INDEX. 



Ill 



Flax, Cultivation of, 67. 



Fleece, lartre, from Lincoln- 

 shires, 111. 



Flowers, Preservation of, 535. 



Sex of, 591. 



Food produced by Systems of 

 Culture, 346. 



Veiietable, 410. 



Consumption of in 



the U. S., 450. 



Plants require, 590. 



for Cattle. 591. 



Foot-Rot in .Sheep, 535. 



Foreign Cattle, 75, 84, 97, 122, 

 123, 385, 4H7. 



Fossil Cherry-Trec, 589. 



FowltJ. Color of, 177. 



Franklin A;;', ami Hort. Soci- 

 ety, Ohio, 4S7. 



France— Commerce in Eggs, 

 4.53. 



the ' Society for E ncour- 



agement of National In- 

 dustry ' : its Premiums, 479 



French Weights, a List of 

 much wanted, 478. 



Fruit, Table, 117. 



Trees, Planting, 477. 



Gaines, Gen. Edmund P. on the 

 Growth of the West, 20. 



Gardens, Li(iuid-Manuro for, 

 284. 



Geology. Randall's, 85. 



Georgia, Cherokee Countiy, 59. 



and S. C, the True " Cot- 

 ton Region, 237, 424. 



German Plows and Plowing, 112 



Goats destroying Trees, 220. 



Governments, Obligation of to 

 promote Husbandry, 337. 



Grafting-Wax, 479. 



Clay, 535. 



Grain, Saving in getting out by 

 Machinery, 134. 



Average Prices for 14 



years, 235. 



importations of, into Liv- 

 erpool. 240. 



Export of to Great Brit- 

 ain and Ireland, 536. 



and Green Crops, Rela- 

 tion of, 346. 



Swelling of by Boiling,478 



Consumption of in Great 



Britain, 492. 



Gooseberries. Nutrition in, 94. 



Grape, Nutrition of, 94. 



Culture, 110, 354, 413, 429. 



White French variety ac- 

 climated in Pa., 112. 



not maturing, 164. 



Vino, Potatoes vegetating 



on, 266. 



Native of Texas. 412. 



Oregon and California, 413 



Great Britain, her Importations 

 of Grain, 240, .536. 



Consumption of Grain 



in. 4LI2. 



Grinnell, Mr. — his Prize Colt, 

 336. 



Growth of the West, 20. 



Gaano, best Sy.stems of using it, 

 477, 489,"53.5. 



Applying to Turnips, 490. 



Experiments with, 499. 



Guenon's Work on Milch Cows 

 — Recommendations, &c., 

 251, 254, 400, 443, 478. 

 II 



Haddock, nutritive matter in. 94 



Heat, Animal, maintenance of, 

 .580. 



Hemp Culture in the West, 140. 



Inquiry, 401. 



Brakes, Improvement in, 



528. 



Hereford Cow, Mr. Coming's, 

 336. 



Hickory Nuts, 128. 



Hoboken, Great Crop, 475. 



Hoed Crops. 308. 



Hogs, kind best for Bacon, 36. 



Trees destroyed by, 220. 



the Parkin.son Breed, 286. 



Feed, 36, 4.56. 580. 



Manure furnished by, 456. 



Trade : its Value, 480. 



Number of in Ohio, 488. 



fattened on Horse-Flesh, 



580. 



large lot of, in Ohio, 590. 



Hop Culture in U. S.. 91. 



Horses, Swimming Power of, 

 133. 



Longevity in, 178. 



Prize Colt, 336. 



Prize Essay on, 349. 



How to Choose well, 353. 



in Ohio, number of, 488. 



the genuine Arabian, 555. 



Shoes, 556. 



Flesh, fattening Pigs on, 



580. 



Racing in England, 590. 



Horticultural Societies, 207, 487. 



Hot-Beds, 477. 



Housekeeping and House Man- 

 agement, 477. 



Hou.sewife's Department— with 

 u.seful Recipes, 45. 



Husbandry, Sheep, best part 

 of U. S. for, 64. 



in the South : a Se- 

 ries of Letters by H. S. 

 Randall-ritfe ' Sheep Hus- 

 bandry.' 



Hussey's Reaping Machine,486, 

 I 



Imported Stock, 120, 591. 



Importations into Great Britain, 

 240. 



Improvement in making Bricks, 

 392. 



Indian Corn and Corn-Meal — 

 their Uses, 10. 



Cost of it and Cotton, 



32. 



Experiments in man- 

 ufacturing for Exportation, 

 40, 331. 



in Ireland, 126. 



and its Varieties, 383. 



Crop of, in the U. S. 



in 1839, 457. 



Indies, East, Sugar in, .588. 



Industrial Resources of the 

 South and South West, 11. 



of J)claware, 53. 



of Canada, 13.5. 



of the West, 140. 



Information wanted, 91, 327, 

 478, 590. 



Instinct of Birds, 587. 

 Incubation, Artiticiiil, 423, 560. 

 Institute, American, 19th Fair 



of, 142, 223. 

 Ireland, Corn in. 126. 

 Irish, the, in Amer., 547, 590. 



Potatoes, 591. 



Irrigation — Prize Essay, 165. 



K 

 Kiln-dried Corn-Meal, 40, 331. 



I^ 

 Land, Virginia, 287. 



Sale of great tract, 380. 



Value of, in La Plata, 561. 



Laws, English Corn, 49. 

 Legislative Provision for Agri- 

 culture, 193. 



Petitions for, 260. 



Hallof Bo.ston, agricultur'l 



meetings in, 485. 

 Leicester Sheep, Importation 



of, 250. 

 Proportion of Mut- 

 ton, 498. 

 the Tallow of 5 Fat 



Wethers, 499. 

 Lewis, Upn. D. H. — Chase's 



Card-Spinner, 9. 

 Lime, Superphosphate of, and 



its Use as a Manure — 



Prize Essay, 277. 

 Lincolnshire Sheep, 

 Liverpool. Importations of Gr'n 



into, 240. 

 Liquid-Manure Carts, 284. 

 as a Top-Dressing, 



478. 

 Loudon, J. C. — Life Pension 



bestowed on his Widow, 



479. 

 Long-Leaf Pine of Southern 



States, 12. 



It.sDisappearance,92. 



of N. C, 220. 



Longevity in Horses, 178. 

 of Peach-Trees, 270. 



ra 



Machinery in getting out Grain, 

 134. 



Madder — Inform'n wanted. 327. 



im[>orted into Gt. Br., 378. 



Culture, (See, 379. 



Maize, or Indian Corn, 10, 32, 

 40, 311, 331, 383, 405, 475. 



Malts, London and Amer., 302. 



Malting Properties of Barleys, 

 301. 



Management, Good, 93. 



House, and Housekeep- 

 ing, 477. 



Manufactures and Pastoral Life 

 of the Ancients — The Silk 

 Culture, 25. 



Manures. Application of, 269. 



for Grapes, 271. 



for Oranges, 272. 



Liquid, Cart for distrib- 

 uting. 284. 



as a Top-Dressiijg, 



478. 



Trap-Rock as, 304. 



Comparative Value of 30 



kinds, 368. 



Straw, 478. 



Guano : Best Modes of 



Using, 477, 489, 490, 499, 

 535. 



