ig a farm brought to by the application of bank shells and sea marl; a simple, cheap, and expeditious flex breaker; receipt of large goosberries 118---the cut worm destructive in parts of Virginia; the Maryland famous yellow tobacco would not pass inspections in South Carolina 119---the advantages that would result from periodical agricultural reports 168----state of crops 144, 183, 184---enquiry respecting a corn mill to be worked by horse power 183---the willow, a healthy tree 183---Harriet Homespun recommends to him, and to all epicures, an Indian corn dish; remedy for a dog distemper 200 -lands in the neighbourhood of Detroit recommended to the attention of monied men ; are well adapted to the culture of hemp 208-the best method of expressing oil from palma christi 208-home demand for fine wool, steady; on transplanting of cedars; suggestion respecting horticultural essays 157-carbon useful in fattening hogs; seed of cotton grown in Illinois; quality 158 Worcester, (Mass.) cattle show, fine exhibition of oxen 224-soil and climate in the neighborhood of Lake Erie; Charles Champion's description of his bull Aid de Camp, that took the London premium, and his great success at Doncaster 232-specimens of cherries; and of rye from Russia 256-a small quantity of the seed of the straw of which Leghorn bonnets are made 302-to cure the mange in cattle ; Judge Peters thinks the mottled ruta baga best; advantages of draining and irrigating; to cultivate tobacco on old land and produce the yellow leaf; to cure the botts in horses 303---hemp might be produced here much cheaper, and of better quality than the Russian, if its cultivation was encouraged 304-Commodore Jones' letter on the subject of foreign stock, accompanied with notes explanatory 313, 314, 315. EDUCATION; report of the committee of the legis. lature of Massachusetts, to whom was committed sundry resolutions of the legislature of Mary. land, relative to the appropriation of a certain portion of the public lands of the United States for the encouragement and support of public schools 177. -A professorship of agriculture contemplated for the University of Virginia; the Albemarle agricultural society appropriate a portion of their funds for, and call on societies of Virginia to aid in facilitating the object 273. ELDER TREE, a native of Europe; every way medicinally valuable; bark, flowers, leaves, and berries; the last yields an excellent wine 188. EMORY, Col. Thomas, on sedged wheat, ascribes the disease to a worm which he describes; oyster shells and shell lime will destroy them; most extensively apparent, when wheat follows a considerable vegetable growth; clover is productive of, and repeated culture of the same plant tends to generate the insect 71---failure of crops often to be attributed to animalculæ 71. -Addresses the agricultural society of Queen Ann's county on the errors of farming 153---on the best system of, rotations, &c. 156. ENGLISH WORDS, table of those derived from other languages 86. ENTOMOLOGY, the science of very defective 394- ENQUIRER, on the union of plaster and ashes 30. when? 87--answered, and method of 103---successfully practiced in February, with cedars--August perhaps a better month for 157. EXCAVATOR, Ha ris', extraordinary power of 80. EXHAUSTION; the consequences of, occasioned by bad practice, ascribed to frost, Hessian fly, &c. 155. EXOTICS, many things considered such, probably EXPERIMENTS, (see agricultural experiments) on EXPERIMENTING, laudably practising in the west FAIRBORN's, Joseph, method of preserving seed FALLOWING, for summer, the ground should be -For wheat, R. P. Barton on, in answer to a query FARINA FECUNDANS of vegetables, seen through FARMERS-a committee of appointed to co-operate Grass, cannot it is thought, rear sheep to advan 'S friend, on the advantages that would result from periodical reports of the state of crops &c. 168. FARMER, a Scot's enquires respecting Lucerne 148. -An upper ward, on the ploughing down of turnips for manure 85. -- -A Roxbury, gives a comparison of the present with past seasons 76. A young, solicits answers to practical questions -A Leicester, objects to the use of cylindrical the, on the management, cleansing and shearing -Distress of the British has not declined since the peace 4-attributable to the depreciation of money, to be retrieved only by a reduction of rents, tythes and taxation 5, 53. FARMERS' (English) Journal, misapplication of its columns 110. FARMING, American (particularly applicable to Pennsylvania) that state from its local advantages best calculated to support a numerous population of either of the Atlantic...deplorable condition of a large portion of the interior 67...the best cultivated part compared with the agriculture of Great Britain...causes of inferiority 67...estimate of income from, and expenses of compared with English 69. No system of will keep land in continued good heart without manure 155...Colonel Emory's notion of good...his rotations...thinks tobacco as an auxiliary crop should be continued on the eastern shore of Maryland 156...general reflections on the advantages held forth from the practice of good husbandry on the peninsula 157. -Grain and grazing, most profitable when united ...animal matter necessary to the production of good grained wheat 156. -Statement of the expenses of English 53, 66... Maryland errors in the practice of 153. FENCES, erroneous that live are best adapted to this country...the notion derived from a too close imitation of English Husbandry...reasoning in favour of rail...in most parts of Virginia the expense of nominal, except as relating to the labour 49. For gardens the thorn highly recommended... method of cultivating 305. FERUSAC, M. of the French academy, from the re mains of ancient vegetation, thinks that plain ve- FIG, nativity of the tree...value of the fruit and anec- England and France...requires a peculiar soil 193. ings from the ravages of...earl Stanhope's method 25...remarks on the subject continued 35. And smoke destructive to the turnip fly 109, 141 ...method of applying 134. FISH, deprived of gills and entrails retain their sweetness 100. FLAX (and Hemp), but little cultivated from the defect of our machinery for working it. .defect remedied by a machine that supersedes dew and water rotting 70...enter with great advantage into our rotation of crops...yield twice as much per acre and can be wrought more easily than cotton 70...interesting correspondence on the preparation of between Gov. Wolcott of Connectio cut, and S. M. Pomroy, Esq. of Massachusetts, with professor Davis's remarks on Mr. Pomroy's theory and suggestions by 213...the extension of its culture dependant on a cheap and common solvent for cleansing...premium for the best method of preparing unclaimed 213, 214. -A machine for dressing invented by S. Davidson of Romulus, Kentucky 215...by Mr. Barden of Albany 88....by Mr. Bundley (English) 384....one described 118, 124. -the Salisbury (English) invented not adapted to ms country 279. FLORIDA, products of...the nut gall (an insect production) so useful in manufactures, found there in abundance 192. FLOUR, from wheat that has germinated, may be corrected by the sub carbonate of soda...properties 84. FLY, wheat, singular deposit of the eggs of 183... (see wheat.) -grub or turnip, method of destroying or preventing the diseases of 119, 133, 134, and 135. FLOWER, Richard on the growth, process of mealing, malting and brewing of the northern naked barley 365. FOSTER, A. W. succeeds in raising fine tobacco from Cuba seed in Greensburg, Pennsylvania-discribes his method of cultivating-gradual progress of his plants 191; Cuba seed in this country does not produce Spanish [Cigar] tobacco 192. FOUNDERING, a complaint of horses, easily cured if seasonably attended to 61. FROG MARKET of Brussels 414. ed will degenerate 107: introductory to Phil- -Exhibited at the Brighton cattle show 254. FRUIT TREES, the grafting and budding of but lit : tle attended to in this country,attention to the art recommended 6: experimental methods of suggested 7 the subject renewed 268: some assertions promulgated on grafting and budding, erroneous 39: queries respecting the barking of, the advantage of equivocal 101: the barking of practised on all sorts of, season when proper how and the effects of 148, 158: the modus operandi may be left among the arcana of nature 159: experiment showing that the tree is not injured by but questionable that the fruit is thence improved 175: the causes of a want of health in a first enquiry before proceeding to remedy 205, (see Pomorium Britannicum.) An excellent wash for 39. -To increase the growth of 84. --Sorts of suitable for a garden 107. FULTON communicates facts respecting canals 391. FUNDING SYSTEM, the nature of stock explained, how speculated in, the direct tendency of is to render an executive independent of the people 300. G. GAPES, in fowls, assafoetida a preventive to, 96. GARDENS should be connected with farms; the benefits and comforts resulting from enumerated ---plants and fruits suited to 106. GARDENING, so great the taste for in England, that the character of a man may be judged of from his attention to or neglect of his garden; neglect of gardening in America grows out of a superabundance of land 297---for a full practical plan of, from a preparation of the soil, to early and late production from, (see Am. Gardener.) GARDENER, to guard against unskilful and unpro fitable results, every man should be his own 297. GARNETT'S, (president of the agricultural society of Fredericksburg, Virg.) address 41 a 49. On the advantages to be derived from agricultural exhibitions 290. GARRISON, Samuel's, experiment to ascertain the best seed in vine fruit 270. GEESE, the large Bremen, are raised in Rhode Island by Jas. Sisson, an enterprising agriculturist 199. GENISTA LATEO TINCTORIA, yellow broom) used as a gargle in hydrophobia 85. GIBBS, George, recommends the cultivation of grapes; thinks the native has been underrated; enumerates the sorts he cultivates, and gener. ously proffers cuttings of vines to his agricultural friends 267, 268. GILMOR, Robert, presents the editor with Taxedermy, a volume on the art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history, for the use of museums, &c.; thinks a cheap edition might advantageously be distributed by the government among the officers of our public ships, GIRDLING---an operation on grape vines to force the and of exploring parties 171. fruit; how to perform 387. GLASS, the manufacture of ornamental, among the most beautiful arts; brought to admirable state of perfection in England 74; how to break in any required direction 263. GOLDSMITH'S " Deserted Village," origin of 79. GOODS, woolen, cotton or silk, may be cleansed without injury to colour or texture by potato liquor obtained in the process of making starch 57. GOOSEBERRIES may be expeditiously propagated by cuttings, suckers and layers 119: introduced into England the year that Henry VIII. received the title of defender of the faith, yields an excellent wine 193. from Norfolk 118. -A sample of mammoth received by the editor GRAFTING, (and Budding,) the art unaccountably neglected though of high importance; from premises advanced, assumed, that all the fruits of earth might originally have flourished on a parent stock 6: [this theory rendered plausible, if what Pliney says of a tree near Thulie is true 129] a simple and certain method of suggested 7: additional remarks on the subject, axioms before advanced, denied 39: the art of originated in Rome, carried to the greatest extent about the period of the Christian era 129: the subject pursued, new experiments and new lights on 268: the process of a mechanical operation that cannot well be described 377: recommended for grapes on new stock to give texture to resist frost 414. --A superior wax for 269. GRAIN, the common method of treading out, sloven ly, wasteful and expensive; machines now simplified for the purpose of, operate a great saving 49; the vegetative power of injured by too much steeping 60; should never be sown but when the ground is laid down to grass 96; experiments with salt made on crops of 196. -The friends of agriculture should have experimen tal patches to ascertain the products of different varieties of 344. GRAPE VINE, interesting account of, from Phillips' account of the fruits known in Great Britain 201; its cultivation recommended 267, 414; new varieties should be formed, and approved old ones naturalized 267, 268; thought that it might be profitably cultivated in South Carolina 275; new method of propagating 414. -N. Herbemont's account of some received by him from France 326. -Cuttings, prices proposed to be charged for by John Adlum, District Columbia 256;"oferec GRAPE, the Maryland fox makes an excellent wine, interesting account of 343. -The Scuppernong (North Carolina) yields largely and makes a fine wine 295; thought to require a rich damp soil 327. GRAMMER, John A. has a filly that was suckled by her grandam 320. GRANGER, Gideon, in consequence of ill health re signs the presidency of the Ontario Agricultural Society 295. GRANO, Mazolo, samples of both wheat and straw promised to the editor 119. GRASSES, neglect to cultivate artificial an impedi ment to improvement; the blue and green valuable to all farmers not fond of naked fallowing 155; experiments made to ascertain the evapo ration of 397. GRASS, a singular sort supposed to 'be suitable for American Leghorns 264. -Guinea, value and great productiveness of 285; reference to the first volume of the American Farmer for a full account of 286; failure of | Jamaica seed 344. Feather, cultivated for the last twenty years in -Crop or crab, when should it be sown? 328; -Clover and herds grass should be cut in full bloom 160; utility of salting 197; the former should be sown in March 367; method of gathering and cleaning the seed 332. -Lucerne, not generally so well known as it ought to be; method of cultivating 38; enquiries respecting 148. -Rye, etymology of the term 206. GRASS BONNETS, an establishment projecting for the manufacture of in Weathersfield, Connecticut 96; a very superior one seen in New York 131; one equal to No. 58 Leghorn, sold at the SaraGRAVEL is pernicious to the roots of trees 131. toga Cattle Show 262. GREEN Crops, on the advantage of manuring with 107; not a modern practice 108; a disideratum in agriculture to find a plant for, that will grow between harvest and seed time; cloyer, buckGREEN Houses, to make and manage 321; uses and wheat, millet and rye, considered as 108. moral effects of 322. GREEN, Jacob's opinion respecting some specimens of a singular deposit of the eggs of the fly in wheat; not generally known that the ceraphron is an enemy to the Hessian fly 183. GRIDIRON, an approved patent 288. GRIFFIN, Thomas, on the condition of crops in his neighbourhood; enquires for a corn mill worked by horse power 183. -GRIFFITH, Thomas W. suggests the great utility of rollers on roads and farms 216. GROUND, to prepare for gardening purposes-298. GUAGING, ready methods of 255. G. W. on the cultivation of tobacco, to produce the yellow leaf in old ground 303; his sketch of the great northern canal; estimate of produce within its reach, &c. 309. -Method of bringing to worn out land; plaster largely on turning down for wheat 30. II. HALL'S, John's, plan for the management of an arable farm 132...on the shoeing of horses...evil effects of iron bound feet...premature death the conse quence 167. HAMBLETON, S. of the United States' navy, on Italian agriculture 161, 190, 194. HAMPTON Dairy, the produce of butter from 360. HARLEM Nursery, an establishment to be soon ma tured in this city...the proprietor solicits grafts. &c. of good or rare fruits 279. HARNESS, receipt for a liquid to preserve 167. HARRIS, Thomas, enquires respecting a threshing machine 327. HARRIET HOMESPUN, suggests a method of pre paring a superlative dish from Indian corn; and intimates where and how to apply it 200. HARROW, the revolving serviceable in the cultivation of turnips 38. HART, Nathaniel, on the culture of hemp; method of wretting 304. HARTSHORN, Hugh's method of destroying ticks in sheep 144-preparation of cream to produce good butter in cold weather 288. HASSAN, J. H. describes the Carolina plough 31. HASTY PUDDING, a poem, by Joel Barlow 21. HAY, the proper season for cutting-should be salted when put away for cattle in winter 160-salting of recommended to be tried experimentally 196 -the utility of salting has long been known in the United States 197. HAZARD, Samuel, on the transplanting of cedars; recommends to the attention of the éditor, more practical essays on gardening 157. HAZEL, or, the nut tree, grows wild in most parts of Europe; its uses are not numerous, and is never cultivated for the sake of the fruit 217. HEIFERS, exhibited at the Brighton cattle show, described 251-a fine one 384-claimed by N. Jersey 408. HELIGOLAND Bean, is a puny abortion 38. HEMP-lands in the neighbourhood of Detroit, fine for its cultivation; recommended to the attention of capitalists 208-its cultivation ought to be encouraged; mode of wretting, to rival the Russian 304. -Breaker-enquiries respecting a new invented 413. HINTS, worthy of the attention of the exporter of linseed 79-respecting the fly in turnips 134. HOGS-that they do no good 'till they die, a mistake; they are excellent scavengers 244-experiment to ascertain the actual expense of feeding to keep them in a constantly thriving condition 12-an amusing oration on the 210-natural history of 211 origin of the celebration of the boar's head, carol and song 212, 213-challenge by a new Jerseyman, to New-York and Virginia, that he can exhibit the heaviest of a given age 376-unaccepted, killed, weight, and valuable properties of the breed 408-that obtained the premium at the Maryland cattle show 283. -To destroy vermin in 8, 383, 407, 412. -Diseases of 24. doubted, that it will answer the purpose, and the truth of Hopson's theories in dyeing denied 247-who rejoins, shows that he has not been understood, and thinks his opponent ignorant of the theory of the art 277. -Replies to queries propounded by his opponent 284. HORSES; the amusements of the turf calculated to improve the breed of 98-not so, the English race, a forced anomaly in the species; has no qualities for usefulness; the true Virginian stock run out; attributed to the racing mania 390comparison between the years 1779 and 1819, of stallions and racers, in England, racers, &c. 98 -reported speed of Firetail and Pumpkin questioned 136-too many used for agricultural purposes in Great Britain; consume the produce of nearly half the productive lands of the kingdom! 66-exhibited at the Maryland cattle show 113premiums awarded for the best, [not entirely satisfactory,] 281-Doctor Rush's character of the 243-articles and rules of the New-York association for improving the breed of 259-of marks, stars, blazes, &c. &c. in; and how to raise a beautiful race of 159-marks whereby to judge of the age of, &c. 227. -Notice of English imported American swift trot ters 415, -Food, should not be given too hot 36--the quan- Shoe, a new invented jointed, for securing against a contraction of the foot 167. -Shoeing-hot shoes make the feet tender 184suggestions respecting 227-bad, often the cause HORTICULTURE-the science of was patronised of premature death of the horse 167. and encouraged by the ancients; neglected in England before the reign of Queen Elizabeth; much encouraged since; importations of plants have produced endless varieties 97. -More practical essays on in the Farmer, recommended 157. HORTICULTURIST, a, on the culture of vines 387-method of girdling, and how to destroy the insect 387. HOT BEDS-on the making and management of 315. -Large, raised in Virginia 415-in South Carolina HOWGATE, John, on feeding off clover safely, with -Carbon useful in fattening 158, 392. 404. breeding stock 110. HUBBACK, the root of the famous short horned cattle united three crosses 174-his pedigree 55— pronounced the grand cause of improvement in short horned cattle, it behoves breeders to establish the relationship of their cattle to himwas sold by Mr. Colling, a nameless bull 228. HUGHES, Christopher, Jr. procures to be grown in Sweden, for the benefit of the American agriculturist, genuine ruta baga seed; its true name kolroot 23, 256. HULBERT, Samuel, & Co. reply in part to Jonathan's enquiries respecting the Devon breed of cattle 64. HUTCHINSON, John, claims for his cattle, as much of Hubback's blood as belongs to any other in Great Britain; as in his younger days, he was free of access at low rates; most other breeders in his neighbourhood can do the same 228. HUSBANDRY, defects of owing to not properly stu dying the soil; in not keeping the best stock; and improper mode of feeding; in a too great neglect of the cultivation of roots and irrigation 68--labour impaired, and sickness engendered, by slovenly 90-honored by the ancients; advance of in Great Britain 97. -The drill system of, and deep ploughing, making their way in Georgia 96-rendered Mr. Coke's land ten times more productive than it had been -no one followed his practice for 16 years! 66. -English, successful from a free and judicious expenditure of capital 68-some practices in, not adapted to our climate; the English farmer wars with moisture; we with drought 124, 388. -Plan of for the light soils of Virginia 325. HYDROPHOBIA; indications of the disease; to be cured by cauterising tumours which appear under the tongue; cases of cure, 15, 85. HYDROSTATIC LIFT; an economical, described by William Kenworthy; a desideratum in inland navigation 78-subsequent information induces him to disclaim the invention 131. I. ICHNEUMON, of Linné-produce animal cotton : may at a future day supply a particular and costly manufacture 32. IMPROVEMENT--the tread-mill found to be a great, in prison discipline 260. -'S, in the arts, to be effected by making labourers accommodate to rules, and not rules to habits 2; in stock, should be effected by crossing with the best of our own, instead of with foreign 251; in horticulture, of recent date in this country 106. -In neat cattle 271; in wheel carriages 215. -Internal-agriculture, commerce and manufactures in just proportion, constitute true political economy; comparative increase of population between Maryland and other states; suffers by comparison; population depends mainly on the means of subsistence 19; how to render her natural resources productive; and plan for general improvement suggested 20; report of the Maryland Legislative committee on; discourage attempts at, on the Potomac, and recommend the Susquehanna river to legislative attention 91; the committee on the subject of appointing a committee to inspect the Potomac river, deem the Susquehanna of secondary importance 138; documents accompanying the report 139; Millard's resolutions 140; the committee of the senate concur with the committee of the house, and think the Susquehanna of the first importance; national facilities and state advantages to be derived from uniting the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware 146. -Connected with the objects of this paper, more attention promised to by the editor 400. INDEX, apology for the late appearance of the to the third volume 144; published 152. INDIAN Corn; drill method of planting not the best--in the main, that it is a profitable crop in Maryland, erroneous---time and method of planting 29; memorandum of the result of a new mode of, a premium crop 73: on the best method of harvesting 125. (see corn.) -An astonishing crop of 415. Various ways of preparing and employing 55. INDIGESTION, Calvin Jones on-mode of treatment and diet for 32. INDIGO Plant; the wild indigenous to this country; would answer a better purpose in dyeing than the woad 198. INFLAMMATION in a horse's eye- simple and puriform, mode of treatment 149, 150. INK, method of making 118. INSECTS destructive to sheep; how to guard against 206; pests of the farmer enumerated, and how INTEREST, Preston's method of calculating 255. to destroy 395. INTERESTING facts, related by capt. Parry, in his account of a voyage to the arctic regions, on the effects of intense cold 111. INVENTIONS, report of exhibited at the Brighton cattle show 253. -A machine for cutting fur from skins without inju- A cotton gin described 380. -A boat, propelled without sails, oars or steam 127. INVENTORS should be indulged in exclusive rights -but not encouraged in exorbitant prices; they would consult their own interest by being more reasonable in their charges 42. IRISH distress, ascribed to a resumption of specie payments; increased value of money tends to a depression of the price of the products of labour -and in proportion to the consequent impover known; what quantity of hay would support a LEE, Archibald's, address to the Agricultural Soc given number of sheep? 227. ty of Montgomery county, Maryland; eulogi JUNIPER Rails, excellent for fencing 10. the science 89. -Trees grow in most of the cold parts of Europe; singularity of its flower; the berry is carminative ani remarkable for scouring the viscera; its wood is hard, veined and susceptible of high polish 217. K. KENT, Nathaniel, (principal manager to his Britannic majesty,) details the mode of practice on the Norfolk farm; management of stock, &c. 125. LEGARE, John D. would ascertain the best method d cultivating sweet potatoes and the proper time of sowing crop or crab grass 327; answered 412 LEMON; this tree is a native of Asia-bears fruit during the whole year-wholesome and ante.dotal to all venom-early introduced into England and has become almost necessary in culinary purposes 217. ishment of the poor and labouring classes, is the KENTUCKY, internal trade of 328; its progress LETTERS, from a father to his son---first, general in increased aggrandizement of the monied 235. IRON Life-boat, described 373. IRRIGATION, has scarcely made its appearance in this country-the most profitable of all modes of culture 68; advantages derived from in ombardy and Spain; a cheap and efficient plan of, a desideratum in American agriculture; our climate requires it, and every expedient should be resorted to, to effect the watering of our fields 68; a mode of improvement to be held in high high estimation 303 ISINGLASS, a manufactory of established in Cape Ann 184. J. JACKS, the best procured from the island of Majorca; the history of Sancho not very creditable to the discernment of the landholders of Maryland 313. JACOCKS, Jona. H. recommends the use of juniper rails 10. JAMESTOWN Weed, is obnoxious to weavils 367. J. C. on the comparative merits of conical and cylindrical wheels 126. J. C. B. enquires respecting the process of major Adlum in expressing the juice from grapes, &c. 344; is answered; and a more full explanation proffered to him personally 350. J. C. L. on the animal and vegetable productions of the province of Texas; Indian superstition 375. JEFFERSON, Thomas, hon. to major Adlum, on the culture of the grape, and fabrication of wines; use of brandies in the latter unnecessary 334. JEU d'esprit on the tread-mill 351. JEVONS, Thomas, describes his iron life-boat; and reasons in favour of iron for the construction of boats of all descriptions 373. JOBSON, Farmer's reasoning on the subject of agri cultural oppressions in England; tend to the ruin of the present race of farmers and landlords 110, 111. JONATHAN'S enquiries respecting the Devon breed of cattle 39; replied to in part by a description of a bull-calf bought of Wm. Patterson, Esq. 64. JONES, Jacob, Esq. of the Constitution frigate, to the editor, on the subject of stock and foreign productions; illustrated and explained by editorial notes 313. -Calvin, on dyspeptics; treatment and diet 32. John A. suggests a method to free poultry from -Dr. James, addresses the Nottaway agricultural, society; all the interests of society rest upon agriculture as a substratum; ought to form a primary object in all moral and political regulations -stronger inducements exist in this than in any other country, to stimulate to agricultural occupation 363: the rights of agriculture and the language to be held to legislatures by its votaries 64. J. S. enquires if sheep cannot be profitably raised on extensive grass farms; the turnip food is of recent date, and large flocks are raised where it is not within the last fifty years; prosperous condition of the University of 399. KENWORTHY, William, describes the economical hydrostatic lift, and manner of its operation 78; thought himself the inventor; but from subsequent information is induced to disclaim it 131. KERSEY, Joseph, describes his plough-cleaner and hold-fast 167, cause of slabbering in horses; salt KNIGHT, Thomas, Esq. of Herefordshire, (Eng.) has a good preventive to 294. been engaged for several years past in creating new varieties of fruits; the idea was first conceived by lord Bacon; touched upon in a work by Bradley; the hint improved upon by the gar deners of Holland and the Netherlands; the art brought to perfection by Mr Knight; his method 130. KNOWLEDGE is power; one light leads to another; the lights of science tend to benefit and improvement in all the arts of life 248. L. LABOUR, a judicious division of, prevents awkwardness, and leads to neat husbandry 154. LAKE ERI, the land on the borders of, adapted to cattle-fine climate, and the soil yields certain and abundant crops of grain 232. LAND), the less it is stirred after turnips the better is the chance for a crop of clover 38 lucurne will not succeed on heavy 38-light should be planted as soon after ploughing as possible 42-one half nearly of the surface of Great Britain waste and unproductive 66-value of some in favourable spots of England, Switzerland and Italy 68ploughed in July and August assumes a darker shade than when ploughed later-supposed cause 82 fallow ploughed down with turnips, top dressed with lime equal if not superior to manured 85-when not otherwise employed should be engaged in the preparation of manure for plants 107-when smoked retains a smell offensive to insects 110-experiments with salt recom. mended to be made on waste and grass 196-the cultivation of laborious, and with capital without judgment disappointment will ensue 215; well manured wheat is in some measure guarded against the assailments of its enemies 269; should be deeply moved for gardening purposes 298; millions of acres of South Carolina unproductive; susceptible of proud cultivation-would probably produce oil, wool, silk and wine 275. wet unproductive meadow reclaimed 52. method of reclaiming in Italy 383. -public; Massachusetts' legislative report on the subject of appropriating for public schools 177. -attached to the Pennsylvania hospital, yields an astonishing profit 69. LANDRUM, Abner, on the grafting and budding of fruit trees 6; some of his axioms denied 39; he is prepared to prove all he asserts by testimony of living witnesses-perseveres in his assertions and throws additional light on the subject 268. LAURENCE LARCENY'S, jeu d'esprit on the tread struction second, on agriculture instruction from practical or scientific men should be receiv ed in good part 389; plan of a farm of six hun dred acres number and value of stock of each sort, and practice to produce a regular system of farming and grazing 390; third, on the selecting LEVEL, to be used in horizontal ploughing described, and handling of sheep 405. and method of using 60 LIBRARIES, connected with agricultural socie LIME, quick, should not be exposed to atmospher air; in the public works at Woolwich used i ately from the kiln 1: the comparative excellence of white, how to test; suitable proportion for a good cement with sand; experiment 2; the brown containing manganese, is peculiarly suit. able for hydraulic morter 3; will kill the insect that produces sedge or stunt in wheat 71; equal to manure on fallow land after the ploughing in of turnips 85; mixed with horse food is a reme dy for the botts 96; is destructive to the turnip fly 141; the oxi muriate of, the principal agent used in bleaching 214. stone, to test; will effervesce with strong acid; containing sand, clay or iron, when properly LINCOLN, John W. gives an account of the manage. burnt, is the best kind of lime for water cement1. ment, profit, &c. on ten hogs reared by Mr. Rufus LINSEED, British law respecting; hints worthy the Porter of Worcester, Massachusetts, 77. attention of the American exporter 79. LIVING, the expense of, in America, greater than in most other countries; the consumption of less of animal and more of vegetable food would be LIZEUR, suggests a plan for the general dissemina more economical and healthy 106. tion of agricultural knowledge, seeds and imple ments 223. LOCUST Tree; its fruit and flower described; a decoction of its leaves medicinal; exudes a very superior varnish resin from its roots 218. LOLIUM, on rye grass, etymology of the popular name 206. LONDON Times, expenses connected with the publication of that paper 99. LONGEVITY, instances of in a small compass, show. ing the healthiness of an eastern shore residence 199; (error in printing corrected 264); cases of in different countries 287, 336. LOOMS, enquiries respecting certain, 407. LOTUS TREE, the, was a native of Africa, admired by the ancients and celebrated by Homer, is supposed to be lost; an account of 265; of the lotus plant 265 LOVE APPLE, or Tomato, native of South America: introduced into Europe by the Spaniards; a great culinary luxury 218. LOVE, George, offers valuable cattle for sale, and explains the principle by which the weight of cattle, &c. is ascertained from measurement 366. LUCIUS, to a member of the Virginia legislature on the subject of poor laws; provision for paupers increase their numbers; they impose a burthen on industry and increase the misery they were intended to alleviate 278; poor houses sinks of corruption; the natural sources of charity des troyed by the operation of poor laws 286; increase of population is in a ratio with the means Produced for subsistance; under given circumstances poor laws tending to that result, an evil 291; seduce to indifference regarding the means of support, and consequent indulgence, intemperance and vagabondism 301; poor laws encourage seduction, attach to the crime of prostitution, the reward of merit; iilustrated by an example; laws tending to such mischievous results ought not to be tolerated 309. LYON, P. on the barking of fruit trees; how, the season, when proper, and the effect of 148. should have confined himself to the cause and cure of canker; the causes of disease in fruit trees the first thing to be considered 205. M. MACHINES; divers flax-dressers, 88, 118, 213, 215, 270, 384; Salsbury's English, not adapted to this country, 279; those invented of little use, 13. -Threshing, invented in Maine 152; inquiries respecting 263. -Exhibited at the Maryland Cattle Show for premium; report on 115; at the Brighton (Mass) ditto 253; at the Philadelphia Co. agricultural exhibition 123. -For cutting fur from without injury to the skin, 320; inquiry respecting 376. -Description of the tread-mill 261; of a cider mill and press 280; of a cotton gin 380; Eastman's straw-cutter recommended 46. MACHINERY; the introduction and multiplication of improved, would be the consequence of the establishment of schools of agriculture 357. MACLEOD, John, on the cultivation of field peasthinks they are calculated to confer more benefit on the southern states than clover and plas ter have upon the northern 266. MADEIRA WINE; a composition that will pass for 238. MAHOMETAN HOG, a poetical tale 279. MANGLE WURTZLE; yields the most food per acre compared with any thing else; the yellow sort the most fattening 38; possessed of greater specific gravity than Swedish turnip: sheep confined and fed on, gained in five weeks eight pounds a quarter-cultivated in Flanders for sugar, by order of Bonaparte-successful experiment-mode of cultivation 54: produce of an acre of 148; yield of a field of, and how cultivated 387; experiment, testing its fattening qualities; much depends on the kind of seed, and deep tilth 388; the marbled a superior sort 407. MANUFACTORIES, extensive, tend to the pauperizing and enslaving the lower class of population, that a few may be pampered; Americans cautioned against encouraging large establishments 87; reduced profits of the Waltham (Mass.)— netted but 25 per cent. the last half year, instead of 30 as usual! inference, agriculture should be taxed to protect 240. MANUFACTURES: memorial of the Pennsylvania board of, to Congress, on the radical defects in our existing tariff 43; the accusation of extortion preferred against by agriculturists and merchants, unreasonable and inconsistent 43; agriculture and commerce in just proportion, form the most solid prosperity of a nation 19; have a superlative influence on agriculture-as foreign markets diminish, as they naturally will, from the present state of things, encouragement to, will be a means of establishing one at home; the flourishing condition of our manufacturing population during the late war, the cause of the then high prices of produce; the secret of Eng. land's prosperity consists in her exporting all her products in the shape of manufactured goodseditorial note 62; gives impulse to agriculture that commerce never can; by exporting raw materials, and importing them in a manufactured state, the labour of several men is given for one, and vice versa; internal circulation of raw materials, &c. would more profitably employ our merchants than the import and export trade as they are now carried on; had they been encouraged during the last seven years, we should now be enabled to maintain, a competition in the markets of South America with European rivals; the opinion that countervailing duties would be laid on cotton and tobacco in England, if we check the importation of manufactures, erroneous 63; evidence of the progress of 206; the growing disposition for in the northern states, indicates what the south should do to supply them with raw materials 275. --Expedition in the production of a suit of clothes from the wool 262. -Soldiers and sailors hereafter to be dressed in -Report on articles of exhibited at the Brighton -Household, important in rural economy 91. -Woollen, decline of in England 102. MANUFACTURERS, good news for; soldiers and sailors to be dressed in American fabrics 80. -Of implements of husbandry recommended to attend the Maryland cattle show at Easton 240. Woollen, much in want of fuller's earth 119. MANUFACTURER, a, recommends the culture of teazles 413. MANURE; method of preserving and applying, including the yard 82; theory of the fertilizing properties of 82; on the ploughing in of turnips for on fallow land 85; bog and swamp earth should be used to increase the supply of 96; soap suds, a composition of alkali and oil, good as 100; to increase that of swine 184; much good effected by the fermentation of; to prepare for a garden 299: should not be ploughed in deeply on Eas tern Shore land 155. -The fertilizing properties of oyster-shells 147. -Bones, good for, on certain soils 126. -Vegetable; the various opinions of agricultural writers on the proper time of ploughing in, whether in a green or dry state, attributed to the nature and temperature of the different soils on which they experimented 318; the same diversity of opinion exists respecting the application of animal 319. MANURING; the advantages of with green crops 107; not a modern practice 108. MAPLE SUGAR, quantity of raised in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; would be a profitable article of domestic produce if attended to; an improvement in the manufacture of loudly called for; as practised in the best manner 396. Of superior quality, received from a correspondent by the editor 400. MARKETS, state of in Europe for American produce 216. Liverpool, for ditto 271, 326, 392. -Depressed condition of the London cattle 384. MARSH; inquiry as to the best method of reclaiming wood land 407. MARTIN, Samuel, on the cutting of timber 61. MASON, General J. announcing his intention to send sheep to the Maryland Cattle Show, communicates valuable information respecting sheep 115. MASSACHUSETTS FARMER'S experiment as to the quantity and value of food necessary to keep a hog in a constantly thriving condition 12. MATHER, Moses, details his practice of manufacturing maple sugar 396. MATRIMONY, an anecdote 80. MAXEY, Virgil, to Robert Sinclair, descriptive of the M. origin and utility of his three and five furrow plough 325. C. enquires as to the probable surplus of a farm of given extent over consumption of stock, &c. 270. M'CLURE'S, General, speedy production of a suit of clothes from the wool 262. M'CORMICK Stephen, manufacturer of ploughs Fauquier county, Virginia, explains the advan. tages of his angular balance plough; successful trial of against several others 119. M'DOWELL, John, would know the best time for sowing millet 296. MEAD, R. K. reports the number and kind of his sheep, and the amount of fleece obtained from each; the practice, if general, would lead to inprovement 374; confirms Capt Jones' testimony as to the value of Naples cattle 374. MEADOWS, the, of Piedmont, the most fertile in the world 162; wet, unproductive reclaimed; method of reclaiming and increased value of 52. MEAT, on the curing and preserving of 352. MECHANICAL Procession (Liverpool) 286. MEDICAL SCIENCE, the light and knowledge in, derived from observations of diseases in the brute creation, should induce us to extend to them the benefits of medicine 245. MEDLAR, the, was known to the ancients; appears to be indigenous to Great Britain; grafted on the white thorn its fruit increases to three times its original size; is cooling, drying, and binding, and useful in all kinds of fluxes 219. MELONS; the richest fruit our country affords; proper for gardens 107. -The Cantaleup, origin of Armenia; most esteemed in all parts of Europe; the musk melon is of Tartary-was brought to England from Italy; their cultivation better understood in France than in England; seed of should not be sown under three years, nor in the neighbourhood of cucumbers or gourds; the water-melon is a great luxury in warm countries; is extensively cultivated, and deemed wholesome 219. MEMBERS of Congress; classes and professions of the members of the 17th 103; new apportionment of 255. MEMORIALS; of the Pennsylvania Board of Manufacturers on the radical defects of the existing tariff 43. -The dignified language of agricultural has checked a baneful system of policy 361. MERCER'S Congressional Report on the subject of improving the navigation of the Potomac river, recommends that a loan on the public faith of the United States be effected for cutting a canal from the foot of the Little Falls of that river to the commencement of the Cumberland river; and that the proceeds of the public lots in the city of Washington be pledged for its redemption 229. MERINO WOOL; price of in Connecticut 64. MICE, annoy the wheat hovel; how shall they be destroyed? 101. MIDDLETON, Sir Charles, in answer to queries respecting his farm, concludes, that though the occupier may be much out of pocket in bringing to a high state one out of heart, the result of a series of years will be highly advantageous; increased product of his own 64 MILK; the quality of is improved in the winter season by clover, hay, corn-tops, blades and husks steamed 81, 82. -Establishment; a description of R. Smith's would be interesting to the Maryland Agricultural Society 37. MILLARD, Mr. his resolutions on internal improve ment 140. MILLET, will probably be more fully appreciated; well adapted to sow on summer tallows 18; profitable as a green crop for soiling-has not been properly estimated-the sort spoken of should be described 31, 63; the produce of different sorts of 63; time enough to sow after the fate |