INDEX. 



AGRICULTURE. 



Agricultural implements, to choose, • 



Apples, to keep, ; - 



Ants, to destroy, . - . - 



Bad water, to remedy. 

 Barley, to increase a crop of, 

 Bees, to preserve from insects. 

 Bee-miller, to destroy, 



Beef, to keep, 



Boots and shoes, to prevent taking in 

 water, 



Cockroaches, to kill, 



Cider, to make, 



])amaged hay, to guard against. 



Early potatoes, to produce in great 



quantities, 



Eggs, to preserve, - - - - 



Farmer's accounts, . . - - 

 *' General account of stock, 

 " Promissory notcp, form of, 

 " Note without interest, 



" Do. with interest, 



" Do. payable to the person 



to whom the note is 

 given, - 

 " Do. payable to order, ■ 



" Do. on demand, 



" Do. payable ill instalments, 



" Do. given by two or more 



persons, 

 " Do. payable in produce. 



" Do. by instalments, paya- 



ble in produce, or 

 any species of goods 

 or chattels, - 

 " Do. judgment, 



" Bills, form of, - 

 " Do. of exchange, 



" Do. penal, 



" Do. mercantile, • 



" Plain receipts, 

 " Receipt for payment by the 

 hand of a third per- 

 son, 

 " Do. for a promissory note, 



" Do. for an order drawn 



upon a third person, 

 " Do. for property left for 



sale, - 

 " Short business order, - 

 " Agreement between a mas- 

 ter and overseer or laborer 

 about the management of 

 a farm, 

 " Agreement for the sale of 



land, 



'' Do. for letting a house, ^•c. 



Feathers, to renew, - - - 18 

 Fowls, to feed so as to make lay in any 



sea.son of the year, - - - 9 



Fly on turnip, to destroy, • - 14 



Grain, to preserve, - ... 5 

 " To keep from the depredations 



of vermin, - • - 14 



Grass lands, to lay down, • - - 27 



Hay, to make, - - - - 21 



House flies, to destroy, - - .15 

 Hogs, an economical way of fattening, 20 

 Hessian fly, to destroy, - - - 16 



15 Lands for farming, to select, 



38 



39 



40 



41 



42 



33 



Miscellaneous short receipts, - - 25 

 " To obtain enjoyment by using 



simple food, - - - 

 " Tortoise shell combs, to render 



durable, .... — 



" Meal to preserve, - . . — 

 " To prevent the disagreeable smell 



of lamps, .... — 



" To keep the hair clean, . - — 

 " "Woollens, to prevent shrinking 



when wasiiod, - • - 26 



" Lard and suet, to keep, - . — 



'• Legs of mutton, to cure like ham, — 



" Simple way to color nankin color, — 



Mouldincss, to prevent, - - - 10 



Musty corn, to cure, - - - - 9 



Mildew on peach trees, ^c. to prevent, 10 



Plums and peaches, to preserve through 



the year, 9 



Rats, to destroy, - - - • )2 



Seeds, to preserve, - - - -15 



Slugs on land, to destroy, - - 14 



Smut in wheat, to prevent, • . 13 



Stock, to select, - - - 28 



" Method of feeding, - - - 30 



" The proper size of, - - — 



" Proper form of the chest, 31 



" The head, - - — 



" " Muscles, . 32 



" " " Bones, - - — 



" Improvement of the general 



form of, .... — 



" Crossing, - - • • 31 



Sayings, for farmers, - - - 19 



Seed corn, to select, - - - 27 



Tallow for candles, to purify, - 6 

 Tomatoes, to preserve, - - .26 



Water, to purify, - - - - 23 



Weeds, to destroy, - - ■ - 18 



Wealth, the way to, - • - 26 



