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Table of Contents of Farmers^ Register, JVo, 12, W&l.W*l. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Legislative aid to agriculture, No. 2. - 

 Curious extracts from the old laws of Virginia 

 The changes undergone by domestic animals 

 on being transported from Europe to Ame- 

 rica 



General remarks on improving land by marsh- 

 mud, &c. 



Remarks on the cultivation of the morus mul- 

 ticaulis anil on silk culture ... 



Some account of the silk convention 

 More of the introduction of the morus multi- 



caulis 



Rough Field notes, No. III. 



Answer to "Princeana." Remarks on mulberry 



and silk-culture 



The marl indicator 



To subscribers and the public ... 

 Legislative aid to agriculture. No. S.- 

 Smith fund 



Commercial report 



Crops on the Eastern Shore of Md. 

 To correspondents and contributors 

 New conditions of the Farmers' Register 



SELECTIONS. 



Orange groves of Florida 

 Climate of Louisiana ... 



Secret for making new and excellent wine 

 The immense chimney built at Carlisle 

 The milk-sickness, and the Bohan upas of the 



west 



Inquiries and remarks on manures 



Page 

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 711 



717 



720 



742 

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755 



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719 

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Sea-ware, marsh-mud, &c. - - - - 



Sea-weed &c. as manure .... 



Improvements by marsh-mud, &.c., on Emer- 

 son's Point 



Agricultural show and premiums of the Agri- 

 cultural Society of Rockbridge - - - 



The snow owl 



An alligator in N. Y. 



On the part which the soil acts in the process 

 of vegetation .-.--- 



The system of plunder, produced by the sys- 

 tem of irresponsible banking . . . 



Statement of the culture and products of a lot, 

 through a series of years - - - - 



Flemish husbandry 



Blue mud 



The mulberry, silk, &c. . . . - 



Don't forget to lime ..... 



Poor Richard's Almanac .... 



Farming and business liabits of Stephen Girard 



Lime, its application, &c. . . - - 



Early sown grain has less straw, compared to 

 the grain, than late 



Cooking grain for stock .... 



Eggs and poultry 



Utility of the British county agricultural re- 

 ports ..-..-. 



On the use of soapers' waste ashes as manure 



Can the culture of tobacco be dispensed with 

 in eastern Virginia ? 



Preparation of metallic candle-wick 



Extract from the address to the Agricultural 

 Society of Fredericksburg 



I'ager 

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