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jf atent uorn onener, _- 



The Improved Double Operating Corn Sheller, 



Adriance's Patent, and Maxwell's Self-feeding Corn Sheller, 



The Winnowing Machine, - - 



Vosburgh's Threshing Machine, PAGE 443 



Hale's Improved Horse Power and Thresher, - - 443 



Patent Corn Sheller, - ... 444 



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 Holmes' Winnowing Machine, ..... 445 



Thomas' Improved Grain Cleanser, - - 445 



Green's Patent Straw, Hay and Stalk Cutter, 446 



Willis's Improved Vegetable Cutter, - 446 



Wilson's Mowing Machine or Grass and Grain Cutter, - 447 



Hussey's Mowing and Reaping Machine, - - - 447 



The Hay Sweep, - - - 449 



The Common Horse Rake, ...... 450 



The Revolving Rake, 451 



Apparatus for Boiling and Steaming Food, - - - 453 



Pruning Chisels and Saws, ...... 456 



The Pruning Knife and Saw, - 456 



Budding and Pruning Knives, ..... 456 



Tree Scrapers, ... . . 456 



Fruit Gatherers, - - 456 



XIX. PLANTS CULTIVATED FOR THEIR USES IN DOMESTIC 

 ECONOMY AND THE ARTS. 457 



Fuller's or Clothier's Teasel Dipsar.us FiMonum, 



Black and White Mustard Sinapis Nigra et Alba, 



The Coriander, 



Caraway, ..... 



The Smooth Liquorice, 



Lavender, 



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Chamomile, ... . 463 



WEEDS OF AGRICULTURE. 464 



XX. ORCHARDS. 465 



Planting and Cultivation, - - 465 



Manner and Time of Planting, 466 



Cultivation of the Ground, - - 467 



The Nursery, - - 468 



Grafting and Inoculating, - - 470 



Transplanting, .... 471 



Pruning, ....... 473 



Diseases of Fruit Trees, ..... 476 



The APPLE TREE, ... 478 



The Canker Worm, - 480 



The Curculio, ....... 482 



Gathering and Preserving Fruit, ..... 483 



Making Cider, - - 484 

 How to clean the Casks, 



To clear the Liquor of Pumace, - 485 



Fermenting of Cider, Fining and Bottling, - 486 



To Check the Fermentation, - - 486 



Vinegar, 



The PEAR TREE, 



Diseases, 



The PEACH TREE, 



APRICOTS and NECTARINES, 



The PLUM TREE, 



The CHERRY TREE, 



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