INDEX. 



Timber, succession of - - 12, 44, 374, 5, 6, 7 



Top dressing, of dung, better for grass, than grain. - 224 



well rotted dung preferred to hot and fresh 

 muck, for top dressins^, - - ib. 



plaster not foundbeneficial as a top dressing 

 for wheat ; though serviceable on buckwheat, 23 

 Turnip fly, radish seed sown with that of the turnip, 



guards against its ravages, - - at the end. 



Turnip or potatoe slicer, - - - ib. 



V 

 Valley Forge, Isaac Wayne's account of changes of tim- 

 ber there, - - - 376, 377 

 Vine, cultivation of, - - - - - 1 



downy leaved, secure from ravages of rose-bug, 2 



great varieties in our country, - - - ib. 



some said to be superior to European grape, for wine, ib. 

 mode of raising young vines, - - - 3 



eyes, perfect and imperfect, - - - 4 



mode of trimming, time of the year, and stages of 

 growth, - - - - --5, 6 



advantages of raising from a single eye, over the 

 common mode, from cuttings, - - - ib. 



Vinegar, conduces to coming of butter ; when mixed with 



cream in the churn, - - - 249 



combines with whey ; and does not injure the 

 butter, - - - - - ib. 



Virgil, his Georgics. Sundry passages cited ; to show the 

 agreement between the practice of agriculture in 

 his day, and that of the present time. (Notes.) 338, 8cc. 

 Virgilian supper. — Bill of fare, and eulogy, - - 146 



Vitriolic acid, supposed to be the operative part of plaster, 

 and to promote putrefaction of animal and 

 vegetable matter, - - . 228 



denied by some celebrated chemists, 228, 236, &c. 

 W 

 Washington, General, his exemplary attention to the eco- 

 nomy of his stables, - 168,169 



