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CONTENTS OF YOL. IX 
Poultry, general management of,. 103 
— management of laying hens,. 117, 118 
— to make hens lay perpetually,. 52 
— replies to inquiries,... 155 
— yard, engraving of,... 124 
— to prevent vermin on, .. 60, 112, 132 
— notice of Bement’s,. 62 
-Boswell’s treatise on,. 12 
Press for hay, figure and description of,. 66 
u President making,” evils of,. 194 
Prices, true standard of,... 153 
— of wheat, comparative,. 154 
— in England,...*.. 183 
Privet, inquiry respecting,... 46 
-answered, . 85 
— not fit for hedges,. 114 
— correction, .. 98 
Probang for cattle,. 38 
Provisions, curing and preparing for foreign market, 128 
-for home consumption,. 199 
Pump driven by water,. 35 
Pumpkins, large,. 189 
Q. 
Queries to farmers,. 189 
R. 
Radish, large,. 189 
Rail-road companies, liberality of,. 50 
-train, extraordinary,. 157 
Rape seed, inquiry, . 57 
Raspberry, cultivation of,. 87 
Rats and mice, to destroy,. 198 
Recipes—to make British oil, oil of spike, opodel¬ 
doc, &c... 38 
Rhubarb, account of,... 134 
Rocks, chemical composition of,. 90 
Root crops, very large, state premiums on,........ 27 
-successful experiments and remarks,. 36 
-= value of, for cattle,. 36 
Roses, list of fine varieties,... 37 
Rotation of crops, adopted by F. Woodward,. 68 
-great advantages shown,. 84 
-want of in U. S. 109 
Rowmn or fog, meaning of,. 78 
Rust in wheat, prevented by charcoal,. 106 
-causes of,. 143 
Ruta baga, premium crop,. 27 
-how taken care of,. 46 
-preserved by covering with plow, .. 98 
—. — to prevent taste of, in milk,. 89 
Rye, increase,... 152 
S. 
Saffron, culture of,. 123 
Salt, fraud in the manufacture of,. 33 
— best for dairy use,. 168, 195 
— American, purity of, and remarks on its impor¬ 
tance, . 139 
— repels insects from corn, ....118 
-ineffectual,. 189 
— as manure, detail of experiments,. 65 
Sandy soils, management of,. 45 
Sawdust burned as fuel,. 110 
Sawmill, Page’s portable,.46, 59 
Scab in sheep, history and remedy, with figures,... 54 
Scrapbook,. 160 
Season and prospects,. 89 
Seeds, foul, remarks on vending,... 98 
Sheep, winter management of,. 31, 147 
— extraordinary fecundity,. 10 
— feeding at stacks,...30, 114 
— period of gestation in,. 59 
— fat, notice of, ... 60, 84 
— hoof cutter for,. 70 
— management of,.... 81, 197 
-and breeding,.. 129, 114 
-in summer,. 99 
— barn, figure and description of,. 97 
— hay box for feeding,. 81 
— to make hay pens for,. 81 
— feeding oats in sheaf, objected to,. 81 
— importance of salting,.. 99 
— take out the bars for!... 99 
— cost of wintering,. 159, 192 
— remarks on wintering,. 160 
— premiums at state fair on,... 172 
— sale of South Downs,. 184 
-and Cots wolds,.. 13, 21 
— weight of South Downs,...141 
— account of South Downs,..;. 19 
— Cotswold, productive,. 121 
— Paular Merino,. 162 
— Merino ram figured,.. 51, 129 
—• discussion on,. 146, 191, 192, 197 
— foot rot in,. 136, 200 
— how to alter males,.. 200 
— disease in,. 104 
— blackleg in young Liecester,. 84 
Sheep, scab in, history and remedy,. 54 
— dogs, protection for,. 150 
— notice of “ Western Shepherd,”. 92 
Shingling, improvement by painting the nail,. 36 
Showers of yellow dust, pollen,. 28 
Shrubs, ornamental description of,.. 69 
— beautify the country,. 85 
Silicate of potash, nature of,. . 16 
Silliman’s Journal, noticed,. 28, 75, 122, 186 
-price of,. 41 
Silk, successful manufacture of, ..... 11, 94, 185, 187 
— experiments at Auburn prison,. 13 
— remarks and facts,... 39, 134 
— Morris’ mode of killing cocoons,. 50 
— reel, Jones’, figured and described,.... 54 
— reels and reeling,.. 135 
— directions for reeling,. 150 
— and silk reels, report at State Fair on,. 175 
— correction as to quantity in the U. S.. 88 
— culture in U. S. progress of,. 39, 189 
-prospects of,. 53 
-figure of Tillinghast’s cocoonery,.;. 39 
-G. B. Smith’s new work on,.. 41 
-Morris’ improvement noticed,.. 50 
-hurdles for,...47, 127 
-cocoons, frames, and management,. 119 
-to cure. 119 
— convention in New-England,.. 152 
— worms, hatching and feeding,. 87 
Single coulter, figure and description of,. 16 
Slugs on cherry and pear trees,. 22 
Smoke house, description of,... 199 
Smut in wheat, experiments,... 83 
— machine, Bailey & Rich’s, figured and described, 117 
Soap, comparative quality of different kinds of ashes, 59 
Soil of Normandy,... 10 
— improvement of,... 186, 198 
— when to be stirred,. 14 
— requisites for fertility,. 16 
— sandy, how best managed and enriched,.. 45 
Soiling increases manure,. 93 
— successfully practiced,. 184 
Soot, chemical composition of,. 91 
Sorrel, how destroyed,. 123 
— culture of, recommended,... 154 
Sowing machine, price of, . .. 41 
-cheap, simple, and good,. 79 
Spaying, how done,. 14 
— another mode,... 67 
Speculation in mulberry, ruin caused by,.50, 98 
Speed of traveling,. 10 
“ Spirit of the Times,” noticed,.72, 121 
Stables for preserving manure, how made,. 21 
-objected to,.78, 81, 112, 116 
Steam generator, portable,. 163 
Stearine candles,.... 45 
— from lard,. 92, 190 
Stirring the soil, when advantageous,. 14 
Stock, importation of, remarks on,. 67 
— fine, shipment of,. 121 
— proposed sale of at State Fair,.... 126 
— sale of,. 185 
Stone scraper, figure and description of.. 34 
Stoves, air-tight, fuel saved by,. 51 
Straw, directions for stacking,. Ill 
— contrivance for feeding,. 114 
— cutters, noticed,.. Ill 
-report at the State Fair on,. . 174 
-Botts’, figure and, description of.. 196 
Strawberry, cultivation of,. 87 
— beds, how managed,. 112 
— remarks on sterility in,. 165 
— Ross’ Phcenix, figure and account of,. 152 
Subsoil plowing, object of,.93, 129 
-successful, . 158 
Sugar from the maple, to make,. 44 
-large quantity from a single tree,. 89 
-the beet, want of success in,. 60 
-cornstalks, how obtained, &c.. 92, 190 
-premium offered,. 94 
-great quantity,. 88 
Sugar beet, very large,... 21 
— premium crop,. 27 
— directions for culture of,. 73 
Summer fallows, use of,. 95 
Sunflower oil, answers to inquiries,. 93 
Swine fed profitably on apples,.. 17, 42 
— period of gestation in,. 59 
— preparing food for,. 132 
— altering males,. 200 
— premiums at State Fair, and Lincoln’s humorous 
report,... 173 
T. 
Table for working butter,. 199 
Thrashing machine and separator,Pitt’s,excellence of, 174 
-Bostwick’s,... 137 
— machines, remarks on,. 131 
-premiums and report at the State Fair on,... 173 
Tillage, soils, &c. too much neglected in agricultur¬ 
al papers,. 52 
Timber, remarkably preserved by blue vitriol, .... 34 
— use and sale of various kinds,. 143 
Toad-flax, to destroy,. 93, 160,189, 195 
Toads, usefulness of,. 119 
Tobacco, history, culture and use of,. 113 
— never abused enough,. 148 
Tomato raise early in pots,. 165 
— and its uses—catsup, soy, omelet, sauce, stewed, 
preserves, pickles, figs, &c.. 167 
Transactions of N. Y. State Ag. Society,. 75 
Tx-ansmutation, queer argument for,. 46 
— in grass, supposed case,. 148 
— of wheat to chess, experiments,. 155 
Transplanting, careful the cheapest. .... 37 
— how done,. 41 
— forest trees,...... 60 
-experiment recommended,. 70 
Ti-aveling memoranda of Solon Robinson,. 35, 50 
Trees for winter ornament,. 37 
— ornamental, description of, . 69 
-grouping of,. 69 
Trenching, nature and object of,... 93 
Turf, successful experiment in burning,. 17 
Turkies, raising recommended,. 164 
— wild, notice of,. 191 
Turnep fly repelled by oil cake meal,. 21 
-remedies for,. 124 
— worm, remedy for,. 190 
Turneps, directions for the culture of,. 107 
U. 
Uncas and Miantonomah, notice of,. 186 
Urate, manufacture of,.. 14 
V. 
Vegetable, new, (Oxalis Deppii,). 23 
Vei-mont ahead in agriculture,. 34 
Veterenai’ian, notice of, . 28 
Veternary school at Alfort,... 120 
— lithotomy,. 120 
Vinegar, how to make,. 199 
Visit of distinguished ariculturists to Sir R. Peel,.. 200 
W. 
Walnut black, experiments in raising,.... 86 
Wasps, to cure sting of,. 136 
Water elevator, figure of,. 96 
-advantages of,. 101 
— causes of impurity of in wells,... 198 
— lime directions for use of,. 142 
Watering places, humbug and failure .... 60, 158, 183 
Weather very changeable,. Ill 
Weed, new, noticed,. 123 
Weeds, to destroy toad-flax,.... 93 
— destruction of,. 95 
— Dr. Becks’ papers on,. 116, 132 
-comments on,. 148 
Weevil, to prevent in wheat,... 63 
Wells, when best covered,. 14 4 100 
Western emigi-ants, advice to,. 193 
Wheat, comparative prices of,. 25, 154 
— premium, crop of,. 26 
— varieties compared,. 33 
— seed should be well ripened,. 62 
— cutting early, caution,. 64 
— large crop and how raised,. 68 
— rust in caused by plaster,. 80 
— to prevent weevil in,.... 63 
— effects of slovenly farming,.. 83 
— experiments in smut,.. 83 
— rust in, causes of,. 143 
-prevented by chai-coal,..... 106 
— insect in,. 86 
— experiments, remarks and dii'ections,. 149, 163, 198 
— suggestion,. 112 
— impi’ovement in the quality,. 108 
— directions for harvesting,. 106 
— sound from a smut bed,. 101 
— changing to chess, absurdity of,. 83 
— California,. 163 
— trade, feeling in England respecting,. 29 
— from Canada, duty on,. 98 
— English corn laws,. 107 
— market in England, prospects of,. Ill 
—■ quantity produced in North Western States, statis¬ 
tics, ... *. 140 
— plowed in successfully,. 105 
Whitewash, to make,. 52 
Wine, manufacture of in the west,. 12 
Wintering animals,. 13 
Wool, immense quantities imported duly free,. 108 
— price,. 99 
— large fleeces,. 141 
— histox-y, remarks and statistics,. 106 
Worms, destructive, and how to kill,.... 121, 126, 198 
— in children, cure for,. 118, 148 
