INDEX. 



Lime — Its uses and action, p. 26, 49, 58. How 

 to burn it, p. 31. Dr. Blsettermann's essay, 

 p. 129. Different kinds, p. 165. Result of 

 an experiment, p. 198. 



Little Things — Too much neglected, p. 99. 



Lockjaw — Remedy for, p. 153. 



Lice — To rid cattle of, p. 177. 



M. 



Marl — In the Valley of Virginia, p. 12. Re- 

 commended, p. 163. 



Manure — Value of liquid, p. 23. Experiments 

 with different manures, p. 83. The best ma- 

 nure, p. 102. Save and apply, p. 114. The 

 necessary ingredients of a productive soil, p. 

 195. How to manage the manure heap, p. 

 218. Dr. Liebig's manures, p. 220. How 

 manures should be used, p. 280. How to 

 manage vegetable manures, p. 234. Ruffin's 

 essay on putrescent manures, p. 135. 



Muffins — Recipe for making, p. 75. 



Marble — To produce embossed letters on, p. 92. 



Meal — How to kiln dry it, p. 218. 



Mediterranean Wheat — Recommended, p. 238. 



Machinery — To ascertain the velocity of a wheel, 

 p. 257. 



Moon — Superstitions concerning the moon, p. 

 261. 



Milk — Glass pans should be used for milk, p. 48. 

 Mill — Plant's described, p. 117. Fitzgerald's 

 do. p, 161. 



N. 



Newspapers — Law of Congress, p. 149. 

 Natural History — Facts in, p. 277. 



o. 



Oats — An exhausting crop, p. 28. An experi- 

 ment with oats and clover, p. 70. 

 Oxen — How to break, p. 195, 

 Osage Orange — For hedges, p. 270. 



P. 



Pasture — To make a good one, p. 36. 

 Painting — How to compound colors, p. 86. To 



make a cheap paint, p. 1 13. 

 Poudreite — Directions for domestic manufacture, 



p. 9. 



Parsnips--* Their value as food for cattle and 

 swine, p. 163. 



Potatoes — New mode of planting, p. 41. Po- 

 tato jelly, p. 76. An experiment with dis- 

 eased potatoes, p. 79. An experiment with 

 plaster, p. 230. The potato disease, p. 127. 

 Cultivation of sweet potatoes, p. 121. To 

 keep them, p. 204. For seed, p. 238. 



Pear — To revive the pear tree, p. 262. 



Polish — A recipe for making, p. 192. 



Poultry — -Directions for building a poultry house, 

 p. 45. To tell the age of poultry, p. 84. 

 Management of, p. 256. 



Peas — Recommended as a fallow for wheat, p. 

 163, 229. Nutritive quality of, p. 248. 



Peach Trees — How to manage, p. 72, 102. Ex- 

 periment, p. 95. 



Privies — How to construct them, p. 106. 



Patents — Report of the Commissioner, p. 153, 

 177. 



Ploughing — Deep ploughing recommended, p. 



167. Ploughs and patents, p. 225. Watt's 



cuff and brace plough, p. 250. 

 Provisions — American in the English market, 



p. 235. 



Parapeticoat — What is it ? p. 239. 

 Premiums — Proper plan of awarding, p. 1 25, 



Rats— To get rid of them, p. 218, 260. 

 Reaping Machine — M'Cormick's, with a cut, p. 



5. M'Cormick's and Hussey's, p. 151. A 



new one, p. 215. 

 Roads — Remarks on, p. 47. The value of good 



roads, p. 64. 

 Ring Bone — To cure, p. 87. 

 Real Estate — To be preferred to personal, p. 147. 

 Raspberry — A new kind, p. 237. 

 Ribbon House — To make, p. 143. 



Si 



Sassafras — Inquiries about, p. 270. 



Steeps — Experiments with, p. 3, 147. 



Stains — How to remove from cloth, p. 274. 



Siuiney— -To cure, p. 3. 



Shaker Farm — Description of, p. 278. 



Sulphuric Acid — Flow to use as a fert ilizer, p. 27. 



Smut — Leonard Smith's smut machine, p. 29. 

 To prevent smut in wheat, p. 43. 



Stallion — -How to manage, p. 31. 



Soiling — Recommended, p. 32. How to con- 

 duct, p. 167. Extract from Colman's tour, 

 p. 276. 



Sheep — Adaptation of Virginia to raising sheep, 

 p. 34. Mr. Christian's flock, p. 118. An 

 excellent treatise on, p. 54. To cure sheep- 

 skins, p. 63. Adapted to our mountain lands, 

 p. 276. 



Stifle — To cure, p. 106, 249. 



Steam — Mr. Mann's engine, p. 109. The steam 



engine recommended for agricultural purposes, 



p. 183. To prevent incrustation of the boiler, 



p. 183. 

 Steel — To weld, p. 118. 

 Straw Cutters — Bolts' recommended, p. 52. 

 Shoeing — The proper mode of shoeing horses, 



p. 241. 



Sausages — A chopper, p. 143. 

 Soap— How to make, p. 146. 

 Shade — Value of, to vegetation, p. 177. 

 Salt — Q,uantily required for stock, p. 178, 

 Starchy-Curious history of, p. 183. 

 Strawberries— Essay on the plant, p. 193. 

 Sinks — To purify, p. 199. 

 Slaves — Directions for preparing them for the 

 British market, p. 218. 



