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IN'DEX. 



Mark banco of Hamburgh, value 

 of the, 296. 



Marl, a manure, 89, 185, 203. 

 Number of bushels of, necessary 

 to give one per cent, of carbo- 

 nate of lime to an acre, 292. 



Maryland, crops in, 23. Agricul- 

 tural improvements in, 272. 



Mason's work, weight of, 28G. 



Massachusetts Board of Education 

 and School Library, xxii. 



Mathematics and physics, collec- 

 tions of facts in, 283. 



Maupertuis, on a degree of lati- 

 tude, 2S5. 



Meadow cats-tail grass, 225, 227, 



Meadow fescue grass, 227. 



Meadow foxtail grass, 226, 230. 



Meadow soft grass, 227. 



Meadows, draining, 92, 235. 

 Number of plants in, 94. Ma- 

 nuring, 153, 203, 208. On the 

 improvement of, 208. Harrow- 

 ed and rolled, 208, 233. Pas- 

 turing, 208. Grasses best 

 adapted to, 235. Objects in 

 stocking, 235. Means for pre- 

 venting the deterioration of, 235. 

 See Alluvial soiis, and Wet 

 soils. 



Measures, of length, 284. Of ca- 

 pacity, 286. 



Mechanic arts. Dean on the, xiv. 



Mechanical powers, the three, 283. 



Mecklenburg harrow, 120. 



Mercury, specific gravity of, 284. 

 Freezing, 289. 



Metals, malleabilhy and ductility 

 of, 289. 



Miles, 285. Yards in cubic, 287. 



Milk, specific gravity of, 2S4. 



Mill-rea of Portugal, value of the, 

 296. 



Mind, agriculture promotes the 

 developement of the, 28, 30. 

 Importance of the, to the farm- 

 er, 278. See Education. 



Mineral manures, see I\Ianure. 



Moegelin, Agricultural School of, 

 24. 



Moffit, Buel in business with, ix. 



Money, on the accumulation of, 



270. Tables of, 296. See 



Wealth. 

 Moon's shadow, breadth of the, 



284. 

 Morals, influence of agriculture 



on, 15, 33, 279. 

 I\Iotion, 284. 

 Mould, see Krume. 

 Mudge, on degrees, 285. 

 Muhlenberg, on red top, 228. On 



tall oat-grass, 229. 



N. 



Naked fallows, substitution of fal- 

 low crops for, 169 ; profits from 

 it, 171 ; cases of, 174. 



Narrow-leaved meadow grass, 

 227. 



Nations, importance of agriculture 

 to, 9. See Country. 



Natural science, importance of, 

 273, 278. 



Neapolitan pound weight, 286. 



Netherlands, value of the guilder 

 of, 296. 



New-Haven city, Connecticut, hor- 

 ticulture in, 271. 



New-Haven county, Connecticut, 

 Address for the Agricultural 

 and Horticultural Societies of, 

 261. 



New Husbandry, xv. Tested by 

 Buel, XV. Principles of the, 21 ; 

 reduced to practice, 22. Com- 

 pared with the old, as to crops, 

 22, 159 ; as to increasing the 

 value of land, 24, 25, 62, 266, 

 268,272. Progress of,in Europe, 

 62. Epitome of the principles 

 and practice of the, 195. As to 

 the cultivation of grasses, 211 

 See Agriculture. 



New Jersey, value of arable land 

 in, 25. Agricultural improve- 

 ments in, 272. 



New York, assumed number of 

 farms in, 14 ; of acres of culti- 

 vated lands in, 76. Agricultural 

 improvements in, 272. See 

 Dutchess, and Hudson. 



