CONTENTS. 



Page. 



V. Practicability of a canal between the head of Seneca lake 

 with Tioga creek^ by Philip, Churchy - - - 23 



VI. Shepherd's dog ^ from the Sportsman^ s Cabinet^ - - 36 



VII. Account of the Pyracantha^ or evergreen thorn, by Tho- 

 mas Main, - - - - - - 42 



VIII. On potatoes, by Arthur Young, - - - 54 



IX. On internal improvements, by roads, canals, Ijfc, by W. 



J. Duane, - - - - . - 59 



X. Pruning, and after management of hedges, by Robert So- 

 merville ; from communications to the board of agriculture 



of England, voL 2, page A7, London, \^05, - - 78 



XI. On sheep folding ; from a publication on manures, draivn 

 up for the board of agriculture, England, by Robert Somer- 

 ■ville, of Haddington. London, 1795, - - - 82 



XII. On the same, from Davis's survey of Wiltshire, drawn 



up for the board of agriculture, England, • - 86 



XIII. On barilla as a manure. Communicated to the president 

 of " the Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture,"* 



by Robert Barclay, Esq. London. - - -87 



XIV. On mixing lime and stable manure, - - 94 



XV. Mangel wurtzel, winter food for cattle, - - 97 



XVI. Mode of analysing and testing gypsum ; from Cooper* s 

 Emporium, new series, vol. I, page 325, - - 104 



XVII. Professor Cooper's analysis of various specimens of 

 Pennsylvania limestone. Cooper's Emporium, new series, 



vol. \, page 318, - - - - - 106 



XVIII. Observatio7is on the culture of sumnier wheat, or 

 spring wheat ; from a pamphlet by C. T. Skurray, Esq, of 

 Devonshire. London, 1813, - - - -114 



XIX. On the cultivation of carrots, - - - 115 



XX. Plaster and salt, - - - - - 119 



XXI. On the duration of posts, when their natural position 



is reversed, - - - - - - 170 



