250 INDEX. 



Rotation of Crops, ------ page 82 



Selection of Seed, - ------83 



Quantity of Seed to an acre, ----- 85 



Depth of Sowinj^, -------86 



Ploughing for Wheat, ..-.-. 87 



Time of Sowing, _._-.. -88 



Cleanness of Cultivation, - - - - - 89 



Draining, ..------« 



Deep Cultivation, ...----90 



Recent English Improvements, ..... 91 



Agricultural Improvements, ----- 92 



Note, 96 



Report ow the Culture of Silk, - - 97 



I. History of the Silk Culture in the United States, - - " 



II. Patronage of the State, ----- 103 

 Amount of Silk and Cocoons produced for bounty, from 



183G to 1840, inclusive, - - - - 104 



in. Mulberry Trees. Varieties, - . - - " 



J. The Black, " 



2. The White, 



'3. The Broussa, - - - - - - 105 



4. The Alpine, ------- 



5. The Peroltet or Multicaulis, - - - - 106 

 G. The Morus Expansu or Roman, - - - 113 



7. The Canton " " - - - 114 



8. Sharpo's Variety, 117 



IV. Mode of Managing and Cultivating the Improved Varieties, 118 



V. Mulberiy Trees from Seed, .... ]21 



Vi. Amount of Silk to an Acre and Cost of Production, - V22 



1. Timothy Smith's account — Amiierst, Mass. - - " 



2. James Deane's " —Greenfield, Mass. - 123 

 :]. J). V. McLean's « —Freehold, N. J. - - 124 



4. Calculations in Mansfield, Conn. ..." 



5. John Fitch's statement— Mansfield, Conn. - - 126 



6. Calculations in Manchester, Conn. - - - 127 



7. 'IV W. Sliepard's acco-mt— Northampton, - - 128 

 VJI. Product of an Acre, ...--" 



Vli[. Quantity of Leaves to a Pound, - - - - V29 



IX. Varieties of the VVoi m, ----- 131 



X. Quantity of ("ocoons for one Pound of Silk, - - " 



XI, Natiu-al and Artificial !\lanagement, - - - 132 



XII Provision for Winding Cocoons, - - - - 133 



