FARMERS' REGISTER— INDEX. 



process 137; remarks on the alledged discovery, and 

 probable benefit to agriculture 386 to 388 

 Salt meadows, queries on 775 

 Sassafras, difficulty of killing 240 

 Schools for instructing farmers' sons in the physical 



sciences, importance of providing 2t)0 

 Scott, Henry E. on gama grass 312 

 Season and crops on the Lower Roanoke, in June, 122; 



in Buckingham 124; Gloucester 126 

 Seasons and crops, notices ot 189 

 Season and weather of first quarter of 1835, remark- 

 able for cold and wet — effects of on crops 710 

 Selden, John A. on the four-field rotation, and Turkey 



wheat 385 

 Serpents in South America, singular habits of 392 

 Shark, conjugal affection of 171 



Sheep, age of, how known by their teeth 8; of Ne- 

 paul described 28; killed by cats 75; diseases of 89; 

 of Meade's Frederick stock 126; the breeds &c. at 

 Holkham 144; the points by which they are to be 

 judged 449; on wintering 647; oats for, cut green 

 and cured 753; produce most wool in cold climates 

 090; the choice for breeding 761 

 Sheep husbandry, the suitableness for middle Virginia, 

 by W. J. Dupuy 656; on the profits of, by James 

 Wilson, in lower Virginia 659; hints on 701 

 Shells, on the snowy mountains of Thibet 80 

 Shelton, W. on herds grass 656 

 Shepardia, or buttalo berry, account of 739 

 Short horned breed of cattle described 196 

 Silk culture in France, profits of 537; returns for each 



of the several different parts of the business 539 

 Slaves, on the management of, (by Charles Woodson) 

 248; estimates of the expenses and profits of rearing 

 253; remarks on their prices iind value of their la- 

 bor 763; hints in relation t^ their dwellings and 

 clothing 703 

 Slippery elm, flour of 439 J 



Smugglers teaching the folly of\ restrictions on trade 

 516, their use of dogs to transport goods 516; amusing 

 anecdote of success 517 

 Smut balls, or pepper brand, in ■vheat, the cause, and 



remedy 278 1 



Smut, or dust brand, in wheat] cause — and remedy 



230 

 Snake, suspended while alive byppiders 723 

 Soil, natural products of, and chepiical characters 733; 



acid 734 _ _ \ 



Soils, qualities of derived from tie rocks intermixed 



713, 714; queries on the constiution of 727 

 South West Mountain lands, des|ription of the soil, 



culture, and peculiarities of, by J. Barbour 705 

 Soot as manure 222, 289 

 Southern states, observations on tie present condition 



of 9 

 Spade husbandry, account of exieriments of its use 



on a large scale in England 51t 

 Sparrow, maternal tenderness of {10 

 Spiders suspending a living snak 723 

 Spofford, Dr. J. review of his ai dress to the Essex 



(Mass.) Agricultural Society 99 

 Sponge, production of 120 

 Stable management 70 

 Stanton, B. F. on the condition and improvement of 



agriculture in Virginia 378 

 Starch from corn, directions for naking 409 

 Steam, on its application to the jnrposes of husbandry 



336 

 Steam carriages on the Liverpml railway, perform- 

 ance of 19; performance of, o common roads 276 

 Steam navigation on the Missisa)?!, statements of its 



amount 517 j 



Steel, cast, directions for workilg 339 

 Stock, improved, sale of H. S. Turner's, in Jefferson 



384- I 



Stock management successful, py small farmers 724, 

 775 



Stone fences, queries concerning their construction 496; 

 answered 608, 692 



Subterranean village of ancient construction, found 

 in Georgia 401 



Sugar, raw, improved process for obtaining 140 



Sugar, production of in Algiers 434 



Sugar cane, cutting down and wind-rowing to protect 

 from frost 547 



Sugar maple, on the cultivation of 221; its seed col- 

 lected by the woodland mouse 221 



Surry, improvements in 468 



Swine, management of in Nassau, a country without 

 fences 274 



Table showing the number of spaces, or squares, con- 

 tained in an acre of land, at various given distances 

 592 



Tannier a valuable vegetable for the table, account of 

 25 



Tar from pine 533 



Taylor, John, of Caroline, the value of his writings 

 and services 510 



Teasels, a profitable crop 352 



Tennessee Farmer, a new periodical 622 



Temperance, the advantages of in harvest labors 57 



Temperature of the earth at various depths beneath 

 its surface 453 



Thrashing machine, Bagby's, account of 326; Kitch- 

 en's, performance of reported 484 



Thrashing machines, remarks on 494 



Ticks on cattle, destroyed by brimstone 401 



Timber, on the preservation of by corrosive subli- 

 mate 321 



Tobacco, account of its origin and use 10; opinions 

 concerning of several old authors 11; hints on the 

 management of, by J. K. 8, 10; cutting and curing 

 223; reasons for not cutting it until fully ripe 400; 

 stripping and pressing 600, 601; the eftects of the 

 crop on the agricultural interests of Virginia; use- 

 ful hints on the management of for market 746, in 

 hogsheads on board of bateaux, frequently injured 

 by weather — plan for its protection 605; good crop 

 of from Nottoway 156 



Tobacco flies, to prevent the ravages of 552 



Tobacco plant beds, on preserving 224 



Tobacco planters, short rules for 466 



Tomato catsup 427 



Trade in foreign corn of England, account of 173 



Transplantation of trees, ill effects of, by C. Wood- 

 son 249 



Trees barked by mice, &c., means to cure 4 



Turkeys, success in rearing 409 



Turnip fly, its origin, and means to prevent its rava- 

 ges 219, 220 



Tusser's Five hvndred pointes of good husbandrie, re- 

 view ol, and extracts from 26 



u 



Usury laws, pernicious influences of 101, and 114; 



effect of during money pressures 110; arguments 



in favor of 115 

 University of Virginia, graduates of, in 1834, 252 



Valley of Virginia, some account of farming there 

 139 



Vegetable matter, difference of the effects of burning 

 and of ploughing under 741; the objections to burn- 

 ing 742 



Vegetables, means for accelerating or retarding their 

 maturity in the open air 685 



Vegetables and minerals, may possibly be endowed 

 with intelligence 756 



