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INDEX. 



Floating bodies, upon water, dis- 

 placement by, 290. Gravity of, 

 290. 



Floating fescue grass, 227. 



Fiottbeck, improvement of the es- 

 tate of, 115, 



Flowers, on the cultivation of, 

 270. See Horticulture. 



Fluidity, cause of, 289. 



Foddering cattle, 250. 



Foot-stoves, condemned, 243. 



Foreiiin coins, weight and value 

 of, 296. 



Forests, alternations in, 155, 161. 



Foul meadow grass, 228. 



France, arpent of, 285. Estimate 

 of a degree in, 285. Value of 

 the livre an.d crown of, 296. 



Franklin, Benjamin, on farmers, 

 277. 



French, clover, 220. Arpent, 

 285. 



Fresh-burnt lime absorbs moisture 

 from the atmosphere, 2SS. 



Friction, remarks on, 234. 



Fruit trees, 254. 



Fruits, imjjroved by Horticultural 

 Societies, 268, 269. 



Fulcrum, 283. 



Furrow-dmins, 97. 



Furrows, on carrying to the end 

 of the field, 113. Striking the, 

 131. Open, 134, 140. 



Gallon measures, 286, 287. 



Garden crops, management of,244. 



Garden seeds, germination of, 247. 

 Sprouting, 248. 



Gardening, beneficial effects of, 

 258. Ornamental, 270. See 

 Horticulture. 



Gardens, improved by Horticultu- 

 ral Societies, 263. 



Garnett, James M. , on the deterio- 

 ration of soil in Virginia, and 

 the causes of it, 18. 



Gas lights, 243. 



Gases, elasticity of, 288. In the 

 air, 289. Weight of hydrogen, 

 290. 



[Gathering, in ploughing, 135. 



Geneva, Robinson's farm near, 25. 



Genoa, 10, 12. 



Geological surveys, 35. 



Geometrical pace, length of the, 

 285. 



Germination of seeds, 246. 



Glasgow agricultural exhibition, in 

 1833, 268. 



Glauber's salts, composition of, 

 291. 



Gold, specific gravity of, 284, 

 290. Value of foreign coins of, 

 296. 



Grain, quantity of, raised in Great 

 Britain, at different times, 11. 

 Non-importation of, into Great 

 Britain, 11. Average crops of, 

 in Flanders, 22 ; in Scotland, 

 22 ; in England, Pemisylvania, 

 and Maryland, 23. On harrow- 

 ing winter grain in Spring, 215. 

 See Crops. 



Grass, compared to sheep and 

 swine, 188. On the acre, 

 211. 



Grasses, the cultivation of, 211. 

 Important fact respecting, 212. 

 Herbage plants, 212. The cul- 

 tivated, 223. General culture 

 of, 224. Timothy, 225. Table 

 of the comparative product and 

 value of, at Woburn,226. Red- 

 top, 228. American cock's- 

 foot, or orchard-grass, 228. 

 Tall oat-grass, 229. Sweet- 

 scented Vernal Grass, 230. 

 IMeadow foxtail, 230. Rye- 

 grass, 231. Other kinds of, 

 232. Dickson's classification 

 of, for soils in Great Britain, 

 232. Best suited to arable lands 

 and for alternation with grain 

 and roots, 233 ; for meadow^s, 

 235 ; for pastures, 236. 



Grass grounds, rollers advanta- 

 geous to, 150. On the improve- 

 ment of, 204. Alternation of, 

 with arable, 209, 233. See 

 Alternation, ajid Soils. 



Grass-seeds, Van Bergen's prac* 



