CONTENTS. 



NUMBER SEVENTEEN. 



1. Brand in the Cereals, 112 



2. Chess, 123 



8. No Coal in the New York Rocks,; 125 



4. Blight, 129 



5. Mildew,; 130 



6. Cure for Mildew, 131 



7. Agriculture of New York, 132 



8. The Effect of Plants on the Distribution of Nutriment in 



Soils, 143 



9. Diseased Potatoes used for Seed, 144 



10. Prepared Gum for Pasting, 144 



11. List of Noxious Insects, .* ' 145 



12. Advantages of Irrigation, 153 



13. On the Culture of Potatoes, 154 



14. Loss of Inorganic Matter in Drainage Water, 155 



15. Management of Pear Trees, 158 



16. Influence of the Mode of Churning on the Hardness or 



Softness of Butter, , 164 



17. Analysis of the Ash of the Fibre of the Flax, 174 



