INDEX. 



A. 



Agriculture — The farmer should be acquainted 

 with the mechanical department of agricul- 

 ture, p. 253. 



Agricultural Society of Henrico— Report of the 

 Farm Committee, fall 1844, p. 259. 



Agricultural Papers — Value of, p. 104. 



Ague and Fever — Cure for, p. 66. 



Alders — To eradicate, p. 196. 



Animals — Principles of improvement, p. 201. 

 To train, p. 210. 



Apples — How they should be used, p. 123. Ex- 

 cellent food for animals, p. 242. 



Architecture — A taste for rural architecture great- 

 ly wanting in Virginia, p. 115. A cut of an 

 ornamental country house, p. 157. Another, 

 p. 269. 



Artichokes — The Jerusalem recommended, p. 1 38. 

 Ashes — They will not prevent the rust in wheat, 



p. 32. Good for hogs, p. 104. 

 Asparagus — Proper mode of culture, p. 210. 



Medical properties of, p. 257. 

 Ayrshire Cows — Report on, p. 59. 



B. 



Barn Yards — How to construct, p. 33, 163. 

 Barberry — Does this bush produce rust ? p. 16 1, 

 180, 232. 



Bark — Tanners' bark burnt and used as ma- 

 nure, p. 184. 



Bathing — Efficacy of, p. 120. 



Beds — Mattresses preferred, p. 51. Convenient 

 mode of cleansing, p. 276. 



Beer — Recipe for making instantaneous beer, p. 

 275. 



Berkshires — Out of favor, p. 123. 

 Beans — Best food for sheep, p. 52. 

 Blacking — A recipe for making superior black- 

 ing, p. 138. 

 Bleeding at the Nose — To stop, p. 127. 



Blister — How to raise one, p. 32. 

 Blood Horse— Value of, p. 50, 69. 

 Blind Ditches — Directions for constructing, p. 8, 

 71. 



Black — A recipe for an excellent black dye, 185, 

 Bommer — Pro and con, p. 25, 45. Baer & Gou- 



liart's specification containing a description of 



Jauffret's method, p. 87. 

 Bounce — Recipe for making cherry bounce, p. 



220. ' 

 Bread — Should be permitted to get ripe before it 



is eaten, p. 8, 32. 

 Breeding — Male animals should not be allowed 



to run at large, p. 278. 

 Bruise — A lotion for, p. 12. 

 Broom Corn — Value of, p. 119. 

 Bricks — Of unburnt earth recommended, p. 139. 

 Burns — To cure, p. 39. 



Butter — Dutch management of, p. 55. A ma- 

 chine for making, p. 117. Orange County 

 method, p. 134. 



Budding — The process described, with a cut, p. 

 189. 



C. 



Cabbages — To free from worms, p. 136, 177. 



To raise from the stalks, p. 10. 

 Cattle — Apparatus for savage cattle, with a cut, 



p. 141. To free from lice, p. 200. 

 Carrots — Capital food for horses, p. 158. 

 Calves — To rear, p. 173. 



Charcoal — Proper mode of using in agriculture, 

 p. 7. Modus operandi, p. 10. Directions for 

 manufacturing it, p. 30. Experiment with, 

 p. 92. Should be used with lime, p. 167. 

 Uses of, p. 182. Used to preserve peach 

 trees, p. 202. 



Chopped Hands — To cure, p. 39. 



Churn — A plan described, with a cut, p. 36. 

 Another, p. 66. Another, p. 84. Another, 

 p. 243. 



