FARMERS' REGISTER— INDEX. 



Hornblende, supposed useful as manure -192 

 Horse, biting, curious mode of curing 766 



Horses, power of the Arabian blood, and necessitj' of 

 frequently recurring to it in breeding 333; treatment 

 of, and opinions concerning, by the Arabs, 602; fed 

 advantageously with rye iii the grain 6S5; manner 

 of working and feeding in Noribllc, (England) S2; 

 for mail coaches, manner of keeping and working 

 in England 87; ti'eatment of 19S; when travelling 

 222; stage performance of, by J. F. Caldwell 199; to 

 prevent tlieu- shoulders being chafed by the collar 

 34S; observations on the pulse of 6S5; tlie black tongue, 

 a disease of 572; 



Horses and cattle of choice breeds, risk and cost of 

 their importation, and a plan proposed 611 



Horse chestnut, described 283 



Horse rake 244 



"Houille," described by several writers 539, 540, 541 



How, Mr. report on his farming, made to the Middle- 

 sex, (Mas-:.) Agricultural Society 597 



Husbandry, Flemish, characteristics of 311 



Hybrid between the pheasant and common fowl 697 



Ice houses, how built near Boston 308 

 Implements of agriculture, improvements in 737 

 Intluence of pai'entage on oiispring in breeding stock 



193 

 Insects, observations on 695; effects on, of odoriferous 



substances 417; noxious kinds 422; language of 444; 



desti-oyed by birds 26, 476; usefulness of swallows 



in that respect 476; examples of their wonderful 



fecundity 464 

 Insects in trees, how to desti'oy by sulphur M9 

 Internal improvement policy of North Cai'olina, by 



Smeaton 204 

 Internal improvement of North Carolina, address of 



the convention 251 

 Instinct of vegetables 59 

 Irrigation, profits of 97 

 Isabella grape 455 



James City county, its soils and marl 108 



James river, improvement of, address thereon from 

 the Richmond Committee 254; list of sums sub- 

 scribed to the work 256 



Jefferson, Thomas, his plan of farming 725 



J. E. H. description by, of the Valley of the Kanawha 

 525; defends tlie statements_of tlie "Genei'al Descrip- 

 tion of Virginia" 195 



"Jeremiah" on the cultivation of corn 212 



J. M. G. sends "old Virginia Georgics" 551; on Oie 

 necessity for legislative protection to agriculture 613 



J. W. on shistus, tore houille, and coal ashes as ma- 

 nure 635 



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Kanawha, description of the Valley of, by J. E. H.525 

 Kiln for burning oyster-shells 19 



Land, high price cf in Pennsylvania 578; how to make 

 the most of a little 840 



Lands, on the Rappahannock 555 



Lawyers, the injuries caused by tlieir fornaing a large 

 proportion of legislative bodies 623 



Lease, ancient Greek, a copy of 180 



Leaves, plants remai'kable for the large size of 633; of 

 pine, and other woods litter, a valuable material for 

 manure, and means for improvement, as used and 

 described by John P. BoUing 690 



Legislative bodies rendered injurious to the public in- 

 terests by being composed principally of lawyers 623 



Lewis, Fielding, fai'm management of on Weyanoke 

 17; his cultivation of corn 553; remarks on his rota- 

 tion 324 



Lifie Everlasting, a good substitute for hops 631 



Lime, its use in West Chester, described by William 

 Darlington 15; what soils suitable to — quantities ap- 

 plied — used in caustic state 16'; on what crops most 

 suitable — manner of applying, and cost 16; neglect 

 of its use in Virginia and JN^orth Carolina, and its 

 high price in the latter, when transported from 

 Maine 468; a})plied as manure in Albemarle 631; 

 oyster- shell, method of burning and application 18 



Lime and putrescent manure, their eflects combined 

 655 



Lime, carbonate of, none contained in several speci- 

 mens of the New Jersey "marl" 572 



Lime,magnesian, opinions of in England, and practice 

 in Pennsylvania 564 



Limestone, near Raleigh 468; east of the Blue Ridge 

 118; magnesian, is it pernicious to vegetation? 426; 

 i strictures on the foregoing 428 



! Liming land on James river by water-borne shells, 

 estimate of tlie expense by C. H. Minge 567; com- 

 parison with tlie expense of using water-borne marl 

 567 



Locust, j'eUow, its grovvth proposed as a part of farm- 

 ing economy, and the product estimated, by Reuben 

 Grigsby 156; remarks on its cultivation "for posts, 

 and railway timber, by W. Shands 215 



Locust ti-ee, the value and durability of its timber, by 

 W. 344; value of for fencing — remarks on raising 660 



Locust timber 486; not capable of growing on acid 

 soils 487 



Low lands, common errors in the management of 388 



Lucerne, culture and product, by Ed. F. Tayloe 286, 

 322 



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Machine, Brooks' for reeling and twisting silk 242; 

 thrashing, 510; enquiries ancfremaiics on 553; Booth's 

 performance of 512; for reaping wheat 301; for com- 

 pressing loose soils, plan and description of 711 



Magnesia, and magnesian limestones, eflects of as 

 manures 431 



Magnesia not hurtful to vegetation 429; experiments 

 thereon 430; 



Magnesian marl of Hanover 424 



Magodaba bean, a great improver of the soil 285 



Mail coaches, speed of in England 84; horses for, 

 theii" keephig and working 84; proper construction 

 of, and of other wheel cai'riages 87 



Malaria, remarks on the prevention of, by Sir John 

 Sinclair 556 



Mangel Wurtzel, ale made from 715; incapable of 

 fattening animals 29; means to preserve tlirough 

 w inter 30; considered valuable for fattening qualities 

 30; ex'periments with in feeding 164; advantages of 

 745; its uses, mode of culture, product, 8cc. 352; its 

 value — experiment on 49; at Oak Hill, 347 



Manufactures in Virginia 4 



Manure, durable etiect of 366; mai'ket price and value 

 of in New York 244; and in Long Island- 271; as top 

 dressing for wheat, the practice of Richai'd Sampson 

 58; of salt and lime 650; (dung,) remarkable in- 

 stance of its want of effect 365 



Manures, various — ashes from burnt salt marsh soil 

 542; shell marl 534; /errc houille, &c. 537 to 542; oys- 

 ter shells, powdered 28; oyster shell lime IS; Indian 

 banks 514; specific manures 33; sea-weed 513; gyp- 

 seous earth 33; new" mineral, proposed, as substitutes 

 for the ''ccndres de mer" or Dutch ashes 537; marine 

 on the Cheasapeake and its tributaries (by Wil- 

 loughby Newton) 513; (by W. L. Eyre) 731; con- 

 centrated 360; green for wheat 347; of gypsum 543; 

 castor beans 109; of pine leaves 120; animal and 

 vegetable, management and use of, by J. H. Powell 

 240; experiments on the formation of 668; on the 

 proper application of 736; low price of in Peters- 

 biu-g 346; of marsh mud 218 



Manures, putrescent fermentation of 136; fermenting, 

 temperature of, observed at different times, and under 



