IV. 



INDEX. 



Cats — A use for, p. 125. 

 Chase's Card Spinner — With a cut, p. 12. 

 Cuts and Bruises — How to treat, p. 127. 

 Cheese Making — In Virginia, p. 145. 

 Composition — Recipe for making a wash for 



stone or brick buildings, p. 148. 

 Cob Meal — Its value, p. 154. 

 Crows — Scarecrows, p. 157. 

 Candles — How to make, p. 160. 

 Cancer — A cure for, p. 182. 

 Chimneys — To prevent their smoking, p. 185. 

 Cabbage Sprouts — How to manage, p. 194. 

 Cold — To cure a cold, p. 199, 

 Cockroaches — To kill, p. 205. 

 Cultivators—A new one, p. 249. 

 Consumption — A cure for, p. 260. 

 Cement— How to make, p. 260. 

 Castor Oil — To make it palatable, p. 261. 

 Curing Meat— p.. 280, 



B. 



Dairy— How to construct, p. 66. 



Dyeing — To make colors fast, p. 4. Recipe for 

 black dye, p. 75. 



Durham Cattle— Mr. Vail's stock, p. 97. 



Drought—Weeds increase the injurious effects 

 of drought, p. 159. 



Draining — Excellent essay on, p. 185. Ex- 

 tracts from Colman's tour, p. 252. 



E. 



Education — A legal provision to enforce it sug- 

 gested, p. 8. 

 Engravings — To transfer, p. 16. 

 Exhausted Lands — To restore, p. 260. 



F. 



Fair — Description of the New York State Fair 

 at Auburn, p. 261. The National Fair, p. 148. 



Fence — A convenient and economical one, p. 10. 

 Policy of a fence law, p. 74. To find the 

 number of rails required in a fence, p. 100. 

 A cheap fence, p. 119. Stevens' patent, p. 

 257. 



Fruit — Should be protected from thieves by pe- 

 nal enactments, p. 11. How to restore fruit 

 trees, p. 67. An essay on the management 

 of fruit trees, p, 122, 266. 



Floioers — To revive withered flowers, p. 16. 



Fistula — To cure, p. 23. 



Filtering — Simple method, p. 87. 



Fowls— The Poland recommended, p. 149. The 

 Dorking, p. 197. The Jersey Blues, p. 70. 



Farming — True character of Northern farming, 

 p. 158. The present system in Virginia de- 

 scribed, p. 169. How to farm it, p. 75. Farm- 

 ing in North Carolina, p. 81. Management 

 of a prize farm, p. 2 1 0. Portrait of an anti- 

 book farmer, p. 262. 



Fish Ponds—How to construct, p. 162. They 

 are profitable, p. 199. 



Feathers — How to cleanse, p. 173. How to cure 



them, p. 142. 

 Figs — How to cure them, p. 142. How to 



cultivate, p. 263. 



G. 



Gapes — Cure for, p. 28. 

 Galls — In horses, to cure, p. 152. 

 Guano — Results of experiments with, p. 2, 23, 

 118, 190. 



Guinea Grass — A trial of in North Carolina, p. 



4. Recommended, p. 112. 

 Gravel Walks — To keep clean, p. 38. 

 Gloves — To cleanse, p. 42. 

 Glue — To make a strong one, p. 42. 

 Glass Pans — Should be used for milk, p. 48, 

 Grazing — A capital essay on, p. 123. 

 Grease — To be distinguished from scratches, p. 



235. 



Grass — Wire-grass valuable, p. 182. 

 Grooming Horses — An English notion, p. 87, 



H, 



Hay — Fry's press described, with a cut, p. 53. 

 Directions for curing hay, p. 110, 266. To 

 cure clover hay, p. 147. The value of crab 

 grass, p. 193. 



Hames — An improved plan, p. 61. 



Housekeepers — Hints to, p. 14. 



Horses — Directions to stop a runaway horse, p. 

 16. The endurance of Arabian horses, p. 

 30. How to breed road horses, p. 78. An 

 English notion about grooming, p. 87. To 

 cure a stifled horse, p. 106, 249. A Northern 

 road horse described, with a cut, p. 135. Se- 

 neca Chief, p. 146. To cure wounds and 

 sores, p. 166. To cure the heaves, p. 167. 

 To cure horses that have over-eaten them- 

 selves, p. 227. To subdue a horse, p. 239. 

 To learn to pace, p. 270. To cure the swi- 

 ney, p. 3. 



Horn — To make into handles, &c. p. 23. 



Hair — A wash for the hair, p. 31. 



Hogs — Chester County hogs, p. 52, 70, 234. 

 How to manage, p. 71. How to get rid of 

 your neighbor's hogs, p. 237. How to fat- 

 ten, p. 263. 



Hints — To agriculturists, p. 61. 



Houses — To build a ribbon house, p. 143. 



Hot- Beds— Cheap plan of, p. 228. 



Internal Improvement — An article on, p. 1. 

 Ice House — How to construct, p. 19. 

 Improved Stock — How to obtain it, p. 46. 

 Irrigation — Plan of a madman, p. 66. 



Improvement- 



■Instance of, p. 



229, 231 



Leather — Water- proof composition for, p. 12. 

 Ladies of Virginia — Character of, p. 19, 230. 

 Leaves — Practical use of, p. 257. 

 Liquid Manure — Its value, p. 23. 



