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CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII. 
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Milk, Table of Messes of 237 
Milkers. Strong and Steady the Best 353 
Milking, Remarks onjv 47 
Millet, Syrian, or Egyptian 11*5 
Mind, March of, an Anti-Book Farmer 261 
Mixture, Freezing, New, A 132 
Moon, Influence of, on Weather 103 
M< isaes on Meadows, how to treat 149 
Mules. Mammoth, Notice of 196 
Mustard, Adulteration of. 43 
Mutton, Delaware, Reynold's 381 
" Mountain — Venison 370 
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Nankin Cloth, wherr made 357 
Natural History, I'acts in 194 
Nature, Language of. 142 
Night Soil, London, Plan for converting into Manure 356 
" of Paris, Disposal of 48 
Nursery of Mr. Affleck 91 
Nuts, Gathering and Preserving of. 323 
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Ohio State Fair postponed 201 
Oil, Percentage of in Seeds Ill 
Ointment, Digestive, how to prepare 44 
Osage-Orange Seeds, Mode of sowing 10 
Oxen, Alberger's Weight of 146 
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Paint, Cheap, A 29 
" Mineral, Blake's Incombustible 11 
Pastures 59, 77, 115 
Pea, Cow, fed to Stock 146, 277 
Peaches, grown on Plum Stocks 381 
" New-England. Flavor of. 354 
Peach Orchard, Profitable, A 332 
" Trees improved by Hot Water 343 
" « Yellows in 64 
Pears, how to grow 145 
Pear Trees injured by Insects 29 
Peas, Comparative Growth of 325 
" Green, how to preserve for Winter 260 
Peat, New Use of. 195 
Pens, Bagley'a Gold 196 
Pepper, Adulteration of. 43 
Phirmey, Elias, Obituary Notice of. 292 
Phosphoric Acid Essential to Nutrition in Plants 17 
Pickles, Adulteration of. 78 
Pigeon:?, Wood, how they take their Food 284 
" Best food for 356 
Pigs' Tails, Diseased, remedied by crossing 195 
Plantation of Bishop Polk 337 
" Col. Hickey 143 
" « Manning 314 
" " Preston 219 
" Dr. Metcalf 91 
« " Philips 52 
" " Pritchard 143 
" " Scott 119 
" « Smith 90 
« " Wilcox 117 
" Gen. Carter 118 
" Messrs. Trufant and White 252 
" Mr. Adams. . .-. 220 
" " Benjamin 252 
" " Camp 143 
« " Conrad 143 
" " Ford .'. . 314 
« " Fort 117 
" " Gasset 220 
« « Havvin 314 
« " Johnson 118 
« " Knox 283 
" " Lapice 284 
" " Maye 284 
« " McAuslin 118 
" " " Cutchon 177 
" " « Donough 143 
" " Montgomery 52 
" " Osgood 253 
« " Polk 283 
« " Push 315 
« " Rogers 90 
" " Smith 92 
" " Hiepherd 219 
" « Sparks 315 
" " Tilotson 144 
" " Walker 143 
" '• Wilkinson 253 
Plant, Polar , •. 334 
" used for Washing 67 
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Plants, Amount of Mineral Matter in 271 
" Food of 311 
" Growth of in Confined Air 196 
" Hybridization of. 81 
" Marsh, how to cultivate 188 
" New Varieties of, Mode of obtaining 81 
" Volatile Parts of by Combustion 33 
Plaster, Application of 146, 161 
" Franklin's Experiment with 161 
Plasters, Mustard 130 
Plums, Cultivation of 273 
Plowing, Remarks on 106, 255 
Poison, Antidote for 130 
Pomological Congress, American 353, 381 
« Convention 151, 267, 302 
Ponies, Shetland, Price of increased 291 
Pork and Bacon, Southern 189 
" Curing of in Warm Weather 277 
" Packing in the West 18, 228 
Postmasters, Notice to 201 
Potash for Agricultural Purposes 269 
Potato Disease, how remedied 144, 163, 260, 291, 380 
" in Germany 356 
" near Newburgh 381 
" Quel-.- ia Regard to 324 
Potato, Lomba's Plan of preserving .260, 380 
" Substitute for 60, 185 
Potatoes, Cultivation of 55, 99, 107, 138, 163, 195 
" Effects of living on 99 
" Experiments with 141 
» how to fry 193 
" in India 195 
« Manure for 103, 380, 381 
" Packing of for Voyages 195 
« Peeling and Boiling of 322 
" Ridge System of planting of. 192 
" Sweet, Cultivation of. 75 
" " how to store 299 
« » for Pot Herbs 357 
Pots, how to clean 96 
Poudretce, Application of 165 
Poultry Breeders, Convention of 357 
« Houses described 281, 320 
« Management of 42, 193, 281, 316, 342, 374 
" Medicine for 260 
" Mode of Fattening 27, 96, 155 
" Profits of. 161, 203 
Premium awarded to A. B. Allen & Co 381 
" granted to a Lady 381 
" New, for Household Products 379 
Presses, Hydraulic, Hoe & Co.'s 45 
Prizes, Literary 324 
Prodigality, American 82 
Provisions, American, in England 374 
" how to put up for English Markets 374 
Pruning, Directions for 67 
Psyla Pyri, (Pear-Tree Psyla,) 29 
Pump, Centrifugal, Notice of. 324 
Pumpkins, how to store 298 
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Queries Answered. . . .93, 124, 179, 191, 205, 208, 211, 270, 275, 299, 333 
« Made 93, 95, 121, 124, 155, 270, 275, 285, 324, 354, 377 
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Rabbits, how to prevent from barking Trees 132 
Race Horses vs. Poor of Great Britain 148 
Railroads, Effects of on Agriculture 36, 371 
Rain, Signs of, by Sir II. Davy 381 
Raspberries, Cultivation of. 338 
Rat-Catching 63, 87, 311 
Readers, Notice to 361 
Reaping Machine, McCorraick's 292 
Receiver, Exhausted, Effects produced by 53 
Recipes for the Ladies 161, 193, 257, 323 
Reviewer, Reply to 49, 141, 287 
Rice, Cultivation of. 29, 82, 183 
" Directions for boiling 257, 323 
Riding, Directions for 284, 313, 335, 364 
Ring Bone, Beware of 25 
Roarers, Disqualified for breeding 163 
Robinson, Solon, Whereabouts of. 228, 299, 333 
Romps, Defence of 97 
Root Crops, how to store 298 
" Manure for 192 
Roses, Manure for 163 
" Proper Soil for 96 
Rotation of Crops, South 181 
Rough Notes by the Way 11, 50, 114, 172, 214 
Rust in Wheat, Cause of. 43 
Ruta-Baga, Special Manure for 151 
