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PMQ 



Dairy, i he chivse, salting . 



addition of cream . . . 31 1 

 Fixe of cheese . . . 315 

 mode of curing .... 315 

 ammoniacal cheese . . 315 

 innorulating do ... 316 

 premium cheese, how made . 310 



Decomposition, se;' FERMENTATION. 



of "manures .... 55 



Dew Generally formed in rich shaded 



75 



Dew-point, when attained . . 25 



Diseases, sec CATTLE, SUET:?, &c. 



Draining [under] clay lands . . 73 

 manner of, and improvements in 73 

 great advantages of . . 71, 76 

 spring and swamp described . 76 



Drill-barrow, how made and used 83 



Ducks, see POULTRY. 

 E. 



Education of the farmer . . 217 

 should be provided for by the 

 National and State Legisla- 

 tures 9 



Electro-culture considered . 231 



Elm trees for shade . . . 241 



Ergot or cock's spur and its effects 



described .... 120 



Experiments should be made among 



farmers .... 232 

 F. 



Fallow system described . . 63, 221 



Farming, variety of knowledge for 6 

 demands the aid of legislation 7 

 board of agriculture essential . 8 

 when profitable ... 37 



See AGRICULTURE. 



Farms, example and experimental, 



recommended ... 9 



implements, sec TOOLS. 



buildings, see BUILDINGS. 

 Feeding defined .... 5 



See CATTLE, SHEEP, &c. 

 Feldspar analysed .... 46 



useful as manure ... 46 

 Fences, how avoided . . . 234 



various kinds, manner of con- 

 structing . . . 235238 

 Fermentation of manure . . 55 



cider, vinegar. &c. . . 167 



various changes in food from 416 

 Fescue crrass, the tall, meadow, 



sheep, &c. . . . Ft!. 02, 93 

 Fibrous covering, its value for grass 228 



suggested reasons for its utility 230 



Fiorin grass 97 



Fish for manure .... 62 



how managed .... 63 

 Flax, soil 179 



cultivation, harvesting and man- 

 agement of . . . .180 



value of and varieties . . lifl 

 Flesh as manure . . . .62 

 Food, comparative nutritive quali- 

 ties of 153 



how given, purposes fulfilled by 

 't . 269-272 



changes in . . . . 272 



t?ee ANIMALS, PROITCT^, (fee. 



Pag 

 Friablcness >f soil* important 



Mii-ir utility 

 Fruits 160 17t> 



Gama grass .... 



Glass, broken, analysed . . 1. 



as a manure . ... 15 

 Geese, see 1'oultry. 



Goose-berries, cultivation, &c. . 171 

 Grain and its cultivation . 107 135 



Grama grass 89 



Granite, sicnitc, &.c. as manures 40 



Grapes, soil and cultivation . . 17-J 



varieties of . . . . 173 

 Crass, ash analysed 



defined 84 



various kinds 



number in England . . 61 



number in America . 



value of natural in U. S. . 65, 91 



order of nutrition and value . 91 



comparative value . . fl-2 



seeds, sowing 91 



time for cutting and curing . 97 



Gravelly soils, how treated . . 1" 



Grazing, defined ... "> 



Green crops for manures . . Ul 



advantages of ... t>7 

 Green- grass, smooth-stalked mead- 

 ow, spear or June . 87 

 Guano, its localities,- &c. . .47 



analysed, how used . . 47 

 Guinea-hen, see Poultry. 

 Gurneyisrn, see Fibrous covering. 



Gypsum, defined .... 40 



as a manure .... 40 



See Various Crops. 



II. 



Hair, hoofs, &c. as manure . 

 Harrowing, how done . . 81 

 Hedges, from shrubs . . . 237 

 Hemp, soil for . . . . J-J 



cultivation and cutting . . 182 



drying and ricking 



dew-rotting 



shocking and breaking . 



water-rotting . . - .1-1; 



raising the seed . . 1P6 !-!> 

 Hens, see Poultry. 

 Herds grass, red-top or fou; 



dow .... 

 llinny, see Ass. 



Holy-grass, or sweet-scented soft 01. 0-? 

 Hops, soil and cultivation . . 217 



harvesting and curing . 21S 220 



diseases in .... 22') 

 Horse, the .... 363 



the Arabian and Barb . . 363 



the English .... sr> 



American .... 3<i<; 



Arabians in America .. . 3tM 

 , Ranger, the barb . . . 301 



Jjassorah .... 



Narraganset pacers 



Messenger, imported . . W, 



Morgan horses 



Canadian andSpfinish 



