CONTENTS. 



XI 



DECEMBER. 



PAGE 



Thrashing, 5/9 



Farm-yard, 5SO 



Plough up lays, ib. 



Sheep, 581 



Swine, 582 



Warm food for swine, . . 583 



Fences, 584 



Dig manures, ib. 



Manure hops, 585 



Plough for spring crops, ib. 



PAGE 



The laboratory, 585 



Farm accompts, 5Q2> 



Woods, . . 608 



Straw- fed cattle, 609 



Litter farm-yard, 6lO 



Poultry, 612 



Fatting beasts, 613 



D-iiry, 6\5 



Experiment field, 6\Q 



APPENDIX. 



Equality in weight of cattle, 619 

 Salts, ................ iff. 



Comparison of thermome- 



ters, .............. 621 



Comparison of acres, . . ib. 

 Weight ............... 622 



Measures of length of se- 



veral countries, ...... 623 



Tab'us for planters, ---- 624 



Table of ex pence, ...... 627 



Table of expence, ...... 628 



Tests for the analysis of 



water, ............ 629 



Strong gullion, ........ ib. 



Pinch on the withers, . . ib. 

 Disorder from heat in a hot 



climate, ............ 



Powder for rheumatism, 

 Rheumatic pains, or lum- 



bago, .............. 



Burdon's horse ointment, 

 Scab in sheep, ........ ib. 



The rot, .............. 631 



Lice and ticks, ........ ib. 



Yellows in cows, ...... ib. 



Slipping calf, .......... i!t. 



Grease in horses, ...... 632 



Staggers in horses, ...... ib. 



ib. 



630 



ib. 



Murrain in Uogs, ...... 632 



The mange, .......... j. 



Method of preparing a 

 cheap substiiute for 

 oil paint ............. 633 



Weather-boarding to pay, 034 

 To paint boards, ...... ib. 



New covenants in letting 

 the farms of T.W.Coke, 

 Esq ............... ib. 



Catalogue of farming im- 

 plements, .......... 636 



Synopsis of the breeds of 

 sheep, ............ 639 



Division of soils, ...... 64O 



The farmer's library, .... 641 



Oi'l and new chemistry, 642 

 Table of diiFerence be- 

 tween the customary 

 measure of 40 quarts, 

 and the Winchester 

 bushel of 32 quarts, . . 644 

 Table of comparative prices 

 of wool, ............ 645 



Recipe for making family 

 wine, ...... ....... 646 



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Index, 



TO THE BIXDER. 



Place the Plate of Irrigation opposite page 313; 

 Amd tkat of Watered-Meadows, opposite page 316. 



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