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THE

AMERICAN FARMER,

CONTAINING

ORIGINAL ESSAYS AND SELECTIONS

ON

AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE,

RURAL AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY,

AND

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS;

WITH

ILLUSTRATIVE ENGRAVINGS AND THE PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE.

JOHN S. SKINNER, EDITOR.

"O fortunatos nimium sua si bona norint,
"Agricolas............VIRG.

VOL. VI.

Baltimore:

PRINTED BY J. ROBINSON, CIRCULATING LIBRARY, CORNER OF MARKET AND BELVIDERE STREET

OPPOSITE THE FRANKLIN BANK.

1824.

By Transfer,

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CONTENTS OF VOL. VI.

ACKERLY Dr., his eulogium on Linnæus, 158.

ADAMS, J. Q. on the value of the Fisheries, 41.

ADLUM John, on American vineyards, 53-on the cul-

ture of the vine, 123.

AGE, of the horse, Lawrence on, 28.
AGRICULTURE, report of committee on, 27-moral
effects of, 177-connexion with roads, 177--with
the treatment of children, 177-how to be bene-
fited by legislation, 340-remarks on the duties of
the legislature to promote it, and how, 342.
AGRICOLA, on Gen. Ridgely's breed of cattle, as com-
pared with Teeswater, 411.

-Answered by Veritas, at the end of this index.

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

-Of ALBEMARLE, transactions of, 97.

-BERKSHIRE, 313.

-CUMBERLAND, meet at Fayetteville, and elect

officers, and other proceedings, 15.

-DORCHESTER, Maryland, constitution formed.
and officers elected, 109.

-EAST TENNESSEE, proceedings of, 80.
-GREEN county, proceedings, 69.
-MARYLAND, scheme of premiums for the Western
Shore, October, 1824, 10-Trustees of met at Eu-
taw, 15-meeting of Trustees on the Eastern Shore,
32-meeting of, at J. Hollingsworth's, 56—premi-
ums for the Eastern Shore, 65-proceedings of
Trustees, 72-proceedings of Trustees at Major D.
Martin's, 104-extract from the proceedings of the
Board of Trustees on the Eastern Shore, 162-pro-
ceedings of, at a special meeting in reference to
Gen. Lafayette, 239-act of its incorporation, 24 !—
meeting of Trustees at Hayfield's, 204 editorial
remarks on their exhibition in November, and pre-
sence of Gen. Lafayette, 286-editorial remarks on
the last exhibition on the E. Shore, 288-official
account of the Cattle Show, 289-election of its
officers and other proceedings at Barney's, 12th
Dec. 1824, 305-importance of its having a room,
312-Cattle Show at Easton, 32, 330-proceedings
of Trustees at Gen. Harper's, 328-proceedings of
Trustees at Mr. James Carral's, 352, 368-list of
premiums offered by, for June, 1825, 371-proceed-
ings of Trustees at Mr. Caton's, 384-its list of
premiums for 1826, 401-neet at their rooms and
elect Gen. Ridgely President, 416.

281.

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BACON, to prevent skippers in, 79-how to make ba-
con and hung beef, 221-to keep pure, 376.
BANK U. S. view of its affairs, 7.

BARNS AND STABLES, on the construction of, 244.
BARTON, W. M. paper read by, to Agricultural Socie-
ty of the Valley, 91.

BATHING, the good effects of, 84.
BEDBUGS, how to kill, 199.

BEES, plan of the Charlies' hope hive, 114-on the pre-
servation of, 348.

BELLENGIR, J. S. on the culture of corn and other

crops, 39.

BENE SEED, on the use of, by R. Goodwin, 46.

BERKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 313.
BIGHEAD, disease in horses in North Carolina, 99.
BIRNIE, C., on steeping seed wheat, 307.
BLAMANGE, exquisite specimens of, described, 239.
BORING for water described, 309.

BOSLEY, Col. N. M., answers to certain questions res-
pecting his premium farm, 313.

BOTTS, in horses, how prevented, 14-cure for,

how cured, 365.

BOYLE, James, on the laws of trespass in Maryland, 308.
BOYLSTON, Ward Nicholas, communicates experi-
ments in the culture of grasses, 179.

BREAD MAKING, by Cobbet, 86, 100, 108.

BUEL, Judge J., on steeping seed wheat, 307.

-On the culture of ruta baga and its value as a second

crop, 361.

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BUFFALO, recommended as a labouring animal, 213-
oxen recommended, 263.

BROILING, in cookery, how best done, 224.

BYRON, Lord, his epitaph on a favourite dog, 319.

CHEMISTRY, importance of, as connected with agri-

culture, 152.

CHERRY TREES, on insects that destroy, 189.

CLARK, Col. his plan of ascending rapids in rivers, 202.
CLAY BURNING, 342, 407.

CLINTON, D. W. his remarks at the celebration of the
birth day of Linnæus, 149-on broad tail seeep, 159.
CIDER, remarks on, by Dr. S. L. Mitchell, 226-im-
provement in the method of making, 229.

CLOVER MACHINE, description of Burrall's, 386

COBBET'S cottage economy, 67, 9%.

-On house-keeping in America, 123.

-On keeping cows, 174, 181.

COCKROACHES, natural history of, 134.

COFFEE, on the plantations of, in Cuba, 284.

COMPOST, of vegetables with lime, 374.

COOKERY, on roasting, 106.

CORRESPONDENT, observations of one on a visit to

Saratoga, dated Steam Boat United States, 137.—

letter from Philadelphia, 145-dated Saratoga,

describes military academy at West Point, 169-

Katskill mountain and town, 185-describes Earl

Stimson's farm, 201.

COTTON, culture of in Egypt, 29.
-Important improvement in the culture of, suggest-
ed, 60-sails of recommended, 102-trade in at
Havre, 206-rot in, 207-of Florida, quality of
samples received from the Hon. J. C. Calhoun,
362-shoe thread recommended, 405-prospects of
the cotton market, by Amphicon, 412.
COWS, remarks on keeping, 30--milking by straws
practicable, but to be condemned, 118-milking
with straws injurious and improper, 148-on keep
ing, by W. Cobbet, 174, 181.

CUMBERLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, meet

at Fayetteville and elect officers, and other pro-

ceedings, 15

CURRANT WINE, how best made, 127.

CUTS, of mouldebart, I--of Abbot's harrow, 21-Mr.

Pomeroy's decorticator, 60-Charlie's hope hive,

115-of a common gate, 142-of the manner of

plaiting straw and grass for hats and bonnets,

156--how to trim vines, 188-of an improved

plough sent by A. Pickens, 188-of a new post and

rail fence, 207-one for cleaning wheat from gar-

lic, 222-to show the true principle of construct-

ing carriage wheels, 277-of Skinner's breed of

hogs, 372-of strata of rocks, 377-of Burrall's

clover machine, 386.

DECORTICATOR, Mr. Pomeroy's, 65.

DISBROW, his method of obtaining water by boring, 309

DINNER, invitations to from the Cook's oracle, 57.

DOG, epitaph on, 319.

DORCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, Md. con-
stitution formed, and officers elected, 109.
DORSEY, Roderick, his letter on the inspection of cer-
tain tobacco, 8.
DORSEY, T. B. his good tobacco and high price of, 32.
DRAINING WET LAND, much practised in Holland,

and how, 1-of great lakes in, 6.

DUCATEL, J. T., professor of agricultural chemistry.

communicates a simple method of testing the fer-

tility of soils, 379.

DYEING, new and economical material for, 102.

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