INDEX. 



323 



Equator, degree at the, 285. 



Equilibrium of atmospheric air, 

 290, 291. 



Essex county, Massachusetts, Ag- 

 ricultural Society in, 265. 



Euler, Leonard, on the shape of 

 the earth, 285. 



Evaporation from tlie earth, 288. 



Exercise, remarks on, 28 — 30, 

 244. 



Exhaustion of the soil, from the 

 present mode of farming, 17, 

 187. In Virginia, 18. In the 

 Northern States, 19. Unneces- 

 sary, 21. Prevented by alter- 

 nation of crops, 21, 153. By 

 culmiferous crops, 155. Princi- 

 ples respecting, 161, 188. Con- 

 clusions respecting, 162. In the 

 Ai.lantic States and the Old 

 Continent, 187. See Soils. 



Exhibitions, agricultural and hor- 

 ticultural, utility of, 263, 265, 

 268, 269. 



Facts, collections of, 283. Inter- 

 esting, in chemistry, 287. Phi- 

 losophical, 291. 



Failing in business, remarks on, 

 xxiii. 



Fall, in rivers, 284. 



Fallow crops, the substitution of, 

 for naked fallows, 169. Protits 

 from, 171. Cases of, 174. 

 Greg's, 174. Beatson's, 179. 



Families, provision for, 276. 



Farmers, as producers and citi- 

 zens, 2G4. Their estimate of 

 themselves, 273, 276. Enjoy- 

 ments of, 277. Appeal respect- 

 ing, 280. Hints to, 282. See 

 AgriL-ulture, and Farms. 



Farmer's Companion, Dean on 

 the, xxii. 



Farniitig, two rules in, 61. Sy- 

 nopsis of rules for, 194. In 

 Connecticut, 271. New era in, 

 273. See Agriculture, Farms, 

 and New Husbandry. 



Farms, assumed number of, ia 



New York, 14. Instances of, 

 showing the superiority of the 

 new over the old system of ag- 

 riculture, 24, 272. Increased 

 value of, in the Valley of the 

 Hudson, and elsewhere, 25, 

 272. Old mode of dividing, 

 condemned, 153. Of Vary, 

 159. Of Harris, 160. Of 

 Coles, as improved by Greg, 

 174. The Knowie, according 

 to Beatson's system, 179. The 

 location of, 201. Division of, 

 into permanent grass and per- 

 manent tillage, 210. Seeley's, 

 275. See Agriculture, and 

 New Husbandry. 



Fathers, an appeal to, 280. 



Fattening cattle, 60, 164. By 

 stall-feeding, 249. 



Federal money, value of foreign 

 coins in, 296. 



Fellenberg, at the Hofvvyl Agri- 

 cultural School farm, 24. On 

 the varieties of soils, 39. 



Fermentation, of manure, 69, 77, 

 203, 246. Of seeds, 247. 



Fertile meadow grass, 227. 



Fertility of the soil, 121, 194, 199. 

 Means for preserving and aug- 

 menting the, 153,202. See Ma- 

 nure. 



Fescue grasses, 227. 



Fevers, intermittent, 240. From 

 impure air, 242. 



Fifesbire, improved agriculture in, 

 266. 



Fine bent grass, 227. 



Fiorin, value of the, 232. 



Fish, as a manure, 73, 92. 



Fixed alkalies, absorption of mors- 

 ture from tlie air by, 288. 



Flanders, impiovements in, by the 

 new husbandry, 22, 40. Char- 

 acter of the soil of, 22, 39. Use 

 of lime in, as a manure, 87. 

 Alternation of crops there, 152. 

 Clover in, 157, 213. Carrots 

 in, 163. The larch, 196. INIan- 

 agement of meadows in, 236. 



Flax, exhaustion from, 154. 



