INDEX. 



mode, - - - 198 



OCT* In a flat, heavy soil, annoyed by 

 moisture, this mode may be 

 preferable. 

 Indian Corn, species fit for field planting, and mode of 



culture, - - . - 308, 18, &c. 



Dotterer's machine for breaking it in the ear, 398 

 Insects, sulphuret of barytes destroys, - - - 123 



see vol, 2, p. 209, same effect produced by sulphur 

 per se ; or sulphuric acid. 



burning brush, on ground intended for melons, de- 

 stroys insects, or their larvae, - - 218 

 "When in plenty, seasons generally unhealthy to ani- 

 mals, - - - - - 285 

 K 

 Kaims, Lord, his mode of training thorn hedges, - 243, 244 

 Kirk, Caleb, of Delaware, his mode of accelerating the 



vegetation of haws, - - - 439 



Kirk, Caleb, of York town, his mode of raising locust trees 



from seed, - - - - 247 



Krebs, George, his certificate of the qualities and uses of a 



remarkable fire stone, - - 390, 39 1 



L 

 Lake plaster, found on the borders of the Cayuga and Se- 

 neca lakes, state of New York, in inexhaust- 

 ible quantities, - - - - 268 

 and see ante, - - - - 138 

 Lampas, in horses, burning for, disapproved, - - 169 

 Land, modes of clearing in new countries ; and modes of 



cultivation therein, - - - - 113,114 



Yankee mode, by burning, disapproved, - 112,113 



fire, salutary effects of on soils, - - - 221 



potatoes and turnips, best crops, when first cleared, 1 1 3 



a specified mode of clearing recommended, - 118 



limed ; plaster acts favourably on, - - 208 



rich or poor, not designated by species of timber, 

 (vol. l,p. 31.) - . - - - 104 



