INDEX TO VOL. IV. OF THE CULTIVATOR. 
A bad practice commented on, .... .Page 73 
Acknowledgement ol seeds, &c.. 13, 68 
Advantage of cutting grain early. 30 
Address of J. Buel, before tlie Berkshire Agri¬ 
cultural Society, . 144, 159 
Address to the friends of agriculture,..... .... 200 
Advantages of working oxen on farms, . 170 
Agriculture of Md. propositions for amending, 13 
of Pennsylvania, remarks on,. 110 
of Kentucky, rapidly improving,.159 
should be patronized by government, 113 
Convention, Stale, its proceedings,.. 
Ball’s speech in,. 
Viele’s do .. 
notice of the approaching one, 157 
Society, State, proceedings of, in 1837, 25 
address of Dr. M’Naughton before, 117 
School, advantages to be derived from, 
J. P. Beekman,.. . 
notices of correspondents in rela¬ 
tion to,. 35 
Journals, their importance, N. Ewing, 39 
new ones noticed,. 82, 162 
education in France, patronized by go¬ 
vernment,... 51 
its importance demonstrated,.. 170 
premiums in Massachusetts,.. 81 
surveys, their importance to husband¬ 
ry. 112, 175 
report, for 1837,.... 173 
and horticultural society at Skaneate 
les, a summary of its proceeding—J, 
Canning f uller,. 18 
American society for the promotion of useful 
knowledge,. 45 
Institute, resolutions of the...... 90, 177 
Angle-worms, inquiry how to destroy,.. 52; 
Artesian wells, how bored,.. 52 
Apple, Siberian crap, notice of its properties,.. 63 
Apples, constitute a good food for poultry,-144 
their utility for farm stock,... 150;' 164 
seedless, in Illinois, G. Churchill,. 165 
Anti-cattle choker, by P. Wingate, .. 67 
by J. Conant,.. 80 
Arbutus, its culture recommended by Agricola, 86 
An American sirocco described, J, Dille,.101 
Army worm, its ravages, J. R. Porter, ....... 116 
A republican sentiment of Dr. Channing,.131 
A synopsis of late improvements in agriculture, 171 
Barley, hints on its culture, ..,. 45 
Beans, an excellent mode of curing, S. Robin¬ 
son, . 347 
Bee-moth, successful modes of escaping, 170, 185 
Berkshire cattle-show noticed,.. 158 
Beet sugar, Mr. Church’s pamphlet on, ncKiced, 11 
report on, in the royal society of agri¬ 
culture m Franc?.. 18, 40, 57 
Beet culture, its profits stated, ... 50 
remarks on, W. Kenrick,. 21 
Boots and shoes, dirt.clio. s for rendering wa¬ 
ter-proof, .. 11 
Boston asylum and school farm, an excellent 
institution, . 12 
Brewers’grains,.....'. ....189 
Bread, economical suggestions in regard to,... 37 
various modes of making, .. 144 198 
Blight in pear trees, premium of $500 for a pre¬ 
ventive, .. 47 
opinions as-to the mode of pre¬ 
venting.. 159, 177 
Buckwheat straw, valuable for cattle, if well 
saved, E. L. Dudley.......... 55 
Breeding, Cooper’s two rules in, ............ 
Bloody murrain in cattle, directions for curing, 
J. J. Doming,.... 83 
Bone manure, inquiries in relation to, L.Foster, 101 
facts and experiments in relation to, 127 
Butter, directions for making, J. Smealle, .... 134 
Botts in horses, mode of destroying, J. Hart,.. 150 
Barn and out-buildings, plan of, S. W. Jewett, 102 
G. Johnson,.. 198 
Cattle, Ayreshire, described...... .... ..... 81 
Devons noticed and figured, .. 98 
improved short horns do . 115 
experiments in feeding, in Scotland, ... . 129 
sale of, at Powelton,..... 139 
cure for various diseases in, P. L. Evans, 164 
food, advantages of cutting,. 9 
relief for; when choaked or hoven,.199 
Canada thistles, how destroyed, J. Ormsby,.. 52 
Cheese, mode of making, A. Petrie, . 54 
J. Smealle,.. 85 
Prof. Low,.... .... 5§ 
Canals in New-York,. . 196 
Cheese-press, J. Tow'er’s iron one commended, 132 
Corn, Baden variety,-how improved,... 8 
Lake Supertor, rec’d from S. Robinson,... 182 
Corn, great profit of H. G. Bowers’ crop,. 15 
several varieties experimented upon, D. J. 
Dodge,...148 
crop, directions for managing, ........... 29 
its prospects, 110—its products, .174 
great crop raised by W. Miller. 165 
H. Hopkins,.. 197 
bread, directions for making, &c.83, 117 
Cellars, how ventilated in Germany,. 82 
Chess, evidence of its originating from wheat, 133 
Chillblains, remarks on,. 202 
Churning, use of salteralus in the operation,.. 15Q 
Concklin’s press-harrow, figured, as improved, 176 
Cultivator; its circulation in different states, 5 189 
its terms for volume V. and the reasons 
therefor,.. ..... 157 
Van Bergen’s described,. 34 
Cob-cracker, bark mill employed as such, ... 9 
Common school libraries,... 19 O 
Common schools, great legislative bounty to, 
misapplied, .... . 10 
those of Connecticut and Mas- 
sitchUsetts contrasted, ...... i] 
Cures, for the scab iri sheep, R. Wheeler,.... 30 
for slabbering in horses, T. Paine,. 36 
for the hydrophobia,..'. 123 
Cut-worm, destroyed by lime, A. Day,. 47 
its habits described,. 71 
and curculio, by J. E. Muse,........ 89 
Cotton seed oij, its value to the nation, . 51 
oil cake, its-value. as cattle food, J. 
B. J. 69 
Cotton, queries in relation to its culture, ..... 163 
Crops, and soils to which they are adapted,... 
in Suffolk county, D. F. Wells,... 
in Seneca, J. Smith,...... 
Chum, spring-pole and treddle, J. Low’s,.... 
Currant wine, approved mode of making-,. .... 
Chicken, its mode of developentent in the egg, 
Clay farms, how managed by Greg,.. . .. .. 
by Beatson,. 
Contrast between old and new husbandry, ... 
Coal-ashes', their value as a manure, ......... 
Clover-hay, how made in Scotland,___... 
Clift, L. on managing calves,. 443 
Composts, how made with peat earth,....... 175 
experiments with,.. 175 
Draining, on its utility, A. O. Spoor, 
remarks on, J. B. Bowers ,............. 53 
general principle's of, explained, 151— 
bogs and meadows, 151—hills and slop¬ 
ing grounds, 152—soils composed of 
alternate'beds of clay and sand ridges, 
168—clay soil,. 
inquiries relative to, L. Barber,. 
tile, made by Jackson in Albany,. 3.59 
Drains, various modes of constructing, . 186 
Dutton com, notice of it, by J. W. Snyder,... 
its early maturity and yield, in Penn¬ 
sylvania, W. P. Hunt,....... 
its estimate in Ohio, M. Mendenhall, 165 
Devon cow, winter products of one;.. 62 
Deeds and mortgages, required to be recorded, 68 
Diseases of cattle, J, Smealle,. 68 
Digest of the principles of agriculture proposed, 
W. Johnson, . 69 
Dogs, how cured of sheep-killing, G. D. Avery, -81 
De Labigaire, P. on mulberry hedges, with di¬ 
rections for their management, 82—direc- 
tionsfor sowing mulberry seed, 96—expe- . 
riments with lueern. 82 
De Witt, Simeon, extracts from his address in 
1799,...........A.194 
Effects of cropping,.. ..... 94 
Experiments in manuring corn................ 97 
with gypsum,. 97 
in harvesting corn. 142 
of D. Bradley, with seeds, ........ 162 
Economy of feeding,.166 
Extent and effect of agricultural improvement 
in Scotland, .. 175 
Education in Austria, . 196 
Facts in agricultural science,.... . 10 
Farm accounts, their importance, and mode of 
keping pointed out,.... 37 
Farmers’ clubs, . 194 
Farm implements, for sale by W. Thorburn,.. 33 
Exhibited before the committee 
of the State Ag. Society,.... 
Facts worthy of consideration,.. 50 
worth remembering,.. 123 
Farming, in the valley ot the Wabash, E. Ells¬ 
worth, .. J 31 
Farming capital necessary. 125 
Fat mutton, from T. Dunn’s farm,. 37 
Fat animals and large props, result alike from 
abundance of proper food,.' 78 
Fallowing, continents upon,. 73 
Fence posts, how preserved,.200 
Flax crop, its products, T. S. Knapp,. 86 
Floral exhibition at Ghent,. 68 
Fresh air, indispensable to health, ... ’ 65 
Fruit blossoms, mode of preventing abortion of, 51 
Frontier farming, a Jefferson farmer,. 40 
Force of prejudice,... 37 
Flavor and color, in fruits, depend on the ae- 
tionoflight,.. ................ 10 
Garden, scientific principles of transplanting, 6 ; 
of striking; of grafting; transporting trees, 6 ; 
pruning, 7; binding of the graft, 7; rules and 
directions for managing. 30 
Grain, hints' on the growth of 12; chemical 
composition of, 12 ; remarks on seed, time 
. and depth of sowing, quantity of seed, &c. 13; 
product in flour, of different kinds,. 13 
Grape vines', mode of training, E. Tomlinson, 18 
N. Darling,... 183 
liow successfully pruned,. .... 131 
produce of, in Ohio,.177 
Glossary of chemical terms, ...... . 26 
Gypsum, inquiries relative to, C. L. Dudley, 54 
benefits experienced from its use, A.... 200 
Grasses, kinds adapted to the south-west, W. 
A. Stone,. U 6 
artificial, the basis of good husbandry,.. 73 
General habits of insects,.. 89 
Grain-worm, its extension west and south,. 97 189 
queries in relation to. 109 
communication relative to, A. Carter, 162 
A. Cowley, 162 
Good farming in Virginia, J. II. Cocke,. 136 
Great corn-crop, byMess. Stephens & Ludlow, 143 
Geology for schools, Prof. Mather’s noticed, .. 177 
Grubs, mode of destroying, J. Field, . ....... ] 83 
Hay, more profitably fed than sold, .. 69 
,.'l on the best time for cutting,.. 130 
press, its advantages stated, A. Van Bergen, 12 
Lampman’s described,. 33 
making, improved inode of, T. S. Knapp, 18 
hints upon,..... 98 
Heat, average temperature in the earth below 
frost,.... jo 
radiation of, explained, . . jo 
Harrowing grain, in spring, recommended,.... 51 
Harrows, their utility in husbandry,. 59 
Harrow, E. Wilbur’s described,. 133 
'How to improve a poor farm, R. A. Leonard,. 36 
Hop culture, S. Clieever,. 33 
Hoven in cattle, cure for, J. Daniels, 52; G. 
W. Forman, 132; W. Keese,. 52 
Horn ail, how cured, J. Grant,. 50 
Horse-power, Gleason’s described,. 52 , 
Hints on diet, A. W 6 od,jr,..... 84 
and domestic economy,. 178 
for the piggery,........"...... J 94 
in regard to sheep,.’. j 9 q 
Hollow-horn, mode of curing, J. W. Gray, ... 100 
Havens, J. on the white thorn hedge,. ]J 2 
Horses, cholic in, how cured,. 132 
directions for curing sundry diseases in, 
S. Robinson, . 130 
scraches in, bow cured,.... 200 
Hominy, claimed as a yankee contrivance, C. 
Butler,. 134 
Hedging, whole process described, J. II. Oliis- 
w«U,. 181 
Italian rye grass, withstood the winter,. 34 
Illinois, some account of, W. Gould, . 36 
Improvement of the soil,.. 59, 71 
Industry, the best resort in misfortune,. 97 
Indolence the parent of vice,. 131 
Influence of education upon agricultural im¬ 
provement, .. 175 
Incombustible wash and whitewash, . 179 
Kent, Chancellor, notice of his address, in 1796, 112 
Kyanizing wood, preserves it from decay, .... 131 
process described, . 176 
Kentucky farming, F. E. Becton,. 150 
Live fences, the materials to be employed for, 126 
mode of procuring plants.]76 
preparation of the ground and planting, 192 
managment of the hedge,. 192 
