INDEX. 



A. 



Address— Review of Dr. Wight's, p. 53. Of Mr. A. 

 C. Morton's, p. 200. 



Agriculture — Its extent and importance in England, 

 p. 123. The estimation in which it is held in Vir- 

 ginia, p. 124. Nature of the science of agricul- 

 ture, p. 227. 



Agricultural Schools — Necessity for, p. 14. 



Animal Manure — Experiments with decomposed ani- 

 mal matter, p. 11. 



Ants— To get rid of black or red ants, p. 18. 



Aphorisms— p. 137, 188, 216, 235, 278. 



Apricots — To secure the fruit, p. 61. 



Artichokes — Experiments in raising Jerusalem arti- 

 chokes, p. 10. Directions for cultivating, p. 73. 



Asparagus — New method of growing, p. 77. Should 

 be watered with brine, p. 41. 



B. 



Bees — To choose a swarm, p. 216. How to manage 



them, p. 256. 

 Beehives — Proper construction of, p. 225. 

 Birds — Advantageous to farms and gardens, p. 183. 

 Bleeding— To stop. p. 120. At the nose, p. 168. 

 Blue Marl — Experiments with, p. 9. 

 Blue Grass — The Kentucky blue grass recommended, 



with directions for its cultivation, p. 74, 123, 153. 

 Boiler — Bentley's steam generator, with a cut, p. 148. 

 Bommer's Manure — The author's account of it, p. 113. 



Opinions of others, p. 115, 142, 165, 189, 213, 277. 

 Breeding — Rules to be observed in breeding animals, 



p. 121. 



Broom Corn — recommended for hay, p. 69, 127. 

 Buckwheat — Mode of cultivating, p. 110, 142. 

 Butter — Its manufacture and preservation, pf 131, 178. 



The Richmond market badly supplied, p. 177. 

 Buildings — A plan for farm buildings, p. 251. 



C. 



Capital — Proper disposition of farming capital, p. 222. 



Carpets — Should be frequently^haken, p. 187. 



Cattle — Directions for stall feeding, p. 18. Simple 

 method of managing unruly cattle, p. 39. The 

 points of a good animal illustrated, with an en- 

 graving, p. 179. 



Cabbage — To free from lice, p. 104. To cause them 

 to head during winter, p. 9. Good manure for, p. 232. 



Carrots — The white Belgian recommended by Mr. 

 Bement, with directions for their cultivation, p. 4, 72. 



Carving — To facilitate carving on wood, p. 119. 



Chickens — Directions for raising, p. 184, 249. See 

 Gapes. 



Clwking — Remedy for, p. 239. 



Churns— Description of one, with a cut, p. 281. 



Charcoal — Result of experiments with, p. 50, 252, 266. 



Directions for burning, p. 74, 80. Recommended 



for curing tobacco, p. 230. Should not be relied 



on for the manure heap, p. 274. 

 Chinclies — To get rid of, p. 18. 

 Clubs — Value of agricultural clubs, p. 117. 

 Clay Lands — How to manage, p. 26. 

 Climate — Mr. Locke's theory, p. 39. Supposed effects 



of a northern climate, p. 265. 



Clearing Land — How it should be conducted, p. 2781 

 Clover — A box for sowing, with a cut, p. 60. Ob- 

 jected to, p. 93. Best mode of curing clover hay, 

 p. 194. 



Cooking— Apparatus for cooking food for stock, with 

 a cut, p. 211. 



Communications — The Editor's estimate of original 



communications, p. 186. 

 Covering — Benefit of protecting the soil by a cover, 



p. 239, 243. 



Coulter — A winged coulter recommended, with a cut, 

 p. 55. A jumping coulter described, with a cut, 

 p. 139. 



Colic — In horses, nature of and remedy for, p. 47, 113. 



Corn — Proper distance for planting, p. 56. Double 

 eared recommended for seed, p. 75. Suckering 

 objected to, p. 77. Should be soaked in copperas- 

 water before planting, p. 79. A mixture to put in 

 the hill, p. 95. Mr. Woodson's mode of cultiva- 

 tion, p. 99. Commented on, p. 157. Proper time 

 for planting, p. 10, 57. Soaking for food recom- 

 mended, p. 19. Sown broadcast for hay, p. 32, 276. 

 Should not be permitted to ear, 77. Broom corn 

 recommended for hay, p. 69. The Roanoke mode 

 of cultivation, p. 209. Mr. Young's mode of cul- 

 tivation, p. 34. Commented on, p. 66. Mr. Shri- 

 ver's mode of cultivation, with a drawing and de- 

 scription of the implement with which he made 

 his crop of eighty-five bushels to the acre, p. 36. 

 Reviewed, p. 66. Firing prevented by the use of 

 ashes, p. 41. Also by deep tillage, p. 272. Great 

 yield in Henrico, p. 282. Attention should be paid 

 to saving seeds, p. 228. Experiments with plaster, 

 p. 170. Best mode of cultivating corn, p. 198. 



Corn and Cob Crusher — Hussey's described, with a 

 cut, p. 44. 



Corns — To eradicate, p. 23, 255. 



Coughing — To stop, p. 96. 



Consumption — An invention to cure, p. 63. 



Coal Tar — Recommended for roofs, p. 76. Denounc- 

 ed, p. 146. 



Coal Ashes — Experiments with, p. 198. 



Cream — A substitute for, p. 135. Directions for mak- 

 ing clouted cream, p. 243. 



Crab Grass — Its value as a hay crop, p. 222. 



■ Cultivator— Wood's patent described, with a cut, p. 29, 



Cucumber — To obtain early, p. 78. 



Cultivation — Rows of all plants should run north and 

 south, p. 65. 



Culture — Its effect upon vegetables, p. 134. 



D. 



Ditching — Mr. Watkins' mode of ditching, p. 83. See 



Draining, below. 

 Dogs — To cure the distemper, p. 31. 

 Draining — Covered drains recommended, with an 



estimate of their cost, p. 161, 262. 

 Drought — Effects of prevented by deep tillage, p. 272. 



Also by the use of ashes, p. 41 . 

 Dyeing — Recipes for dyeing, p. 138. 

 Dynamometer — Description of one, with a cut, p. 21. 



Another, p. 85. Another, p. 259. 



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