INDEX. 



Foddering:, time of, 77. 



Food, crashed and uncrnshed, 212. 



industry represented by, 4S3. 



value of, 212. 



of Cattle, salt in, 228. 



of Sheep on the prairies, 310. 



as fuel tor animal heat, 593. 



Forcing potatoes, 16. 



Force of minute plants, 120. 



Founder in horses. 164. 



Fountain, the highest in the world, 276. 



France, hop culture in, 93. 



its olive region, 198. 



wheat in, 540. 



Frauds in wool-selling, 87. 



in exhibiting sheep, 222. 



Fredericksburg, Va. marl near, 62. 

 Free Trade, effects of, 542. 



Mr. Cobden's advocacy of, 542. 



French grape, the white, 73. 



mode of pre.serving fruits, 282. 



measures, 409. 



Fruit-bearing powers of the grape-vine, 543. 

 Fruit-trees, potash for, 44. 



grafting, •tc. of .579. 



Fruit, crops of, on the Rhine. 438. 



French method of preserving. 281-3. 



seedling different from the parent, 359. 



Fumitary, quantity of potash in, 94. 

 Funds of public institutions. 423. 



should not be hoarded, 423. 



Fungus, a, and the Potato Rot, 15. 



G 



Gain to the farmer and planter, 153, 486. 

 Garden, cottage, seed for, 94. 



Calendar: see Housewife's Deparlmenf. 



Gardener, the, and water, 439. 

 Georgia, manufactures of 469. 



cotton factories in, 489. 



Germany, athletic schools in, 35. 



care of grass in, 129-30. 



productive plains of, 128. 



climate of 129. 



sheep culture in, 581. 



land and labor in, 552. 



Giant sainfoin, 114. 



Gillespie, Prof, on Road-making, 524. 



Girdling trees, 406. 



Glass milk-pans, their utility, 33, 232. 



GoJenos oak, 407. 



Gossiping of farmers, 45. 



Government, English, price for provisions, 94. 



remissness of in care for Agriculture, 534. 



policy of 474. 



Gowen, Mr. mistake corrected, 579. 

 Grain crops, increased value of 73. 



trade of the United States, 232. 



feeding of, to sheep, 399. 



see Corn, Oats, Wheat, ^-c. 



Grain of wood, 405. 

 Grafting, process of 579. 

 Grapes, new varieties of 73. 



and the manufacture of wine, 435. 



culture of in Ohio, 435. 



heavy bunches ; how grown, 440. 



in city and country. 543 



every farmer should have them, 543. 



quantity to one vine, 543. 



best kinds offer open \vall8, 544. 



Grape-vine, fruit bearing powers of, 543. 

 Grasses, prairie, for sheep, 76. 



feeding down while growing, 76. 



enltnre of in Germany, 130. 



new species in Virginia, 147. 



Lands, profitable, 153. 163. 



Blue, natural to Virginia, 1G3 



Gra.sse-s, Wild, their growth, &c. 310. 



Italian rye, 429, 431. 



Grazing cattle in the South. 105, 161, 163, 36-5. 



advantages in the West, 156. 



Mr. Beirne of Virginia on, 163. 



Mr. Caperton on, 367. 



Ground, sale of crops on the, 438. 

 Grove. H. D . his excellent Hocks, 553. 

 Growth of Baltimore, 58. 



of plants, different kinds, 403. 



Guano, composition of 21. 



more than half soluble .salts, 72. 



Prof Liebig's observations on, 21, 72. 



comparative prices of 228. 



effect on crops and land, 351. 



in Maryland 25 years ago, 421. 



a powerful fertilizer, 421. 



ships employed in conveying, 421. 



analyses of by Prof Johnston. 422. 



how much applied per acre, 422. 



Gypsum and its effect?, 65. 



■ Prof Liebig on, 71, 72. 



as used in the Soutli, 158. 



effects on the soil, 160. 



H 



Habits should be formed early, 51. 

 Hall's brick-making machine, 25. 

 Hams, curing of 248, 250 



use of sugar for, 250. 



different proces.scs of, 295. 



by packing in tight casks, 295. 



by dry salting, &c. 295. 



Hardy, Prof J. W., onVirgiuia, 410. 

 Harvesting-machine, 92. 



Hay, analysis of 70. 



Hedges, the Osage orange for, 554. 



Hemp Husbandry. 209-11. 



curing and preparations of, 210. 



Brake for. Mr. Anderson's, 210. 



nitrogen in, 210. 



cultivated as a luxury in India, 377. 



Henry, Prof, on Corn, 548. 

 Herbemont grape, the, 436. 

 Hill, Mr., of Maryland, visit to, 519. 

 Hire lor Labor in the South, 102. 

 Hogs : see Sicine. 

 Holland, cattle in, 33. 



Dairy Husbandry of 29. 



Dairies of Holsteiu, 29, 31. 



cow-houses in, 33. 



Honey : see Recipes. 

 Hop, cultivation of 93. 



first raised in France, 93. 



congenial to the South, 147. 



Hornblower. or tobacco-fly, 297, 361. 



see Tobacco. 



Horse, items of benefit relating to, 94. 



use and effect of salt, 94. 



the Distemper in, 121. 



Founder in, 164. 



Essay on the Condition of, 217. 



modes of keeping, 226. 



winter-feeding in Scotland, 223. 



use of beans for feeding, 226. 



expense of 349. 



to save from fire, 48. 



Horticulture : see Houscn-ife's Department. 



Horticultural Society, the Massachusetts, 281,529 



Horticultural zeal, 360. 



Hospitality in Virginia, 65. 



Hotels in various cities, 56. 



Housing .sheep, 177. 



Housewife's Department — 



her sphere and acquirements, 275-6. 



a Tale : Mr. Duropus and Family, 277 



the education of females neglected, 355 



