CONTENTS. 



Richard Peters. mon salt injurious to plaister, 117. 



Explanation of some of the tenns^ 

 used in the "Inquiries &c." 119,20. 

 NoLAND William Esq. his com- 

 munication on the improvement by 

 plaister,in LOUDC»f county, Virginia^ 



121. Confirmatioil of principles and 

 facts, contained in precedent pages, 



122. Some cover the plaister — in- 

 stance of success on com in tassel. 

 On cut potatoes for seed. Rolling 

 seed grain in plaister. — Service of 

 plaister on xvheat doubted. But land, 

 ameliorated by clover and plaister, 

 is always found best for wheat ^ 123. 

 Fixed opinion as to plaister. Car^. 

 less about land being poor or rich. — 

 Prejudices against clover-hay con- 

 demned, 123, 4. Names of Mr. No- 

 land's correspondents. Salivary de- 

 fluxions of horses and cattle, 125. 

 See letter on ptyalisrn in the volume. 

 Instance where plaister on virgin soil 



% ineffectual. Compared with old land 



adjacent. Tobacco much benefitted by 

 plaister, 126. Not successful on clay. 

 Top dressings of plaister not only of 

 no use on wheat j but retard ripe- 

 ning, and crop caught by mildew, 

 127. Query if mildexv were not oc- 

 casioned by some other cause. 

 Thanks to correspondents. 

 Fac-simile of General Washington's hand writing j and 

 sketches of his private character. 



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