FARMERS REGISTER. 



Grass, ribbon, account of 223, 479, 727 

 Grass, orchard, on the culture of, by A. Nicol 72 

 Grass, Herds, on salt marsh, by J. B. Marsh 126 

 Grasses, artificial, on the management of, 249 

 Green sand, (or Jersey marl,) speculations on its na- 

 ture, and fertilizing- properties, by Wilioughby New- 

 ton 419 — remarks on 422 

 Green sand, region of in Va. described by Professor 

 Win. B. Rogers, in the report of his geological re- 

 connoissanee 666 

 Gregory, W. O. on corn kilns, and cheat controversy 



251 

 Gypsum, efeits of on Tobacco, tested by a series of 



experiinen 3, by Anderson C. Morton 547 

 Gynsum, on preparing lor use bv heat 540; not injured 

 by being heated, "by J. D." 260, and by A. Nicol 

 125 



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Hailstorm, destructive, in Va. 110 



Hammering stone by steam 144, 110 



Harper, P. W. on the tobacco crop 710 



Harrison, Wm. B. his rejoinder to the defence of the 



four-field rotation 215 

 Harrow, on covering corn with, by E. R. 444 

 Hay, late mowed 298 

 Heat, injurious effects of, on cultivated land, by J. R. 



Wallace 33 

 Hemp and silk culture, the profits of compared 612 

 Herbemont, N. on Tunicata corn 447; corrects mis- 

 take respecting "vin muet" 227 ; on the Chickasaw 



pea, ana pea fodder 93 

 Hessian fly, supposed mistake as to, by II. H. R. 



261; its injuries not avoided bv liming seed wheat, 



by "Crooked Run" 43, and by E. R. 65T; effect of 



sowing quicklime on the maggots, by Wm. M. 



Tate 252 

 Hogs, on the causes of their diseases, by AgricolaSoS, 



on raising and fattening, by Agricola 3-"> i; new ' ! i~- 



ease of, 127; swelling in the throat of, to cur 



on fattening, by '-Incognito" 722 

 Holmes T. describes the sea islands, and the breed of 



wild horses thereon 417 

 Hooks in horses 738 

 Hops, culture and value of 245 

 Horse, the vices and disagreeable or dangerous habits 



of, described separately and at length 93, 170 

 Horse power compared with steam power 394 

 Horses and mules, working, facts as to their feeding, 



by W. 590, remarks on their usual bad tre; 



590 

 Horses, race or high-blooded, the losses sustained by 



their being reared for sale in Va-. by Gulley 662 

 Horses, manner of feeding in Flanders 9 

 Horses, their supposed disease of hooks 738 

 Horo?s, working, on the abuse and proper treatment of, 



by R. C.726 

 Horses, the wild breed of, on Chincoteague island, by 



T. Holmes, 417 

 Horse-shoe machine, Burden's 144 

 Horticulture, party spirit in, 173 

 Hyacinths in glasses and pots, 498 



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Ice business, carried on in the north, for exportation 



110 

 Improvement of Va. remarks on by John Dickinson 



475 

 India rubber (or gum elastic) vegetable production of. 



and its application to manufactures 174; solvent of, 



294 

 Insects, trade in, in Brazil, 148 

 Insects, their structures of calcareous rock 430 

 Iron ore, remarkable deposite of, 146 

 Irrigation in Italy 163 



Irrigation, in Massachusetts, statement of 195; its ad- 

 vantages in Massachusetts 766 

 Irrigation of gardens 247 

 Irrigation, Treatise on 347, 449 

 Irrigation by catch-work 396 



James River and Kanawha Company, proceedings of, 

 85, and 1S4 



>n's opinions on tobacc® culture commented on 

 513 



Labyrinth, plan of 185 



Lactorine — desiccated milk, 127 



Lake, subterranean, and its inhabitants 35 



Land, improvement of, observations and inquiries on, 

 by "Charlotte County" 284 



Lands in Virginia, sale of in London 57 



Lands, on the prices and products of 372 



Law of enclosures, objected to 259 



Lead ore and mines in Missouri, account of 144 

 u cattle, how to kill 72, and by II. H. C. 261 



Lice oniowls, destroyed by dry ashes 150 



Lime, . Essay on, by M. Pirns 359, 385 



Lime as manure, experiments with, by A.S. F. 262 



Lime, fertilizing properties of 111 



Lime, importance of to the lower Eastern Shore coun- 

 ties 470 



Liming in Lehigh 281 



in Delaware 703 



Llama of Peru 294 



Locust and mulberry trees for timber 72 



. mountain (robiniapseudacacia) mistakes re- 

 specting its growth and corrected, by J. G. 

 C. 343 



Lucern, 251 



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, ; trees 434 

 cotton 678 

 i i . ing 224 

 Machine for raising marl, by Wm. Carmichacl, 290 

 McDuffie, Gov. on protecting duties — slavery, and the 



attempts lor its abolition 571 

 Macrae, F. on the forms of overseer's journals and 

 month] 163 — describes the soil, agriculture, 



&c. of 'Florida 179, 228, 327, 5!5 

 Mangel wurtzeL. or field beet, management, uses and 

 value of, 52 



1 wurrzel, by E. G. Booth 434 

 Manar i 410, potash, 137, ashes 137, 175 



cessity of making, by Simon Pure, 

 736 



from fish — profitable effects of, 658 — ignorance 

 and negl ctof its greatest value 634 

 tnur , o i mal ing 523 



■. what crops it should he applied to, 16 

 1 . in. 



Manure, on poor soils, by T. B. A. 376 and by M. D. 

 s, putrescent, general treatise on, 539, 583, 654, 

 729 



-. putrescent, extracts from Low's Elements of 

 Agriculture 77, compost 729 



it, obsei on, by J. M. G. 55 



Maniiri s, general report on, by N. Hi rbemont, 603 

 Manuring, practical details of, I EL Christian, 



149; queries and desultory remarks on, by T. W. 

 P., 157 

 Manuring, surface. J. M. G. 60 

 Manuring by ploughing under green crops 291 

 Marble, valuable kinds near Lynchburg, 55 



