Gopher
Gopher. The Striped And Spotted Squirrel Found All Over The West Is Incorrectly Called Gopher. The Gray Squirrel Of The Prairies Is Also Sometimes Confounded With This Species. The Two-pouched Gopher (gemys Bursairiue) Is Entirely Distinct, And, Where It Abounds, So Destructive As To Call Forth The Most Persistent Efforts ...
Grade Cattle
Grade Cattle. Grade Cattle May Be Defined As The Descendents Of Any Pure Breed Crossed Upon The Native Or Mixed Breeds Of A Country. In The Mixed Farming Of The Older Settled States The Three Purposes Of Beef, Milk, And Working Cattle Are Desired. Hence The Grades Are Made Up ...
Grafting
Grafting. Grafting Is The Uniting, Of A Shoot Or Scion Containing One Or More Buds To A Stock Or Root With A View, By Their Union, To Produce A Superior Fruit Upon The Inferior Stalk. There Are A Number Of Ways Of Grafting, Cleft Grafting Being The Mode Usually Adopted. ...
Grape
Grape. The Grape, During The Last Ten Years, Has Come Fairly To Contest The Palm, During Its Season, With The Other Fruits Bought For Use By All Classes In Our Principal Markets. Since We Have Ceased To Be Guided By A Hot-house Standard, As To What Constitutes A Palatable Grape, ...
Grape Insects
Grape Insects. Grape Vines Are Attacked By Numerous Insects, On Leaf And Root, And Also By Borers. The Most Devastating And Dreaded Of Late Years Is The Grape Phylloxera ,which, Having Devastated The Vineyards Of France And Other Principal Vine Growing Districts Of Europe, Are Now Giving Winegrowers In The ...
Grasses
Grasses. The Great Order Of Plants In Cluded In The Graminete, Or True Grasses, Are Described Botanically As Having Mostly Hollow Stems (calms) Which Are Cylindrical And Jointed, Closed At The Joints (nodes), Leaves Alternate, Two-ranked, Parallel-nerved, The Dilated Petiole (sheath) Surrounding The Culm And Split Open On The Side ...
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 Tetraonidce, 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 Bytross 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. It ...
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. Oratcegua Aryl Ca Ntl 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 ...
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, Carya, Of The Order Juglanclatece• Is Common In Most Parts Of The States, And Is Found Exclusively On The American Continent. The Species Are The Bit Ternut Hickory, Carya Amara; Shell-bark Hickory, C. Alba; The Thick Shell Bark Hickory, C. &licata; Mockernut, C. Tomentosa; Pignut, C. Gictbra; ...
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 Inade,)•have,in The West,grown Into Great Impor Tance. There, On The Flush Prairie Pastures, Their Yield Of Milk, Rich In Curd, Is Most ...
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 Bemgin The Manufacture Of Beer. In 1840 The Entire Product Of The United States Was 1,238,502 Pounds; In 1850, 3,497,029 ...
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 ...
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 Beds Are Then Surrounded By A Frame, ...
Hothouse
Hothouse. A General Term For Glass In Gardening And Including Green Houses And Conservatories. (see Greenhouse.) 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 ...
Hybridizing
Hybridizing. Hybridization Has, Of Late Years, Come To Be A Distinct Breech Of Agrioultural Art, In The Production Of Grains, Plants, Fruits And Flowers. In Animals, It Has Been Practiced, In The Production Of Mules, Between The As 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 When ...
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 Grappling Hooks. One Set Of Tools ...
Ice Hove
Ice Hove. 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 ...
Imams
Imams. Prunus Americana. Wild Yellow Or Red Plum. East Ern United States. This Is The Common Wildplum Of The Country East Of The Rocky Mountains, From Mississippi To Minnesota. La The Valley Of The Mississippi, And Particn Larly Southwestward, The Two Next Named Species Also Occur. P. Amami& Wild Plum. ...
Immigration
Immigration. The History Of Immigra Tion, Into The United States, Furnishes 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 Hreedingof Animals Has, In Many Eases, 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 The ...
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 Tinaterium And I. Tinetoria Argeniea. 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 Bpizootie, 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 Ing ...
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 Fly, And Also A Native Species, Which Seem To Have Multiplied Rapidly From Some Unknown Cause. A Minute Thrip, Limothrips ...
Intention In Agricultural Art
Intention 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 ...
Inundation Of Lands
Inundation Of Lands. Fields Are Sometimes Covered With Water In Agriculture, Especially Meadows, And In The Cultivation Of Lice. 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, ...
Iron
Iron. A Thictile 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 ...
J Cho
J Cho T Cho Cho 1 20 90 2 3 8 3— 2 63122 6 Araclainic Acid. Glycerine. Water. Arachin. The Fats, Then, Should Be, More Strictly Speaking, Called Respectively, Tri-olein, Tri-palmatin, Tn Stearin, Etc. The Following Maybe Taken As Among The Important Facts In The Setting Of Cream. 1. ...
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. The Animal Must First Be ...
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 Throng]] 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, Only The More Important, And Such Transactions As One Wishes To Remember; Nevertheless We Advise ...
Juglandace2e
Juglandace2e. Juglans Nigra. Black Walnut. Eastern United States. This Tree Occurs In The Atlantic States, But Attains Its Greatest Perfection And Abundance In The Valleys Of The Ohio And Mississippi. It Has Been Ao Much In Request For The Timber That It Is Much Less Common Than Formerly The Wood ...
June Beetle May Beetle
May Beetle, June Beetle. Lachnos Terns Fusca. This Is One Of The Greatest Pests Of 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 Of 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 Found 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, Corchorus Captularis, And C. Olitoriut, The 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 Catydid, 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 ...
Lady Birds
Lady Birds. Coccinellicke. 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 Breed 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 ...
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
Landscape • Gardening. Landscape Gardening Is One Of The Departments Of Horti Culture, By Which The Effect Of A Natural Scenery Art Se Hlealtartarl 11, Art Or Hcr Which A Vr, Nn_ 111,. Auv. Otonous Area Is Rendered Beautiful, By Means Of Walks, Drives, Lakes, Bridges. Rock-work, And The Planting ...
Larch
Larch. Lariat. A Class Of Trees Having The General Characteristics Of The Conifersz, 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 Remaining ...
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 ...
Later
Later. Porphyra Laciniata Vulgaris. A Sea Weed Eaten As A Delicacy When Boiled; Green Laver ( Ulva 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 ...
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 N;toist Climate, Thick Sowing Of 'grass Seed,• And Frequent Cutting With The Lawn 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 Not, ...
Leaves
Leaves. The Leaves Of Plants Act, In A Sense, Both As Do The Stomach And Lunge Of Ani Mals. They Are The Vital Organs 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 Rega,rded With Particular Favor By The Egyptians, Who Eat It Raw With Their Bread, Or As A Sauce For Meats. It Is Fre ...
Leghorn Fowls
Leghorn Fowls. The Leghorns 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 Best Of Our ...
Leguminosa
Leguminosa. Mobiniapseudacacia. Common Locust. Pennsylvania And Sonthward. Hardlyy Found North Of The Fortieth De Gree Of Latitude Except In Cultivation. It Is Chiefly Found On The Alleghenies And The Mountainous Parte Of Ken Tucky And Tennessee. It Is A Beautiful Tree, Attaining A Height Of Fifty Feet And Upward. The ...
Lettuce
Lettuce. Lactuca Sativa. 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 ...
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. Candidum; Marta Gon, L. Martagon; Tiger, L. Tigrinum; Orange, L. Aurantium, And ...
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 ...
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 Grasshoppers, 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 World 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. Pseuclaeada, Valuable For Its Timber And As An Ornamental Tree, When It Escapes The Locust Borer Unfortunately Generally Common Through The West. It Is, However, Said ...
Lucerne
Lucerne. Meclicagb. There Are Several Varieties Of Medicago (medick) Cultivated As M. Saliva, Or Lucerne; M. Lupulina, Or Black Medick Or Nonsuch; M. Maculata, Or Spotted Medick; 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 Magnplia 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 *enerally 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 Member Of The Grass Family, Denomi Nated. Outside The United States, Among English Speaking People, Indian Corn, (the Word Corn In Great Britain Bein* The Term Used To Designate Grain Generally). It Is A Plant ...
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 ...