CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII. 
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Farmers should write for Agricultural Journals.. 371 
“ in the Ascendant. 177 
“ Experiments among.... 282 
Farms, Experimental. 117 
Fashions, English, for August. 323 
Fences, a Direct Tax to the Farmer. 87 
“ Portable.82,216 
“ Wire. 216 
Figs, grown at the South. 45 
“ Mode of Preserving. 45 
Fish, as a Manure.55, 110, 169 
Flax, Cultivation of.36, 305 
Flies, how to destroy.192, 278 
Fluid, Disinfecting.36,77, 196 
Fly, Hessian, Preventive of. 324 
“ Turnip and Cabbage, Remedy for. 169 
Food, Adulteration of.205,234, 266, 319, 341, 362 
* cooked for Animals.286,311 
K for Children. 323 
u Human compared. 131 
K for Pregnant Animals. 31 
“ Relative Value of.291 
Forests, Influence of, on Climate. 81 
Forks, Garden and Manure. 94 
Fortune, Mr. Appointment, &.c.259 
Fowls, Cochin-China. 149 
“ Dorking.223,259,287 
K Guinea. 157 
“ Pea. 274 
H Water, for sale in London. 228 
Foxes, Protection of. 52 
Fraud. Legal, in Bread Making. 66 
Frog Soup, how to make. 381 
Frost Bites, how to treat. 58 
Fruit Growers, Convention of.282 
K Approved Varieties of. 363 
“ Preservers, Smith’s. 332 
“ Trees, destroyed by Locusts. 279 
“ how to make bear.60, 138 
<£ injured by Salt. 100 
“ Wash for. 74 
Fruits, how to improve the Qualities of. 867 
“ Monographs of. 31 
Preserving of.61.228 
Fuel, Economy in Hauling.' 62 
G 
Gapes in Poultry.. 
Garden Chair..'.. 
Garden of Mr. Cumings • .. 
l ' Koch. 
Gee and Wo, Origin of. 
Ginger Syrup, how to make. 
Glass, Blue, for Hot Houses. 
“ Vessels, Caution in the Use of- 
“ Milk Pans, Prices of-- 
1 ‘ Various Uses of. 
I: Water Taps .. 
Goose, China, Names of. 
“ Story . 
“ Wild, Sagacity of. 
Gooseberries, Prize, in England. 
Grafts from Old Wyllis Apple Tree . 
Grafting Wax, how to make. 
Grain, Amount of, raised in France .. 
Grape, Culture of, in North Carolina 
in Ohio. 
in Port Chester.... 
in Portugal. 
on Long Island.... 
South. 
Grapes. Mode of Packing. 
Grape, Skuppernong. 
Grapevine, Catawba, Productive..... 
Grapevines, Food for. 
Grass Lands, Dressing for. 
Greening, Rhode Island. 
Grits, Wheaten. 
Ground, Effects of Shading. 
Guano, Application of. 
“ Destructive to Wire Worms.. 
u East-India.. 
“ for Grass Lands. 
“ Improved. 
Prepared. 
Guinea Fowl. 
Gutta Percha. . . 
Gypsum, as a Manure. .... 
H 
Hail. Cause of Increase. 
Hair, Analysis of.. 
Hams, Portuguese, how to prepare... 
Hare, Ameriean. 
. 156 , 195 
. 174 
. 236 
. 291 
. 292 
. 226 
. 150 
. 374 
. 228 
. 219 
.. 163 
. 356 
. 317 . 279 
. '317 
. 381 
. 159 
. 14 
. 131 
. 58 
. 113 . 374 
■. 101 
.. Ill 
. 170 
.. 28 
. 323 
. 58 
. 49 
. 87 
. 144 , 209 , 220 
.. 47 
. 335 
. 351 
114 , 144 , 220 , 297 , 304 
. 195 
■. 100 
. 144 , 220 
. 211 
. 79 
. 157 
. 163 , 240 
.. 317 
81 
291 
68 
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Harvest Home. 321 
Health, Hints for Improving. 335 
Hedge Plants . 128 
Hedges, American Holly.253 
Hemp, Chinese, Ma. 107 
“ Crop of....37, 292 
“ Wate r-Rotte d. 292 
Hens, Clucking.291 
Hereford Cattle. 52 
Hernia, Strangulated, in Pigs. 196 
Hints for the South. 26 
“ to Readers.9, 361 
“ to Mothers . 33 
Hoes, Garden. 175 
Hog, Berkshire. 152 
Chinese. 25 
“ Introduction of, into America. 151 
“ Old English. 57 
“ Wild. 57 
Hogs, A Good Hit on. 229 
Hoggish Conveyance, A. 37 
Honey, how to bleach. 370 
Hoop Poles, Value of. 292 
Hops, American. 163 
“ llawarra . 36 
Holly, American, for Hedges. 253 
Hornets, Diet of. 355 
“ Utility of. 209 
Horse, American, in France. 268 
“ Black Hawk. 120 
w Chemical Composition of. 195 
“ Norman, Louis-Philippe. 164, 191 
Horse Manure, how to treat.216 
Horse Power, Taplin’s. 32 
Horse, Sagacious. 378 
Horses, how to prevent Straying. 351 
“ Remarks on Shoeing.228 
Hot Water for Trees.211 
House Keeping, an Attempt at. 378 
Hoven in Cattle, how to cure. 259 
Hydraulics for Farmers. 50 
Hymn, “ God Save the Plow” . 156 
Ice, American, in England. 163 
“ keeping of, under Straw. 68 
Ice Houses, Chinese. 24 
“ Construction of.23, 332 
Indigo, Chinese. 239 
Insects, Herbivorous, Utility of. 245 
“ how to destroy. 370 
Immigrants on James River. 146 
Implements, Agricultural.144, 181 
“ “ Gold Medal for. 381 
“ Garden. 175 
Institute, Mount Airy .. 217 
Instrument for Measuring Wool. .237 
Ireland, Amount of Crops in. 323 
J 
James River, Lands on... 146 
Johnson, B. P. 15 
Juices, Liebig’s Theory of.... 276 
L 
Lamp Chimneys, how to clean. 161 
Land, Mode of Manuring in China. 143 
Lands, Long-Island, how to improve. 109 
“ New-Jersey, improved by Marl.. - 233 
Leaden Pipes Poisonous to Water.101, 215, 310 
Le Doyen’s Disinfecting Fluid. 196 
Legal Bushel in Ohio. 101 
Letters from Abroad.65, 111, 219, 297 
“ Virginia.51, 95, 122, 150, 177 
“ R. L. Allen.21, 80, 112, 147, 178, 210 
Liebig, A Poser for. 220 
Liebig’s Manure, Failure of.163, 191 
Lightning Rods. 171 
Lime.... -.65, 138, 154, 155, 244, 250, 268, 282 
“ Chemical Changes in by Slaking. 244 
Lime Kilns, Burning, Danger of. 89 
Lime, Phosphate of. 363 
Limestone, Unburnt, as a Manure.250, 282 
Linen, Mode of Starching. 67 
Lint, Cotton, Improper for Wounds. 34 
Liquid, Deodorizing.36, 79, 195 
Liquors, Distilled vs. Bread. 68 
Lobsters. 54 
Locust, Groves of. 43 
“ Tree, Cultivation of. 366 
Locusts, Seventeen-year, devour Roots of Trees.278 
Long-Island Lands. 109 
“ Notes on.41,73,169 
“ Peaches... 55 
Louis-Philippe, Norman Horse..164, 191 
