^ INDEX. 



Pag€,. 

 Wheat cannot be raised successfully without proper attention 



is paid to preparing the seed .... 63 



Antidote against frosts^ injuring wheat . . .63 



Manner in which frost injures wheat ... 63 



When spring wheat should be sown . . .63 



Eifect produced from bringing wheat for seed from the north 



into the United States . ... 63 



Difiercnt methods of preparing the soil for a crop of wheat 64-65 

 A summer crop should precede wheat, instead of summer 



fallow •••••*•«« 



Hessian Fly, a remedy described for . • • 67 



Smut, how prevented in wheat . • • .68 



Harvesting smutty wheat * * * * En 



Mildew, remarks on the cause of it . . • * ? 



Mildewed wheat, when to be harvested • • 69 



Evidence of mildewed wheat , . • .69 



Troper time for harvesting wheat . • ' „^^^ 



Diseases of wheat, generally . . • • . ^^"^1 



WOODLA.NB. Policy of France in the economy of preserving ^^^ 



wood . • • • ' • * J • ' 



An opinion that the economy of France in preserving wood is 



such, that their supplies will never diministi ; ,. , " ^^"^ 



Erroneous management of the American people relating to ^^^ 



their woodland . « » • "> * lo^ 



Artificial forests recommended to small land owners , ~4 



The locust, and Lombardy poplar . • . ' „„ . ' 



Further remarks on the bad economy of Amcncaa farmers in 



relation to woodland . / .,. ^ ^ \. ^j ' " m? 



Unnecessary waste of fuel in boilmg water noticea^ 



WEEDS, the injurious effects of weeds on the growth of ^^^ 



plants described ' * * ^ . oiq 



Weeds may be divided into two classes * „^ p^j-tence ilQ 



Necessary means to prevent their prevalence and existence 219 

 Ofhpr means described * 



Remarks on the Canada thistle and some means recommen- ^^^ 



To'^pr^elenfwerdVVas an object of introducing the drill ^^^ 



W Sxf 7successsful method of cultivating wheat and po- ^^ 

 tocB, alternatively , .. • « 



125 

 182 



