ESSAYS, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED,'
AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY,
ENGRAVINGS, AND THE PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PUBLISHED BY THOMAS W. SHEPARD, ROGERS' BUILDINGS, CONGRESS STREET.
Barn-yards & stercoraries, Mr. Quincy's remarks on 29.
A. his remarks on the difference between domestic and Bartlett Mr. an account of his premium farm 314. imported wool 396.
A. B. his remarks on the manufacture of butter 364. Abbot, Rev. Abiel, his observations on fruit trees 141. Accounts, farmers' should be regularly kept 157. Adams, late President of the United States, notice of his donation to the town of Quincy 40, 318. Adams George, his mode of raising cabbages 363. Addoms John T. his communication respecting the dis- eases of sheep 205. Address, to the Society of Middlesex Husbandmen and Manufacturers 89, 162-to the Fredericksburgh Ag- ricultural Society 164-to the Worcester do. 180
to the Ontario do. 194-to the Massachusetts do. 217 -to the Maine do. 236-to the Essex do. 244-to the Cheshire do. 284.
Agrestis, his remarks on making butter, cheese, &c. 324. Agricola, quotations from his Letters 45, 91, 92, 139,
218-his Report delivered before the Provincial So- ciety of N. Scotia 337-on cultivating Ruta Baga 388. Agricultural College, considerations on the necessity of establishing 41, 49, 57, 65.
Experiments, report of by a committee of the Mass. Agricultural Society 178.
Professorship founded in Virginia 147. Societies, Washington's opinion of 78-Peter Plough- jogger's remarks on their utility 285.
- Society of Massachusetts, premiums of 25, 97, 273- Officers of 375-of Essex, report of their committee on the management of farms 282-premiums offered by 289-of Worcester, premiums offered by 52. Agriculture, importance of as a science 14-an eligible employment for young men 108-connected with commerce and manufactures ib.-report of a com- mittee of, appointed by the legislature of New York
Allen, Rev. Wilkes, extracts from his Address 162. Alum, manufactured in Salem 368. Analysis of soils, modes of, 91, 403.
Apple-trees, destroyed when young by tearing off all their top branches in grafting 61-grafted on syca-
more trees 387. See Fruit Trees. Arator, his query concerning cattle sheds 347. Archimedes' workshop, communication concerning 306. Arrangement of agricultural labor 181. Artichoke, Jerusalem, its cultivation recommended 401, 402, 406.
Asparagus beds, how to be managed, &c. 293. Aurora Borealis, remarks on 288, 296.
Barton Mr. on gathering and cleaning clover seed 202. Beach grass, its utility 104-further notice of 120. Beans, Heligoland, less valuable and curious than has been supposed 294.
Bed bugs, how destroyed 66. Bed bug society, notice of 352. Bee Miller, how destroyed 67. Beef, how cured in summer 37. Beehives, improved construction of 331, 396. Beer, how to refine and clarify 12-made with hemlock instead of spruce 393. See receipts.
Bees, proposed to keep them in an ice-house 5-to pre- vent their being destroyed by worms 108-honey, how taken from, in Germany 322. Beets, large ones, notice of 128-how cultivated 293-
Berkshire, his observations on preserving bacon by charcoal 275-on sowing spring wheat, and atives against smut 275.
Berry, Ebenezer, his statement respecting the advan- tages of deep ploughing 340.
Birds, should be protected against gunners 59. Bonnet, a splendid, manufactured by Mrs. Wells 80- one sold at Brighton for eighty dollars 95. Book-farming, remarks on 14, 15. Boozy, Ichabod, his wet tax 336. Botts in horses, remarks on 388.
B. P. his communications relative to taking honey from hives 331, 396. Brandy, peach, how made by the French 20. Bread, various modes of making 4—of potatoes 20- improvements in 176-food for horses 393. Breeds of cattle, notice of 173. See further "Cattle." Brewing, notices of 322.
Brown, Dr. J. B. his observations on the diseases of
Burning clay for manure 218-burning sod 316. Burrall Thomas D. Esq. his address to the Ontario Ag- ricultural Society 194.
Burying ground, national, remarks on 206. Burying dead in populous cities condemned 323, 394. Bushes, on the best mode of killing 306.
Bacon, skippers in, destroyed by elder juice 3-pre- vented by red pepper 37-preserved in oats 227-Butter, how made 12-to take a rancid taste from 12 preserved in charcoal 275. See further receipts. Balsam of Peru, a remedy for mortification 342. Barker, John B. Esq. his song on a farmer's life 200. Barley, 63 1-2 bushels of, raised on an acre, by Joseph Watson Jr. 259. Barns, the situation and construction of 353, 361, 369.
-to make from scalded cream 12, 159-receipt for curing 12-salt, how made fresh 66-how best made in cold weather 108-method of making good from cows fed on turnips 123-great quantities of made by John M. Graham 149-Mr. Pickering's remarks) on 220-general directions for making 324, 364, 381.
C. his communication on the properties of an unit 189. Cabbages, on the cultivation of 293, 349-great crops of 363.
Calendar, farmers', indicated by the budding of trees, &c. 21, 22.
Calves, best mode of feeding and raising 122, 324. Canada thistles, how destroyed 30, 280, 398. Canal from Worcester to Providence 186. Candles with wooden wicks, notice of 30. Capital, necessary for a farmer 29. Carrot, on the cultivation of 265, 293. Cashmere Goat, and its importation into France, re- Catarrh in cattle, remedy for 177.
Caterpillars that destroy grass, Dr. Harris's description of, and remedy against 238, 385-description of Col. Pickering's brush for destroying 308-other modes of destroying 362, 371, 379.
Cattle, breeds of much improved since 1700, 1-mode of fattening 12, 133-improvement of 134, 156-how to distinguish those which are inclined to fatten 162 -diseases of 169, 177, 185, 193, 201, 209, 225, 233, 249, 257-large ones in Germany 19-swollen or hoven, remedy for 46-weight of, how ascertained by measurement 68-breeding of 67-best shape for 109-different kind: 204-remarks on 213, 228- large, owned by Mr. Rice 251-Mr. Wilkinson's re- marks on 252, 260, 268-breeding in and in to too great an extent not advisable 270-fine, belonging to Mr. Monmouth Purdy 271-North Devon, their prices in England 299-to remove vermin from 307 -on making very fat 313-proper age for fattening ib.-best food for fattening ib.-Col. Jaques' breed, notice of 350-breeds of remarked on by Curwen 362. Cattle Sheds, query concerning 347. Cattle Shows---at Worcester 43, 71, 74; at Brighton 66, 86, 97; at Amherst, N. H. 79; at Concord 81; at Windsor, Vt. 83; at Burlington, Vt. 83; at Paw- tuxet, R. I. 101; at Exeter, N. H. 101; at Middle- bury, Vt. 101; at Acworth, N. H. 92; at Pittsfield 93; at Plymouth 94; at Hartford, Ct. 94; at Wind- ham, Ct. 109; at Northampton 114; at Granby, Ct. 115; at New York 130; at Virginia 154. Cattle stalls, Col. Pickering's remarks on their incon- veniences 108.
Cement for water cisterns 204.
Charcoal, pulverized, a cure for dysentery 37-polish- ing powder from 356.
Chemistry of use in farming 149. Cholera Morbus, cure for 29.
Church Dr. his Printing Press, notice of 355. Churches, how secured from fire 179. Churn-dasher, improvement in 12. Cider, bottled, how kept from bursting 37-an essay on 76-fixed air should be retained in 149-vessels for the best are hogsheads made of oak and iron bound 155-Col. Pickering's remarks on 220-mode of mak- ing adopted by the religious society called Shakers 377.
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