yi CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Road-wastes, 120 



Grubs and Wire-wormSj 121 



Extracts from Foreign and Domestic Journals : 



Analysis of Riccj etc 123 



" Cotton wool, 130 



« « Seed, .4 132 



*^ Indian Corn, .'. 133 



Experiments on the production of Butter, 137 



On the waste pieces of Landj 139 



Culture of the Grape Vine, 143 



On soaking Seed, 146 



Model Farms, 148 



Incubation, 150 



Rearing of Cattle with a view to early maturity, 152 



Silk, 155 



Thrift, 167 



Source from whence Plants derive their Inorganic Matter, . . 170 



New Books : 



Earraers' Manual, 173 



Lectures, 176 



Letters on Chemistry, , 179 



American Poulterer's Companion, 181 



Mrs. Rundell's Cook Book, 182 



Economy of waste Manures, 182 



Berkshire Jubilee, 182 



VOLUME I— NUMBER 2. 



Food of Animals, 185 



Climate of the State of New-York, 205 



B^ds of Oyster Shells upon the Hudson River, 215 



Experiments, 217 



Phosphate of Lime and other Fertilizers in the older Rocks, 219 

 Education of American Farmers, 222 



New Publications : 

 Geological and Agricultural Survey of New-Hampshire, .... 232 



Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation 240 



Insects injurious to Vegetation, 250, 255 



