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INDEX. 



258. Connexion of, with agri- 

 culture, 263. Obstacles to im- 

 provements in, 269. 



Houses, sites for, and construc- 

 tion of, 243. Trees and shrubs 

 about, 244. 



Hudson, increased value of farms 

 in the valley of the, 25. 



Humboldt, on vegetation on the 

 declivity of the Cordilleras of 

 Anahuac, 202, 7wte. 



Humphrey, Hem-.m, on the ad- 

 vances in the agriculture of 

 Great Britain, 10. 



Husbandry, 281. See Agriculture, 

 and New Husbandry. 



Hydrogen gas, weight of, 290. 



Hydrometer, 290. 



Hydrostatics, axiom in, 290. 



Hyposulphate of soda, 291. 



Imperial, gallon, 286. Dry bu- 

 shel, 287. 



Implements, agricultural, 123. 

 The plough, 124. Harrow, 144. 

 Roller, 148. Cultivator, 150. 

 Drill-barrow, 151. 



Inclined plane, 283. Power gain- 

 ed by the, 2S4. 



India, value of the pagoda of, 296. 



Indian corn, see Corn. 



Intellect, see Mind. 



Interesting facts in Chemistry, 287. 



Intermittent fevers, 240. 



Irish, acre, 285. .^lile, 285. 

 Pound weight, 286. And Scotch 

 acre, compared with the Amer- 

 ican, 293. Pound, in money, 296. 



Iron, specific gravity of, 284, 290. 

 Weight of cast, 286. 



Italy, neglect of agriculture and 

 degradation of portions of, 265. 



Ives, Eli, 262. 



J. 



Jefferson, Thomas, on tillers of 



the earth, 13, ?wte. 

 Johannes, weight and value of the, 



296. 

 Johnson, Mr., on the increased 



value of a farm near Dover, in 



Delaware, 25. 

 Johnson, Dr., on requisites for the 



prevention of diseases, 28. 

 Joiner, Buel in connexion with, 



ix. 



K. 



Knight, J., 262. 



Knowle Farm, Beatson's system 

 on, 179. 



Knowledge, see Education. 



Krume, u)eans mould, 115. Pro- 

 portion of, requisite for the pen- 

 etration of roots, 117. 



Labor, Dean on a life of, xiii. 

 Laing, Robert, jr., on subsoil 



ploughing, in clayey soils, 45. 

 LambioM, estimation of a degree 



by, 285. 

 Land, on cultivating little, and 



enriching it, 61, 166, 275. See 



Soils. 

 Larch, use of the, in Flanders, 



196. 

 Latitude, degrees of, 285. 

 J^avoisier, on solidity, 288. 

 Leached ashes, a manure, 74, 



92. 

 Lead, specific gravity of, 284 



Weight of, 286. 

 League, sea, 2S5. 

 Leaves, con)pared to lungs, 58. 



Manure, 66. Nutriment of 



plants from, 252. 

 Leguminous crops, 155. 

 Len<xth, measures of, 284. 

 Lever, the mechanical power of 



the, 283. 

 Liberty, agriculturists the guardi- 

 ans of iNational, 14. 

 Library, Massachusetts School, 



xxii. 

 Life, on the object of, 270. 

 Lignum-vitae, specific gravity of, 



284. 

 Lime, use and application of, as a 



manure, 78, 203. Remarks on, 



by Low, 79, 81 ; by Darling- 



