253 - INDEX. 



4. Sub-soil Plough applied to a Dry Soil, by Chai'les S. Lefe- 



vre, JM. P. - - - - - page 216 



5. Extract from Speech of Daniel Webster, 13 January, 1840, 217 

 M. Redemption of Bog Meadow. — T. H. Brown, - - - 220 

 N. Act for the Encouragement of the Culture of Silk, - - 222 

 O. Alulben-y — Sharpe's Variety, - ... - 224 

 P, C. Haskeu s letters on Cultivation of the Mulberry, - - 225 



1. Letter, --.._._" 



2. " 227 



Q. Letter of James Deane on Culture of Silk, - - - « 



JR. Deane's Silk Reel, 232 



S. Experiment of D. V. McLean, 233 



T. Beauvais' Synoptical Table. — See end of the Report. 



U. Messrs. Cheney's Experiment, ----- 239 



V. Management of Joseph Field — Charlemont, Mass. - - 241 

 1. Letter, ----..." 



II. « 246 



W. The Silk Culture in France, - - - - - - 247 



Note, 248 



ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS. 



Page 103 — line 2^ from top, for " occasioned llie bankruptcies and the distresses, and many of tlie 

 flagrant crimes," read " occasioned many of tlie bankruptcies, distresses and flagrant crimes." 

 Page 168— line 11th— for " XXXIl," read " XX VJ." 

 Page 171— line 8th— for " XXXlIf," read " XXVII." 

 Page 172 — line 4th from bottom, for " of life," read " of a new lile." 

 Page 233— line 3, for J. V. McLean, read D. V. McLean. 



