THE

AMERICAN

AGRICULTURIST;

DESIGNED

TO IMPROVE THE PLANTER, THE FARMER, THE STOCK-BREEDER, AND THE HORTICULTURIST.

AGRICULTURE IS THE MOST HEALTHFUL, THE MOST USEFUL, AND THE

MOST NOBLE EMPLOYMENT OF MAN.-WASHINGTON,

A. B. ALLEN, EDITOR.

VOL. III.

NEWYORK:

PUBLISHED BY SAXTON & MILES,

205 BROADWAY.

1845.

LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
DAVIS

CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

Under the heads of "Calendar,” “Agricultural Shows," and "Reports," many valuable articles will be

found on gardens, crops, method of cultivation, products, and animals, which we have placed under distinct heads.

Agricultural Societies and Shows-Benefit of.....156

N. Y. State, Annual Meeting of.............8, 40

Notice of......

66

An. Report and Election of Officers..87

List of Premiums for 1844....146, 150

Regulations, &c.......

Transactions for 1843....

Program. and Additional Premiums.281

Descrip. of Show at Pokeepsie....293

Premiums awarded...

Circular for Meeting in Jan. 1845..345
Assembly Report of......

Worcester County, Transactions of..

British American Cultivator..

Buckwheat, Method of Harvesting.

125

292

Budding

208

Bugs, (see Insects.)

66

.94

Butter, Quantity made from Milk.

Scalded Milk for....

Making in Orange County.

from Sour Milk..

8

8

.47,237

.51

Hancock Planters' Club....

and Mechanics' Association in Louisiana..

C.

Jefferson College Agric'l, Hortic❜l and Botan'l..197 Cabbage Heads to raise from Stumps..

Royal Society of England..

.125

.125

283

Yorkshire 66

Highland

66

66 to Pickle.

66 a Monster...

349

.350

.316

Benefit of....

66 Scotland

Queens County...

Agricultural Papers, Value of.

26, 59, 89, 123, 152, 183,

27, 60, 90, 122, 152, 186,

217, 249, 276, 314, 370

66

66

Errors in..

..134, 171, 249

California, Travels in..

.94

.301

Canary Seed, Manner and Profits of Raising.

Cane Coverer, Description of......

317

157

.

Products of the United States.

.349

"Cutter,

for Making Paper.

..157

Agriculture, Essays on Practical.

Candles, to Make..

..156

317

Alabama, Agriculture of......

Almanac, Notice of American Agriculturist.

.252
.338, 365
. 158

Programme and Premiums offered. 277

Seventeenth Annual Show......326

Premiums of........

Alpacas in England and Peru....

Scotland

American Farmers, Policy of...

......

66

Institute N. Y. Report....

.............

66

.356

Ammonia, Sources of....

Apples, to Preserve in Pits..

Mr. Gibbons”..

Arithmetic, Elementary.

Introduction into Spain..

Ashland, Description of.

35

66 and Durham Bull Sheltie.......230

Devon, Character, Weights of......10, 11, 12

Great Dairy Qualities of......94, 286

Durham or Short Horn-Hardiness of......45

Sale of for England and Michigan. 158

..130

..155

Asparagus, Culture of.....

..70

Australian Agriculture.

...317

Messrs. Lathrop's...

.194

Aviary, Description of.....

.16, 336

Polled Grade..

198

B.

Sales of in England..

347

Barley, great Produce of..

Beans, Culture of....

Beef for the English Market.

Beer, Spruce to make...

Bees, Statistics of....

"Preserved from Moths.

"Economy of....

"Hiveless...

Birds, Useful to Fruit-Trees.

66 Bull Meteor....

364

"Migration of.......

182

"Protected on the Farm.

Yearlings, Management of.

Stock of Peter A. Remsen.

Gravel in Animals....

Breeding Bulls...

Free Martins Breeders..

English Method of Fattening.

A Great Butter Cow...

Taming a Savage Bull..

..40

.42

.48

61

.61

..76

..107

125, 190

115