FARMERS' REGISTER. 



Morus Musticaulis, (see Mulberry, Chinese) 



Mud, swamp as manure 194, 743, 751 



Mulberry Chinese 673 — culture of 477 — propagated 

 by one-bud cuttings 269 — not produced from its 

 seed 19, 4 — Mr. Whitmarsh's seed 19 — and testi- 

 mony 48 



Mulberry, Brussa 55 



Mullein, a s ife-guard against mice 231 



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Notes of a three-days' excursion in Goochland, Pow- 

 hatan and Chesterfield 315 



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Odor of laurel, its injurious effects on plants 639 



Omissions supplied, and mistakes corrected, in the re- 

 port of Mr. iiampson's farming 382 



Osage orange 54, 86 



Overseeis, remarks on 301 



Oxen, on the use of 537— inquiiy as to their value for 

 draught 360 — labor compared with that ol horses 444 



Oyster, European, account of 485 



Oleaginous plant 89 



Paper, manufacture of 569* 



Pea-bugs, introduction into Europe from America, 246. 



Peach farm, a productive one 459 



Peach trees greatly improved by marl 482 



Pear trees, blight of 461 



Peat, or moss earth, on the origin, qualities and use of 

 462 



Persimmon tree, and its fruit, the various uses and va- 

 lue of 596, 597 



Pine-apple plant and its fibre 604 



Plants, knowledge of, applied to farming and garden- 

 ing 17 — their relation to soils, 277 — impregnation of 

 120 



Plough, sub-soil 394 



Ploughing, frequent, effects 314 



Ploughino;, deep, recommended 666 — injurious effects 

 on certain soils 755 



Plumbago, or black lead, in North - Carolina and Vir- 

 ginia 317 



Plums 607 



Police of health in Virginia 154 



Population of Ireland, the question of its superabun- 

 dance considered 491 



Pork, hints on making 606 



Postaice, difference of rate, by law, and abuses of law, 

 on dilferent magazines and newspapers 564 



Potato, sweet, on the saccharum of 648 



Potatoes, planting of 287 — mode and advantage of rais- 

 ing from seeds, 047 



Poudrette, French method of preparing for manure 164 

 — its value 223; French manner of preparing it 223; 

 origin of the manufacture of in P.iris 37o 



Poudrette Company of New York, 353 



Prairie on fire 76 



Prairies, western, account of 592 ; of Ohio 737 '^ 



Prosperity, agricultural and national, the true princi- 

 ples n|, concisely stated 220 



Pulls, editorial, specimen of, and remarks on the sys- 

 tem 125 



Pumpkins, to keep6l6, 443 



Purification and classification of seeds, roots, fcc.449 



Putrescent manures, remarks and inquiries in regard 

 to their application and preservation 333 



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Queries 4G — as to the use and effects of marling 513 



— of green sand 511 

 Quercitron bark 290, 484 



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Railway from Petersburg to Farmville, report of sur- 

 vey of 60 



Hallway, Greensville and Roanoke, detailed account 

 of 9 



Railway iron, consumption of 6 



Railway, Eastern Shore, remarks on 751 



Railway, Raleigh and Gaston, second annual report 

 of 740 



Railways, sailing on 28 — on construction of 692 — a 

 new construction of in England 85 — in Germany 146 



Rakes, on the use of for tillage of corn 3, 178, 302 



Rats, to destroy 219 



Receipt and patent-vending 6 



Remarks on Mr. Gay's letter 292 



Retarder, or drag, for carriages 106 



Resistance to motion on canals, in relation to velocity 

 28, 576 



Roanoke river, upper waters of, report of state engi- 

 neer, on making there slack-water steam navigation 

 760 



River-banks, means for protecting, 434 



Rot in cotton, cause of 22 — remarks on 59 



Rotation for sandy soils, 379 



Rotatory steam engine 222 



Rust on manured wheat 675 



Ruta baga 336— great product of 757 



Salmon, habits of 226 



Salt, a specific manure for cotton 46 



Sampson, Richard, remarks on the report of his farm- 

 ing 558 * 



Sand as manure 193 



Season, and crops, state of 448 



Seed-wheat, imperfect, consequences of sowing 62 



Seed, long continued vitality of 30 



Seeds, and plants, on transporting from abroad 639 



Sheep shearing 35 



Shoeing horses, principles and practice of 295 



Silk culture 55, 31 — report on, to Congress 65 



Silk-worm, native American 308 



Silk-worms, 477 — food of 72 — new accommodation for 

 in spinning cocoons 308 



Sinclair, Sir John, honor to his memory 642 



Slaves, on management of 32, 301 



Soils, tendency of to deteriorate 453 



Soils of Alabama 570 



Squirrels the planters of oaks 295 



State of crops 192 



Steam engine, rotatory 117 



Steam carriage, extraordinary speed of 210 



Steam carriage on common roads 21, 128 



Steam-plough 300 



Stock-raising, on the proper combination of with im- 

 provement of land 558 * 



Subscribers in arrear, notice to 690 



Sugar, beet-root, full directions for manufacturing 399 



Sugar from Indian corn 245 



Sulphur spring in Powhatan 361 



Summer lallow, 314 



Sun-flower 359 



Tape-worm in dogs 391 



Tar, purification of 399 



Timber, rotting of in certain situations 2S7, 4S2 



Tobacco, culture of 750 



Tobacco, Cuba, in Md. 307 



Tobacco trade 52 



Tomato, value of as food 13 



Trade, decrease of in the southern, and increase in the 



northern states 548 

 Trees, forest, natural succession of in North America 



391 



