IV CONTEXTS. 



Farmers* and emigrants' handbook, 117 



Rheumatism — acute and chronic, 118 



Farmers' Library and Monthly Journal of Agriculture 118 



CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANY. 



Experiments with manures and electricity: ByJ.E. Muse, 119 



Philadelphia and horticulture, 123 



Analysis of soils, in reply to D. S. Howard, ^ J26 



Letter from J. H. Coffin, and the Editor's remarks, 127 



" " S. P. Rollo " " '•' 123 



" '•' W. Case, " " " 129 



Greatest iron mine in the world 129 



Lead, silver and gold mine, in North Carolina, 130 



Artichokes, 130 



Hens, 131 



EXTRACTS — FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, 



Proceedings of the American Association of Geologists and Natu- 



ralists, with remarks by one of the Editors, 132 



Report of Jas. W. Gowen's farm, 170 



American cheese, 176 



Germination under colored glass, 177 



