INDEX. 



B 



Bacon, useful to convalescents ; especially when it has 



been their accustomed food, _ . _ 234 

 Bakewell, William, on a three furrow plough, - 257 



Banks, Sir Joseph, his opinion that light grain is good 



for seed corn, ----- 32 



parasitical fungi on mildewed or smutty grain, 66 

 Barberry bushes, not the causes of mildew in grain, 



according to late experiments, - 67 

 Barge, Jacob, first used gypsum as a manure in Penn. 158 

 Barley, pearl, equal to imported, and cheaper, made in 



Pennsylvania, . - - - - 57 



Bartransi, William, on pea bug, - - - 317 



on fruit curculio, - - - 320 



on destroying apple trees. 



Beer, made with hemlock instead of Canada spruce, 251 



Bleeding, utility of in yellow water, - - 145 



Blights and mildews, - - - - - 1 84 



and see appendix, - - - 3, 4, 5 



Blood, bullocks &c. and smith's cinders, beneficial in 



mortar for rough casting or pointing, - 207 



Botanico-meteorological table. See selections, 

 Bread as food for horses, - - - - 235 



Bread, ammunition, part of the ration of Prussian 

 soldiers ; and its healthful and nutritious 

 qualities, - - - - 229-30-31 



coarse, used for sailors of the Dutch fleet, - 230 

 habits of Americans respecting it, - - 232-3 

 ship bread, cheap and nutritious for horses, 



when condemned as unfit for seamen, - 236 

 Bridge, ScWylkill, statistical account of, 

 Brine, an excellent steep for seed com, - - 58, 59 



Bucknall, his mode of pruning, and his book entitled 



" The Orchardist," recommended, - 217 



