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INDEX TO VOLUME IV 
POTATOES—Wild, in South America, 182 
Yield of, lor 1847,.386 
Poudrette, value of,. 126 
POULTRY—at State Fair,. 321 
Beech nuts for,. 33 
Best breeds for laying,. 3S2 
Crossbreeds,. 195 
Fine specimens of,. 163 
Iron water for,. 268 
Management of,. 52, 69, 93, 239 
Profitable,.217,298 
Prairie pastures,. . 47, 176 
Premium crops,. 64, 87, 89, 96, 119 
-how cultivated,. 89 
— — how measured. 284 
Preserver, fruit and vegetable,. 213 
Profits of farming, ....... 205. 209, 253, 265 
Pruning raspberries,. 114 
Pumpkins, large,. 65 
— Large crop of,. 250 
Q. 
Queens County Ag. Society,... 64, 197, 377 
Quince, the Orange,. 37 
— Raising Young Trees,. 61 
R. 
Railroads, saving of animal food by, .. 164 
-Influence of,. .. 331 
Rake, Revolving Horse,.217 
Rape, culture of in Holland. 187 
Raspberries, pruning.. 114 
Rats, to destroy.. 169 
Reading, value of, . 298 
Red Cedar, for Hedges,. 164 
Red root, to destroy,. 17 
Rensselaer County Ag. Society. 151. 162,350 
— Institute.163, 174, 353 
Rhode Island State Ag. Society,.. 12.9, 197 
Rhubarb plant injurious to health, 240, 283 
Roads, Plank, cost of, &c.,. 68 , 289 
— in England,. 187, 291 
— Management of,.218, 245 
— Treatise on,.. 197 
Roller, spiked,. 382 
Rome, Farming in vicinity of,. 46, 107 
Root crops, value of,. 151 
— Cutters,...... 37, 196, 344 
Roots, how to raise,. 47 
Roses, Bugs on,. 340 
— Pillars for. S 6 
— Select lists of,. 116, 289 
Rotation of Crops,. .. 95, 144, 211, 381 
Royal Agricultural Society,. 291 
Rules for Laborers,. 254 
Running out of varieties,.. 369 
Rural Architecture, 25, 50, 73, 120, 159, 216 
— Sounds.. 353 
Ruta Baga, (see Turneps.) 
Rutland County, Vermont, .... 78, 215, 350 
-Ag, Society,. 78, 96 
Rye Grass, value, of,. 98 
— Mullieoie,. 385 
Sales at State Fair, .... 348 
Sandy lands, how to improve. 362 
Saratoga County Ag- Society... 215 
Science and Agriculture,..-.. 33, 93 
— of Mechanics. 15 
Scions, to preserve,.'. . 147 
Schools, Agricultural, benefits of,..302, 334 
— Practical of Giessen. 332 
Season of 1847, characteristics of,.372 
Seed Planter. Emery’s, . .1*21, 2-54, 265, 319 
-Pennock’s..... 319 
-.Seymour’s,. 254, 319, 377 
-Smith’s. 
Seeds, change of. .. 
319, 338 
— germination of,..... 
— Successful steep for. 
.... 245 
— Suggestions about putting up,.. 
Seneca County Ag. Society. 
. 31 
Shade, plants for, .. ' . 
.... 116 
— Trees, for.. 
_ 275 
SHEEP—and Mutton of England, 
. 45 
Age of .to. decide.. 
Breeding, remarks on,. 
s 
Breeder of New-York, 
. 159 
Cutswolds.. 
130, 291 
Cpl. Sherwood’s.. 
. 258 
Compound, for .fattening. 
. 228 
Comparative weight of Fleece and 
Carpas*,.... 290 
pocking lambs. 335 
Exhibited at State Fair.... 320 
Fat... .66, 94, 95, 100, 2‘4 
Good for the West,. ]<)5 
How to mark. 123 
Husbandry in Virginia,.126, 241 
— Remarks on,. 181 
SHEEP—in Illinois, .. 47 
killed by dogs. 2L4 
— to prevent being. 67 
Long Wooled, 33, 67, 130, 291, 323, 385 
Lambs, born dead,. 97 
Large fleece,... 129 
Letting,. 182 
Merinos in Vermont.. 78 
— Imported by Mr. Taintor,. 383 
Mutton, remarks on,. 45, 381 
Number kept on an acre. ......... 130 
Notices of Flocks 252, 265, 267, 268, 323 
Offer for, by Mr. Noble. 195 
Oil Cake for,. 214 
Prices of,. 196 
Racks for,.-. 88. 244 
Remarks on,. 145, 214 
Sale of Mr. Reybold’s,.335 
Scottish,. 11 
Slaughter of,. 66 
Silk bed quilt,. 384 
Slugs on Cherry Trees, remedy for,.... 2S3 
Smithfield Market, London,. 80 
Smut Machine, Staub’s,. 35 
Soiling Cattle, crops for.. 26 
— Work horses and oxen,. ISO 
Soils which run and bake,. 179, 301 
— Renovation of,. 289 
— Preparation of for crops,.219 
— Principles of improvement of,. 203 
— Sandy, how to improve,. 361 
Soot in chimneys. 90 
Sores, applications for, .182, 301 
Squash, cream or custard,. 352 
Stable Floors, plaster for,. . 182 
Starch, potato,. 453 
Steaming apparatus,.128, 159 
Steep, for seeds.245 
Strawberries, Burr’s Seedling,. 258 
— different kinds of,. 282 
— how to plant,. 31 ) 
— large. 258 
— two best kinds. 316 
— to dry, . 225 
Straw Cutters,. 36 
-addition to, . 124 
Sugar, beet, made in Fralice. 95 
— Maple, manufacture of... . 24 
-made in Vermont,. 385 
Sugar Beets, premium crops of,. 64 
Suggestion to corresnoudents,. 67 
Sumach, Culture and preparation of,... 346 
Summer Fallowing,. 153 
Susquehanna Co. Ag. Society,. 377 
Sweeney, cure for.". 153 
SWINE—Berkshires,. . 55, 67, 322 
Breeding of,. 355 
Chester County,. 173 
Diseases of,. 332 
English Breeds of,. 312 
Exhibited at State Fair,. 321 
Fat, . 100, 173, 178, 210 
Feed for,. 94 
Hospi'al Breed,. 37 
Importation of,. 352 
in the United States,. 197 
Instincts of,. 278 
Mackay Breed. J 9 ? 353 
Management of,. 308 
Natural history of,. 277 
Number of in New-Y >rk,. 236 
of Holland. 221 
of Massachusetts,. 19, 37 , 361 
Parsneps for,. 14 
Rearing and fattening,.272 
Slaughtered in Cincinnati,....... . 162 
Suffolk, of Mr. Stickney, 20. 94. 163. 
' 352, 382 
Wild. 279 
T. 
Tares, culture of,. 34 
Tea. consumed in the United States,... 61 
— Culture in China,. 175 
11 The West.” where is it ?. 241 
Thomas, David, visit to. 253 
Thorny clot weed. 144 
Three crops a year. 68 
Threshing Machines, Wheeler’s. 56 
—- Protecting lungs in,.353 
Tillage, importance of... 182, 189. 239. 309 
Timber, proper time for cutting, 131, 180.347 
Time necessary to mature field crops, . 122 
Timothy after barley. 3 Q 5 
Tobacco, culture ofi .130, 361 
Tomatoes, history of use of,....... 2(>3, 363 
— to have early. 86 
Topping Corn, impolicy of,. 379 
Training Domestic animals. 122 
Transmutation,. ; 126, 385 
Transp anting Fruit Trees,. 85, 148 
— Peach Trees,... j 1.5 
— preparation for,.j 14 
Trees, age of,. 277 
— Ranking up trunks of,. 375 
— for Lawns and shade,. 275 
— Forest, to raise from seed,. 382 
— Trumbull Co. Ag Society,. 377 
Trenching, good mode of, .. 3 c 6 
Turneps; culture of,.... 22 , 92, 109, 186 
— feeding,. lgG 
Tuscany, Agriculture of,. 133 
u 
Unburnt brick for houses,. 74 . 195 
V. 
Vanilla in North Carolina,.289 
Varieties, running out of,. 369 
Vegetable food, value of different kinds of171 
Vegetables, analysis of,. ]57 
— to secure,. 323 
Vermont, premium crops of,. 87 
— Ag. and Hort. Society,... .. 384 
Vernon Ag. Association,. 290, 351 
Vetches, culture of,. 84 
Veterinary School at Alfort,. 12 
Vineyards of France,. 337, 371 
Virginia, Crops in,. 95, 214 
— Emigration to,. 77, 174. 299 
— Sheep Pastures,. 126, 241 
— Weather in,. 66 
— Western,. 158 
— Wool Growing in,. 159 
w. 
Wagons, improvement in,. 43, 164 
Wales. Agriculture of,. 370 
Walnuts, transplanting and grafting,... 2!4 
— to raise from seed,. 382 
War, a soldier’s opinion of,. 307 
Warming houses,. 75 
Washington County (Vt.) Ag. Society, 119 
Water. Machines for raising,... 65, 94. ISO, 
243, 318 
Watermelons, how to grow,. 225 
— the best kinds,. 340 
Wayne County Ag. Society. 96. 377 
Weeds injurious to Agriculture,. 143 
Weevil. Black, to destroy,.. 50 
Wells, Artesian,. 12 
Western New-York, depreciation of 
Lands in,. 178 
-Sketches of farming in,. 252,265 
— Commerce,. 385 
WHEAT—After corn,.... 203 
Black Weevil in, remedy for,. 50 
Bushels raised in New-York,. *236 
Cleaning Seed,. 34 
Culture of,. 53, 108, 265, 267 
Grain Moth in..... 13 
Gluten in,. 245 
Great yield of.. 324 
Improvement in Flouring,. 353 
Inserts injurious to,.. 268 
Mediterranean. 258 
Quantity from one head,. Ill 
Premium Crops,. 64, 87. 96, 119 
Preparation of Seed. 179 
— of ground for. 371 
Proper time to Harvest,.108, 279 
Relative Profits of,. 207 
Rust in.. 371 
Sown in Drills,. 287 
Spring. 65, 87, 89, 96 
— Fine Sample of,. 226 
Summer fallowing for,.. .... 158 
To prevent smut in,. 290 
Varieties of.. 348 
Weeds injurious to,... 15 
Will not turn to chess. 126. 3S5 
Windham County Ag. Society,. 350 
Windsor County Ag. Society,.96, 197 
Wines of Fiance. 337, 371. 
Winter calculations for Farmers,. 18 ' 
Wisconsin. Agriculture of,. 210 
Wood, Green vs. Dry,. 18, 124. 274 
Wool Depots, advantages of.. 214 
— Exportation of.. 69 
— Growing in Virginia,. 159 
— Large fleeces of,.. 129, 257 
— Samples of.. 130 
— to prepare for English Market. 160 
Worcester Co. Ag. Society,.. 197, 275, 349 
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Vale College, Ag Lectures at,. 324 
Yales County Ag. Society,. 197, 215 
Yellows in Peach Trees,. 29 
