CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII. 
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Sailor, Old, turned Farmer. 370 
Salad, Turnip 130 
Salt, as a Manure 99 
" Effects of on Wheat 292 
« Onondaga 267 
" Quantity to be applied to a Yard 99 
Schools, Agricultural 36, 79, 86, 100, 191, 270 
Scouring in Cows, how to treat 236 
Seed Corn, rolling of in Tar 156 
Seeds, Directions for packing for Voyages 195 
" Gathering, Packing, &c 233 
« Percentage of Oil in Ill 
" Quantity required per Acre 108 
Sheep, Disease among 291 
" Fed on Distiller's Grain 380 
" Great Loss of, at Van Dieman's Land 36 
«• how to Catch 242 
« Loug-Wooled, Reybold's 228 
« New Fodder for 357 
" Merino, Col. Randall's 120 
" Model of, Mr. Taintor's 68 
« Saxon, Importation of by Taintor 32, 357 
" Shears, German 129 
" Summer Management of 209, 240 
Shoes, India-Rubber, Antiquity of 36 
Shorthorns, History of 352 
" Importation of by Col. Sherwood 241, 317 
" Mr. Vail's Sale of 203 
" Princess Tribe of. 317 
" vs. Native Breed 280 
Show at Bridgeport, Connecticut 330 
" National Industrial, French 306 
« of Dutchess County, New York 334 
" Massachusetts Horticultural Society 343 
" Michigan State Agricultural Society 381 
" Orange County, New York 342 
" Rensselaer County, New York 347 
" the English Agricultural Society 291 
" Smitlifield, England, Notice of. 67 
Shrubs, Ornamental, Value of in England 163 
Silk Cocoons, Winding of 139 
Slaughter Houses, Improvement of 239 
" Profits of in France 324 
Small Pox in Sheep 99 
Smut in Wheat, Dangerous to use Arsenic for 126 
" Machine, Pilkinton's 376 
Soap, Origin of 130 
Society, Agricultural, French National and Central 291 
Soils, Classification of 35 
" Fertility of, how to keep up 28 
" Light, Improvement of. 30 1 
Solution, of Chemists, defined 119 
Soot, as a Manure for Potatoes 380 
" Combustible Parts of 195 
" Medicinal for Poultry 260 
South, The, Affairs of. 33 
Sow, Five Weeks without Food 195 
" Profitable 373 
Stables should be kept Warm and Clean 22, 23 
" Ventilation of. 20 
Staggers in Cows, how to treat 305 
Starch, Potato, how to make 96 
Statistics, Agricultural 36, 37, 54, 215, 285, 312, 315, 357, 374 
Steam Engine, what it does 66 
" for Agricultural Purposes 27, 89 
Steers, Breaking of 224 
Stock, Care of. : 10, 42, 74 
« Choice or. 28 
'•' Live, Insurance of. 292 
« Sale of at N. Y. State Fair 354 
" " Mr. Morris' 325, 333 
Stocks, Comparative Value of 133 
Stone, Artificial, Notice of. 132 
Stoves, how to keep Bright 317 
Strawberry Exhibition at Rochester 287 
Stump Pullers, described 275 
Sturgeon, Pet, in Harness, (Pell's,) 146 
Subscribers, Notice to 9, 37, 41, 301 
Sugar Cane, Best Manure for 29 
" Cutting and Grinding of. 108 
" on Worn-out Cotton Lands Ill 
Sugar, Cuba, Amount of 357 
« Making of 73, 336 
" Maple, Vermont 228 
" " Remarks on tapping 73 
Sumach, Cutting and Curing of 149, 338 
Summer House, Chinese, described 212 
Swans, Breeding and Management of 12 
Swimming, Directions for learning 258 
Swine, Berkshire, Value of. 333 
" Management of 218 
Tan Bark, as a Manure 218 
Taylor, President, his Views on Agriculture 133 
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Tea, Cultivation of in the United States 196 
" Green, Drinkers of, Hints to 322 
Teazle, Cultivation of 191 
Tile Machine, Scragg's, Notice of 313 
Tiles for Draining, New Form of. 127 
Timber, Causes of Decay in 274 
" Preservation of. 132, 324, 380 
" Season for Felling 9, 23, 62, 63, 274 
Tobacco, Cultivation of. 10, 75, 108, 202, 234 
" " inEngland 227 
" Seed, Cuba 357 
Timothy, Large 292 
Tomatoes, how to preserve 225 
Top-Dressing, Remarks on 95 
Tour, Mr. Robinson's, South and West, j l%^£n™h™i 366 
Tree, China, defined, 293 
Trees, how to transplant 303 
" Large, how to transplant 3-1G 
" Planting of in Sandy Soils 240 
Trenching, Cost of, per Acre 350 
Turnip, Extraordinary 67 
Turnips, Cultivation of in the United States 202 
" Raising of, Important to Farmers 155 
Turpentine Business in North Carolina 366 
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United States, Exports and Imports of 54 
Urine, Value of, as a Manure 183 
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Venison, Plan of raising 370 
Ventilation, Remarks on 317 
" Important Discovery in 356 
Vinegar, Adulteration of 79 
" Beet Root 225 
Vine, Cultivation of 159 
Vines, Grafting of 67, 163 
" Protection of against Rose Bugs 154 
Vineyards, Moral Influence of. 80 
Voorhies, Mrs., Articles exhibited by 341 
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Wagons, Market 93 
Walsh, Alexander, Obituary Notice of. 292 
Washing, Economical Mode of 132 
'• Machine, Sabin's, Notice of. 337 
Waterford, Marquis of, Benevolence of. 195 
Water, Fertility of. 367 
" Hard, how to soften 34 
" Lily, New Variety of 291 
" Ram 121, 204 
Waters of Saratoga, Introduction of into New York 68 
Weeds, Destruction of in England 380 
" how to destroy 67 
Weevils, how to destroy 324 
" Mode of Expelling from Wheat 291 
Weights and Measures, Standard of 57, 148 
Wellerism 160 
Wheat, Alabama, Notice of 183 
" Cause of Rust in 43 
" Cultivation of 106, 290 
" Experiment with 290 
" Growing in Texas 129 
" India 36 
" New Variety of 99 
" Seed, Dr. Cloud's 299 
" Soak for 29 
" Time for cutting 170, 380 
" Top-Dressing for 260 
" Transmutation of into Oats 380 
Wheelbarrows, Construction of. 238 
Whiffletree, New 377 
Whiskey Trade of Cincinnati 381 
Wife, A Good 101 
Willows, how to clear of Worms 350 
Wind Mill, Page's Stationary 57 
Wine Making in Rhode Island 62 
Wines, Adulteration of 173 
Wire, Annealed, Value of for Fences 337 
" Cloth, Fine American 357 
« for Fences, Weight of. 95 
Wood, New Process of preserving 324 
Wool, Fine, Mr. Patterson's 292 
" Shearing and Sacking of. 138 
Woolens, Canadian 291 
Work for the Mouth, Explanation of 105, 137 
Wound Balsam t • • • 44 
Wounds in Cows, how to treat 44, 3C9 
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Yankee Farming 30, 61, 34G, 367, 372 
Yew, Florida 164 
