INDEX TO VOL. IV. OF THE CULTIVATOR. 
Live fences, sweet brier recommended as suit¬ 
able for, R. F. Gourlay,. 
observations upon, J. Dille,. 
directions for growing, J. H. Chiswell, 
Long manure, why adapted tor hoed autumnal 
crops, .... 
its advantages to the corn crap, N. 
Chittenden, ...;. 
estimate of its value to the com 
crop... 
Lime, caustic, in what cases to be applied,... 
its effects on wheat, J. Shields,.. 
rules for applying. 
Livingston, R. L. experiments with gypsum, 
46; extracts from his address in 1793, 63; let¬ 
ter to A. Young, 96; on the effects of shade 
trees on crops, 96; on the excretory duct of 
the feet of sheep. 
L’Hommedieu, Ezra, on augmenting manures, 
49; on sea-weed as a manure, and on the de¬ 
struction of hedges, 82; on raising clover 
seed, 47; on improving land by clover, on 
raising calves, and on freeing seed grain from 
oats, 82; on various manures, 130; on the 
fattening of hogs,. 
Leached ashes, their utility os a manure,. 
Manure, how much shoulJ a farm produce 7.. 
estimates of Dr. Coventry and others,.. 
should be covered in 6 elds with earth,.. 
Mulberry,the Brussarecommended, A.Spenc'er, 
should not be defoliated too often,. ... 
Massachusetts encourages agricultural societies, 
Memoirs of the board of agriculture favorably 
noticed,..... .... 
Mowing machine, Ambler’s, its properties de¬ 
scribed, .. .. 
Wilson’s, its performance,.. 
Mohawk valley, its agriculture improving,.... 
Monies purloined from the mail,. 
Mullein, said to drive mice from granaries and 
barns. 
Meadow and pasture grasses, J. Finch,. . ... 
Mildew on gooseberry, how prevented,... 95, 
Millet, its culture, product and use,. 
Mile, its length in yards, in different countries, 
Mixed husbandry, its advantages,....'. 
Mitchell, S. L. notice of his address before the 
Agricultural Society, ... 
Miller’s machine for unloading hay,. 
Mistaken notions of agricultural employment, 
Miscellaneous notices,. 
Nature and uses of the products of vegetation, 
New-York legislature, remarks upon tneir pro¬ 
ceedings, .... 
Nutritive principle of animal food in grain and 
roots,..... 
New substitute for the mulberry, J. Hathaway, 
Nutmeg potatoes received from S. Robinson,.. 
Notice of the farm of J. F. Edmunds,... 
New-year remarks, . ... 
Notices to correspondents—in regard to lime; 
to white turkeys and Westphalian geese; to 
Williams’ ploughing machine, and to White’s 
root sheer, .. 
Oats, heavy varieties noticed, .. 
hints on their culture,. 
Outline of the first principles of horticulture— 
general nature of plants, 74; the root, the 
stem, 75, 90; leaf-buds, leaves, 91; flowers, 
105: sexes and fruit, 106; seed, 121 ; sap, air 
and light, 122 ; perspiration, cuttings, scions, 
138; transplanting.. .. 
On feeding milch cows with ruta baga, C, N. 
Bement.. ... 
On the decay of the apple tree, by W. Denning, 
Our condition,... 
Over-trading, a national fault,... 
Of nutritive manures, from Chaptal, .... 136, 
On the means of improving our agriculture,... 
Opinions of wise men,... 
On promoting the collection and diffusion of 
useful knowledge,... 
Peat earth and peat ashes, ns manures, 157,174, 
Periodicals, their influence,.... ... 
Premiums offered by the conductor,. 
to whom awarded,. 
by W. Garbutt.. 
Power-looms greatly abridge labor,. 
Potatoes, mode of growing in Virginia,. 
Rohan, and other varieties noticed, 142, 
Potato-dropper, by a Montgomery subscriber, 
Planting, inquiries relative to, L. Kelsey, jr.. 
Philosophy 01 crosses, W. Gaylord, ..... 
Peripneumony in cattle, how cured,.......... 79 
Planting and hedging commenced in Missouri,. 95 
Pigs fattened upon apples, C, Butler.134 
Profits of old and new husbandry contrasted,.. 141 
Proposed improvement of the Cultivator,.157 
Products of a Tennessee farm, . 162 
Profits of farming, E. Cornell,.. 
Pudney’s revolving horse-rake,. 184 
Poultry, remarks on raising,. 192 
Rural Library, a cheap and valuable publication, 13 
Ruta baga, directions for raising, J. W. Lawton, 17 
remarks on their culture, C. N. Bement, 179 
E. Tilden’s crop, . 84 
W. Taylor’s crop,. 165 
J. J. Bullock’s crop,. ..197 
W. Cotton’s crop...197 
Rollers, hollow wooden ones, how easily con¬ 
structed,. 34 
recommended by Chaptal,. 
Rules for ploughmen,. 66 , 
Rye, directions for its culture,.. 97 
Rotation of crops, its advantages,. 73 
Root culture, extending among us. ... 78 
its success with R. Harrison, jr.174 
success of,. 201 
Relative value of grasses, by Rev. Dr. Muhlen- 
burgh,...'. 
Rules for selecting sheep and beasts,.. 
Salt, its effects on wheat, J. Shields, . 70 
Salting meats, directions for, .. 178 
Saw-set, Stillman’s, recommended,. 
Science of agriculture,... 
Seed-corn, objections to steeping, M. 56 
remarks on steeping, D. L. Dodge,... 83 
Seeds received from S. Robinson,. 182 
Seed grain, mode of steeping, R. Johnson,.... 
Silk-spinner, Brook’s, its.advantages stated, 26, 31 
culture, its prospects, W. Kenrick,.. 21 
worms, mode of managing in Turkey, Ag¬ 
ricola, . 87 
Sheep, Lincolnshire, recommended, L. D. Clift, 22 
classed as short, long and middle wolled,. 48 
Lincolnshire and Bakewell compared, as to 
fleece, L. D. C. 146 
Bakewell, weight of fleece in T. Dunn’s 
flock, W. H.Sotham, . 181 
husbandry, soundness of wool, ........... 27. 
barn, E. Tilden’s,. .. 84 
School libraries in Massachusetts,.. 50 
Smut in grain, may be prevented by salt and 
lime. 110 
Smut in wheat, how prevented,.167 
Starch and sugar, similar in their elementary 
matters,. 12 
Starch and sugar, quantity found in different 
vegetables,. 12 
Stall-feeding, its advantages over yarding,.... 86 
Stump-extractor, inquiries for,.;. 80 
answers to, J. H. Drake, 100 
E. Cornell,. 114 
Whitney’s noticed,. 146 
Steam apparatus, recommended by A. Loomis, 116 
improvements proposed, S. Hamilton, 149 
suggested improvements in, R. L. Al¬ 
len, ..180 
Sugar and gluten, constituents & food ofplants, 10 
St. Johnswort', how destroyed, T. Paine, .... 36 
Spring wheat, recommended to be sown late, 
R . Wheeler, . 36 
Summer soiling, its advantages and disadvan¬ 
tages, . 67 
Swine, their good points described,. 63 
Soiling, its advantages, by Von Thaer,. 80 
Spelt wheat, its properties and habits, F. C. 
Speyerer,. 116 
Soils, argillaceous, how improved,. 60, 71 
alluvial, how preserved and enriched. 72 
silicious, how improved. 72 
their absorbent properties connected with 
fertility,. 97 
paring and burning, when beneficial and 
when hurtful,. 80 
Spot in spring wheat, J. Dudley....... 149 
Tall meadow oat grass commended,.... ...,. 96 
Thermometers, scale of graduation,... 33 
Tooth-ache, how cured,. 32 
Turnip drill, Bement’s. described,. 42 
hoe, J. Collins’, noted,. 64 
Turnips, directions for their culture.. 64 
Theory of agriculture, . 43 
The harvest prospects,.. 45, 79 
Thirty years ago,.......... 50 
Topping bom, occasions a loss Of grain;.. 50, 142 
The times, remarks upon,.... 61 
Tomatoes, their medicinal properties,. 62 
Timothy sown with buckwheat,. 112 
The test of good farming,...162 
Tide mills, inquiries relative to,. 179 
Usury laws prejudicial to agriculture. 21 
Venice turpentine, used to destroy the worm in 
the head of sheep, N. Chittenden,. 16 
Vegetable matters, should ferment in the soil, . 32 
Vitality of seeds, prof. Henshaw’s experiments, 51 
Water, its offices in vegetation,. 73 
liow applied in irrigation,. 73 
Wooden rollers, cheap mode of constructing,.. 34 
Weeds, mode of destroying,. 37 
Weddle’s stock recommended, W. Garbut,.... 55 
What is a useful education 7. 77 
White grub, mode of destroying, C. P. Kimball, 83 
Worms, how destroyed, N. Blackly,. r* 85 
destroyed by fall ploughing, S. W. Jewett, 133 
Wheat, the Italian and Siberian varieties dis¬ 
tinct, . 31 
compared, T. Goodsell, 163 
J. Hathway, 183 
remarks on its culture,. 34 
winter, sown in Tennessee in spring,... 64 
the spring varieties described,. 110 
winter varieties may be sown in spring,. 194 
early May, sent by Gen. Cocke to the 
Conductor... 147 
crop injured by blight,. 109, 130 
Wheat and wheat bread. 199 
Wool, microscopic appearance of, . 44 
its fertilizing properties in the soil,.128 
market, its prospects, by Otsego. 85 
Wintergreen, its medicinal properties. 67 
Webster, N. on managing the potato crop, ... 143 
Yellows in cattle, how cured and symptoms,.. 79 
YOUNG MEN’S DEPARTMENT. 
Advantages and pleasures of rural life,. 
Conditions required for efficient respiration,... 
Healthful recreation for young ladies, ........ 
Hints to young farmers, No. 5, culture of the 
mind,. 
No. 6 , political duties, 
Hints on diet... 
Hints to mothers,.... 
to parents and schoolmasters, .... 123, 
Important requisites in a wife,. 
Influence of science and literature upon indivi¬ 
duals, and communities, by Miss L. S. Smith, 
Intemperance in dress,. 
Miseries of indolence,.. 
Natural philosophy, mechanics, 171; hydrosta¬ 
tics, pneumatics, 172; acoustics, optics, .... 
Rise and fall of families. 
The husbandman, hints to the young of both 
sexes;.. . .. 
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REFERENCE TO CUTS. 
Potato dropper,.Page 22 
Silk spinner,. 26 
Graduated thermometers,. 32 
Van Bergen’s cultivator,. 34 
Lampman’s hay press. 38 
Bement’s improved turnip drill,. 42 
Microscopic appearance of wool,. 49 
Gleason’s horse power...... . 52 
Turnip culture,. 65 
Treddle churn,. 65 
Plough nozzles, ... 67 
Draft of plough, . 68 
Ayrshire cow,. 81 
do. bull....... 81 
Sheep barn. 84 
Saw-set. 98 . 
Devon bull,. 98 
do. cow,. 98 
Plan of barn, &c. 102 
Short horn bull,.... 115 
do. cow,. 115 
Steaming apparatus, . 116 
Wilbur’s harrow,. 133 
Illustrative of draining,...... 152 
do. do..'.. 167 
do. do. .. 168 
Conklin’s press harrow,...177 
Pudney’s horse rake,. 184 
Poultry houses, ... 193 
Bill or hedge hook,. 192 
Breast plough,. 191 
Syphon,. ..203 
