VI. 



INDEX. 



Oats — Are green oats injurious to colts % p. 163. 

 Orchards — Fixtures for ploughing-, p. 240. 

 Orchard Grass— Its value, p. 176. 

 Overseers — Remarks on, p. 183. 

 Oxen — -Comparison of oxen with horses at the 

 plough, p. 4, 50. An ox break described, with 

 a cut, p. 165, 179. 



P. 



Paint — Directions for mixing and using, p. 190. 



Peach Trees — Decay prevented by nailing, p. 

 52, 88. Prevented by ashes, p. 118. To 

 save from the worm, p. 128, 230. Proper 

 management of, p. 142, 202, 243. New mode 

 of pruning, p. 254. 



Peas — Experiment with, p. 99. Directions for 

 curing pea vines, p. 257. 



Piles — A remedy for, p. 172. 



Plaster — Applied to the blossom of fruit trees, 

 p. 220. 



Ploughs — A subsoil plough described, p. 21. 



Advantage of a wheel to a plough, p. 92. 



Prouty & Mears' plough described, with a 



cut, p. 149. Apparatus for turning in weeds, 



p. 239. A trial of English and American 



ploughs, p. 256. 

 Ploughing — Deep ploughing recommended, p. 



114, 133, 260. 

 Poisons — Remedies for the sting and bite of 



venomous insects and reptiles, p. 116. 

 Poudrette — Result of Mr. Minor's manufacture, 



p. 1,2, 3, 12, 56. Its effect upon tobacco 



plants, p. 198. Directions for manufacturing, 



p. 274. 



Potatoes— Should they be hilled ? p. 224. To 

 cook them, p. 258. Planting the stems, p. 264. 



Poultry — To fatten, p. 98. Profits of, p. 167.1 

 Vermin kept from poultry yard by hemp, p. 

 223. 



Productive Farms — p. 183. 

 Pudding — Bachelor's, to make, p. 124. 

 Putty — To soften, p. 142. 



Rats — To catch, p. 35. English mode of kill- 

 ing, p. 179. To destroy, p. 250. 



Razor — To sharpen, p. 48. 



Reaping Machines — M'Cormick's and Hussey's, 

 p. 61, 204, 237, 271. 



Rein — A safety rein, p. 9. 118, 197. 



Report — Of the Commissioner of Patents, p. 136, 

 145. Of the Farm Committee of the Hen- 

 rico Agricultural Society, p. 258. 



Rheumatism — To cure, p. 223, 257. 



Ring Worm — To prevent its extension, p. 212. 



Roads— H'mts on keeping in order, p. 65. The 

 expediency of constructing roads of plank, p. 

 241. 



Roofs — Directions for covering, p. 117. 



Roots — How they should be preserved for me- 

 dical purposes, p. 34. Cultivation of, recom- 

 mended, p. 147. Profit of, compared with 

 hay, p. 1 00. To preserve from decay, p. 1 18. 

 Machine for cutting roots, with a cut, p. 261. 



Rust — Not prevented by ashes, p. 32. Or lime, 

 p. 36. Caused by wet fallowing, p. 128. 

 To prevent, p. 207. Cause of, p. 180. 



Ruta Baga — Experiment with, p. 40. Mr. So- 

 tham's mode of cultivation, p. 119. 



Rye — Injurious to orchards, p. 256. 



s. 



Safety Rein — Described, p. 9, 118, 197. 



Salt — Injurious to stock, p. 63. Should it be 



used with hay, p. 251. 

 Salve — Recipe for a salve for burns, cuts, &c, 



p. 174. 



Saltpetre — Recommended for corn, p. 219. 



Scarlet Fever — How to treat, p. 149. 



Seeds — Directions for steeping and manuring, p. 



144. How to select, p. 254. 

 Silk — Directions for cleaning, p. 276, 280. 

 Sheep — Beans best food to make wool, p. 53. 



good location for sheep, p. 234. Killed by 



brine, p. 223. 

 Sheepskins — To cure with the wool on, p. 40. 

 Smut— -To prevent, p. 15, 203, 2C8, 239. 

 Soils — Benefit of mixing, p. 275. 

 Soiling — Economy of, p. 123. 

 Sows — Cure for barrenness, p. 126. 

 Soup — Recipe for turtle and calf's head, p. 203. 

 Spavin — To cure, p. 47, 117. 

 Sprain — To relieve, p. 12. 



Straw Cutters — Botts' recommended, p. 38, 63. 

 Stumps — A machine for extracting described, 



with a cut, p. 76. 

 Sturgeon — To dress sturgeon steak, p. 144. 

 Strawberries — How to cultivate, p. 209. 

 Stretches — A cure for the stretches in sheep, p. 



263. 



Subsoil Plough — Described, with a cut, p. 21. 



Value of subsoiling, p. 180. 

 Suckering — Objected to, p. 150. 

 Swiney — To cure, p. 216. 



