CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII. 
Page. 
Bread, Brown, Superiority over White 183 
« Household, Premium for 379 
« Stuffs of the United States, Report on 228 
Breeding, Principles of. 25, 174, 211, 241 
Brick Dust, as a Medicine for Fowls 260 
Broom Corn, Sowing of 138 
Bruises, Discoloration of, how to prevent 34 
Bucks, South-Down, Letting of. 291 
Buckwheat, Cultivation of 170 
Buffi-Jo aud Black Rock, Sketches of 37 
Bugeaud, Marshal, as a Fanner 320 
Bug Poison 97, 257 
Bull, Sagacious, A 257 
Burr Stone, Georgia 228 
Business, then Pleasure 162 
Butcheries of New York, Proposed Change in 276 
Butter, Drawn, how to make 193 
■• Making 236 
Cabbages, Winter, how to store 298 
Calves, Arabian, Introduction of 104 
" Mortality of in Louisiana 381 
Canary Bird, Extraordinary 132 
«' Birds, Breeding of. 378 
" " Natural History of 355 
California Farming 381 
" Letters from 58, 126, 156, 221 
Canals, New- York, Tolls on 54 
Cane, Sugar, Mode of planting 299 
Caper Plant, at Malta 99 
Capons, American 191, 334 
Cart, Large, for One Horse 28 
Castration, Effects of on Animals 139 
Catchup, Adulteration of. 110 
Cattie, Danish, Importation of into England 380 
" Diseases of. 44, 83, 110, 140, 163, 174, 220, 236, 271, 305, 340, 369 
" Gauge 36 
" Hereford 127, 179 
B " vs. Devons and Shorthorns 127 
" Mortality of, at Malta 356 
* « " in England 380 
" Shorthorn, Stevens* Importation 241, 317, 343 
Cayenne Pepper, Adulteration of 43 
Cedar, Red, for Posts 149 
Cement, how to make 341 
Cemeteries, Trees, Shrubs, &c, for 132, 177, 350 
Cereus, Night-Blooming > 67 
Charcoal, Animal, as a Manure 305 
Charier Oak, Accident to 196 
Chemistry, Agricultural 35, 65, 97, 131, 190, 225, 289, 351 
Cheese. American, in England 132 
" ' Press, Dick's Anti-Friction 203 
Chilblains, how to cure 34 
Chimneys, Rule for constructing 279 
Cholera, among Horses, Hogs, &c, in Ohio 292 
" in Turkeys 91 
Cider Making 247 
" Ropy, how to restore 99 
" Storing and Management of 249 
Cisterns for Rain Water ". 49 
Cloth and Silk, how to render Water Proof. 92 
" Colors of, how to restore 97 
u Nankin 357 
Clothes and Wool-Drying Machine 210 
" Mode of Brushing 323 
Clover in Georgia 373 
Coffee, Clarified with Eggs Shells 64 
" Disinfecting Properties of 68 
Coins, Small Spanish, Local Names of 08 
Colors, Bright, Effects of on Animals 186 
Colman, Henry, Obituary Notice of 325 
Composition, Water-Proof, for Cloth 324 
Composts, Materials for 152, 201 
Confectionary, Poisonous 13 
Congress, American Pomological 353 
Conventions of Fmit Growers 235, 267, 302 
Cork, Indestructibility of. 132 
Corn, Indian, Brown's Early 343 
" Cobs, Nutritive Value of 279 
" Comparative Prices of 164 
" " Cost of Cultivation 282 
" " Manuring an Acre 129, 282 
" Crops, Large 381 
" Stalks of, as a Manure 157 
" Seed, Mode of selecting 205 
" Topping of 202, 270 
Cotton Crop, Remarks on 26, 312 
" Harvesting of 266 
" Manufactures, South 93 
« Plant, Period of blooming, in South Carolina 312 
« Seed 140, 277 
Couvo Tronchuda, or Portugal Cabbage 195 
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Cow Depot 205 
« Diseases of. . . 44, 83, 110, 140, 163, 174, 220 236, 271, 305, 340, 369 
" Large 100 
" Pea 146, 277 
Cows, Experiments in feeding 163 
" Guernsey, Product of 260 
" how to induce to take the Bull 74 
Cranberries, Cultivation of 160, 164, 176 
Credit, Rendering of 37 
Crops, Rotation of 76, 119 
" in Massachusetts, &c 119 
Crows, how to get rid of 164 
" and Rats, how to drive away 311 
Cuba and the Cubanos 14 
Cucumbers, Price of in London 163 
Cud, Loss of in Cows, how to treat 44 
Cuttings, how to manage 356 
D 
Dahlia, from an Egyptian Mummy. 67 
Daily of Mr. Hobert .' 236 
Dandies for Scarecrows 37 
Decanters, Stoppers of, how to remove 34 
Disaffected, the, a Word to 128 
Disinfecting Agent, how to make 261 
Dog Distemper, Remedies for 144, 206, 203 
Dollars, Gold 228 
Dorking Fowls 161, 172 
Draining Implements ._ 309 
" Remarks on ' 309 
" Thorough, Advantages of 49, 61 
Drones, Mode of excluding from the Hive . t 209 
Dropsy in Cows, how to treat .' 369 
E 
Edgeworth, Mrs., Obituary Notice of 227 
Education, Agricultural 62, 86, 99, 111, 271 
" Female 130 
Eggs, how to preserve 47 
" Sex of 356 
" Shipment of from Spain to Ireland 195 
Elephants, Plowing with in India 20 
Ellsworth, H. L., Conversation with 348 
Epigram 289 
Experiments, Agricultural 179, 194, 325, 341 , 377 
F 
Fact, Important, in planting Orchards 75 
" " Lima Beans 250 
Farmer, Happy, A 312 
" The, not properly estimated 371 
Farmers, stay at Home 36D 
Farming, Facts in 94, 176 
" Hudson-River 245 
" in California 381 
" Orange-County, Profit of 252 
" Practical, a Bit of, Barnum's 371 
« Productive 62, 158, 252 
" Southern 124 
" Two Systems of 89 
" Yankee 30, 61, 346, 367, 372 
Farm House, Premium, Elliott's 344 
" of Col. Capron 250 
" Gen. Washington 201 
" Judge Van Bergen 245 
" Mr. Affleck 91 
" " Ayrault 21 
" " Boiling 254 
" " Gookins 18 
" " Krumbhaar 18 
" " Maillard 11 
« « Morris 318 
« " Mudge 372 
« " Wadsworth 21 
Farriery 338 
Fastidiousness 134 
Feet, Frosted, how to cure 34 
Fence Posts, Inverted 261 
Fences, Wire 14, 53, 95, 205, 255 
Fire, Precautions against 379 
Filler, Ascensive 189 
" Cheap 380 
Fish Ponds, Domestic 145 
Flannel, how to prevent shrinking. . 381 
Flight through Connecticut 321, 340 
" " Massachusetts 372 
Florida, Agricultural Capabilities of 20 
Flour, Adulterated, Instrument for detecting 163 
Food, Adulteration of 13, 43, 78, 110, 142, 173, 213 
" Animal, for Herbivorous Animals 339 
" Nutritive Value of for Animals 270 
