INDEX. 



Acres, in a square mile, 285. Irish 

 and Scotch, 2S5. Marl giving 

 carbonate of lime upon, 292. 

 Breadths and lengths of, 293. 

 Comparison of American with 

 Scotcli and Irish, 293. Contents 

 of, 296. 



Action, effects of chemical, 287. 



Adaptation of particular crops, to 

 certain soils, 44 — 50, 182 ; to 

 different districts, G3. 



Address, at New Haven, xix, 261. 



Aeriform substances, elasticity of, 

 288, 291. 



After-culture, in root crops, 168. 

 Of clover, 216. Of lucerne, 221. 



Agricultural, and horticultural, ex- 

 hibitions, utility of, 263, 265, 

 268, 269. 



Agricultural periodicals, 281. 



Agricultural professional schools, 

 24. Want of, 277-280. 



Agricultural Societies, of which 

 Buel was member, xvii. Ad- 

 dress before the New-Haven 

 Horticultural and, xix, 261-263. 

 Utility of, 265. In Berkshire, 

 Essex, and Worcester, Massa- 

 chusetts, 265. The Highland, 

 of Scotland, 266-268. The 

 English, 268. 



Agricultural teachers, want of, 

 279. 



Agriculture, commencement of, by 

 Judge Buel, xiii,3. Dean on, 

 xiv. New system of, introduced, 

 XV. Buel's efforts to make it 

 honorable, xviii. National im- 

 portance of, 9. Huniphrey on, 

 in Great Britain, 10. Feeds all, 

 13. Jefferson cited on, 13, note. 



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Pays taxes and tolls, 14. Prin- 

 cipal source of National wealth, 

 14,264. Guardian of freedom, 

 14. Parent of physical and 

 moral health to a nation, 15, 

 265. Improvement of, practi- 

 cable and necessary, 16, 264. 

 Its rank in public estimation, 

 17, 273, 276, 280. Present 

 tendency in, to exhaust the soil, 



17. Garnett on, in Virginia, 



18. Condition of, in the North- 

 ern States, 19, 265, 271. Old 

 and new system of, compared, 

 22, 159, 169. Considered as an 

 employment, 26, 277, 280 ; as a 

 means of wealth, 27, 277 ; of 

 health and the developement of 

 the mind, 28 ; of individual hap- 

 piness, 32, 277; and of fulfilling 

 the temporal duties of life, 33. 

 Socrates on, 33. Whitington cited 

 on, 35, 7ioie. Modern improve- 

 ments in, 63 ; in the implenjents 

 of, 123. Grass-lands as the basis 

 of, 158. Its intimate connexion 

 with Horticulture, 263. Edin- 

 burgh Quarterly Journal of, 266, 

 267. In Connecticut, 271. In 

 the Middle States, 272. Causes 

 contributing to the depression 

 of, 272. Franklin cited on, 277. 

 On studying, in common schools, 

 278. See Farming, New Hus- 

 bandry, and Soils. 



Agriculturists, a privileged class, 

 280. See Farmers. 



Air, circulation of, in soils, 36. 

 Necessity of, to animal and veg- 

 etable life, 58, 113. Water in 

 the, 239, 288. Weight of a cu- 

 bic foot of, 286. Absorption of 



