VI 



INDEX. 



Housewife's Department — * 



what is the proper education, 356-7. 



.simplicity of diet, 3-5S. 



Effg.s and Poultry, 3-39. 



Hints to lover.s of Flower.s, 3-59. 



seedlinp: fruit, culture of, 359. 



the Habit.s of ]n.sects, 377. 



study of Entomology. 377. 



■ Potato Pudding, to make, 380, 



to cure injuries to trees, 380. 



rules to make, or destroy : see Recipes 



the Wife, 380. 



Garden Calendars, 466. 



Cookery, curious facts in, 433. 



Green-liouse and Flower Calendars, 



468, 5^5. 



a Tale : Mary Williams, 469. 



the Farmer's Daughter. 471. 



■ the ilovver-clock of Linnceus, 524. 



the Bachelor's Complaint, 471. 



a Tale : Catharine of Liverpool, 580-4 



Humus, formation of, 598. 

 Husbandry, Dairy, 29. 



of the Blue Ridge, Virginia, 99. 



Sheep, in the United State.s, 68. 



see Slieep Husbandry. 



Hussej's reaping-machine, 550. 

 his mowing-machine, 550. 



I 



Iceland moss, bread from, 35. 

 Ignorance thinks it.self the wiser, 43 

 Illinois and parts of fa. avast coal-basin, 79 

 Impediments to American Agriculture, 591. 

 Implements and their makers, 252, 586, 587. 



improved kinds of, 421. 



American, trial of, 421. 



Report on, 548. 550, 



Imports of trans-Atlantic Nations, 123. 

 Importation of animals, 221. 



eflect of, 221. 



of a Massachusetts Society, 304. 



bv Mr. Gushing, 304. 



of Cattle, 220. " 



Improvements, internal, 64. 

 Incorporations of capitalists, 37 

 Increase in value of grain, 73. 



in England's Wheat crop, 150. 



in her Cotton manufactures, 585. 



India-rubber on railways, 426. 

 Indian Corn : see Corn. 

 Insects, habits of, 371, 377, 378-9. 



architecture, interesting, 377. 



infesting: Tobacco, 297, 361. 



Mr. Dorsett on, 363. 



attacking the Turnip crop, 400. 



how to escape their ravages, 320. 



difference in manures to counteract, 420. 



infesting Cotton, 420. 



Inspection of commodities, 5, 7. 



State, system of, 7. 



local, when applied. 8. 



Institute, American, the, 540, 517. 

 Institutions of practical Agriculture, 292, 293. 

 Instruction in Agriculture, 251. 



see also As^ricnlfnre, Education, Sj-c. 



Invention, important. 203. 

 Inventors should be honored, 252. 

 -owa, farming in, 425. 

 Ireland and her Manufactures, 100. 



Dr. Kane on her Resources, 101. 



and its Famine, 107. 



Iron, cast, for milk-pans, 33. 

 Isabella grape, the, 436. 

 Italy, her facilities. 127. 

 Italiau rye-grass, 429, 431, 433. 



.Tackson, Professor, on Corn, 547 

 Jeannel, M., a work for children by, .52. 

 .Jewi.sh mode of slaughtering cattle, 593. 

 ,Tohn.son, Professor, on Climate, 67. 

 Johnson, Charles. Profes.sor, on Botany, 233. 



Course of Lectures by: see Botany. 



Johnston, Prof, analyses by : see Tables. 

 Jones, Major, of Del, on drill-sowing wheat,535. 

 .Journals, influeiice of, 58. 

 see also Pcqyers. 



K 



Kane, Dr., on Ireland, 101. 



Killing animals, 437. 



King, Mitchel, notice of an Address by, 193 



Knowledge, book, use of, 426. 



Labor at the South, 107, 158. 



protection to, 491, 



Agricultural, 473. 474. 



of the Trades. 474. 



comparison of 473-4. 



Laborers, hire of, 102. 

 Land, price of, in Illinois, 35. 



difference in the price of, 78, 79. 



all under the plow in Scotland, 44. 



Rental of in Europe, 44. 



Buying. 92. 



profit of improving, 151. 



cost of its cultivation, 152. 



in grass, profitable, 153. 



effect of Lime on, 157. 



choice of, 302. 



preparing it. 302. 



in Maryland, 372. 



Clay, burning of, 429. 



produce of, 433. 



in Germany, 552, 



and in America, 552. 



effect of shading it, 598. 



Languedoc, the Olive in, 197, 

 Laws, tobacco inspection, 5. 

 Leaves, structure of 235, 236, 238. 



the breathing organs of plants, 235. 



experimented upon, 540. 



Leicester or Bakewell sheep, 180. 



preferred for mutton, 180. 



description of 182. 



Libraries of choice books recommended for 



Farmers' Clubs, 36. 

 Liebig, Profes.sor, on Manures, IS, 69. 



analysis of straws bj', 70. 



of the ashes of plants, 70. 



of urine, 71. 



.on Guano, 72 



on Artificial Manures, 17, 69. 



Lime for potatoes, 15, 28, 290. 



in hot-beds, 16. 



vx. the Potato Rot, 28. 



phosphate of, 69, 



in planting trees, 93. 



how to use it, 94. 



in Virginia, 104. 



its action, 104, 



its effect on land, 157. 



importance of mixing with the soil, 159. 



u.sed without knowledge, 592. 



and abused without reason, 592. 



in Scotland, 592. 



Lindley, Professor, on Manures, 202. 

 Linseed as food for stock, 212. 

 Liquid manure, 71. 



tanks for, 554. 



■ treatment and advantages of, 554-5. 



