INDEX 



H. 



Hay — Compared in point of profit with the cul- 

 tivation of roots, p. 100. How to cure, p. 

 165, 168, 199. Should it be salted? p. 251. 



Hay Press — Dedrick's described, with a cut, p. 

 28. 



Harrow — Geddes' described, with a cut, p. 60. 



Another, p. 205. 

 Harrowing — Recommended to harrow grain in 



the spring, p. 136. 

 Herdsgrass — Inquiries propounded, p. 11. An- 

 swered, p. 58, 71, 84. How to manage, p. 



126. Should be thickly seeded, p. 152. 

 Hemp — To water rot, p. 105. Its management, 



p. 169. Keeps off vermin from a poultry 



yard, p. 233. 

 Henrico Agricultural Society— Exhibition noticed, 



p. 162. Report of the Farm Committee for 



the fall of 1844, p. 259. 

 Houses — Cheap mode of constructing, p. 44. 



Of unburnt brick, p. 139. 

 Hops — Iron rods preferable to hop poles, p. 48. 



A substitute for hops, p. 75. 

 Hogs — Proper management of, p. 64, 94. A 



hog will weigh ten times as much as his 



head, p. 87. Grazing recommended, p. 147. 



The Chester County hog, with a cut, p. 236. 

 Hog's Hair — Valuable as manure, p. 159. 

 Horses — An example of what may be effected 



by gentleness, p. ISO. How to keep farm 



horses, p. 161. Directions for shoeing, p. 63. 

 Hooks — Nature of, and remedy for, p. 72, 244. 

 Hollow Horn— Cure for, p. 2, 72. Nature of 



disease, and remedy for, p. 278. 

 Hot Beds — Substitute for glass, p. 132. 

 Hoarseness — To cure, p. 223. 

 Hoven — A remedy for, p-. 233. 



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Improvement — How to be effected, p. 16, 104, 

 122, 228. May be effected upon the poorest 

 soil, p. 80. To be produced by system of 

 small farms, p. 159, 252. How poor men 

 may make poor land rich, p. 160, 220. Ex- 

 periments in improving poor lands, p. 174, 

 177. To be effected by mixing soils, p. 275. 



Industry — Result of, p. 91. 



Ink — To remove stains from furniture, p. 88. 



Ice Houses— New method of filling, p. 280. 



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Labels — For gardens, p. 93. 



Lactometer — Description of one, with a cut, p. 53. 



Lard — How is it to be preserved? p. 132. 



Lard Lamp — Its excellence, p. 5. 



Lice — To free cattle from, p. 200. 



Liebig — Criticised, p. 7, 27. 



Life Everlasting — A substitute for hops, p. 75. 



Lime — Will not prevent rust, p. 36. Experi- 

 ments with, p. 37. Should be used with 

 charcoal, p. 167. Proper quantity per acre, 

 p. 73. Proper mode of applying, p. 244. 

 Extracts from a valuable essay of Mr. J. F. 

 W. Johnston, p. 101. Test for limestone, p. 

 262. How used in Pennsylvania, p. 265. 



Lockjaw — In a horse, cured, p. 40. 



Lucerne — Its character and value, p. 176. 



M. 



Manure — The proper mode of application, p. 33, 

 74, 248. Heermance's method of preparing, 

 p. 92. Other plans, p. 97. How barn yards 

 should be managed, p. 163. Dr. Valentine's 

 recipe for an artificial guano, p. 166. Speci- 

 fic manures for specific plants, p. 178. Pro- 

 per mode of using green crops, p. 230. Di- 

 rections for saving manure, p. 233. Manur- 

 ing seed instead of soil, p. 248. Mr. F. Mor- 

 timer Butler's mode of managing organic ma- 

 nure, p. 279. 



Mattresses — Preferable to beds, p. 51. A new 

 kind, p. 256. Convenient mode of cleaning, 

 p. 276. 



Marl — An indicator described, with a cut, p. 

 221. 



Mahogany — To clean, p. 272. 



Measuring — Apparatus for measuring heights, 

 with a cut, p. 2, 1 1, 173. Directions for using 

 the measuring cross, p. 52. Another, p. 277. 



Mecklenburg — Report from the Hole and Corner 

 Club, p. 31. A visit to the county, p. 188. 



Meadoios — Should be harrowed, p. 264. 



Milk — Dutch method of keeping, p. 37. Ana- 

 lysis of, p. 38. Tor emove unpleasant taste 

 from, p. 223. 



Milking — Directions for performing, p. 160, 257. 



Mincepies — Recipe for making, p. 52. 



Missouri — John Preston's opinion of, p. 229. 



Motfs Agricultural Furnace — Described, with a 

 cut, p. 135. 



Moulding — To prevent books, &c. from mould- 

 ing, p. 7. 



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JYanscmond — A description of, p. 1 37. 

 JSorthern Tour — A description of, p. 137. 



