INDEX. 



ADRIANCE'S improvement, 111. 

 Abbe, R. M., improved hogpens, 42. 

 Agricultural chemistry, 135. 



and economic botany, 231. 



education in U. S., 7. 



mechanics, 21. 



science, new theories in, 177. 



statistics, 375. 



value of gypsum, 171. 



zoology, 341. 

 Agriculture connected with science, 21. 



in Liberia, 281. 



its progress in Great Britain, 7. 



present state of, 21. 

 Ailanthus-tree, 262. 



Alcohol from the Asphodelua ramosus, 207. 

 Allen's machine, 111. 

 Allibone, S. Austin, life of Downing, 5. 

 Alpaca sheep recently introduced into U. S., 16. 



or Peruvian sheep, 354. 

 American grapes, varieties of, 307. 

 Ammabroma, or sand-food of Sonora, 327. 

 Ammonia, supply of, in ordinary soils, 161. 

 Amounts of ammonia and nitric acid in rain 



water, 177. 



Amount of manure applied per acre, 161. 

 Analysis of the ashes of oak and pine-leaves, 165. 

 Anderson, Alexander, potatoe-planter, 101. 

 Andrews's broadcast seed-sower, 99. 

 Angora goat, its introduction into England, 357. 

 Animals, judging the value of, 364. 

 Apple-borer, 373. 



Arnold, .Francis, his improvement, 48. 

 Aroma of American wines, 207. 

 Artesian wells, boring for, 53. 

 Ashes of oak and pine-leaves compared with cot- 

 ton, Ac., 165. 



Atkins's reaper, trial of, 110. 

 Axle-box, Goodman's improved, 41. 



BARK, removal from apple-trees, 326. 



Barnhart's hand corn-planter, 98. 



Basket willow, culture of, Ac., 249. 



Beach grasses, 279. 



Bean A Wright, patent of, 120. 



Bearing rein, uselessness of, 38. 



Bedstead, alarm, 51. 



Bee-culture, success of, 367. 



Beech's improved grain and seed fan, 119. 



Beech-oil, 251. 



Bee-hives, drone-trap for, 46. 



Beets vt. turnips for feeding stock, 336. 



Benefit of droughts, 182. 



Bennet, J. H., improved straw-cutter, 107. 



Bethel, John, his patent, 79. 



Bill, H. A. A J., their improvement, 49. 



Bit for refractory horses, 37. 



Blatchford's solidified milk, 62. 



Bocage, J. W., illustration of his invention, 24. 



Bolting, improvements in, 34. 



Bones, new method of using and dissolving, 183. 



Book-farming, 22. 



Booth, W. S., his experiment, 55. 



Bouquets, directions for making, 297. 



green-house plants for winter, 295. 

 Bowen, A., thrasher and grain separator, 118. 

 Bowerman, of Detroit, his invention, 22. 

 Boydell's steam horse, 80. 

 Bran of wheat, proximate principles of, 196. 

 Bread, improved manufacture of, 199. 

 Brick, patent, 53. 



Brooks, John, experiments in feeding, 206. 

 Brown, A. D., his improvement, 22. 



A. P., his self-regulating windmill, 36. 

 Bruce, G. A., patent of, 110. 

 Buchanan, Mr., 74. 

 Buckwheat straw, new use of, 208. 

 Bulbous roots, new fact respecting, 304. 

 Burke, Hon. Francis, his invention, 26. 

 Burgess's improved reaper, 110. 

 Burnham, J. S., patent of, 110. 

 Butter making, 60. 



in milk, estimation of, 60. 



method of testing, 59. 



mould, 59. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM, 326. 

 California, agriculture in, 15. 



great tree of, 263. 

 Calve-suckler, 45. 



Camels, introduction of. into the U. States, 343. 

 Camphor vs. pea bags, 372. 

 Canadian hemp, 246. 

 Capillary attraction of the soil, 181. 

 Cart, self-loading, 44. 

 Caryl's flax-dressing machine, 25. 

 Cashmere goat in the United States, 161, 343. 

 Catawissa raspberry, 323. 

 Cattle, fattening of, 361. 



for the dairy, 358. 



interest of the Western States, 16. 



in Kentucky, 16. 

 Cellar floors, 51. 

 Celery, 335. 



Charcoal, deodorizing properties of, 212. 

 Cheese, preservation of, 200. 



vat, Roe's improved, 61. 

 Chemical investigations of the phenomena of 



vegetation, 168. 

 Cherry, ground, 324. 



China, vegetable textile fibres produced in, 246. 

 Chinese economy of manure, 140. 



potato, 286. 

 Churns, improved, 61. 

 Cider and wine mill, patent, 71. 



manufacture of, 68. 

 Clay -ball draining, 164. 

 Cleaning of Sea-island cotton, 22. 

 Cleveland, Charles, his patent, 49. 

 Clinton, L., improved straw-cutter, 107. 

 Clod-crusher, compound-action, 57. 

 Cloth made from plantain fibre, 26. 

 Clover, crimson, 277. 

 Clovers and grapes at the South, 275. 

 Coffee, use of, among the natives of Sumatra, 204. 

 Cold and warm seasons, 226. 



