INDEX. * 



V 

 Vegetables, different kinds of the same species mix 

 and degenerate if planted near each other 

 squashes and pumpkins near each other 

 or near melons, mix and deteriorate, Ap. 17, IS 

 seed selected from the best plants, great 

 benefits of, - - - - ib. 



Veterinary', enquiries and institution of some means of 

 promulgating information on this subject 

 recommended, - - - 146 



see list of premiums and Dr. Rush's lec- 

 ture prefixed to the memoirs. 

 Vine, grape, a fine one, _ . . . _ 253 



cultivation of native, recommended, - 255 

 W 

 Walls, thick, not generally the strongest. Instances to 

 prove this position. Depend for strength more 

 on materials than thickness, - - 197 & seq. 



Washing, seed wheat to prevent smut, - - - 53 



Water, yellow, in horses, _ . _ . 139^ I54 



Weeds, many are eaten by sheep, and prove the utilit)^- 



of these animals on this account, - - 3 



Weevel, a species of the curculio ; the insect so de- 

 structive to fruit, - - - 317 

 Wheat and rye, produce of in sixteen years, - 99 

 should never be sowed among Indian 

 com, - - - - - 100 



on smut in, - - - - 47, 54, 65 



on Jerusalem, - - - - - -135 



new disease in, - - - - 125 



its analysis, so far as relates to its nutritive 

 qualities, - - . - - 227-8 



Wimpey, Mr. facts produced and opinion as to blights. 



Appendix, - - - - 3 



Wine, of gi-apes to make, _ _ _ 254 



