Mulberry tree — ^^the effect of its shade on vegetation - 230 

 Mellons — different varieties and cultivation of - • 244 

 Metheglin, manufacture of • . . , g^g 

 Mead, different kinds described • • • 260 

 Maple sugar, process of manufacturing • • • 270 

 Mode of reducing the syrup to sugar so as to make it Tery 

 •white and beautifully grained • • , 27g 

 O 

 Oats — too much inattention to the culture of this crop gener- 

 ally - 7S 



The culture of oat« should be encouraged * - 78 



Remarks on the value of oats for horses - - - 78 



Remarks on the different varieties of oats - - 79 



Remarks on the proper quantity of seed oats on an acre - 79 



Remarks on the soil proper for oats - - - 80 

 Ao opinion that oats succeed "well after a crop of spring 



wheat or rye - - - . - CO 



Oats may be soivn for the purposees of hay - •► 80 



Ox — signsof a good one - ^ * . - 149 



Overflowing of the gall - * - » * 157 



Ox — disease in the foot of - - - * - 159 



Oak black — <he effects of its shade on vegetation - 130 



Onions — cultivation of • _ - 4. . 245 



Plant— the supposed maftner in which tiourishment is com- 

 municated to the plant - - - - 35 



The agency of water in the growth 6f plants - - 36 

 Plants derive some part uf their nourishment from the at- 

 mosphere ------ 36 



The efficacy of the atmosphere on plants in proportion to 



that of the' soil - ----- - 35 



The science of the manner in which nourishment is commu- 

 nicated to the plant, important to make a proper applica- 

 tion of manure ------ 36 



^Ploughing and harrowing — how it should be executed to im- 

 prove the soil and prepare it for a crop - - 54-55 

 In ploughing, so as best to promote vegetation, there cannot 



be too perfect pulverizaltion of the soil - - 56 



Potato — remarks on methods to improve the crop of - 90 



How to obtain new varieties of - - - - 90 



Diversity of opinion respecting the best seed potatoe - 90 



Irish method of preparing seed potatoes - - - 91 

 Remarks on the different methods of cultivating potatoei 91-92 



Other modes of acquiring new varieties of potatoes - 92 

 Remarks on the (different varieties of potatoes - 92-93 



JPatatoes the best preparatory crop for wheat - - 93 



