FARMERS' REGISTER— INDEX. 



•Guinea grass, its value 491 



Gypsum, plain directions for analyzing 33; erroneous 

 views concerning exposed 61; its ert'ects near salt 

 water, and remarks on its supposed inefficacy in 

 such places 141; effects of its being exposed to the 

 weather 602; and to heat 603, 623; easily reduced 

 to powder by burning 631; premium offered in 

 France to test the propriety of the practice 632; first 

 discovery of its effect as manure, and introduction 

 of its use 735; statements of its being applied profit- 

 ably in proportions unusually large, by J. R. Wal- 

 lace 617 



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Hampden Sydney College, exercises of 390 



Harvest labors in Germany 275 



Harvest labors in Cumberland, (England) on Mr. 

 Curwen's estate 62 



Harvest management, and disuse of intoxicating li- 

 quor for laborers 57 



Hay, expense of curing 443 



Hay making in Britain 149, 6S8 



Hay rake of Rhode Island, figure and description of 739 



Hedges, of willows and grapevines 540; live, man- 

 ao;ement of 4; cedar, inquiries respecting by S. 

 Hobson 536 



Heat produced without fire 758 



Heat on soil, remarks on the supposed injurious effects 

 of by J. R. Wallace 616— and by J. Fife 675 



Henri-co county, soils and agriculture of, described by 

 C.W. Gooch 652 



Herbemont, N. on the culture of the vine 471; on wine 

 making 474; on the causes of failure in the United 

 States 478; on Florida coffee 766 



Herbemont's Madeira grape, origin of 591 



Herds grass culture and meadows, inquiries respecting 

 468 



Herds grass, remarks on the management of, by W. 

 Shelton 656 



Herds grass and hay, value as products of the Chick- 

 ahomony low grounds, by C. W. Gooch 651 



Hereford breed of cattle described 196 



Hobson's, S. inquiries respecting cedar hedges 536 



Hofwyl, a visit to, and some account of its celebrated 

 school 25 



Hogs, diseases of 8 



Hogs ranging at large, deemed unprofitable even in 

 the rich lands of the western states 622 



Holkham, (Mr. Coke's estate,) some account of 142; 

 Mr. Coke's cattle 142; sheep 144; his improvement 

 of soil 146; plantations 147; cultivation and pro- 

 ducts 147 



Honey dew, its formation 344 



Hops, the culture and management of, described 439; 

 value 440 



Horizontal ploughing in Albemarle, remarks on 237 



Horizontal ploughing and hill-side ditching, advanta- 

 ges of 558; marking off by the rafter level 558; 

 another mode described 559 



Horizontal ploughing, inquiry into its origin and intro- 

 duction into Virginia 667 



Horse, general history of 540; early accounts of the use 

 of 541; the wild horse, account of 542; the Barb — 

 the Dongola horse — the Arabian horse 544; East 

 Indian breed — Chinese and Persian 594; Toorko- 

 man, Tartar and Calmuck 595; Turkish, German, 

 Swedish 596; Iceland, Flemish, French, Spanish, 

 Italian, and American 597; the English, general 

 history of 662; successive improvements of the stock 

 663 to 666 

 Horse, age of, how known by the teeth 11; the move- 

 ment of described 627; the rale of labor at different 

 velocities, and for different times 628, 629 

 Horse, wild, American, notice of 424 

 Horse, of Shetland, remarkable for small size 758 

 Horse-power, compared to steam-power 624, 626 



Horse-power, Emmons' chain band, described by Joel 

 Barns 350 



Horse rake invented by a negro 639 



Horse teams, general account of the management of, 

 feeding, working, &,c. 38 to 52 



Horses, to prevent their being galled by the back-bands 

 58; effects of their introduction and increase in Bra- 

 zil 23; remarkable performance of in harness 96; 

 their proper management 415; diseases of — spasmo- 

 dic colic — calculi — intususception of the intestines 

 375; entanglement and inflammation of the bowels 

 376; worms 377; on physicking 403; advantage of 

 cooking food for 220; sti angling to save from drown- 

 ing 740; management of when b-avelling 68; nu- 

 tritive value of food for 47; labor of 51 



Horses, cart, economical mode of preparing food for 384 



Horses, (draught,) on harnessing 272; shoeing in Ger- 

 many 274 



Horticultural curiosities of Japan 614 



Humming bird, account of its being domesticated 495; 

 other examples, and remarks 496 



Hurricanes in Virginia in May 1834, additional ac- 

 counts of their progress and destructive effects 120 



Husbandry, (profitable) the true principles of 265 



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Illegible letter, answer to 24 



Illinois, account of the wild animals of 71 



Incubation of the common hen, account of 'he process 

 518 



Indigo, process of manufacturing in small quantities, 

 for family use 314 



Inland transport, account of the improvements of in 

 England 566 



Insects, on their genention, false views of 340; their 

 damage to agriculture, and the propriety of protect- 

 ing birds that destro/ them, by Charles Woodson 

 351 



Interest on money, ho-v affected by risk 99; of banks, 

 should conform to the ordinary market rate 107 



Iron, how to harden, aid how blacksmiths cheat by 

 not doing 37 



Iron waggon wheels 256 



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Jardin des planks, account of 34 



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Key, R. D. on water furrowing 320 



Lavas, natural process of the fertilization of 155 



Legislation for the benefit of agriculture, remarks on 

 its need and proper direction 416 



Legislative farming, objections to 153 



Lemon, on the cultivation of 725 



Lice and nits on hogs, to destroy 552 



Lime, some account »f its use and value in Pennsyl- 

 vania 311; estimate of its cost and profit in improv- 

 ing a poor piece of land 312; queries on, and remarks 

 on its action in comexion with putrescent manure 

 497; effects of its ixposure to air, on its qualities 

 for cement and for manure 602; sometimes ineffi- 

 cient as manure in Frederick county, Va. 692; its 

 value as a medicine for horses, to expel grubs or 

 worms, by R. P. Ri:hardson 775 



Livestock, adaptation of different breeds in the United 

 States to the soil 77 



Livestock, on their carriage to market by canals and 

 railways 565, .568 



Lockhart, W. £. on the skinless oat, and nut bearing 

 pine 350 



