INDEX. 



319 



Black, on the intrinsic worth of 

 hind in Now Jersey, 25. 



Black, fiicts in chemistry from, 

 2S7, 289, 290. 



Ehick Hole of Calcutta, 241. 



Biack soils, warmth of, 37. 



Blood, sap compared with, 58, 59. 

 Contact of air with, in the lungs, 

 240. 



Blue clay, application of, 185. 



Bone, specific gravity of, 284. 



Bone-dust, a manure, 70. Mode 

 of appi) ing, 72, 203. 



Book-learning, in agriculture, 273, 

 277, 279, 281. See Agricultu- 

 ral, and Education. 



Bordiey, on Indian corn, in Mary- 

 land, 23. 



Bostock, on the consumption of 

 oxygen, 241. 



Boston, Massachuselts, eflects of 

 the Horticultural Society of, on 

 its neighborhood, 268. 



Brass, friction on, 284. Specific 

 gravity of, 284. 



Breaking up ground, 169. 



Brewster, James, 262. 



Brick, specific gravity of, 284. 

 Weight of, 286. 



Brougham, Lord, on the Hofwyl 

 Agricultural School farm, 24. 



Buei, Elias, father of Jesse Buel, 

 facts respecting, viii. Moves to 

 Rutland, Vermont, viii. 



Buel, Jesse, Eulogy on, by Amos 

 Dean, vii. Birth and parentage 

 of, viii. Dependence of his pa- 

 rents upon him, viii. His boy- 

 hood, viii. Moves to Rutland, 

 Vermont, viii. An apprentice 

 to the printing business, ix. 

 Purchases three years of his ap- 

 prenticeship, ix. A journeyman 

 printer, ix. Commences the 

 publication of The Troy Budget, 

 ix. Marriage of, i.x. Moves to 

 Poughkeepsie, and commences 

 The Guardian, ix ; The Political 

 Banner, ix. Reduced to bank- 

 ruptcy, X. Not discouraged, x, 

 xxiii. Moves to Kingston, and 



1 establishes The Plebeian, x. 

 Judge in the Ulster county 

 court, X. Ronoves to Albany, 

 and commences The Albany 

 Argus, x. Printer to the St;ite, 

 X. Abandons the printing bus- 

 iness, x, 3. Set his own types, 

 X. Purchases a farm on the San- 

 dy Barrens, xi, 254. Increased 

 value of his farm, xi, 3. Rep- 

 resentative in tlie Legislature, 

 xi. Regent of the University, 

 xi. Candidate for Governor of 

 New York, xii. His ideas as 

 to oilice, xii. Basis of his repu- 

 tation, xii. Never merged the 

 man in the politician, xiii. His 

 age and property, on retiring to 

 his firm, xiii. Tests the new 

 system of agriculture, xv. Ed- 

 itor of The Cultivator, xv. In- 

 fluence of, xvi. The Agricultu- 

 ral and Horticultural Societies 

 of which he was a member, xvii. 

 His eftbrts to improve mind, as 

 well as soil, xvii. His success 

 in making agriculture honorable, 

 xviii. Invitations accepted by, 

 from Connecticut, xix. His 

 sickness and death, at Danbury, 

 Connecticut, xix. Family left 

 by, xix. His simplicity, polite- 

 ness, and frankness, xx. In the 

 highest degree, practical, xxi. 

 His merits, as a writer, xxi. 

 His few early advantages, xxi. 

 His style, xxi. His writings in 

 The Cultivator, xxii. The 

 Farmer's (Companion by, xxii. 

 Instruction from his example, 

 xxii. On the objects of the far 

 mer, 4. Cultivation of orna 

 mental and fruit trees by, 254. 

 His Address, prepared to be 

 delivered before the Agricultural 

 and Hoiticultural Societies of 

 New-Haven County, Connecti- 

 cut, 261. 



Buel, Susan, wife of Jesse Buel, 

 ix, xix. 



Burning new lands, 55. 



