INDEX TO VOLUME XL 
A. 
Page. 
Agriculture, application for legislative aid, how 
treated. 
its state in New-York 40 years ago, .... 106 
its pleasures and profits,. 59, 72 
its slow progress in improvement, .... 85 
Agricultural books, a selection recommended,. 50 
schools recommended by Chaptal,. 103 
appropriations, two prominent advanta¬ 
ges of,.... . . 150 
fairs, increasing in Ohio,. 150 
convention, notice of, . 130 
subjects recommended for consideration, 129 
premiums, their advantages pointed out, 104 
report for 1835,. 146 
petition. 169 
Apple trees, ley a good application for them,... 78 
Alternating crops, advantages of. 79 
American blight, (mealy aphis,) mode of de¬ 
stroying.. 8 
Answer to queries on marl, on the use of pot¬ 
ash as a manure, and fall ploughing,. 160 
Asparagus, the blanched inferior,. 52 
Apples, their value in feeding hogs, &c.164 
pomace beneficially fed to cows,.133 
Ant-hills, how destroyed,. 86 
Atmosphere, a knowledge of its elements and 
offices highly useful to the farmer,. 148 
B. 
Barley, product of VV. R. Smith’s crop,. 24 
Bees and bee-houses, remarks upon,. 34 
Bell pumpkins,. 136 
Beans, their field culture and products,. 47 
Beet sugar, directions for manufacturing,. 80 
supplementary,. 104 
Beef, how smoked at Hamburgh,. 105 
Bools farming, is origin explained,. 21 
Bone manure, its value, and mode of applica¬ 
tion, .*.. 147 
Bots in horses, how destroyed,. 31 
Blydenburgh, extract from his address,. 29 
Butter, winter, how to impart colour and fla¬ 
vour to, . 37 
Budding, the process described,. 63 
common husks good ligatures for,. 80 
Bee hives, L. H. Parish’s described,. 118 
C. 
Calcareous manures, review of Ruffin’s essay 
on,..64, 99 
extracts from,. 88, 92 
Calves, experiments in feeding, by M. R. Por¬ 
ter.122 
how managed, by T. Midford,. 24 
Canada thistles, destroyed by mowing,_47, 124 
S. VV. Jewet’s mode of destroying,.... 86 
by ploughing,. 55 
Cattle, hoven in, how cured,. 128 
how fattened, S. McCoy,. 87 
lice upon, how destroyed. 107 
short horns, account of C. N. Bement’s, 26 
criteria of excellence,. 136 
on breeding in-and-in, choice of bulls, 
do. cows, milking properties,. 138 
letter from J. Whitaker in relation to, .. 154 
fodder, the practice of stacking and feed¬ 
ing it in the field bad,.103 
economy in cutting,. 150 
the cutting machine recommended, .... 67 
Caterpillars, mode of destroying,. 57 
Canals and roads, their importance to hus’dry, 119 
Carrots; great product of, in Albany nursery,. 133 
Page. 
Chemistry, Chaptal’s recommended,. 103 
applied to agriculture,..Ill 
Chapters of facts, measures of capacity,. 31 
weights, . H6 
lengths, . 116 
mathematics and physics,. 145 
Cheese shelves, Wilbur's described,. 118 
recommended by E. Perkins,. 124 
press, Kibbe’s patent, described,. 37 
Children, may be taught much at home,...... 115 
Cheeses, Col. Meacham’s mammoth, ... 115, 134 
Clover, its value in husbandry,. 3 
southern variety less hardy than northern, 37 
early spring sown, liable to be killed, .. 55 
Cisterns, cheap mode of constructing,. 95 
Comets, Halley’s and Encke’s, notice of,. 77 
Cob meal, its properties in fattening animals, . 83 
Corn planter, Burrall’s, described,. 117 
Robbins’ do ..117 
Coal trade, statistics of the British,. 119 
Common Schools, general wish to improve the 
condition of,. 150 
Common School Libraries recommended,. 159 
Composts, most economically made in the field, 23 
Corn-stalk fodder, recommended, and how pre¬ 
pared, . 14 
Contagion, precaution against, . 129 
Corn sheller, Harris's, noticed and figured,... 162 
Cultivator, described and figured,. 49 
Van Bergen’s do . 117 
Bement’s do . 117 
queries in relation to,. 44 
Currants, their value and mode of culture,... 77 
Cucumbers, improved mode of cultivating,... 61 
Cutworms, ashes and plaster prevent their ra¬ 
vages, . 132 
Complete Farmer, Fessenden’s, recommended, 119 
Cider, observations on its manufacture,. 90 
Inquiries of S. D. Curtis, how to manage, 98 
D. 
Drainingrecommended, principlesof, explained, 10 
directions for constructing underdrains,. 27 
a new mode of constructing them, by J. 
Ryder, . 55 
its importance in husbandry,. 3 
Drill barrow, described, 49; Bement’s,.117 
E. 
Earthing plants often prejudicial,. 94 
Education too much neglected by farmers; the 
necessity of farmers being better instructed,0 170 
Elements of Practical Agriculture, Low’s, 
extracts from, on draining?.9, 27 
on vegetable and animal manures,. 12 
the principles of ploughing,. 45 
directions for do . 70 
uses and construction of the harrow, ... 87 
South Down, Merino and Dishley sheep, 
improvement of breeds,. 99 
succession of crops,. 109 
the horse. 140 
stable and treatment, .. 141 
diseases of sheep,. 156 
Elder bushes, how destroyed, by S. McCoy, . 81 
Evergreens, when to be transplanted,. 37 
succeed when transplanted in July and in 
winter,. 94 
Excretory powers of plants, Macaire’s theory 
examined, . 8 
Experiments in husbandry,.... 132 
Brewerton’s comments upon, . ■.... 134 
F. Page, 
Farm-gate, Parker’s described and recommend¬ 
ed, ..119 
Farmer, things he should not do,. 30 
Farm buildings, on the economical construction 
of, by L. F. Allen. 150 
Farmers, too restricted in knowledge,. 56 
Farm, profits of, S. T. Vary,. 162 
Fruits, difference in nutriment between ripe 
and unripe,. 107 
Fall ploughing, when necessary for corn, .... 160 
Force of prejudice,. 161 
G. 
Gama grass, directions for sowing, &c.. ..... 51 
does not succeed in this latitude,. 94 
said to be indigenous in Connecticut,... 136 
Gardens, their value in family economy, . 18 
Good points in farming enumerated,. 31 
Grafting, instructions for,... 19 
performed in May and June,. 79 
influence of stock upon fruit,. 119 
Grain worm, an evil worthy of legislative cog¬ 
nizance, . 21 
more injurious to late than early sown 
wheat, . 95 
extending vi esl, . 107 
Grapes, method of cultivating in houses. 33 
how managed, by A. M. Clark,. 113 
vin°s, cause of their not fruiting explain¬ 
ed. 79 
Gooseberry, its culture and diseases,. 77 
Gate posts, substantial mode of setting, by H. 
Van Eps,. 167 
H. 
Holkham, improvements at,. 6 
Harvest drink, oat-meal and water recommend¬ 
ed after trial,. 66 
Hay, great product of,. 134 
Hay and grain, method of mowing, by H. 
Hiekok, . 22 
Harrow, Craig’s Scotch angled,. 117 
Hams, Westphalian, how cured,. 105 
Hemp, anew mode of cleaning,. 67 
Hedges, R. Wheeler’s mode of managing, .... 79 
three thorned locust, mode of cultivating, 160 
Buckthorn, . 160 
Caleb Kirk’s,. 82 
the materials and culture,. 82 
Hilling crops, its errors pointed out,. 69 
Hotbeds, how to construct,. 8 
Household affairs— 
to make Yankee bread, rhubarb pies and 
spruce beer, . 58 
improved milk-house,. 58 
clothesline,. 59 
improved smoke-house. 58 
to make currant jelly and currant wine, 103 
how to make tea and coffee,. 150 
making Johnny cake,. 67 
Hops, circular to the growers and inspectors of, 83 
the mode of culture,. 170 
Horse rake, Pudney’s patent, recommended,.. 149 
Husbandry, its condition in the valley of the 
Mohawk, by J. Frey,. 98 
Huntington, Messrs, their experiment in hus¬ 
bandry, . 164 
I. 
Tee, in ice-houses, preserved by tan,.124 
Illinois prairies, described by J. M. Gray, .... 81 
Indian corn—observations on its culture. 4 
VV. Clark’s experiments in topping. 51 
J. H. J. ’s experiments with,.. 52 
