of clover is ascertained 64; very productive of fodder; recommended as a cleanser to avoid summer fallows 388; when should it be sowed? 296; if cut for hay is it not an exhauster-may it be sewn with advantage early in the spring? 398. The Egyptian described; its great value 326. Seed, a peculiar sort of received by the editor; its qualities 103. MILLS; Bolton's for cleansing clover-seed 8; one for the same purpose invented by J. C. Baldwin of Winchester, Virginia 31; the treading, for prison discipline, described 261. MINDS, extraordinary cases of disordered, 99. MINOR, P. on the cultivation of Indian corn; detail. ing the process that secured to him the premium for cultivating the most and the best, from the Albemarle Agricultural Society 73. MINT; time of cutting-method of drying—its uses 57. MORTER; Professor Olmstead on its preparation; the Romans deemed the use of good so impor tant to their architectural fame, that they prohi. bited by law the use of bad-the consequence they employed lime and sand alone-the qualities of good-materials for 1; the practice of mixing clay with, very pernicious; such cement will never acquire much hardness; is essentially improved by keeping; Grecian maxim for wetting; the first coat of for walls should be the strongest 2; objections obviated, by showing the superior advantages to be derived from the use of good over that which is adulterated 2; the foregoing principles enforced 30. How used by Earl Stanhope, to preserve build- MUD SCOOP, an economical, described 87. merits will finally subdue our prejudices against 158; in contradiction to the opinion of Buffon, the best are said to be produced in Minorca by the horse and jenny 313. -Exhibited at the Maryland Cattle Show 113, 282. MULBERRY TREE, native of Asia-interesting account of the 225. MUSEUM, the riches of the (connected with the jardin du roi,) as it regards botany 171; foreign plants and seeds, how to preserve, and convey for the use of the-objects which would be parti. cularly useful 172. MUSHROOMS, will grow either from seed or tuber cles, in the manner of potatoes; how to test their quality; extraordinary ones; may be cultivated in a closet; poplar bark planted in furrows will produce 57. N. NATIONAL INDUSTRY, the editor could wish to confine the publication of discussions on this great question to the publications of the societies organised for the support of agriculture and manufactures 47. NATURAL HISTORY, new theories and new discoveries in 198; of the hog 211; singular change in a bulfinch 229. NATURA' ISTs, questions for 412. cation that leads to agricultural pursuits; to no class of the community is the agricultural interest more indebted 161; wheat of the straw of which Leghorn hats are made received from a young and meritorious one 302; Commodore Jones' letter to the editor on the subject of foreign stock and productions, with explanatory notes 313. NECTARINE, the, a species of the peach; original ly from Persia; have been known to grow on peach trees without grafting or budding 226. NEWMAN, Silas', profits from an acre and a quarter sown in flax seed 109. NEWSPAPER; expenses, &c. of the London Times 99. NEW-YORK State and Scotland; coincidence in agritural features 399. OAK, the, ancient reverence for and superstitions re specting 105; remarkable ones in England; medicinal and other properties of 106, 117, 118; the shade of those of Italy do no damage to the cr ps that grow under them 162; the oriental productive of the Nut-gall, is produced in abundance in Florida 192. OATS; how cultivated; not an impoverishing crop their culture recommended; how to make bread from the flour of 414. will preserve bacon packed in 367. the potato and Tartary heavy and productive 344. - black, seed of sent to the editor by Christopher Hughes, Jr. Esq. American Charge dc Affairs at Stockholm 23. OCHRA, the, affords an excellent soup; the seed of the best substitute for coffee 96. OI, cotton seed produces a handsome yield of; an interesting subject to southern punters 34; enquiries as to the best method of procuring from the palma christi 208, 271; answered; produced by decoction as good as the cold pressed 312. - whale, useful in the preparation of seed wheat 320 Cider, method of making 365. OINTMENT, an, can be made from the pulp of apples mixed with hog's fat and rose water for cleansing the skin 131. 264. OLD AGE, instances of in Maryland 199 (Erratum) OLIVE Tree, the, was known and appreciated by the ancients, principally cultivated for the oil it yields 226; it is supposed it might be produced in S. Carolina 275. OLMST A, Professor, on the preparation of morter ; ustifies his theory by the practice of Mr. Smeaton in the erection of the Edystone light house 3. ONIONS, the Spanish seed produces large 184. ORANGE, the, when introduced into Europe: culti vated extensively in Italy; it is said, may be produced by infusing the flower in oil of almonds 233; will flourish for a hundred years; is in its prime at twenty or thirty and increases its products annually 174. on the planting and cultivating of 378. ORANGERY-governor Worthington's plan of an, in Florida, and its probable profits 174. ORIGIN of some of our plants 80 OX; the Durham, weight and fat of...sold in 1796 for 2000 guineas...management of the breed 40. OXEN, as a matter of economy, should be used in ploughing in preference to horses or nules 42... are used exclusively on the king of England's Norfolk farm 125. -Hoven, a remedy for 126. OYSTER Shells will correct sedge in wheat 71. P. PAINT, noxious effects of, exemplified by a sudden death occasioned by 229. PAINTING, method of mixing colours for 365. PALMA Christi, or castor oil bean; query as to the best method of expressing the oil from the 208, 271; answered 312; comes to great perfection in Moorefield, Va. 216; advice to those who would try the crop 335. PARSNIPS, an excellent wine may be made from; contain much saccharine matter 57. PARSLEY, should be sown in the spring; old seed of comes up sooner than new; good for sheep in a certain complaint; its grass-breaking property -method of preserving 57. PAUPERS, on the sustenance of 127. PEACH, the...a native of Persia, originally supposed to be poisonous, and sent into Egypt by the ki of Persia to plague the natives 234: directions for successfully cultivating 401. -Trees...on a disease of...caused by irregularity of the weather...standing in rich ground, should not be manured or ploughed about in the fall...enqui ries as to the best plan of checking the sap 32 PEACHES, method of drying 365. PEAS, used for horse food in North Carolina...ver nutricious, but have been known to kill those ne accustomed to their use 168, 267. - Field, are an excellent and profitable crop... modes and times of planting 266; description of different sorts of, invaluable to the southern states...is thought that they may be a valuable fallow crop to precede wheat and turnips 267; North Carolina mode of cultivating 388: chiefly used for fattening hogs, cattle and sheep...the latter of which are very fond of hay cured from the vines of...seed promised to the editor, and practice suggested 389. PEAR, the, is of great antiquity.. was consecrated to Minerva previously to the olive...cultivated in great varieties in Great Britain...its introduction ascribed to the Romans...more productive graf ed on the quince, than on its own stock or white thorn 234. -The prickly, grows luxuriantly on the coast of the Gulph of Mexico...used for fencing, would render fields impervious 375. PEDESTRIANISM, matches of in England...tandem driving, &c. 102, 229, 328, 127: a singular match 415. PENITENTIARY system...expenses of the Milbank (English) prison 102: the tread-mill auxiliary to prison discipline, found to answer a good purpose 260: improvements on, suggested 3 8: a table showing the number of repeated committals would be useful 328. PERTHSHIRE Recollections 328. PETERS, Lovett's, method of curing looseness in calves 99. -Richard's, history of the introduction into this country of the broad-tailed Tunisian sheep 176: they were a permitted selection from the Dey's flock in compliment to the United States, by gen. Eaton--dearness gives every thing its value, and their credit was enhanced in proportion to the prices required for them.--Caramella was the name of the ram, and Selima of the ewe, of the only pair that arrived safely 176; never found any difficulties as to their generative powers, and thinks them emphatically the farmer's sheep 342. -Thinks the mottled ruta baga the best 303. PHILOMEL'S experiments with steeps on seed wheat 255. PHILLIPS, Henry; for extracts from his history of cultivated vegetables, (see Pomorium Britanni cum.) PHYSICIANS should know something of the principles and practice of every art and pursuit of man 243; by acquiring a knowledge of the diseases of animals, and imparting the same gratuitously, would become benefactors to their country 246. PICK! E, for beef, receipt for preparing and mode of applying 270. PIERCE, Charles, agent for the proprietor of the Linnæn garden 8. PIGEONS---" a lover of squabs" enquires respecting the best mode of domesticating 280; is answered 294. PIGS, for sale by the editor 208; remarkable 376. PILES, prescription of oak bark for the cure of the 118. neglect of summer fallowing---green crops retard the period of sowing to too late in the season PLANTS, the flowering of certain, indicative of the The wild indigo would answer a better purpose -The senna is cultivated in S. Carolina 293. PLASTER of Paris acquires no additional efficacy from being united with ashes 30; should be free- ly used on turning clover down for a wheat crop 30; a test to ascertain its quality would be useful 64; if too profusely used may produce injurious dry 91; works efficiently when industry takes - Delaplane's Substratum described---who contends -The Carolina---its advantages 31. -Enquiry respecting a skim coulter to 64; describ- edits use--doubtful if it would answer an Ame- rican ploughman at all---excellent for ploughing McCormick's angular balance tested, and its su- -Cleaner and hold-fast, described by Joseph Ker- -Drill, if used in the fall and winter, saves labour - Virgil Maxey describes his new invented five-fur- PLOUGHING, very little necessary after turnips, if the land has been properly ploughed at a season- able time 38; in of wheat with standing corn, slovenly and expensive--a better practice 143; deep on Eastern Shore land, thought by practi- cal men to be injudicious, and the benefits to be derived from fall and winter questioned 155; ef- fects of substratum 192; skilful regulation of harness, driving, &c. of the first importance in--- injurious effects consequent on using too many horses in 229; two horses and two ploughs do more and better work than a four or six-horse Horizontal level for, described---method of using – Match, report on a, by the Brighton (Mass.) cat- -Winter, secures superior tilth 43. PLOUGHMAN, a Gallawater on ploughing---objects to the use of many horses, and to the attaching PLUM, the, appears to be produced in most coun- tries--the wild sloe and bullad indigenous to Great Britain---the green gage the best---origin of considerable changes---how to produce a retro- POETRY, the haunch of venison 104; Holkham sheep-shearing 247; the milk-maid and the bank- er--the farmer's creed 263; Mahometan and Hog 279, domestic love 320; song, "fare thee well" 336; pilot's song 392: the Bakewell sheep POLITICAL Economy, the present system of in Eng- land, ruinous to the productive classes of socie- POMARIUM Britannicum; extracts from Phillips' history of cultivated vegetables, &c.-MINT and MUSHROOMS uses and method of propagating 57- of PLANTS, &c. Enown in Great Britain-introduc- tory remarks 97-the OAK, antient reverence for and superstitions respecting;-its useful proper- ties-value as a wood 105-extraordinary ones in England 106-the APPLE, a native of the eastern part of the world-seems always to have required cultivation: grafting owes its origin to the Romans, who brought their apples to great perfection- trees in the neighborhood of Rome rented for a high price-the wild crab alone indigenous to Great Britain-variety, when and how introduced -the ribstone pippin poetically eulogized 1:9 a 133---BARBERRY, a beautiful shrub, native of G. Britain, useful for medicinal and culinary pir- poses 137-B ECH, a beautiful and highly valua- ble tree-esteemed by the ancients-its nut yields an excellent oil, and its wood valuable for many purposes 137-BLACKBERRY, the fruit is whole- some and cooling...the root and leaves medicinal 137...CACAS, or chocolate tree, native of South America...the fruit is estimated next to gold and silver as an article of export...the most restorative of all aliments...the oil of, the hottest of any known...formerly much cultivated Jamaica... but have withered under the heavy hand of min. isterial exaction...described...astonishing product per acre 145...CASHAW NUT, described... native of South America...in every respect highly valuable ...the kernel of the fruit which grows at its end, esteemed the finest nut in the world, yielding a powerful oil--the fruit is pleasant, yielding a juice convertible into cider or wine-a decoction of the leaves good for old wounds 145: the tree exudes a fine gum, and the wood is excellent timber 146: the CHERRY: the fruit of the Mi- thridatic wars--its nativity eastern---when in. troduced into England---estimation in which it is held--and varieties 162: CHESNUT brought from Sardis---supposed by some to be a native of Great Britain--the uses of its fruit---its wood has been successfully used for dying and tanning 163: the HORSE CHESNUT is from Asia--is used in certain complaints of horses---increases the quantity of milk, given to cows, without injuring quality or flavour 163: bark valuable in tanning leather 164: Cocoa NUT, and interesting history of the COFFEE TREE 164: the CRANBERRY, a na tive of Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, Russia, New Holland, Spain, and America 169: the Cu- CUMBER is of Asia and Africa---ancient method of forwarding--the properties of, and when intro- duced into England 169: the small WILD CU, CUMBER is a native of Jamaica---its medical vir- tues and superstitions respecting 170: CURRANT TREE indigenous to Great Britain---yields a fine wine, an excellent brandy and jelly--may be kept the year round, and had fresh from the bushes for six months in the year 170: interest- ing account of the DATE 181: the FIG-its anti- quity, value as a fruit, and anecdotes respecting 189: nativity of the FILBERT: when introduced into England---quaintly used by the Roman bride- groom 193: the GOOSEBERRY, originally a small berry, but has been greatly multiplied in its va- rieties...makes an excellent sauce and preserve, and yields a fine wine 193: the GOURD grows to a very large size in some parts of the world, 194 the MULBERRY TREE was introduced into England in 1548.-original stock still thriving... breeds no vermin but the silk-worm---to culti- vate which would afford a proper employment for the young and infirm in preparing the silk 225-..NECTARINE, a species of the peach--de- rives its name from nectar, supposed to be the drink of the gods 226: the OLIVE TREE was much esteemed by the ancients, and is still cul- tivated principally for the valuable oil it yields 226; the ORANGE, supposed to be the golden fruit of the Hesperides, first brought to Europe in 1548: the seeds of sown in April, produce an agreeable salad: memoranda of the value of trees belonging to the garden of the queen of Charles I.---Seville the most valuable 233: the PEACH is a native of Persia, cultivated early in France, introduced into England 1562; the finest flavoured gathered from trees of the great- est age-cultivated with great success in Ame- rica-recommended to be eaten in the morning by persons of costive habits-time proper for pruning-rose pink made from the wood of 234; the PEAR is of great antiquity-from what cir- cumstance named 234; some kinds of used to counteract mushroom poison-the wild, native of Great Britain-the cultivated probably intro- duced by the Romans-not thought to be very wholesome, though yielding an excellent liquor 235; the PINE APPLE was first raised in Europe, by a gentleman of Leyden- the plant introduced into Great Britain in 1690-it was long confined to the tables of the rich and luxurious-the varie- ties are numerous, but it would be best to reduce them 241; the PLANTAIN is a native of Guinea- carried to the West Indies from the Canaries, and there extensively cultivated-it forms the principal food of the negroes, and is deemed a great blessing bestowed upon the inhabitants 2+1; the BANANA TREE is scarcely distinguishable from the plantain the young leaves of are used for dressings for blisters-grow with great rapidity- and the juice of, astringent in a high degree, stopping all fluxes 242; the PLUM was early at- tended to in Great Britain-effect of grafts from; not thought to be very wholesome-the bark of the wild, thought to be equal to Peruvian, in in- termitting fevers 242; the POMEGRANATE is very ancient-was used as an ornament on the robe of the ephod-mentioned in the fabulous stories of the Grecians as growing in the Elysian fields- the flowers, rind, and every part of the fruit, used medicinally by the Romans-noticed by Ba- con-his prescription of, for complaints of the liver 242, 243; the PUMPKIN is medicinal to per- sons of warm temperament 249; the QUINCE, the correctness of the Linnæan classing disputed by Miller-named after an island in the editer- ranean-supposed to be the golden apple of the Hesperides its medicinal qualities 249; the RASPBERRY not esteemed by the ancients-im- proves by cultivation 249; the wood produces fruit but one year; how to trim 250; the SER- VICE TREE, though indigenous to England, now but little known-its fruit used as a dessert in Italy and France-medical property similar to the medlar 250; the STRAWBERRY, the earliest fruit-the practice of strawing, thought judicious, and from whence it derives its name, not much attended to--affords a delicious wine 257; the TAMARIND is a native of both Indies-its fruit described 257; is healthful and medicinal 258; an interesting account of the VINE 201: the WALNUT is considered stomachic-the young fruit makes a good preserve-method of preser- ving and formerly the wood was much used by cabinet makers 258; the Lorus was said by the ancients to be by its nature everlasting 265; the LOTUS FLOWER is a distinct plant-described 265; the Egyptian plant furnishes an excellent bread 266; the Hop is indigenous to Great Bri- made in Italy-its vegetable bitter, subject to ca- price-existing contradictory acts of parliament respecting-would be a very productive crop if not liable to casualties, which render it an uncer- tain one-the only native plant under the control of the excise 323; its medicinal properties and uses 324; of the COTTON there are six distinct species- interesting account of, and its great importance in the manufactures and commerce of the world 331: the APRICOT is thought to be an Arabian fruit- was much esteemed among the Romans for inva lids - introduced into England in the reign of Henry VIII.-it is the earliest wall fruit, and held in high estimation 121; that the ALMOND is a na. tive of Syria and Arabia, we have biblical au- thority-the Jordan almond was introduced into England in the reign of Henry VIII.--the oil and butter of, an excellent nourisher-the bitter are aperient, detersive, and diuretic---and the POMEGRANATE, the---native of Syria--claimed by POMROY, S. W. vice president of the Massachusetts agricultural society, describes his method of re- claiming wet unproductive meadow land 52: his essay on the advantages to be derived from ma. nuring with green crops 107: corresponds with governor Wolcott, of Connecticut, on the subject POMONA, on the making and treatment of cider 237. POISON, taken by accident...an apparatus for freeing POPULATION of a country increased or diminished by improvement in or neglect of agriculture 207, 290, 292: contrast between the practice of two farmers, and the moral consequences of each 207 increase of under given circumstances, an argument against poor laws...and the evils of felt in other countries should be guarded against in -Slave, a confessed evil...their condition, however, POOR Laws tax industry, increase the misery of and multiply the number of paupers 278: legislative attempts to make people charitable, have the re- verse effect...poor houses, equally with prisons, sinks of corruption 286: the copious sources of charity destroyed by the operation of 287: tempt to idleness and vagabondism...necessity sharpens the wit and admonishes to carefulness 301: en- courage seduction and its consequences 309. POOR Richard recommends cut oats as a remedy for purchases of the editor Bergami and Columella Rufus, his mode of rearing...debt, credit and pro- POSTHLETWAIT, Roger, on the planting of pota- : POTATOES, improvement in the culture of 24: ex- periment to ascertain the merit of different sorts ...and whether best to plant cuttings or small whole ones 37 best to plant whole ones 46: method of planting in the northern part of Great Britain 46: make an excellent gru- el for calves and pigs...afford a superior size 407, 58: how to boil 58: how to preserve 76: the water in which they are boiled destructive to vegetable insects 96: considered a field vegeta- ble, but will grow well in gardens under trees, to which they are beneficial 107. -Produce of upon an acre 148. The fecula of answers the purpose of tapioca...a liquor of, procured in the process of making starch, will clean woollen, silk or cotton goods, blade, ear and top and all, of Indian corn, at a sin- POWEL, John H. complimented for his exertions in improving the breed of cattle...pedigrees of his imported 271: his large crop of ruta baga on an acre of land 295: produce of his field of mangle wurtzle, and how cultivated...its great value as food for cattle and sheep 387: on the produce and properties of millet...recommends it not merely for its value as food, but as a cleaner of land with- PREMIUMS, to be awarded by the corporation of Philadelphia in conformity to the will of Mr. John Scott, of Edinburg 80; as at present bestowed, do not tend to agricultural improvement... for pro- fitable practice, useless,-for unprofitable, inju- rious...actual experiments on doubtful points, the only legitimate subjects for 340. PRESTON Guild...Liverpool mechanical procession -Samuel, describes his arithmetic...rules for guag- ing, casting interest, &c. 254. PRINCE, John, on the cultivation of carrots 5. PRISON Discipline, report of the mayor of New P. S. K. recommends sub carbonate of soda as a cor- PUMPKIN, worthy of the attention of husbandmen... PURDY, Monmouth, celebrated as a raiser of fine beef...notice of his twelve steers brought to New QUARTER Evil, a disease of calves; peculiarly lia- QUEEN-ANN'S County, Maryland, deplorable pic- QUERIES, on a certain disease in sheep and on un- : 247 answered 284; what may be considered the surplus product of a farm of a given extent over the consumption of the stock necessary to work it? 270; how are pigeons to be domesticated? 280; answered 294; when should millet be sown 296; information as to the best method of mat ing capons solicited 371; respecting a machine for cutting hair from skins without injury to them 376; respecting a disease in wheat 380; what is the value of a bed of porcelain clay; is it practi cable and what would be the expense of forming an establishment for its manufacture in this coun- try? 383-the proprietors of directed to an an swer 405-what is the English method of drying and splitting peas? 389-propounded by a young farmer 398-which is the best method of reclaim- ing woodland marsh and what is the kind of northern bean that bears so high quotations 407 -respecting looms and wool spinners 407-to naturalists 412-as to the best method of culti vating sweet potatues, and the proper time of sowing crab grass 327-answered 412—informa- tion solicited respecting a new invented hemp QUINCE, the, grows in great abundance in some parts of England-anciently would take upon the apple stock but will not now-it prevents hermo- doubts the judiciousness of cutting corn green to RABBIT Warren, how to make 256. RASBERRY, the, was but little noticed by the an- cients the red is indigenous to Great Britain- delicious wine 250. READY Reckoner (for graziers) by which the weight REDDING, William F. advertises seed for sale 8, RED Water, a disease of sheep known by different names-enquiries respecting and receipt for cur- REFLECTIONS on the anecdote of Edwin the play- er and the widow Lewton 109. REGULATIONS appertaining to servants in the six- RENTON, George's grazier's ready reckoner for REPORTS, of the committee of the Md. house of dele- rivable from 146, 147-the committee of the Ma-' ryland legislature on the subject of appointing commissioners to inspect the Potomac, entertain counter views and opinions-consider the Potomac of the first importance 138-documents accompanying Mr. Millard's resolutions 140, 141. Of the committee of the legislature of Massachusetts on V. Maxey's resolutions (see vol. 3, p. 81.) adopted by the legislature of Maryland relative to the appropriation of a portion of the public lands of the United States for the encouragement of public schools, &c. 177. Of the committee of the house of representatives of the United States on the subject of improving the navigation of the Potomac river, recommend that a loan for that purpose be effected on the public faith, and that the proceeds of the sales of public lands in Washington city be pledged for its redemption 229. -Of the Mayor of New-York to the common council on prison discipline 260 the treadmill dẹscribed and advantages contemplated to be derived from 260, 261. On cattle and other stock, manufactures, inventions, &c. exhibited at the Brighton cattle show 250, a 254, 333. -On stock, implements, &c. at the Philadelphia county agricultural fair 121 a 124 of the Rockingham New Hampshire agricultural society, on butter, cheese, and domestic wines 276-of the Mary land agricultural society, on stock, implements, &c. 283, 284 of the committee of premiums of the South Carolina agricultural society 404. -Annual, of fleeces obtained from sheep, would tend to the improvement of breeds of 374. RESIGNATION, an interesting anecdote of Edwin the player, and reflections 109. RESOLUTIONS of the Maryland legislative commit tees on the subject of internal improvements 94, 138, 139-of the Massachusetts legislative committee relative to the appropriation of a portion of the public lands for the support of public schools 177. -Of the English board of agriculture in consequence of the withdrawal of governmental support 141. Of the Albemarle (Virginia) agricultural society, providing for the establishment of a professorship of agriculture in the University of Virginia, &c. 273 of the Fredericksburg (Virginia) so. ciety approbatory of the measure 289. Of the Pennsylvania agricultural society at their first meeting 387. REVENUE, state of the English in the reign of Charles the first 24-state of for the year end<ing 1821, 54. R. H. gives a receipt to cure the botts in horses 303. RHODES, James A. travels five hundred miles to satisfy himself of the comparative merits of the Hereford and improved short horned breeds of cattle-his opinion favours the latter 311 - replied to by J. R. Smythies 319. RHEL BARB, grows well in Moorefield Virginia 216. RICE, Asa, Jr., disposes of a fine lot of native cat tle 415. RICE Glue, to make 384. RIDGELY, General, complimented for his hospitality i 6. RINGOLD, Samuel, on the best method of harvest ing Indian corn 125 his extraordinary yield of on a large scale-practice 143. ROBBIN, the life of the, should be protected by legislative provision-its food a worm destructive to corn crops 200. ROLLE, Fiddemon, a young planter makes excellent tobacco 184. ROLLERS, heavy, preferable on turnip drills and light soil without clay 134-use and value of on roads 216 Willard's new invented 253. RONALD', Hugh, of Brentford, England, exhibited to the English board of agriculture, sixteen varicues of apples growing in his garden, and on another occasion fifty-seven 130. ROOKE, John, an English farmer, on improving the breed of horned cattle-contends that low priced gold, low priced labour, and low priced corn, tend to the ruin of the English cultivators-solicits a statement of receipts and disbursements on grazing farms 110-history of the improved short horned breed of cattle-indebted to Mr. Colling for observations on the famous bull Hubback 166. ROOTS, we are generally deficient in the cultivation of 68. ROSE, R. H. on maple sugar and early corn 396. ROSEMARY, sprigs of give a fine flavour to roast beef-prejudice of the ancients respecting 58. ROT in cotton, method of guarding against 14. KOTATION of crops, Italian 162, 190. plan for the management of an arable farm, where the soil is congenial to turnips and barley -nine and five years 132. -suggested for the light soils in the lower part of Virginia 325. RUDD, Bart. on the short horned breed of cattle; pedigree of Hubback; judicious crossing productive of benificial effects 174. RULES and articles of the New-York association for improving the breed of horses 259. and Regulations to be observed at the Massachusetts cattle show 50. RUSH, Benjamin, Doctor, his introductory lecture to a course upon the institutes and practice of medicine, upon the duty and advantages of studying the diseases of domestic animals 243. RUSIN, Urbe, on the English method of curing bacon 224; method of domesticating pigeons 294. RUST, John, notices a singular kind of wheat; enquiries respecting 264. RUSTICUS suggests assafoetida as a preventive to the gapes in fowls 96. RUTA BAGA, in putting up, should be trimmed and cleaned from dirt 12; flourish best on light soil of sand and loam; in cultivating, harvesting, &c. the same method should be observed as with carrots 51; Judge Peters mostly approves of the mottled sort 303. -produce of an acre of 148. seed, received by the editor from Christopher RYE, promises well as a substitute for the white lupin to be ploughed in as a manure-when proper to be sown for Indian corn-winter sown early in the spring proper for ruta baga 108. Russian, samples of flour from 256. S. SALINE MANURES, experiments with productive of little advantage 60. SALT, the Kenhaway contracted for by a single firm, on such terms as will enable it to compete with any other in the supply of the Western country 77-manufactured by Colonel Wheeler, of Salina, N. Y. by slow evaporation 184. -Experiments recommended to be made with in agriculture 196-its value as a manure has long been known in the United States 197. Is an antidote to worms 196 given with effect, to prevent salivation in horses 294. SALT MARSH, to prepare for cultivation, expensive; climates analagous to those of the Medi terranean suitable for barrilla, and a few crops of it would effect the object 126. SAND, from the banks of rivers and bottoms of hills, the most suitable for mortar; sea should be cleansed with fresh water-suitable properties of, with lime for a good cement; experiments 2 -too little generally used, if the lime be good 30. SAWYER, L. on the scuppernong, (N. C.) grape, and feather grass 295. SAY, Thomas examines a specimen of animal cotton -pronounces it a production of the Ichneumon of Linne 32. SCHOOLS, are provided in this country, for every thing but for agriculture 355-agricultural established in many parts of Europe, and prosper 356 -advantages to be derived from 357-one contemplated to be established in New-York 365. SCOTT'S, Andrew, statement of the expenses of English farming 53. -John, of Edinburg, wills a fund for the encouragement of useful inventions in the United States 80. SCRAPS, from London papers 127, 399. SCRIP SCRAPS, maxims respecting cattle 227, 415. SEBSON, F. furnishes an account of an experiment of Mr. Curwen's, on raising early turnips for soiling 45. SEDGE, or smut in wheat, is occasioned by a worm; oyster shells, change of seed, or lime will correct 70, 71. SEEDS, doctoring of old, practiced in England to defraud purchasers 142-importance of selecting true and sound, and how to ascertain the latter quality of 329-to save and to preserve 329number of years certain sorts of may be kept 330. -Plan for the general dissemination of 223. -Received for distribution at the office of the American Farmer 23, 32, 47, 56, 72, 103, 292, 374, 408, 416-acknowledgement of the receipt of from the editor 406. -Foreign, method of securing, preserving, and propagating 171. Wheat, experiments on with steeps; change of a remedy for sedge or stunt 70. SENNA, the plant grows in abundance, in a natural state, in the neighbourhood of Moorefield, (Virg.) 215-approved by a physician 335-is cultivated in S. Carolina; described; its use, prescription 293 - specimen of the leaf 293. SESAMUM, the, or bene, yields an oil supe. ior to the olive; is cultivated in North Carolina 294. SERVICE TREE, its fruit partakes of the nature of the medlar; indigenous to Great Britain, but not cultivated; wood highly valuable 250. SERVANTS, regulations respecting in the 16th century 415. SEYMOUR, Abel, suggests that specimens of earths, vegetables, &c. should be brought by mail car. riers, from remote parts of our country to cities, for chymical analysis; asks, is woad of value in any other than the green state? 215-on the senna, palma christi, &c. 335. SHARPLESS, Isaac, on the habits of weavils; suggests methods of destroying 293. SHEEP-on feeding with roots; about ten pounds per day, their average consumption of food 37it is thought, cannot be profitably reared by grass farmers 45-mangle wurtzle excellent food for; surprising increase of weight fed on 54-experiments respecting that cannot be pursued on a large scale, injurious to promulgate, as they lead to erroneous inferrences 60-have been the victims of extraordinary caprice; merinos sacrificed from want of knowledge how to manage 70-the culture of the turnip indispensable in the profitable rearing of 69-how to cleanse and shear 95-a composition for annointing 96-breeding, to feed safely off of clover 110-ewes should be kept low after taking the ram, 'till just before lambing 110-query respecting a disease in described; vulgarly called fens cock spring; incur able, but may be prevented 110-exhibited at the Maryland cattle show; General Mason's letter to the editor announcing his intention to send a pair; he is of opinion that high feeding of tends to the production of coarse wool 115 ticks in how to destroy 144-apprehended that the merino has been too generally suffered to mingle with common flocks 157--the blind staggers in occasioned by an insect 206 to guard against 207-may they not be managed to profit on grass farms; as large flocks are raised in countries where the turnip and other green food are unknown, it would follow that they may; what quantity of hay would be consumed by a given Points of good and how to handle to select ; should never be caught by the wool 406. -Diseases, &c. of described, enquiries respecting, and remedies 110, 144, 206, 207, 270, 412-causes of, symptoms, &c. of 341. Reports on exhibited at cattle shows 123, 383. -Reports of annual fleeces from, would, by instructing in the comparative merits of different breeds, tend to improvement 373. The Dishly, or Bakewell, a cross of the Lancashire and Peake of Derbyshire 174-their superior value in flesh and fleece 406-for sale by the editor 96-also by A. Clement 263. -The Tunisian broad tailed, an inexplicable fact respecting 313-history of their introduction into this country 176-emphatically the farmers' sheep; productive in fleece, and excellent in carcass; impediments to intercourse obviated by change of ram or ewe 342-a hardy race; a cross of recommended with the merino 152. Wild, of North America, found near the sources of the Illinois and Columbia rivers, have fine fleeces resembling that of the cashmere goat 383. SHEPHERDS in Saxony, have no stipulated wages -are compensated by a proportionable share of the profits of the flock 96. SILK, produced in this country, and manufactured in Europe, might be of superior quality to that received from thence 224. Worms, the breeding of very simple, and should be practised; were raised in Pennsylvania after the revolutionary war, and garments worn from their product 224. SINCLAIR, Robert's improvements on Dayton's straw cutter, &c. 349. -Sir John, recommends flame and smoke to be used in the destruction of the turnip fly 109, 141-method of applying 134-recommends experiments for a variety of agricultural purposes to be made with salt 196-on a remedy for smut in wheat; blue vitriol, or sulphat of cop per found to be a perfect preventive; method of applying 220-compliment paid him by the farmer's club of Morayshire, (Eng.); modes of practice recommended by him 295. SIR LEOLINE, a bull of the famous short horned breed; his pedigree established 149. SISSON, James, of Warren Neck, (R. I.) raises the large Bremen geese, and has a few pairs for sale, 199. SIZE, to be made from potatoes 407. SLAVES, the, of kind masters, too generally inclined to discontent and mischief; evidence; causes; severity towards, not justified, but the only way to keep in subjection 274. SLEMSON, Mr. of Saratoga, (N. Y.) extraordinary productiveness of his farm; his method of raising potatoes and corn 216. SMALL POX; vaccination in most cases a preven tive to; certainly obviates the secondary fever that brings death in its train; occasional failures accounted for; the yearly diminution of deaths by, demonstrable of the efficacy of vaccination 75. SMITH, Adam, detection of one of his errors 75. -Robert, Esq. addresses the Maryland agricultural society, explanatory of his arrangements and method of steaming cattle food on his Orange farm 81. Thomas, describes his skim coulter plough, and remarks on Mr. Vaulk's secret of English prosperity; extensive manufactories tend to the impoverishment of the many for the benefit of the few 86. SMOKE and FLAME, destructive to the turnip fly 109, 134, 141. SMUT in wheat, supposed to proceed from a neglect of summer fallows, and the sowing of new and damp seed 220-experiments with on seed wheat 255-another, going to show that burning, pickling, cleansing, &c. are all useful in preventing -it appears to be of the nature of a fungus 311. -Enquiries respecting 296. SMYTHERS, J. R. replies to Mr. Rhodes on the subject of the rival breeds of cattle, the Hereford and improved short horns 319-(see page 312.) SOAP, hard and soft, method of making 14; tried and approbated 280. --Suds, excellent as a manure; a good remedy against insects that infest fruit trees and vegetables 100. SODA, subcarbonate of corrects flour of wheat that has germinated 84. SOIL, deep loamy, is good for carrots 6-an easy and sure mode of bringing too 30-a light sand and loam suits best for ruta baga 51-should be studied to ascertain its capacity, and rotation of crops to suit 68-of Great Britain, by judicious cultivation, is rendered far more productive than ours 69-the temperature of may be ascertained by the flowering of certain plants 76-the opinion that plants cut in their milk, do not exhaust, erroneous cheap process to restore 108-suitable for the growing of woad 142-and climate on the borders of Lake Erie 232-proper for gardening, and how to prepare 298--components of a good and proper temperature 290. Of Massachusetts, susceptible of great improvement; the national and artificial advantages of New-York, to be met alone by the devotion of spare capital to this object 108, 109. And agriculture of Italy 161, 190, 194. SOILING--millet mentioned as a profitable crop for 31, 108-no better plant for than the Egyptian 103-Mr. Curwen's statement of the expense of for a given number of cattle; description of his steam apparatus 36-advantages derivable from his experiment on sowing turnip early for 45an old Flemish custom, very judicious, not generally practiced 68. SONG, "Fare thee well"--tune, Roy's wife 336. SPADES and SHOVELS, should be used for ditches, and not hand hoes 49. SPAYING of swine, directions for 294. SPECIE PAYMENTS, the resumption of in England, has been followed by distress and ruin to the productive classes; while the monied class has grown wealthier with compound acceleration; felt, but not so severely, in this country 235, 246. SPENCE, R. P. sends the editor a specimen of sin gular grass; thinks it may answer for hats, bonnets, &c. 264. SPINNER, a new invented for family use 253. SPINNERS and WEAVERS-agriculturists to avoid becoming must be more industrious, and apply with increased industry to their profession 42. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION-recent cases of should warn those interested in manufactories to guard against 131. SPORT, of royal dukes and sirs 39-pedestrianism 102, 127, 135-a lost race against time 174--a pigeon match 127. SQUABS, a lover of would know how to domesticate pigeons 280--answered 294. STANHOPE'S, earl, method of securing buildings against fire 26--remarks on the same subject, continued 35. STATISTICS--view of the commerce of the United States, exhibiting the value of articles, description of imports; also, the tonnage of American and foreign vessels, arriving and departing for the year ending September 30, 1821-11--table shewing the increase of population from 1790, to 1820, in every hundred thousand persons 19-state of the British revenue 54-United States treasury receipts from 1802 to 1821---101- unredeemed and unfunded debt of England and Ireland for the last ten years 135-population the world 287--population and agricultural com dition of New-York, compared with Scotland 399. STEAM is a powerful solvent, and is successful used in washing clothes 214--must not be used in dying bright colours 248-not so, beautiful spe cimens of yarn done by 278. -Its limitation of heat has not been discovered the maximum of force required in cooking vege tables the boiling point of water 81. -Boilers can be erected very cheaply; the Orange farm apparatus described 81. -Land carriages, a new invention 262. STEPPING MILL, the, is a great improvement i prison discipline 260-described 261--improvements in suggested; Jeu d'Esprit on 351. STEVEN'S, Henry, on the culture of oats 414. ST. JOHN'S WORT, enquiries respecting 148. STOCK, (live,) the best, the cheapest; the expense of pampering bad, would enable to import good 68-economy in the feeding of, of the highest importance 81--breeding may safely be fed of of clover 110--salt recommended to be tried experimentally in the food of 196--insects des tructive to, manner of assailment, and how to guard against 206--improvement in the breeds of by foreign crosses, must necessarily be slow: our true course, to endeavour to surpass foreign races by judiciously crossing our own 250. Exhibited at the cattle show of the English board of agriculture 102-at the Rockville, (Md.) 239 at the Brighton, (Mass.) 250-at the Frede ricksburg, (Virg.) 289---at the Philadelphia county exhibition 122 a 123. -Sale of approved, at Flushing, (N. Y.) 296-high prices of sold on Long Island, (N. Y.) 296. -Grazier's Ready Reckoner, for ascertaining the weight of by measurement 185. Editorial recommendation, that particular ac counts of should be kept of imported 151. -Capt. Jones' letter to the editor, on the subject of foreign with explanatory notes 313. STOCK (created by a funding system) the nature of explained--and pernicious tendency, as it regards the liberties of a people 300. STRAW-CUTTER: Dayton's described 350: Eastman's highly recommended 46, 47. STRAWBERRY PLANT, not cultivated by the an cients-native of many countries--brought to a high state of perfection in Great Britain---varieties very numerous 257. STREATER, Charles, enquires respecting the Maine threshing machines 263. SUBSCRIBER, A, enquires the proper season for transplanting evergreens 87: answered, and method of performing 13: suggests that assafoetida rubbed on the boxes, will entice and domesticate pigeons 294. -Furnishes the Russian method of making butter 302. SUGAE, added to wine, should be pure and clean 407. SULPHAT of copper will prevent smut in wheat: the fact established by experiment: method of applying 220. SURGERY, an amelioration in, so far effected, that an operation for the stone or gravel may be performed with as much simplicity as venisection 398: an apparatus to free the stomach of poison 392. |