CONTENTS 



Superphosphate of Lime, 



Farming in Jefferson County, stated in 



the Form of Account, 

 The Game the most Profitable Breed of 



Stock.— Baked Tomatoes, - 

 Smith's Patent Single or Gang Plow, 

 Lecture on Agricultural Chemistry, - 

 The Supplies of Mutton, 

 Butter Making, - 

 Starting and Shying Horses, - 

 Willis 7 Improved Stump Machine. — Cul- 

 ture of Carrots, * - 

 Cultivation of Cucumbers. — Millet, - 

 Microscopic Discoveries of the Nature of 



Blight in Wheat, - 

 Lam pas in Horses, How Cured. — The 



Sheep-Shearing Machine, 

 Culture of Tobacco, - 

 Chinese Plants. — Agricultural School, 

 For Whip. —A Good Cake. — Wheat 

 Drill. Enquiry about. Lands in Nan* 

 semond. Wyandotte Corn, 

 Osage Orange Hedges. — Peas and Snaps. 

 Bugs in.-— Land Paying for itself in 

 one Crop.— -Love of Flowers, 

 A good Market Garden, &c, 

 Preserving Fruit by Hermetical Sealing, 

 Home-Made Bread, - 

 Valuable Receipts, * 

 Sheep-Shearing, - 

 The proper Time for Cutting Timothy, 

 Growing Rubber in the United States. — 

 A Superior Washing Fluid, 



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To prevent a Horse from Breaking his 

 Bridle.— Farmers, Note This.— Using 

 Up the Pig.— Tobacco Plant Beds, 302 



Preserving Wild Fowl. — Wheat and Corn, 303 



EDITORIAL. 



The Eli Thayer Invasion, - - 303 

 Irish Potatoes— The Fall Crop, - 306 

 Sheep : Washing them, and preparing 



the Wool for Market, - - 307 



One Hundred Thousand Dollars propos- 

 ed to be Given towards the Endow- 

 ment of Agricutural Schools at the 

 University of Virginia, - - 308 



Little Giants, &c, - - 309 



Richmond Cattle Market, - - 310 



Tethering Work Horses at Grass. — The 



Hundred Mile Trot, - - 312 



The Wheat Crop.— A New Tow Boat 



and Lighter Line, - - - 313 



Louisiana vs. Virginia.— Cleveland Bay 

 Stallion. — Haw's Woodpecker Saw 

 Mill.— Peas for Fallow.— Corn Plan- 

 ter, — Tobacco Plants, - - 314 

 Emigration from Virginia to the West. 



Richmond Cattle Market, - - 315 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Cauliflowers, - » - ■■ - 315 



The Irish Potato Crop, - - 316 



Watering Strawberries, - - 318 

 Manure for Fruit Trees.— Encourage 



Home Production.— Frosted Vegetables, 319 

 Flowers for our Railroads and other 



Roads, 320 



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