hosack,............................. 
Do from Dr. Steele, .............................. 
The wheat insect—remarks upon,............................. 
Suggestions in relation to the orchard,... 
The importance of the garden.............................. 24, 
On improved farming, ....................................... 
The importance of salt to farm stock, ......................... 
Method of divesting milk and butter of the taste of turnips—mildew 
—cure for hoven in cattle—economy of manure—experiments on 
do—-the effects of gypsum—alternate husbandry,............. 
Notices relative to plum and peach trees, ...................... 
Lucern, directions for its culture, ............................. 
The drunken farmer, ........................................ 
Drain Plough—caterpillar, ................................... 
On the cultivation of the sandy lands near Albany, ............. 
The importance of clover culture,............................. 
Directions for cultivating ruta baga,........................... 
Notice of thrashing machines,................................ 
On alternating pasture grounds,............................... 
Young farmers’ associations—old apples, ...................... 
Notice of the Farmers’ Register, and reply,.................... 
Remarks on the season—composts, ......................... 59, 
On cutting grain—Notice of Fisher on the vine, ................ 
To protect seed com from birds—Dairy husbandry,............. 
Notice of Center’s hay spreading machine,..................... 
On the value of ribbon grass, ................................. 
Hops raised in Great Britain—to preserve iron and steel from rust, 
Students of divinity in Holland, obliged to attend agricultural lee- 
tures, ... 
Notice of the Grain Worm, with cuts,.................._... 
Observations on draining, .................................... 
Comparative advantages of fattening live stock on raw and cooked 
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Experiments in do. made in Scotland,.......................... 
Do. do. by Rev. H. Coleman........................ 
On topping corn, ............................................ 
Notice of the Essex Agricultural Society,...................... 
Improved cheese shelves—Smut in grain, ...................... 
Comparative value of roots for fattening stock,................. 
Manures, experiments with salt, salt-petre, bones, horn piths, &c. 
Alternating wheat and clover, bad husbandry,.................. 
On the use of lime in the valley of the Mohawk, ............... 
Seed corn—skinless oats—Ribbon grass,....................... 
The profits of the dairy compared with that of fattening animals, 
The grain worm and weevil,.................................. 
Expense of curing hay,...................................... 
Notice of Low’s Elements of Practical Agriculture,............. 
Clover may be profitably sown with all small grain,............. 
Manure, while fermenting, gives food and moisture,............ 
To test the quality of gypsum,..... 
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Transplanting,...... Page 109 
Toasts drank at Cattle Fairs in Massachusetts,.... 110 
Cutting grain before ripe, ... 110 
Approved method of managing calves,....... 121 
Notice of Cattle Fairs in Scotland, ............................ 122 
Economy of fuel,. .122 
Queries in relation to the wheat culture,.... 123 
Experiments with spade husbandry,..... 124 
Facts in regard to gypsum,.............. ... 124 
Humus, liumin and hmic acid described,....... 124 
Notice of marl from Granville,................................ 124 
New Year reflections, addressed to our patrons,... 134 
Agricultural report for 1834,. .. 135 
Excretory power of plants,.. 155 
Morus Multicaulis not produced from its seed,.... 136 
Sheep husbandry,... 136 
Unhealthiness of vegetable cellars,..... l„/ 
Making clover hay in cocks,... 137 
U nderdraining,..... ........ 138 
Wintering sheep,,... 148 
Unfermented manures,.. 148 
American silk, .......... 149 
Chenopodian Quinoa and the potato,......... 149 
Agricultural instruction in common schools,... 150 
Hoven in cattle,.. 150 
Dried fruits, .. 150 
Rhubarb,.. 150 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
D. Hudson, on destroying the caterpillar,... 52 
A. Bridges, on ditto,........... — ........................... 52 
Method of destroying Canada thistles, by a subscriber,. 53 
H. Gay, in relation to the use of lime,..... 55 
L. F. Allen, on agricultural affairs,............................ 61 
S. X. on marl, and reply,.... 62 
M. Barker, inquiries relative to the management of the dairy,.... 62 
G. W. on the means of destroying Canada thistle, .............. 62 
A subscriber, on ditto,....................................... 63 
E. Perkins, on the dairy farming of Herkimer,................. 74 
Sciolous, on an improved cultivator,.. 75 
R. Bronson, on the culture of Madder, ........................ 75 
D. S. C. on the management of Sheep,.. 76 
Tonawana, queries on draining, and answers by the conductors, . 92 
L. Fidler on curing hops,.... 93 
W. Lord, on ditto,...... 94 
G. Willet, on draining,....................................... 95 
A. Thorp, on the skinless oats,..... 100 
J. J. Crocheron, on the wild carrot,.... 100 
A Farmer, inquiries on laying down pastures,.................. 100 
Ribbon grass, letters from E. Goodrich, Jr. and Dr. Harris, on its 
value and culture,......................................... 101 
Fellenburgh, on making the Cultivator a class book in common 
schools, .. 101 
A. Saratoga Farmer, on sowing Indian com for fodder,.......... 101 
A well wisher to the Cultivator—account of Orange farm,... 102 
Dr. James, on the method of drying unripe Indian corn,......... 102 
D. Curtis, on the method of curing foot rot in sheep,.. 102 
D. S. Curtis, experiments on topping corn, .... 110 
B. J. errors in husbandry,........................ ........... 125 
A. Steen, method of saving barked apple trees,................. 125 
Amateur, on South Down Sheep,.............................. ]26 
old fashioned Merino sheep, .. 139 
with a likeness of Don Pedro,..... 151 
W. D. C. on vegetable cellars, ... 138 
R. Lockwood, inquiring in regard to hedges, and reply, ... 138 
Clizbe, Ira, on a cure for the Poll Evil,... 151 
Midford, T. on a new material for making Pork,............... 151 
Perkins, E. Jr. approving the improved cheese press, ... 152 
Brayshaw, J. recommending that common schools be placed upon 
the manual labor system,...... 152 
