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Horse, Size and form of the, 34:9, 353, 357 



Defects in breeding the, 350, 353 



Rackets ' 419 



Manure, Mode of Increasing, ... 11, 15, 23, 38, 138, 140, 148, 367 



Liquid, ........... 46 



Plaster as a, 75, 78 



for Trees 80,81,86 



Tar as a, 135 



Leached Ashes as a, 77 



Ploughing in Green Crops as a, 136, 139 



Super-phosphate of Lime as a, . . . . .13, 139, 141, 145 



Oyster-shell Lime as a, . . 142 



Mexican and Peruvian Guano, ......... 143 



Meadows, Reclaiming of, 44, 47, 49, 67, 70 



Value of Gravel on, ......... 50, 54 



Meaning of the term, ......... 62 



Milch Cows and Heifers, 295 



Muck, Value of, . . . . . . . . . 39, 77, 80, 142 



Nursery, Care of and Soil for 91, 103 



Oats, Yield of, 36, 204 



Onions, Soil for, and Yield of, 224, 241 



Orchards, Management of, 78, 81, 89 



Distance of trees in, 79, 101 



Importance of shaping and " heading in," ... 80, 101, 332 



Necessity of cultivating the soil of, . . 83, 92, 93, 1 04, 330, 426 



Manure for, .84, 86, 96, 111, 413 



Soil for, 80,86,91,110,113,408,413 



Improvement of old, . 94 



Oxen for Work, ........... 335 



Mode of trial of, 373 



Paring and burning 70 



Pasture Lands, Improved 73, 74, 77 



Neglect of, and cause of moss, 74 



Effect of ploughing 74, 77 



Peaches, Varieties of, 88 



Pear, Varieties of the, 86,100,114,414 



Soils adapted to the 413, 429 



Cultivation of, on the Quince, 412 



Trees, distance apart, 101 



Mode of planting 428 



Pickering, Hon. T., Letter of, 272 



Pine, Soils adapted to, 120 



Seeds, and mode of gathering, 120 



Plaster, use of, 75, 76, 78, 138 



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