CONTENTS. 



X 



Page. 

 LII. Hessian fly ; grain moth ; cut worms, by Tliomas Say, 236 



LIIT. On the improvement of land by the use of shell-marl, 



by J. Singleton, of Talbot county, Maryland, - - 238 



LIV. On reclaiming, improving, and cultivating salt marsh- 

 es, by general John Swartwout and Brothers, - - 250 

 LV. On the same subject, by John R. Coates, Esq. - 257 



LVI. On the culture of Mangel Wurtzel, or improved beet 



root, by Isaac C. Jones, - 285 



LVH. On burning clay for manure, by James Mease, M. D. 291 

 LVIII. Inquiries on the subjects of an address, circulated 

 by the curators of the society, through the several counties 



of Pennsylvania, - 305 



LIX. Improved Pocket Chondrometer, - - - - 312 

 LX. Weight of grain, Sfc. - - - - - 314 



LXI. Correction of error in " Notices for a young farmer," 316 

 LXI1. Weight and size of a superior ox, sold in the Phila- 

 delphia market, in 1818, - - - - -317 



CUTS. 



I. Wire fence, - - - - --6,7 



II. Machine for heating irons, - - - - 10,11 



III. Economical Kitchen, - - - - - 11, 12 



IV. Plat of a sedged wheat field, - - 48 



V. Elastic tube, for relieving hoven cattle, - 55 



VI. Steam apparatus, for boiling or steaming potatoes, <$'c. 68 



VII. Horse Bake, - - - -71 



VIII. Triangular Harrow, - - - - - 186 



IX. Improved common Harrow, - - - - 188 



X. Jin Implement used in planting of Mangel Wurtzel, 289 



XI. Improved Pocket Chondrometer, - - 313 



XII. An Ox, bred and fed in New Jersey, - - 31s 



PLATES. 



I. Hill side Plough, - - - - - 16 



II. BenneWs Machine for sowing clover and other small 

 seeds, - - - ----44 



III. Hotchkiss's Straw- Cutter, - 104 



