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INDEX TO VOLUME IIL 
Road making-, Remarks on,. 315ISHEEP : 
Roller, Description and use of,. Ill — Woolgrower’s meeting at Springfield, 
Root crops, importance of,. 38 
Root and bush puller.... 255 
Rose, Double AVild.... • • 36 
Rose bugs destroyed by toads,. 2^ 
Roses, Time for budding,. 158, 22L 
Rotation of crops,. 95, 108, 238 
Ruta bagas, Premium crops, ........ 55, 64 
Rural architecture,. 24, 184- 314 
- conveniences,. SOL 
Rutland Co IVt.) Ag. Society, . 162 
Rye, Average crop in New-York. 17.0 
— Multicole,. 261 
— Premium crop, . 55 
Salt as a manure,. 30, 363 
— quality of western, . 186 
Saltpetre for meat,. 193 
Sap, Force of,... 307 
Saratoga Co., Capabilities of,.. • 78 
Sausage stuffer,. 375 
Sawdust round fruit trees,. 25« 
Science and Agriculture,. 297 
Scientific facts. 395 
Seed planter, Lewis’,.. 131, 250, 259 
Seeds, soaking in ammonia,. 142 
Seneca Co. Ag- Society, .. 162 
Shakers of New-Lebanon, Visit to,. 305 
SHEEP—rBreeding,. 262 
— Ewes, Care of, ... 88, 121 
— register for,.. • 181 
— Cheviot,... 354, 355 
— Care of, in winter,. 80 
— Cutting food for,. 182 
— Diseases in, .... 
— Diseased, Care of,. 88 
— Escurial and Electoral Saxony,. 119 
— Fat rumped,. 88 
— Fat tailed,. 376 
— Fine, in Chittenden Co. (Vt.). 129 
— Fine wooled, Flocks of,. 147 
-of Washington Co. (Pa.). 347 
— Fine lambs,. 228 
— Foot rot in,.... • 148, 247 
— Facilities for growing, in Illinois,- 172 
— Iceland,. 121 
— Importation of, by S. W. Jewett, .... 195 
-By Mr. Scoville,. 228 
-of Liecesters, by H. Clay,. 386 
— in Illinois,. 21 
— in Columbia Co.,. 2S7 
Young lambs, care of, 
Sheep husbandry, advantages of,. 
Shingles, durability of pine, ..97, 
Shower bath, improved,. 
Silk grown in the United States,. 
— business in Georgia, . 
Soap, as a manure,. 
— to make different kinds,. 
Soiling cattle,... 
— in England,. 
Soils, Analysis of,. 
— Constituents and improvement of,- 
— Classification of,... 
— Importance of analysis of,. 
— Improvement of worn out, .. 
— Paring and burning,. 
— Sour, not necessary to produce sorrel, 
Solar gas, how made,. 
Sowing machines,. 
Squashes, to destroy bugs on,. 
Stall feeding cattle,. 
larch, how made,. 
Steaming apparatus, cheap,. 
Stock, lurning out to grass. 
— Prices of improved, in England,. 
— on breeding,. 
Stone boat, how to build,. 
Stone walls, how made,. 
Straw, va'ue of different kinds,. 
— Burnt for manure,. 
Strawberry. Culture of,. 32. 
— Stoddard’s seedling,. 97, 
— controversy,. 
— Fine varieties of,. 
— Hovey’s Seedling, . 182, 242, 
Long worth on the, .... 181. 248, 275, 
Fertile and barren flowers of.. 
— Figures and descriptions of five varie¬ 
ties of the,. 
planting,. 
Ten varieties described,. 
Hybrid,. 
— Dried. 
Straw cutter, Hovey’s,. 
Stump machine,. 
Stumps, to remove pine,. 
Succotash, how made,.. 
Suffolk Co. Ag. Society,. 
Sugar, from cornstalks. 
Sugar, maple, to make,. 
Sugar beets, large crops of,. 64, 
Leicesters, Mr Reybold’s,. 225 Sumac, Culture and uses of,. 
— Long wooled,. 325 Sunflower seed and oil,. 
— Merinos, Mr. Jewett’s,. 56 Sweet gum tree,. 
-Mr Pettibone’s,. 147 
-In Vermont and New-Hampshire, 90, 
176 
— — Mr. Horton’s,. 324 
— Mr. Noble’s, .. 127 
— Management of,. 229 
— Mr. Tilden’s barn for. 334 
— Number of, in New-York State,. 181 
— New Oxfordshire,. 225 
— Profits of,. 256 
— Period of gestation in,. 213 
— Protecting from dogs,. 281 
— Racks and troughs for,. 335 
— Saxon and Spanish. 190 
— Saxon versus Spanish,. 333, 
— Sore lips in,. 14S l Things by wrong names,. 
— South Down,... 341iTimber, preservation of,. 
-mutton,. 100j— Durability of,. 
— Sales of,. 324 Toads, usefulness of,. 29, 
— Wool growing in North Carolina, 241, 335 Tomato pickles 
324 
258 
56 
259 
324 
128 
193 
277 
339 
112 
33! 
78 
126 
145 
300 
317 
253 
189 
274 
230 
224 
218 
281 
320 
151 
349 
371 
44 
304 
53 
109 
292 
229 
389 
228 
284 
339 
257 
158, 
SWINE—Berkshires, 
— Different breeds of,. 
— Experiments in fattening.. . 
— Extraordinary fecundity of, 
— Fattening,. 
— Large,. 
— Lice on,. 
— Number in New York State,. 
— Parsnips for,. 
— Rings for,. 
Switzerland, Agriculture of,. 14 
— Vineyards of,. 
Tennessee, prices of produce in, 
283 
292 
348 
34 
207 
193 
116 
193 
292 
162 
17 
54 
108 
364 
69 
142 
308 
337 
186 
203 
338 
196 
229 
180 
2*24 
110 
, 50 
50 
Woolgrower’s meeting at Lowell, 
251 Tree, large vw 
112 
Trees, Transplanting,. 65, 97, 336 
— Planting by the roadside,.. 62 
Turnep fly, to prevent ravages of,.. 286 
Turnups, Average crop in New-York, .. 180 
— Depth of Roots of,. 112 
Vegetables affected by soil and climate,. 333 
— Early, ... 278 
— Cross breeding,.343 
Vermont Ag. Societies,. 349 
Vernon Ag. Association,. 99 
Vineyards of Germany,..265 
— of Switzerland,. 50 
Virginia farming,. 238 
Vital action of plants, . 278 
W. 
Water, cement pipes for conveying,. 12 
— Boring for,^. 261 
Weather predictions,. 256 
Wells, Artesian.... 115 
— Digging in slate,.-. 1 55 
WEEDS : 
— Horse nettle,. 323 
— Quack grass to destroy,. 91 
Seasonable hints about,. 257 
— To destroy,. 239 
WHEAT: 
— Amount from one kernel.163 
— Average per acre in New York,. 179 
— and Chess,. 252 
— Culture of,.. 57 
— Cutting early,. 112 
— Drilled in,. 127 
— Experiments with new kinds,. 44 
— Etrurian,. 324 
— Imported into Great Britain,. 185 
— Large crops,. 36, 55, 103 
— Machine for sowing,. 68 
Method of shocking,. 217 
— New kind of,... 120 
— On sowing,. 246 
Quarter ofi in England,. 373 
— Remarks' on rust in,. 23, 57, 163, 189 
— Raised in Ohio,. 279 
Remedy for smut in,. 285 
— Spring, large crops of,. 55, 108 
-Black Sea. 100 
Culture of,. 92 
— Suitable manures for,. 57 
— Varieties of,. 303 
— AA r eevil or Grain moth described,. 208,344 
— Winter from Spring,. 244,303 
— Yield of in England,. 388 
— Midge,. 276 
Wheelbarrows, bridge for,. 65 
Winter employments,. 34 
Wild Fowls, on taming,.. Ill 
AVind wheel, new invention,. 221 
Wire-worm, to destroy,. 36S 
AVomen, strength of,. 279 
AVoodlands, preservation and care of, 46, 84 
Wool, samples of,. 127, 261, 356 
— for English markets,. 214 
— AVhat food will produce most,. 159 
Wool-growers meeting at Lowell,.251* 
-at Springfield,. 324 
AVool-Growing on the prairies,. 21 
in North Carolina,. 241 
Worms, in the bowels of animals,. 62 
Yale College, 
ship in, ... 
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Agricultural Professor- 
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