326 INDEX. 



Shell-marle ; great improvement by it, - 238 



Singleton, John, of Maryland; great improvement by 



means of shell-marle, i&. 



Smyrna, in Turkey ; kinds of wheat cultivated and 

 brought for sale in the ports of the Mediter- 

 ranean, modes of manufacturing, &c.' - 51,53 

 Soil ; one uncommonly fertile without manure, 82 



Stunt, or sedge wheat ; I. Parker's, T. Plater's account 



of it, - 19,47,125 



Stoves, Spanish ; for economical cooking, 9 



Sugar canes ; communication respecting them, - - 120 

 Swartwout, John & Brothers ; on salt mar'sh and improve- 

 ment on reclaimed marsh, - - 250, 256 

 Steeping seed wheat ; - 212 



Tares, cole seed, mangel wurtzel, &c. - - 162 



Treading or getting out wheat by a roller, 29 



Turnips; apparatus for steaming, - 68 



culture of them, - - - - - - 167 



Turkey ; substitutes for bay in that country, and wheats 



cultivated and sold there, - 54 



Vaux, Roberts; his account of the utility of horse rakes, 71 



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Water, fresh ; how to procure it in salt marshes, - 266 



|Ci cn On the shores of the Isle of May, where salt 

 peculiarly abounds, a headless hogshead, sunk 

 in the sand, affords a sufficient depth to collect 

 fresh water. Salt water percolates, through the 

 sand, into this receptacle, and becomes fresh by 

 filtration. This fact has been noticed there, at 

 a time when no rain had fallen during a period 

 of two or three years precedently. R. P. 

 salt; dashed on sails prevents their becoming 

 mildewed, - .... 271 



