INDEX. 



VII 



Longevity of the donkey, 440. 

 Longworih, Mr , on Wines, 435. 

 Loom. the. and cotton, 4S-2. 



first introiiuctiou of, 537. 



Lothian farm held on lona: leases, 43. 

 Lyford's Price Current, 348. 



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Machine, harvesting, 93. 



Barrel, 92. 



Stafford's Corn-Dryer, 190, 303-4. 



Hussey's Reaping and Mowing, 550. 



Threshing, 551. 



Agricultural, at the South, 461. 



Madder, culture of, 34. 

 Magnesia, phosphate of, 6.9. 

 Management of potatoes, 16. 



Farm, in the South : see Maryland, Vir- 



giiiin. Soii/heni Stotes, etc. 

 Manufactures, domestic, 102. 



in the South, 489. 



influence of, 476. 



Hon. J. R. Poinsett on, 476. 



Manufacture of Brick, 25. 



of Cultivators, 1 13. 



of Wool and Woolens, 102. 



of Olive-oil, 199. 



Manufactories, Northern, &c 100. 



Malaga raisins, 434. 



Manure, barn-vard, unsuitable for Potato, 15. 



Artificial Prof Liebig on, 17, 69, 201, 594. 



farm-yard, analyzed, 415. 



effect of various kinds on wheat, 90, 94. 



Liquid, use of, 71, 554. 



wh\' the best may be ineffectual, 73. 



waste of, reprehended, 150. 



of Sheep, 166. 



artificial and farm- yard compared, 201. 



Prof Lindley on, 202. 



for Flax, 212. 



Road, 289. 



Stable, for the Potato, 290. 



in Maryland, 350. 



hints on the use of, 353. 



summering it, 340. 



water should not fall on, 430. 



kinds and care of, 90, 94, 431. 



Experiments in, 533. 



phosphate of potash as a. 539. 



March, J. W., his crops of turnips. 516. 

 Markets in Philadelphia and Baltimore, 57. 



Wool, prospects of, 74, 122. 



Marketable commodities should be weighed, 419 

 Marl, use of in Virginia, 62. 



in South Carolina. 150. 



Mr. Witherspoon on, 156. 



its effect on crops, &c. 156. 



its cost, 156. 



Marsh-mud compost for the Potato, 290. 



Maryland, Tobacco Laws of, 5. 



number of papers in, 25. 



Farming in, 108 



agricultural exhibition in, 295. 



an agricultural chemist in, 315. 



lands, men and management of, 372. 



prices of her Produce, 373. 



crops in, 375. 



the working classes of, 370. 



Resources of 473. 



compared with Eastern States, 473-6. 



agricultural fair in, 473. 



number of Acres in, 477-8. 



Climate of, 377. 



Population of 478. 



Banlis in, 478. 



agriculturists in, 478. 



Massachusetts, best Apples for, 47, 477. 



Ma.ssachusetts,Horticul. Society of, 281,.529,532. 



cattle importations, 304. 



extent and population of, 477-8. 



the Merchants of, 529. 



Maternal supervision, 53. 

 Measures, foreign, 409. 



English wheat, 418. 



American, 419. 



Meat, salting, 294. 



Mecklenburg. Virginia, Agriculture of, 410. 



Merchants of Boston, the, 529. 



Merino ram, 'King of Vermont,' 94. 



Sheep, 165, 170, 176. 



deception in exhibiting, 222. 



Merit, agricultural, Order of, 429. 

 Mexicans, the. at the Great Lakes, 409. 

 Microscope, aid of the, 119. 



examination of wool by, 173, 175. 



Milk, average quantity of 33. 



of the Ayrshires, 287, 305-6. 



quality of, 306. 



proportion of to butter, 555. 



Milk-pans, glass, 33, 232. 

 Mineral substances of food, 20. 



found in the bones of Man, 20. 



Miscellaneous Notes, 417. 



Mississippi Piiver, No. of Steamboats on, 200. 



Mis.souri grape, the, 436. 



Mistake corrected — Mr. Gowen of Pa, 579. 



Money readily gained, 153. 



Montgomery County lands — Guano, 351. 



Montpelier, Virginia, account of, 97. 



Moss, Iceland, bread from, 35. 



Mould, vegetable: see Hnmus. 



Mowing-machine, Hussey's, 461, 550. 



Mutton : see Sheep 



Leicester preferred, 180. 



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National Statistics, 60. 

 Negro, capacities of 53, 57. 



and the White compared, 53, 57. 



remarks of Von T.schudi on. 54. 



labor of the, 107, 158. 



Netting for sheep-folds, 44, 45. 

 New England, sheep in, 168. 



Banks of, 478. 



Education in, 475. 



De Tocqueville on, 475. 



operative, the, 585. 



New-Haven, School of Chemistry at, 291. 

 New- Jersey, condi;ion of in 1840, 52. 



education in, 52. 



Newmarket, anti .shade tree law in, 103. 

 New-York, booksellers in, 50. 



printing offices in, 50. 



and Virginia contrasted, 65, 242. 



Wool trade of, 16.5. 



first introduction of Sheep into, 168. 



extent and produce of, 241. 



Reflections on, 241-5. 



Agricultural Society premiums, 517. 



Dog-laws in, 589. 



Niagara Suspension Bridge, 492. 

 Night.soil in "China, 93. 

 Nitrogen in hemp and flax, 210. 

 Notes, practical, 3.53. 



miscellaneou.s, 417. 



Nott's electric telegraph, 24. 

 Nurseries, tree, increasing, 68. 

 Nutrition of bread as now used, 142. 

 absorbed by plants, 234. 



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Oak, amount of potash in, 94. 

 Oats, analysis of 412. 

 crops of, 438. 



