FARMERS' REGISTER— INDEX. 



to the acre 359— tillage of by deep ploughing 457 — 

 great yield of under the cultivation of A. B. Meg- 

 ginsoii 89 — culture of in Fairfax on level close soil, 

 and recommended for such as are similar, by Jere- 

 miah 212 — mode of cultivating on Pamuuky river, the 

 best and cheapest for light and level lands 560; culti- 

 vation of at Upper Brandon, by W. B. Harrison 495; 

 cultivation of by a Farmer of the Lower James, 577; 

 manner of cultivation at Weyanoke, by E. 11. 553; 

 general errors in cultivating and their origin 340 — 

 no one method of cultivating proper under different 

 circumstances 341 — theory of tillage 341— Taylor's 

 system 342— level tillage 342 — hilling corn improper 

 342— injured by cutting otf the tops 355— the pro- 

 priety of the usual practice of suckering questioned 

 685— curing of as practised by Mr. Nicolau 173 — a 

 cheaper mode of cutting down to clear the land for 

 sowing wheat, by J. H. Steger 269— planting 615 — 

 comparative products of tlie rare-ripe and large 

 kinds 488 — gathered earJy, experiments on by E.ll. 

 49 — advantages of the plan 52 — early gathered 

 "without damage 509 — with peas, best to precede 

 tobacco on newly cleared land 461 



Corn, (grain in general) histoiy of the use of in Eng- 

 land 712 — produce of in 1689, 713 



Corn cribs, easy mode of measuring the contents of 

 398 



Corn and wheat, on raising good crops of 242 



Corn-stalks on the effect of cutting 373 — manner of 

 ploughing them in the land where they grew, and 

 supposed advantages of the plan 461 



Corn rows, how laid off on veiy wide beds 710 



Correspondents of the Fanners' Register, increase of 

 575 



Cotton, rot in 575 



Cotton, queries respecting cultivation of 348 and an- 

 swers thereto 452 — on the culture of by R. D. Pow- 

 ell 581 



Cotton crops in the United States 384 



Cotton factories newly erected 316, 444 



Cows, native breed, of excellent qualities 619 



Craven, John H. sketch of his system of farming 150 



Crenshaw, E.on buckwheat 345 



Crops made at Weyanoke 20 — made at Curie's Neck, 

 in Henrico 1738, 64 — made at Manikin in 1789, 

 464 — table of on Shirley 132, 133 — on the Upper 

 and Lower Roanoke in 1833, 636 



Crops, double or secondary in Flanders 13 



Crops green, ploughed in for manure 5S4 



Crows, to kill 684 — destruction of in England 687 — 

 their usefulness in destroying insects 6S7 — debate in 

 the Massachusetts legislature on a bill to pay a 

 bounty for killing them 683 



Cucumber tree described 283 



Cultivator, a new agricultural periodical, notice of 716 



Culture in Central vii-ginia, hints respecting 508 



Cunningham grape 89 



Curie's Neck, beginning and progress of its improve- 

 ment 324. 



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Dahlia, description of, and observations on the collec- 

 tion offered for sale by Mr. Smith of Baltimore 

 215 



Dairy management and products 726 



Dairy stock, remarks on breeding for 79 



De Candolle, experimental proofs of his theorj' of the 

 rotation of crops 317 



Deep Creek Navigation Company obstiucted in their 

 operations '619 



Diary of the weather 637, 573, 703, 747 



Dickinson, on the improvement w agriculture in Vir- 

 ginia 265 — on the policy of Virginia respecting sub- 

 scriptions to roads and canals 267, 536, — on horizon- 

 tal bedding 537 



Directory, a Farmer's suo-gested 584 



Discoveries,, new exposed by Quid Nunc 315 



Distemper in cattle 347 — supposed causes of its exten- 

 sion, and means for prevention 166 



Ditches, (see Drains and Draining) — excavating by aid 

 of the plough 435 — open side, method of consti'uct- 

 ing 706 — cross, where necessary, and how to be 

 made 708 — covered, to take off springs, 707 — to 

 guard against surface water seldom wanted in Virgi- 

 nia 707; practice in Britain 707; hillside, horizontal 

 or graduated, to prevent washing 450, 735 — re- 

 marks on Wardsfork's views of, by A. B. 725 



Dock, narrow leaved, a fertilizer of land 200 — 



Dodo, animal recently become extinct, account of 715 



Dog and Fleas, a fable 



Drainage of a body of low land, (formerly a heaver 

 pond) on Birchen creek, and hints on the cultivation 

 of s-nch drained lauds, by P. W. Harper 643 — flakes 

 in Holland 80 



Draining, legal obstacles to, and necessity of a law to 

 pei'iuit, in Virginia 386, 518, 733 



Draining, essay on by R. N. No. 1, 385, No. 2, 705 



Draining, by straightening the course of -streams 389, 

 733 



Draining, surface, by a Farmer of the Lower James 577 



Draining, Elkington's, (or vertical,) the oiJy cure for 

 boiling springs 709 



Drains, different objects of 335 — for discharging rain 

 water 385 — method for making ^^■ith the plough 385; 

 as carriers of streams 386 — covered, manner of con- 

 structing 707, 708 — side and cross 388 



Drones, description and account of 65 



Dry rot, means of preventing 695 



Ducks, a successful method of rearing o56 — the spe- 

 cies best for breeding 357 



Dung,_farm yard, on the management of 98, 100; Davy's 

 opinions on the fermentation of, 99; remarkable ex- 

 amples of opposite efle-cts 365, 366 



Durham cattle, of Meade's stock 486 



Durham and Hereford cattle imported 170. 



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Earths, nature of, ^vith reference to the growth of 

 plants 702. 



Editorial articles and remarks on the " General Descrip- 

 tion of Virginia," 5; on the argillaceous marl of 

 Prince Edward 7, 9; analj'sis of the same 9; on Ed- 

 mund Harrison's expex'iment with marl 35; on Rich- 

 ard Sampson's plan of ap])lying manure 53; weights 

 and measui\=-s, Scotch and English compared with 

 those of Virginia 98; request for information re- 

 specting Shirley marsh, and manuring from castor 

 bean oil cake 109; on importation of cattle 127; on 

 the remarks of the editors of various publications, 

 and especially of the Virginia Farmer, on tlie Far- 

 mers'' Register 128; on communication respecting as- 

 paragus 135; on the former agricultural societies of 

 Virginia 147; on the shell pavement of Mobile 152; 

 on "cheap" farming 187; foreign agricultural publi- 

 cations 192; on communications from plain practical 

 farmers (note) 193; on Ed. F. Noel's communication 

 on marling and objections to the process for analyz- 

 ing marl 199; on G. B. Smith's collection of dahlias 

 215; gama grass near Petersburg 216; on moth wee- 

 vil 218; on the madness of land speculators in Vir- 

 ginia, caused by a depreciated paper currency 221; 

 on Professor Bronn's theory of the influence of the 

 origin of seeds on their pro'ducts 257, (note) 258; on 

 the plan of the Charleston and Hamburg rail way 

 261; on communications of small improvements in 

 practice 269; answers to queries of Corn Planter on 

 marling 271; on the cost of manure in Long Island 272; 

 on the identity of "Jersey marl" with "gypseous 

 earth" 273; on the calcareous soils of Alabama 277; 

 on additional proofs of the benefit of calcareous 

 matter, in preserving health 279; bad taste in plant- 

 ing tiees on the Capitol Squai-e in Richmond 283; 

 on Sir John Sinclair 385; Norton grape 301; cheat 

 (or chess) controversy 304; on the aid given to the 

 improvement of agricultur in New York, and ap- 



