INDEX TO VOLUME IX 
( NEW SERIES. ) 
[Explanation. —In making out the annexed Index, we have placed everything relating to 
Cattle, under that head—so with Horses, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, Domestic Economy, 
Books, Periodicals, Manures, &c. Every article referring in any way to these subjects, will be 
found arranged under these separate heads.] 
A. 
Acknowledgments, 58, 90, 120, 152, 194, 225, 
258, 291 
Acres, yards in English and Scotch, .... 26 
— of improved and unimproved land 
in New-York,...367 
Action and Reaction m Farming,.219 
Addison Co. (Vt.)Ag. Society,. 119 
Address of the Hon. H. Seymour,..382 
Adirondac Mountains, visit to,.302 
Agricultural Bureau at Washington, 46, 120, 
323 
— Convention at Washington,.. 120, 258 
— Economy, remarks on,.51, 101 
— Education, ... 34, 87, 92 
— —- Prof Norton on,.. 107 
— — plan for Farm School,.117 
— —• what can be done for,. 267 
— Fairs for 1852,.. 254, 290, 321 
— — remarks on,...362 
— Implements, trial of, at Geneva, 220 
291, 312 
— Pursuits, Influence of, on Health, 235 
— Papers, value of, 4, 15, 22, 78, 111, 
117, 138, 249, 307 
— — notices of,. 187, 226, 260 
— Resources of the Great West, 345, 364 
— School of Grignon,..204 
— Statistics of New- York,..367 
— Societies, Transactions of,. 152 
— Survey of Essex Co.,. 225 
— Surveys, importance of,.237 
Agriculture a Science,. 34 
— of Sullivan County,.398 
— of Canada West,...399 
— of Jefferson County, ..384 
— How science affects it,..113 
— Scientific and Unscientific,..365 
— the Mother of all Professions,_118 
—■ the Science of,.... 137 
Albany County, Things in,. 239 
— and Rens. Hort. Society,- 122, 355 
—• University of,. 35, 90, 152, 388 
Almanac, Pictorial Cultivator,. 1 
American Institute, officers of,.227 
— Figs,. 381 
— vs. British Horticulture,.252 
— Pom. Society, Fruit Catalogue of, 401 
Analysis and Pulverization of Soils, .... 345 
— of Bran,. 192, 245 
— of the Strawberry,. 183, 258 
— of the Cucumber,....397 
— of Oil-cake,. 245 
— of the Sweet Potato,. 132 
Animals, Education of,.394 
Ants, to remove,. 220 
Apiary, Gilmore’s,.37, 110 
Apples, Baldwin,. 221, 375 
— color of,. 372 
— Dwarf,.251 
— effects of bruising, .. 280 
— for fattening swine,. 14 
— Market for,. 221 
— Northern Spy in Ohio,. 310 
not derived from English crab,... 375 
Apples —notices of new,. 43 
— Primate, ... 47 
— Shipped from Monroe County,_ 68 
— Sweet Bough,. 372 
— Select Lists of,. 87 
— Tested at Boston,. 43 
— The best,. 109 
Westfield Seeknofurther,.373 
— Western,... 77 
Apple Trees, bark louse on,. 133 
— — Borers in,. 133, 403 
— — culture of in Massachusetts,.. 42 
— — disease on,...310 
— — from cuttings,. 77 
—- — good culture of,. 77 
— — hardiness of grafted,.... 72 
— — Insects on,. 72 
— — killed by potash,.375 
— — Rapid growth of,. 279 
— — Retopping,. 259 
Army, an invading,. 21 
Arrangements for 1853,. 388, 393 
Ashes for manure,. 190 
— on Wheat,.254 
— unleached, use of,.288 
Axioms, Rural,. 131 
B. 
Barley, Winter,... 2S6 
Barns, tight vs. open,. 190 
— Plans of,. 248,344 
— Wash for,. 279 
Bees, Gilmore’s plan of keeping, ....... 37 
— Habits of,.238 
— Management of,. 47, 145 
—■ To prevent robbing each other,... 290 
Beets, water in,. 177 
Beet, sugar,..389 
Bennington Co. (Vt.) Ag. Society,.119 
Blackberries, culture of,. 188 
— cultivated high bush, .342 
— time to transplant,. 132 
Blight on Pear trees,. 36 
Bones, as a manure,.... 222 
— dissolved with sulphuric acid, 121, 172 
— how applied,. 55 
— value of, for manure,. 176 
BOOKS—American Muck Book,. 76 
— Rose culturist,... 193 
Agricultural Dynamics,.131 
A Farmer at Home,. 195 
A School for Fathers,.353 
Anna Hammer,..353 
Atlantic and Transatlantic Sketches, 353 
Bleak House,.289 
Butler’s Analogy,. 353 
Cyclopedia of Modern Agriculture,. 258 
Child at Home,.319 
Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations,.... 353 
Dairyman’s Manual,.. 76, 150, 211, 217 
Downing’s Country Houses, ... 121, 148 
Domestic and Ornamental Poultry,’. 193 
Dombey and Son,. 320 
Boots—Dr. Chalmer’s Works,.353 
Fardorougha, the Miser, .353 
Grecian Antiquities,.253 
Horsemanship,. 118 t 
History of the U. States, Murray’s,. 193 
Horses, their varieties, Ac.,....193 
Harrison’s Latin Grammar,.258 
History of the Reformation,.289 
— of the United States, Hlidreth’s, 319 
Home and Social Philosophy,.353 
Institutes of Algebra,.353 
Lossing’s Pictorial Revolution, 118, 193, 
353 
London Labor and London Poor ... 289 
Lotus Eating,.319 
Latin and English Dictionary.319 
Marco Paulo’s Voyages, Ac.,.2S9 
Mother at Home,.319 
North American Sylva,.132 
Note Book of a Naturalist,.224 
New System of French Grammar,. 289 
Parisian Sights and French Principles 387 
Practical Treatise on Manures, .... 193 
Plantation and Farm Record,. 193 
Pierre, or the Ambiguities,....320 
Personal Adventures in Italy,.353 
Report of Com. of Patents,. 57 
Rural Architecture, by L. F. Allen, 193 
Report on the World’s Fair,.353 
Skillful Housewife’s Book, . 76 
Transactions N. Y. S. Ag. Society,. 131 
— of the Hawaiian Ag. Society, 258 
— Massachusetts Ag. Society, .. 354 
— Wisconsin Ag. Society,.387 
The Hive and Honey Bee,.193 
The Hog, its origin, varieties, Ac.,. 193 
The Howadji in Syria,.224 
The Pests of the Farm,.258 
The Clifford Family,. 353 
Walks and Talks of an American 
Farmer in England,. 118 
Works of Dr. Olin,.289 
— of Robert Burns,.353 
Borer in Apple Trees,.133, 403 
Borrowing tools, evils of,. 317 
Boys, valuable Hint to,. 177 
Bran, analysis of,.. 192, 245 
Breeding stock, Influences affecting, 179, 290, 
318 
Brick work, wash for,. 191 
Bugs, Striped, to destroy,. 381, 403 
Buckthorn seed, how to sow,..... 191 
Buffalo nursery,. 322 
BUILDINGS—Barn, Plan of,. 248 
Chester County barn,.344 
Cold Vineries,. 18 
Country Houses,. 16, 28 
— School House,. 75 
Design for a House,.280 
House for Drying Fruit,..259 
Plan of a Farm House,. .. 112 
Poultry House,.207 
Remarks on,. 287 
Burnt Clay, Operation of,. 191 
Butter, to prevent turncp taste in,.285 
— product of,.370 
