FARMERS' REGISTER 



Herbage plants, new 340 



Hoarding system substituted for the borrowing system 

 of governments 214 



Hogs 696 ; of large size 743 ; breeding 604 ; and rear- 

 ing 578; keeping, feeding and falleninc; 1S4, 117, 

 251 ; improved breeds of 176 ; in a fruit orchard 

 505 ; on fattening by cold soaked and fermented 

 food 529; statement of cost and profit in feeding 

 237 ; value of their manure 743 ; considerations on 



^ raising or buying 648 



Holkham, the seat of the Earl of Leicester (formerly 

 "the great farmer" Coke) 534 



Holy laud, ancient and present agricultural condition 

 of 647 



Horse, treatment of 7 ; stubborn, how managed 703 



Horses, slabbering 534 ; wild, formerly in Virginia 

 668 ; on breeding and rearing for agricultural pur- 

 poses 719; diarrhoea of 756 



Horticultural excursion in Greece 223 



Humbugs, multicaulis seed, and Chinese corn 190 ; 

 the newest and greatest yet announced, "gigantic 

 clover" 432 ; Thorburn's " Chinese Tree corn" 572 



Hunting in Virginia 668 



Hydrangea, changing the color of flowers of 556 



Husbandry in China 369 



Ice houses 130 



Improving worn-out lands 556 ; of poor land in Fair- 

 fax, profit of 153 

 Incubation, artificial 614 

 Indian Key, description of 758 

 Inoculation 151 



Insects, increase of by not grazing land 710 

 Insect depredators 493 

 Irrigation of Lombardy 185, 193 ; in Spain 215 



Jalap plant, account of 435 

 Jamestown, reminiscences of 407 



Kyanizing wood 233 



Labor, the great want of in the tide-water country 393 

 Leaves, the use made of in Italy, for fodder 280 

 Letters from an agricultural apprentice to his father 



535, 539, 590, 594; from a young farmer to Mr. Ja- 



mieson 671,674, 711,714 

 Lice on cattle, to destroy 510 

 Lime 131; as manure 63 ; effect in improving laud 



209, 116 ; suggestions for extending the use of 79 ; 



statement of elfects in Scotland 334; for mountain 



lands 744 

 Lime, oyster-shell, alleged inefficacy of 166 

 Lime for hogs 108 



Lime, imported, proposed for lower Virginia lOS 

 Lime and peas as manure 576, 636 

 Lime-stone in Stokes, N. C- 455 

 Lime-stone (rotten) soils in Alabama 617 

 Lime-water, anti-septic property of 508 

 Liming 382; eti'ects of 440; in Norfolk county, 501 

 Liquid leather 488 



Live-stock, prices of in Kentucky 590 

 Live-stock of improved blood, high prices of 9, 25 

 Loudon, i)is advertised prices for advice 199 



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Mad itch of cattle G79 



Madia saliva, an oil plant 213 



Magnesia, influence of on the growth of vegetables 491 



Malaria 2<>3 



Mammoth silkworms' eggs 320 



Manure, farm-yard, essay on management of 401 ; 

 Jauti'ret's, artificial 82 ; from peat and lime 496 



Manures, experiments on SOS ; (human excrements) 

 town, 626, 627 ; of hogs 743 ; compost, effects of 759 



Manuring with rotten logs and brush 110 



Marl SO; of South Carolina (or calcareous rock,) 

 analyses of 78 



Marl, boring for, a cheap and convenient mode 78 



Marl, blue, 105; color caused by organic matter 106 ; 

 its supposed superiority 280 



Marl beds near Nevvbern, N. C. 687 



Marl indicator 80 ; supposed not to be a new species 

 279 ; a new species, 359 



Marl-raising machine 668 . 



Marling in Sussex 668 ; Gloucester 575 ; improve- 

 ment by on Coggins' Point farm 112; in Pri«.ce 

 George county, first views which led to 659 



Marsh mud 1U5 



Meadows, reclaimed, reports and statements on 391 



Memoranda of farming 530 



Mignonette, cultivation of 558 



Milk, city 692 



Milk-sicicness 527 



Millet 474 



Morus multicaulis, see Mulberry, Chinese 



Mowing 406 



Mud for manure 447 



Mulberry, opinions of different species 6; compara- 

 tive values of did^erent kinds 310 ; Canton 499 



Mulberry, Chinese, value of for feeding silk-worms, 

 alone 85 ; its value for feeding compared with other 

 kinds 416 ; the several claims of the first introduc- 

 tion of 54 ; introduced from Asia long before dis- 

 covered by Perrottet 506 



Mulberry, Chinese, crop, trade, speculation in, and 

 prices 60, 62, 108, 109, 403, 510, 570, 636 ; seed 

 254, 381 



Mulberry culture, counter estimates in regard to its 

 profits 351 ; remarks thereon 335 



Mulberry leaves, product of 439 



Mulberry plantation, Amans Carrier's, expense and, 

 net profits of 302 



Mulberry trees on highly calcareous soils 221, 222. 



Murrain in cattle 755 



Mushroom, culture of 436 



Mutton 471 



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Negroes, preservation of the health of 372 



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Oak trees, large 184 



Oat-pasture, for improvement of land 581 



Oats, not an exhausting crop 631 



Oats, skinless, 55 



Olla podrida 226 



Osage orange seeds wanted 384 



Orchard grass 658 ; preparation of for sowing 134 



Oxen, new mode of breaking to work 369 



Patent rights, abuse of 505 



Pattern farming township 605 



Peach trees, heading down 261 



Pear trees propagated from roots 95 



Peas, green, how to save 343 



Peat, review of 'Essays' on 37 



Pennsylvania farmers, remarks on 19 



Perfect agriculture adveise to fences 340 



Perforating glass 278 



Periodicals (agricultural,) affect those who do not 



read them 360 ■ 

 Piedmontese reel, advantage of the general adoption 



of 86 



