Green Sand
Green Sand. New Jersey Marl. One Of The Upper Secondary Deposits Of Geologists, Con Sisting, For The Most Part, Of A Sandy Formation, The Grains Of Which Are, However, Much Softer Than Those Of Common Sand, And Consist Of Sili Cate Of Iron Chiefly; They Are Of Several Colors, From ...
Grouse
Grouse. Among The Sub-families Of That Known As Tetraonidte, The Grouse Sub-family Is A Most Important One From The Value Of The Flesh Of The Species. North America Is Conceded To Contain More Species Of This Valuable Game Bird Than Any Other Country In The World. It Is More Than ...
Gypsum
Gypsum. Sulphate Of Lime. A Mineral Found Extensively In Various Parts Of The Globe. It Is A Constituent Of Soils, Especially Peat Soils, And Is Found In Sensible Quantities In The Clovers, Some Of The Grasses, In Turnips, And In The Dung Of Animals Subsisting On Grass And Clover. Its ...
Hair
Hair. A Safe Depilatory. Take A Strong Solution Of Sulphuret Of Barium, And Add Enough Finely Powdered Starch To Make A Paste. Apply To The Roots Of The Hair And Allow It To Remain On A Few Minutes, Then Scrape Off With The Back Edge Of A Knife-blade, And Rub ...
Hamburg Fowls
Hamburg Fowls. Hamburg Fowls Are Of A Number Of Varieties, The Principal Ones Being The Black Hamburg, And The Penciled Ham Burgs, The Latter Being Divided Into Golden And Silver Penciled. Whatever The Variety They All Have These Characteristics. They Are Of Small To Medium Size, Compact, And Handsome In ...
Hampshire Down Sheep
Hampshire Down Sheep. This Eng Lish Breed Is Said To Have Been Produced By Cross Ing The South-down Upon The Old Breed Of Hamp Shire, And Subsequently By An Infusion Of Cots Wold Blood. This Gave Them An Increase Of Wool, A Larger Size, Their Constitutional And Hardiness Being Retained. ...
Harvesting
Harvesting. Harvesting Is One Of The Most Important Labors Of The Farm, And Must Be Attended To At The Proper Time Whatever Else May Be In The Way Of The Farmer. For This Reason A Diversity Of Crops, Excessive Hurry In This Labor By Extending It Over A Greater Length ...
Hawthorn
Hawthorn. Cratavus Oxyacantha. Prob Ably Every Person Who Has Thought About Plants For Hedging, Has Had A Longing Desire For The Eng Lish Hawthorn, From The Associations In His Mind In Reading About The Beautiful Hedges Of England. Whatever It May Do There, It Is Not Adapted To Hedging In ...
Heat
Heat. Agriculturally Considered, Heat Is The Force Through Which Plants Are Enabled To Grow And Perfect Their Seed. In Connection With This, However, There Must Be Moisture And With Moisture Substances Soluble In Water Proper To The Sustenance Of The Plants. Thus Under A Given Heat, Or An Average Heat, ...
Hereford Cattle
Hereford Cattle. Hereford Cattle, Named From The County Of Hereford, England, Where They Have Long Been The Favorite Cattle, Have, Within The Last Twenty Years, Gained An Immense Popularity In The United States, And Now Successfully Contest The Palm Of Victory With The Best Short-horns At The Leading Fairs In ...
Hickory
Hickory. The Hickory, Ca Rya, Of The Order Juglandacece, Is Common In Most Parts Of The United States, And Is Found Exclusively On The American Continent. The Species Are The Bit Ternut Hickory, Cairya Amara; Shell-bark Hickory, C Alba; The Thick Shell Bark Hickory, C. Sulcata; Mockernut, C. Toinentosa; Pignut, ...
Hog House
Hog House. In The Breeding And Rearing Of Swine, It Is Essential That They Be Kept From Severe Cold, And The Attacks Of Insects. Nature Has Not Provided Them With A Warm Covering Of Hair. They Are Natives Of Warm Climates Where Vegetable Food May Be Found The Year Round. ...
Holstein Cattle
Holstein Cattle. Within The Last Ten Or Fifteen Years Dutch Cattle, Now Generally Called Holsteins (from The Name Of The Country Whence The Principal Importations Have Latterly Been Made,) Have,in The West,grown Into Great Impor Tance. There, On The Flush Prairie Pastures, Their Yield Of Milk, Rich In Curd, Is ...
Honey
Honey. Honey Has Been Regarded, From The Remotest Ages, As A Product Of The First Impor Tance To Man. Wild Honey Is Eagerly Sought By Savage And Barbarous Tribes, And Bees Have Been Kept From The Earliest Ages By Civilized Man. Honey Is The Saccharine Fluid Of Flowers, Gathered By ...
Hops
Hops. Humulus. The Importance Of This Crop In All Civilized Countries May Be Inferred, From Its Constantly Extended Cultivation, Scarcely Affording A Supply For The Increasing Demand. Its Principal Use Being In The Manufacture Of Beer. In 1840 The Entire Product Of The United States Was 1,238,502 Pounds; In 1850, ...
Horse
Horse. Zoologically Considered The Family To Which The Horse Belongs Consists Of A Single Genus, Equus, And Is Distinguished From All Other Quadrupeds By Having Only One Apparent Toe, And A Single Solid Hoof On Each Foot, Constitut Ing The Soliped, Single-hoofed Family Of Cuvier's Order, Pachydermata. The Different Species ...
Horse Of All Work
Horse Of All Work. The Horse Of All Work May Be Designated As That Class Used Principally On The Farm, Specially Adapted To Farm Labor, But Which Being Stout And True At A Heavy Pull, Will At The Same Time Be A Tolerable Saddle Horse; And Which On The Road, ...
Horses Limbs And Feet
Horse's Limbs And Feet. It Has Been Said That However Superior The Horse's Body, Lungs, And Digestion, That He Becomes An Ineffi Cient Servant Without These Are Accompanied With The Most Excellent Limbs, And Good Feet; Limbs Are Useless If The Feet Are Unsound. It Is, Therefore, Of The First ...
Horticulture
Horticulture. In Defining Agriculture, In Another Part Of This Volume, We Stated It As Embracing All That Pertained To The Working Of The Earth, Dividing It Into Two Great Branches, Husbandry And Horticulture. This Latter Is Again Subdivided Into Pomology, Vegetable Gardening; The Raising Of Nursery Stock, Floriculture And Landscape ...
Hot Bed
Hot Bed. The Laying Up Of Heated Manure Or Other Vegetable Substances, Which Will Fer Ment In Such A Manner That Heat Will Be Given Up Slowly, Continuously, And For A Considerable Length- Of Time, Is Termed A Hot Bed. The Bed Or Heds Are Then Surrounded By A Frame, ...
Houdan Fowls
Houdan Fowls. This Is One Of The French Breeds Introduced Into The United States. In France, The Houdans Are Held In As High Estima Tion As Are The Dorkings,in England, Being Noted There For The Excellence And Quantity Of Eggs Laid, And As Excellent In Their Flesh. They Are Supposed ...
Hybridizing
Hybridizing. Hybridization Has, Of Late Years, Come To Be A Distinct Branch Of Agricultural Ast, In The Production Of Grains, Plants, Fruits And Flowers. In Animals, It Has Been Practiced, In The Production Of Mules, Between The Ass And Mare, The Buffalo And Cow, Brahmin Bulls With Short-horns, Alpacas With ...
Hydrogen
Hydrogen. A Natural Element, One Of The Constituents Of Water Which Is Always Formed When Hydrogen Gas Is Burned In Combination With Atmospheric Air, Or With, Oxygen Gas. It Is. Known To Us, In Its Simplest Form, Only In The State Of Gas, And Is Speedily Fatal To Animal Life ...
Ice Harvesting
Ice Harvesting. In Harvesting Ice The Proper Tools Should Be Purchased. These Are, A Marker For Marking Lines, An Ice Plow For Deepen Ing The Furrows; Ice Chisels And Bars For Separat Ing The Cakes; Ice Picks, An Ice Saw, And Two Sets Of Hooks. One Set Of Tools Will ...
Ice House
Ice House. Near All Situations Where A Sup Ply Of Ice May Be Had In Winter, An Ice House Will Be Found One Of The Best Paying Investments Freely Drainage Should Be Provided By Means Of Tile Or A Foot Of Rock, Gravel, Etc., Should Be Laid Down With A ...
Immigration
Immigration. The History Of Immign: Tion, Into The United States, Furuishes A Most Curious Study. As Showing To How Many Nations Of The Earth We Are Indebted For Our Wonderful Growth And Prosperity. In The West, The Influx Has Been Most Constant And Marked, And Has Exercised A Commanding Influence ...
Impotence
Impotence. The Breeding Of Animals Has, In Many Cases, Been Carried To Such A High Degree Of Fineness, And Close Interbreeding Is So Much Practiced, That Impotence Is Not Now An Unusual Occurrence Among The Higher Caste Of The Finer Breeds. In Many Cases, However, This Is Not So Much ...
Incubation
Incubation. The Brooding Of Eggs Until Hatched, Is Called Incubation. When Performed By The Mother Fowl Which Laid The Eggs, Or By Another Fowl, It Is Natural Incubation. Artificial Incubation, A Term Now Applied To The Hatching Of Eggs By Artificial Heat, Has Long Been Practiced In Egypt, And Some ...
Indian Pony
Indian Pony. The Name Indian Pony Is Rather A Vague Term, By Which To Designate Any Particular Race Of Indian Horses. Those Formerly Known In The New England States, Along The Chain Of The Great Lakes, Both On The Canadian And States Shores, Were, And So Far As They Now ...
Indigo
Indigo. Indigofera. A Vegetable Dye, Embracing A Large Industry In The East And West Indies, And Central America, From Whence The Indigo Of Commerce Is Obtained. The Varieties Cultivated In Hindostan Are Principally I. Nerium Tinctorium And I. Tinetoria Argentea. In The West Indies And Central America The Variety I. ...
Industrial Education
Industrial Education. The Subject Of Industrial Education Has Been Partially Dis Cussed Under The Head Of Agricultural Colleges. The Idea Of Industrial Education, That Is, Such Education As Would Best Fit The Student For Grap Pling With The Sciences Which Underlie Mechani Cal Operations And Agriculture, Has Long Been Mooted ...
Influenza
Influenza. Under The Names Epizootic, Contagious Catarrhal-fever, Contagious Influ Enza, Pink-eye, Etc., This Disease Has Been Known To Veterinarians, And Since The Year 1872, Gener Ally To The Horsemen Of The United States And Canada. Its Immediate Cause Is Entirely Un Known, But That It Is Produced By Blood Poison ...
Insects Infesting Onion
Onion, Insects Infesting. Within The Last Ten Years The Onion Crop Of The United States Has Been Seriously Infested With Insects, Especially With The Maggot, The Larva Of A European Fiy, And Also A Native Species, Which Seem To Have Multiplied Rapidly From Some Unknown Cause. A Minute Thrip, Limothrips ...
Inundation Of Lands
Inundation Of Lands. Fields Are Sometimes Covered With Water In Agriculture, Especially Meadows, And In The Cultivation Of Rice. The Water Is Let In By Sluices, And Allowed To Remain For Several Days Or Weeks, And, In Meadows, During The Whole Winter. It Kills Those Weeds Which Are Not Aquatic, ...
Invention In Agricultural Art
Invention In Agricultural Art. Invention In The Processes Simplifying Agricul Tural Labor And Art Have Scarcely Kept Pace With Those Applicable To Manufactures. Nevertheless, Within The Last Ten Years, Such Notable Improve Ment In The Adaptation Of Machinery To Agricul Ture Has Been Made, That Scarcely Any Farm Labor Need ...
Iron
Iron. A Ductile Metal, Susceptible Of Taking A High Polish. By Exposure To Damp Air, It Absorbs Oxygen, Becoming Rust. Its Ores Are Very Numerous. Few Soils Are Destitute Of Some Admixture. The Ashes Of Plants Are Also Furn Ished With A Small Quantity. Cast Iron Con Tains Impurities, Which ...
Irrigation
Irrigation. In Warm Climates, Where At Certain Seasons There Is No Rain, Artificial Watering Must Be Adopted. Hence It Became One Of The First Supplementary Arts Practiced In Agriculture Among The Ancients, Especially In Egypt. The Appliances Were Crude, And The Manual Labor Connected With It Excessive; But In Those ...
Jaundice
Jaundice. Congestion And Inflammation Of The Liver, Called Hepatitis, Results In What Is Called The Yellows Or Jaundice. The Eyes Assume A More Or Less Yellow Tinge; The Bowels Are Con Stipated; The Animal Is Feverish, And There Is A General Debilitated And Feverish Appearance. 'i He Animal Must First ...
Jersey Red Swine
Jersey Red Swine. Of This Breed, Which Has Acquired Very Considerable Celebrity In New Jersey, But Which Has Not Been Largely Disseminated, The Committee Thereon, Of The National Swine Breeders' Association, Says: The Positive Origin Of This Family Of Swine Is Unknown. They Have Been Bred In Portions Of The ...
Journal
Journal. To Go Through The Year Would Occupy Too Much Space. Thus We Give A Memorandum Of Only One Week Every Two Months. It Is Not Necessary To Note Every Sale In The Journal, The More Important, And Such Transactions As One Wishes To Remember; Nevertheless We Advise That The ...
June Beetle May Beetle
May Beetle, June Beetle. Lacknos Terna Fusca. This Is One Of The Greatest Pests Oi Meadows,and Occasionally Of Pastures. Pastures, However, Are Not So Liable To Be Severely Injured When Fully Fed Down, Since The Continued Tramp Ing Of Stock Is Not Favorable To Either The Egg Or The Future ...
Juniper
Juniper. Juniperus. This Immense Genus Of Evergreens Comprises Varieties From Creepers And Trailers To The Largest Trees Of The Forest, And Are Fonnd In Every Portion Of The Earth, From The Torrid Zone To The Arctic Circle. Some Species Are Valued For Their Lumber, Others For The Valu Able Resins, ...
Jute
Jute. Jute Is The Fiber Of Two Species Of East India Plants, Corchares Capsu Lath, And C. Olitoritts,tbe Latter Sometimes Called Jew's Mallow. The First Named Is Considered The Most Valuable. They Are Annuals, And Grow To A Height Of From Four To Twelve Feet. The Jute Of Commerce Is ...
Katydid
Katydid. Under The Heading Catytid, Was Given Something In Relation To That Class Of Insects, Except The Locusts Proper, Which Go Under The General Name Grasshopper. The Katydids Belong To The Order Orthoptera, Which Includes The Earwigs, Grasshoppers, True Locusts, Crickets, Etc. Dr. Riley, In His Sixth Missouri Report, Says ...
Kerry Cattle
Kerry Cattle. The Kerry Cow, A Most Valuable Milking Strain Indigenous To Ireland, But Not, We Believe, Imported To The United States, Except Occasionally By Amateurs As A Curiosity, Are Eminently Adapted For Taking Care Of Themselves On The Hills With But Little Care From Their Owners. Hardy As They ...
Knot Grass
Knot Grass. A Weed-like Plant (poly Gonum Avicul Are); Also A Holcus, Which Produces Bulbs Ou Its Roots. Ed. Polygon?ing. There Are Many Varieties Of Polygonum, Including Buekwheat, Wild (false) Buckwheat, Knot-grass, Smart Weed, Water Pepper, Etc., And All Worthless To The Farmer, Except The Cultivated Buckwheat (polygonum Fago Pyrum). ...
Lady Birds
Lady Birds. Coeeinellidee. These Are Among The Most Beneficial Of The Insect Tribes To The Farmer And The Horticulturist, From The Fact That They Prey On Other Insects In All Stages Of Their Growth From The Larva To The Perfect Beetle. They Were Named From Coccus, The Insect Which Produces ...
Lampas
Lampas. The Horse Is Subject To Various, Local Inflammations In And Around The Mouth, Which Prevents The Proper Chewing Of The Food, Causing Working Of The Jaws, Ejection Of The Food, And Often Drooling Of Saliva From The Mouth. Persons Who Do Not Apprehend The Real Cause Apply To The ...
Lancashire Swine
Lancashire Swine. This Is An English Breed And It Is Divided Into Three Sub-families. The Short-faced Lancashire, The Middle Lancashire, And The Large Lancashire. They Are All Pure White, And Their Characteristics, Were Described As Follows, At A Convention Of Swine Breeders In The West: Until The Fall Of 1870 ...
Landed Estates And Farms
Landed Estates And Farms. As A Nation Increases In Wealth The Acquirement Of Large Landed Estates Seems To Become A Passion Among The Wealthy. In Great Britain, The Accum Ulation Of Land By The Wealthy Has Been Carried To Such An Extent That The Entire Land Of The Country Is ...
Landscape Gardening
Landscape Gardening. Landscape Gardening Is One At The Departments Of Horti Culture, By Which The Effect Of A Natural Scenery Is Heightened By Art, Or By Which A Otonous Area Is Regdered Beautiful, By Means Of Walks, Drivers, Lakes, Bridges. Rock-work, And The Planting Of Trees, Shrubs, And Flowers. In ...
Larch
Larch. Lath.. A Class Of Trees Having The General Characteristics Of The Conifers?, Except In The Loss Of The Evergreen Character, The Family Being Strictly Deciduous. When Raised From Seed The Young Plants Hold Their Leaves For Two, Sometimes Three Years, And Thereafter Become Deciduous, Dropping Their Leaves And Bare ...
Lark
Lark. The Meadow Lark, Or American Starling Is The Best Known Of Our Larks. Its Song Is Of Exceeding Sweetness, The Few Plaintive Notes It Utters Being Wel Come To All As One Of The Earliest Harbingers Of Spring. It Is One Of The Most Beneficial Of Birds To The ...
Laver
Laver. Porphyralaciniata.vulgaris. A Sea Weed Eaten As A Delicacy When Boiled; Green. Laver ( Triva Latissima) Sometimes Is Substituted. Law. Laws Relating To Agriculture, Such As. Bird, Dog, Fence, Forests, Manures, Roads, Stock, Weights And Measures, Etc., Should Be Generally Understood By Farmers. It Would Save Much Costly Litigation And ...
Lawn
Lawn. The. Lawns Of England Have Been Celebrated The World Over For Their Verdancy; Closeness Of Texture And General Beauty. This Is Owing To Four Reasons: A Most Thorough Pre Paration Of The Soil, The Moist Climate, Thick Sowing Of Grass Seed, And Frequent Cutting With The La`wn Mower. In ...
Layering
Layering. The Laying Down Of A Branch, And Covering With Earth, In Order To Induce The Formation Of Roots Is Termed Layering. It Used . To Be Extensively Practiced With All That Class Of Plants, As Carnations, That Were Supposed Not To Strike Readily From Cuttings, And Indeed They Do ...
Leaves
Leaves. The Leaves Of Plants Act, In A Sense, Both As Do The Stomach And Lungs Of Ani Male T11.‘r Wra Thn Vital Nrcrancx And May Not Be Unduly Taken Away Without Serious Injury To The Plant, For Just In Proportion To The Leaf Surface So Will Be The Roots. ...
Leek
Leek. Allium Porrum. In The 'united States The Leek Is Less Cultivated Than In Most Other Countries. It Belongs To The Onion Family. It Has Always Been Regarded With Particular Favor By The Egyptians, Who Eat It Mw With Their Bread, Or As A Sauce For Meats. It Is Fre ...
Leghorn Fowls
Leghorn Fowls. The Legliorns Are Called By Tegetmeier, A Well Known English Authority, An American Breed. They Certainly Are A Thoroughly Americanized Breed, But Are Undoubtedly An Italian Breed Originally, Being Said To Have Been First Imported From Leg Horn, Whence Their Name. They Are Among The Hest Of Our ...
Legiiminos2e
Legiiminos2e. Robinia Pseudacacia. Common Locust. Pennsylvania And Southward. Hardly Found North Of The Fortieth De Gree Of Latitude Except In Cultivation. It Is Chiefly Found In The Alleghenies And The Mountainous Parts Of Ken Tucky And Tennessee. It Is A Beautiful Tree, Attaining A Height Of Fifty Feet And Upward. ...
Lettuce
Lettuce. Lactuea Saliva. Lettuce Is A Hardy Annual Of Which The Original Country Seems To Be Unknown, But Thought To Be A Native Of Asia. It Has Been Found Wild In Many Different Parts Of The World, And Was First Cultivated In England About The Year 1562. It Is Divided ...
Lice
Lice. There Are So Many Forms Of These Ver Min Infesting Animals And Plants, That An Enum Eration Of The Various Species And A Description Of Their Habits Would Fill Many Large Volumes, As Vari Ous Genera Of Plants And Animals Have Their Dis Tinct Parasites. Some Plants And Animals ...
Lichens
Lichens. Plants Of A Very Low Organization, Which Grow On The Bark Of Trees Or Rocks, Where They Form A Kind Of Incrustation, Or Upon The Ground, Where They Consist Of Irregular Lobes, Par Allel With The Earth's Surface. Occasionally, In All Situations, They Are Found In A Branched State; ...
Light
Light. Light Is That Natural Force Which, Acting On The Retina Of The Eye, Produces The Sen Sation Of Vision. Upon Light, The Continued Vitality And Growth Of Plants Is Dependent, And In Its Absence Animals Soon Lose Vigor, And At Length Their Health Is Broken. In Agriculture, The Growth ...
Lily
Lily. A Class Of Superb Flowering Bulbs, Or Perennial Plants, The Most Of Them Either Hardy Or Surviving The Winter In The North, Under A Good Protection Of Mulch. There Are Many Species, Including The White Lily, L. Canclidum; Marta Gon, Martagon; Tiger, L. Tigrinum; Orange, L. Aurantium, And The ...
Lime
Lime. What Is Generally Understood By The Term Lime Is Quicklime, The Protoxide Of Calcium, Produced By Burning Limestones Or Sea-shells In The Free Draft Of A Fire. The Process Of Calcina Tion, Drives Off The Carbonic Acid Contained In The Limestone. If Fresh Burned Lime Be Kept From Access ...
Lithic Acid Uric Acid
Uric Acid, Lithic Acid. An Acid Occurring In Large Quantity, Combined With Ammonia, In The Urine Of Birds And Reptiles, And To A Small Extent Only In The Urine Of Carnivorous Quadrupeds. In The Pure State It Is A Very Insoluble White Powder; It Dissolves In Nitric Acid, And When ...
Live Stock
Live Stock. A Term Used To Designate The Animals Usually Kept On The Farm; Of These, Cattle And Horses Are First In Importance, Then Swine, Mules, And Sheep Follow In Respect To Money Value. The Tables Given Will Show The Number Of Horses, Mules, Cows, Other Cattle, Sheep, And Swine ...
Locust
Locust. Caloptenus. Orthoptera. The Great Devastation Produced By Grasshoppem, As They Are Generally Called, But Which Are Really Locusts, Deserve More Than A Passing Notice Of These Destructive Insects. In Every Age Of The Vvorld They Have Scourged Continental Countries. In The United States Their Depredations Have Been Confined To ...
Locust Tree
Locust Tree. Of The So Called Locust Trees, There Are Two Genera, First The Common Locust Or False Acacia, (robinia). The Common Locust, R. Pseudaeacia, Valuable For Its Timber And As An Ornamental Tree, When It Escapes The Locust Borer Unfortunately Generally Common Thiough The West. It Is, However, .said ...
Lucerne
Lucerne. Meclicago. There Are Several Varieties Of Medicago (medick) Cultivated As _m. Sativa, Or Lucerne; M. Lupulina, Or Black Rnedick Or Nonsuch; 3f. Maculata, Or Spotted Inedick; And _m. Denticulata, Or Denticulated Medick. The First Only Is Useful In The United States Lucerne, Called Generally Alfalfa In The United States, ...
Madder
Madder. This Plant Was Formerly Culti Vated To Some Extent, In The Middle Portions Of The United States, Rich, Dry, Sandy Bottom Lands Being Best Adapted To Its Growth, And The Pro Duction Of The Roots. These Were Formerly Extensively Used For Dyeing Red, But They Are Now In A ...
Magnolia
Magnolia. The Magnolia Is One Of The Most Magnificent Of The Flowering Trees Of The United States, Being Handsome In The Tree And Leaf, Elegant In Its Bloom, And Exceedingly Fra- Grant. Unfortunately None But The More Incon Spicuous Are Hardy In The West, North Of The Latitude Of Tennessee. ...
Magpie
Magpie. Nuttall, Bonaparte, And Swain Son Regard The Magpie Of America And Europe As Identical, And Audubon Approved Their Judg Ment. Its Range Is Generally Throughout Europe, But In This Country It Is Restricted To The Western And Northern Regions. It Is Stated By Dr. Richard :son That It Has ...
Maize
Maize. Zea Mays. Corn, Indian Corn. To The American Ear, The Word Corn Signifies That Important Member Of The Grass Family, Denoini Noted. Outside The United States, Among English Speaking People, Indian Corn, (the Word Corn In Great Britain Being The Term Used To Designate Grain Generally). It Is A ...
Mammalia
Mammalia. The Study Of Animated Nature With Reference To Agricultural Economy Is Cer Tainly Of Importance To The Farmer, For Thus He Learns Of Those Beneficial Or Noxious. The Fol Lowing Will Give The Principal Points Relating To The Subject, Originally Written By Mr. E. A. Samuels, Of Massachusetts; And ...
Mange
Mange. The Cause Of Mange Is The Presence Of A Minute Insect Which Live On, Or Burrows Under The Skin, Various Animals Having Their Peculiar Parasites. First Wash The Parts Well With Soap And Water To Break Up And Remove Crusts Or Scabs; Dry, And Apply The Following For The ...
Manure
Manure. Any Substance Which Contains The Elements Of Fertility, To The Soil Is Manure. The Composition And Characteristics Of Various Manures Has Come To Be An Important Study Wherever Land Has Become So Worn As To Be Infertile, And The Best Manner Of Sowing And Applying To Various Crops, Has ...
Mapl E Borer
Mapl E Borer. Legged 1viaple Borer. (.2egeria Acerni.) This Insect Of Late Years Has Done Extensive Damage Especially To Shade Maples In The West. Dr. C. V. Riley, In His Sixth Missouri Report, Says Of This Insect, That, Vieing With The Flat-headed Borer In Destructive Ness, But Generally Following In ...
Maple
Maple. Aerr. The Maple Family Is An Important One To The United States, Both From The Value Of Its Timber, And For The Saccharine Juices Which Some Of The Species Yield. These Are Notably The Sugar Maple, Or Rock Maple, A. Sacelatrinurn, And The Variety, A. Nigrum, Or Black Maple. ...
Maple Bark Louse
Maple Bark Louse. Pulvinaria 1-721771 Merabilis. Miss Emily A. Smith, Of Illinois, One Of The Most Accomplished Entomologists Of The West, Says Of This Insect: Although The Soft Maple (aar Dasycanntm) Is Generally One Of The First Trees Attacked, Yet They Soon Spread To The Other Species. The Insects Live ...
Maple Sugar
Maple Sugar. In The Article Sorghum, Will Be Found Matter Relating To Sugar Making, From The Best Data Except That Of Making Sugar From The True Sugar Cane, And Making Maple Sugar. So Far As Condensing The Sap Of The Maple Is Concerned And Converting It Into Sugar The Ideas ...
Marketing Crops
Marketing Crops. The Marketing Of Crops Is Not The Least Iniportant Of The Various Divisions Of Agriculture. Here The Farmer Becomes The Salesman, And As Much Tact, Com Bined With Strict Integrity, Is Necessary Here As In Selling Any Product Whatever. In The City Or Village, Certain Individuals Become Known ...
Marmoratum
Marmoratum. In Building, A Cement Of Pounded Marble With Lime. Alatea. This Is A Genus Of Tall, Free-flowering Plants. The Biennial And Anm_al Kinds Should Be Sown In The Open Border In Spring, And Transplanted When Sufficiently Strong. The Herbaceous Kinds May Be Increased By Dividing The Roots Or By ...
Meadows
Meadows. Lands Seeded Down To Grass To Be Cut For Hay Are Termed Meadows. Those Used Exclusively For Grazing Are Pastures. Never Theless, A Meadow Does Not Become A Pasture Simply Because The Aftermath Is Eaten Off On The Ground. The Seeding Of Meadows Is For An Entirely Different Purpose ...
Measures Of Length
Measures Of Length. Measures In Length Are The Distance Of One •object From Another In Some Agreed Standard. A Line Is The Tenth Of A Digit, And The 100th Of A Foot. A Digit Meaaure Is Three-fourtha Of An Inch, Or 4 Barley Corns Laid Breadthwaya. A Hair's Breadth Ie ...
In The Peach Yellows
Yellows, In The Peach. In The Mid Dle States, Especially Upon Sandy Soils, Peach Trees Have Been Subject For A Long Time To A Dis Ease Known As Yellows, A Remedy For Which Has Not So Far Been Found, Except That Of Grubbing Affected Trees And Burning. The Applications That ...