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Stumming, explained, s. 4132, p. 674.
Sturdy, explained, s. 7257. p. 1066.
Subcarbonate of soda, a salt in which soda predo-
minates, p. 837.

Sublingual, under the tongue, s. 6588. p. 972.
Succedaneum, a substitute, p. 846.

Swath, the bands or ridges produced by mowing
with the scythe, p. 903.

Swath balk, the line between two swaths where the
stubble is cut least closely, presenting a little ridge
of stubble, p. 514.

Sways, long bramble rods used in thatching with
reeds, p. 518.

Sweating of hay, a slight fermentation, p. 904.

Swing plough, any plough without wheels, p. 390.
Switching bill, an instrument used in pruning
hedges, p. 485.

Switching hedges, cutting off the one year's growth
which protrudes from the sides of hedges, s. 4005.
p. 652.

Synchronous, at one time, at the same time, con-
temporary, p. 1002.

Synopsis, the seeing all at once, or at one view; a
comprehensive volume, p. 881.

Synovia, joint oil, p. 965, 967.
Systole, explained, s. 6351. p. 963.

T.

Tag-belt, a disease in sheep, explained, s. 7260. P.
Tail drain, explained, s. 4414. p. 726.

Tapètum, explained, s. 6373. p. 970.
Tarsus, explained, s. 6328. p. 966.
Teathing, explained, s. 5824. p. 906,
Tecernos, explained, s. 7141. p. 1052.

1065.

Tedding hay, scattering, spreading, turning, and, in
short, making hay, p. 903.

Tenon, a projection in a rail, &c., made to fit a
mortice.

Tenon joint, a joint formed by a tenon and mortice,
p. 598.

Tenure, a holding or occupying, p. 179.

Territorial economy, whatever relates to the valu-

ation, purchase, sale, exchange, arrangement, im-
provement by roads, canals, drainage, &c., of
territorial surface, including interposing waters,
as rivers, lakes, and also mines and minerals.
Territorial improvements are mostly effected by
the proprietors of lands or their agents and
stewards, and not to any great extent by renters
of land, or farmers.

Tétanus, a spasmodic affection, accompanied by
rigidity, one species of which is known by the
popular name of a locked jaw, s. 6370. p. 970.;
s. 6432. p. 978; s. 6965. p. 1035.
Tethering, restraining grazing animals by a rope or
chain, fastened to the animal at one end, and to
the earth at the other, s. 5560, p. 876.
The line of draught, the direction in which an ani-
mal is pulling or drawing, s. 2592, p. 390.
Theodolite, an instrument used in surveying, and
chiefly in taking angles, p. 544.

Thill, the beam or draught tree of a cart or waggon.
Thiller or Thill horse, the horse that is put under the
thill, or into the shafts or draughts, p. 1139.
Thoracic duct, the trunk of the absorbent vessels,
so called from its being placed in the thorax or
chest, p. 968.

Thorough-pin, explained, s. 6293 p. 961.

Threave, twenty-four sheaves of straw or corn,
s. 3168. p. 517.

Thrush paste, explained, s. 6554. p. 988.
Tibia, the leg bone, p. 965.

Ticks, a variety of bean, called the tick bean, s.
5225, 5226. p. 838.

Tie, a bar so placed as to resist a drawing or twisting
power, p. 498.

Till, coarse obdurate land, p. 746.

Tiller, to send forth numerous stems from the root;
applied only to culmiferous plants, s. 4984. p. 808.
Tillering. See Tiller, s. 5130. p. 826.

Tilth, the degree or depth of soil turned by the
plough or spade, that available soil on the earth's
surface, into which the roots of crops strike, p. 803.
Tippling, as applied to hay-making, explained,
s. 5549. p. 875.

Tithe, the tenth of the produce of the soil, paid to
the clergy of England.
Tithing-man, a person employed by the clergyman
in a village to set out and collect his tithes.
Torrefied earth, earth subjected to the action of
fire, p. 522.

Trachea, the windpipe, p. 972.

Tramp, an instrument used in making hedges, p 431.
Tramroad, explained, s. 5795 p. 615.
Translucent, transparent, diaphanous, allowing
light to shine through, p. 811.

Tremblings, explained, s. 7253. p. 1065.

Trench, explained, s. 4412. p. 726. To trench, to
turn over and mix soil to the depth of two, three,
or more spades, or spits.

Trench drain, explained, s. 4413. p. 726,
Trindle, to allow to trickle or run down in small
streams, p. 641.

Trochar, an instrument resembling a pipe, used for
making incisions, when water or air is received
out of the incision through the trochar, p. 1034.
Truncheons, large sets, stakes, or poles, of willow,
poplar, &c. planted to form trees speedily, p. 749.
Trumpeters, a variety of pigeon, p. 1095.
Tubers, knobs, fleshy bodies at the roots of plants,
as in potato, yam, pignut, &c., p. 511.
Tumblers, a variety of pigeon, p. 1095.
Turbits, a variety of pigeon, p. 1095.
Turners, a variety of pigeon, p. 1095.
Turnsick, explained, s. 7267. p. 1066,
Tussocks of grass, clumps, tumps, tufts, or mi-
nute hillocks of growing grass, p. 518.
Twibil and hink, explained, s. 5171. p. 832.

U.

Urinàrium, a receptacie for urine, s. 6998. p. 1038.
V.

Velum palati, explained, s. 6382. p. 972..
Vena cava, explained, s. 6348. p. 967.
Vena cava ascendens, explained, s. 6348. p. 967.
Vena cava descendens, explained, s. 6348, p. 967.
Vena pórtæ, explained, s. 6349. p. 967.
Vinquish. See Pining.

Viscid, thick, glutinous, gummy, p. 1086.
Vivacious, living, sprouting, very lively, very free
of growth, p. 803.

Vives, explained, s. 6388. p. 972.

W.

Wads, explained, s. 5208, p. 836.

Walls dashed with lime. See Harled.

Walls en pise, walls built of mud rammed in be-
tween a frame of boards, p. 457.

Warbles, explained, s. 6489, p. 984
Ward-holding, explained, s. 3402. p. 552.
Warping, explained, s. 4452. p. 752.

Watering of hemp, the maceration, steeping, or
immersion of the stems of the hemp plant, in
water, s. 677. p. 107. 917.

Water-retted, watered, s. 5929. p. 917.

Water tables across a road, sunk pannels, which
conduct the surface water into drains, p. 582.
Water-tabling, explained, s. 5014. p. 486,
Watery head, explained, s. 7267. p. 1066.
Wattle, to weave, to interlace, or plat branches or

rods.

Wattled fence. See Stake and Rice.
Wattled hurdles, hurdles wattled with rods.
Way pane, explained, s. 4416. p. 726.

Wear, a dam made with stakes and osier twigs in-
terwoven, as a fence against water, p. 722.
Well-bred, explained, 2064. p. 305.
Whethering, explained, s. 6971. p. 1035.
Whin, furze, gorz, gorse, or goss, p. 510.
Whinstone, explained, s. 3654 p. 589.
Whipping out grain, striking the ears against a
stone or the edge of a board, till the corn is se
parated from the straw, p. 519.

Whipping in plants, to bruise, abrade, or injure,
by rubbing or striking against another, as the
competing branches of neighbouring trees, s.
4014. p. 653.

Whirlbone of the horse, the articulation of the
thigh bone with the pelvis, 959.
Whitten, the small-leaved lime, p. 1141.
Wilding, trees sprung up from seeds naturally dis
tributed, i. e. by winds, birds, running waters,
&c., p. 675.

Winlestraws, the withered flower stalks of grasses
standing in the fields; in English, bents, s. 5058.
p. 820.
Wornals or puckeridge, explained, s. 6968. p. 1035.
Woodward, a land-reeve or ground officer, s. 4638.
p. 760.
Y.
Yellows, explained, s. 6480. p. 984.

Tracking flax, breaking the woody part in the Yerling, one of the motions taught to horses, s. 6672.

stems of flax, s. 5912. p. 915.

p. 1003.

GENERAL INDEX.

The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs, not to the Pages, except in the case of the List of Authors, where
they refer to the page and the year in which the Author published: in such cases the word page and
letters A.D. are prefized.

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1791.

Aberdeenshire, statistics of, 7852.
Abortion in plants, 1683,

Abyssinia, climate, surface, and soil of, 1067; agri-
cultural products of, 1068; live stock of, 1069;
agriculture of, 1070.

Acclimating of plants, 1764; the more tender ani.
mals, 7390

Account books, farmers', 4886

Accounts, keeping and auditing, 4708; keeping,
4883; necessity of a regular system of, 3381.
Acid, fluoric, in animals, 1994; muriatic, in animals,
1925; pyroligneous, distillery of, at Milburn in
Dunbartonshire, 7843.

Acids, 1423; oxalic, 1424; acetic, 1425; citric,
1426; malic, 1427; gallic, 1428; tartaric, 1429;
benzoic, 1430; prussic, 1431; vegetable, consti.
tuents of, 1432; animal, 1953.

Adam, James, his work on agriculture, page 1210.
A. D. 1789.

Adam, of Blair Adam, 7847.

Adams, George, his work on agriculture, page 1212
A. D. 1810.

Adanson, Madame Aglaë, her work on agriculture,
page 1218. A. D. 1822.

Adansonia digitata, 1109.

Africa, general description of, 1066.

After-grass on meadows, 5810.

Agricultural Institution of Moegelin, 576.
Agricultural Society, Australian, 1043.
Agricultural Societies of Hanover and Celle, 593.
Agriculture among the Romans, decline of, 178.
Agriculture, as influenced by climate, 1248; by tem
perature and light, 1259; by elevation, 1260; by
soil, 1263; by moisture, 1264; by the state of so-
ciety, 1270; by civilisation, 1971; by political
circumstances, 1272; by religion, 1273; by the
character of a people, 1274.
Agriculture, bibliography of, 7896.

Agriculture during the seventeenth century, 234.
Agriculture, earliest Spanish works on, 713.
Agriculture, history of, in the ages of antiquity, 5;
in Egypt, 8; among the Jews, 17; of the Greeks,
24; of the Persians and Carthaginians, &c. 36;
among the Romans, 42; during the middle ages
in Italy, 180; in France, 185; in Germany, 192; in
Britain, 195; in ultra-European countries, 47.
Agriculture, improvement of, by refining the taste of
the purchasers of its products, and increasing the
knowledge of agricultural patrons, 7926; by the
better education of those engaged in it, 7930.
Agriculture in England during the thirteenth and
fourteenth centuries, 210; in the fifteenth century,
211; in the sixteenth century, 216; early in the
sixteenth century, 221; during the reign of Eliza-
beth, 222

ment of the subject in this work, pages 1 to 3;
the operations, 3111; the physical circumstar.ces
affecting, 1258; traditional history of, 1, 2; works
on, during the commonwealth, 250.

Agriculturists, commercial, the different kinds of,
7724; itinerant, 7725; professional education of,
7942.

Aigoin, his work on agriculture, page 1218. A. D.
1805.

Ainslie, John, his works on agriculture, page 1212.
A. D. 1806.

Air, fresh, proper for domestic animals, 2076;
noxious in wells, 4480.

Aiton, William, his works on agriculture, page 1212.
A. D. 1805.

Alamanni, his work on agriculture, page 1221.
A. D. 1764.

Alamanni, Luigi, his work on agriculture, page
1221. A. D. 1546.

Albania, agriculture of, 758.

Albertazzi, Jacopo Antonio, his work on agricul
ture, page 1222. A. D. 1811.

Albrecht, J. F. E, his work on agriculture, page
1219. A. D. 1775.

Albumen, 1344. 1406; in animals, 1939; use of,
1940.

Alderson, John, M. D., his work on agriculture,
page 1211. A. D. 1802

Alga, utility of the, 1333.

Algiers, description of the territory of, 1095.
Alkalies, vegetable, 1500; utility of, 1501.

Alletz, Pons Augustin, his works on agriculture,
page 1215. A. D. 1760.

Almond tree, the, at the Cape of Good Hope, 1122.
Aloe, the, in Spain, 723; of the Cape of Good
Hope, 1123.

Amazonia, agriculture of, 1244.
Ambergris, 1949.

Ameithon, Hubert Pascal, his work on agriculture,
page 1216. A. D. 1779.

America, agricultural operations of, 1170; field
labours in, 1171.

America, North, temperature of the eastern parts
of, 2552.

Amiot, Le P., his work on agriculture, 1216. A. D.

1770.

Ammonia in animals, 1929.

Ammoniac, 1474.

Amoretti, his works on agriculture, page 1221.
A. D. 1785.

Amoreuz, his works on agriculture, page 1216. A. D.
1787.

Amos, William, his works on agriculture, page
1210. A. D. 1794,
Amphibia, 7589.

Analysation of plants, mechanical and chemical
processes for the, 1392, 1893.

Analysis, vegetable, products of, 1594; compound
products of, 1395.

Anderson, James, LL. D., his works on agriculture,
page 1209. A. Ď. 1775.
Anderson, William, his work on agriculture, page
1213. A. D. 1816.
Angler, the, injurious to young salmon, 3892.
Anglo-Saxons, origin of the, 200.
Angus, statistics of, 7850.

Agriculture in ultra-European countries during the
middle ages, 257, 258.
Agriculture may be practised without any know-
Tedge of its theory, 1286; object of the art of, 1287;
study of the science of, 1289.
Agriculture of Britain, classification of the, 1280;
improved by the Norman conquest, 204.
Agriculture of irrigation, geographical extension of
the, 1254; of manures and irrigation, 1255; of
draining and manures, 1256; of science, 1276; of
habit, 1277; barbarian, 1278; of savages, 1979;
of water-fed lands, 1266; of sun-burnt lands, 1267;
of mountains, 1268; common, 1269.
Agriculture, origin of and importance; practice of,
in early times; recent discoveries in; arrange-]

Animals affected by climate, 1249.
Animals, androgynous, 1984; gemmiparous, 1985;
hybridous, 1986; dead, as a manure, 2245; distri-
bution of, on the face of the globe, 1999; local
distribution of, 2005; domestic, the rearing of,
2066

Animals, external covering of, 1844; importance
of, in the arts, 2013. 2019; as articles of food, 2015;
in medicine, 2018; influence of soil and climaté

on the general properties of, 2024; killed by acci-
dent not unwholesome, 2097; more numerous
than plants, 1998; necessity of a partial know-
ledge of, 1837; of Britain, 1838; noxious to agri.
culture, 7623; reared by the Romans, 156; the
classification of, 1842; the elementary substances
composing, 1917; the mode of describing, 1840;
viviparous, reproduction of, 1974; vertebrated, dis-
tribution of, 2002; marine, distribution of, 2003.
Animé, from what obtained, 1468.

Annuaire de la Société Royale et Centrale d'Agri-
culture, Anon. page 1219. A.D. 1826.

Annuaire du Jardinier et de l'Agronome, pour 1826.
Anon. page 1219. A.D. 1826.

Annuals, 1569.

Anomalies in plants, 1589; in the parts of plants,

1320.

Anstruther, Sir John, Bart, his work on agricul-
ture, page 1211. A.D. 1796.

Ant and mole hills, removal of, on pastures, 5821.
Antelope, the, 7378; the common, 7580; the cha-
mois, 7381; the Scythian, 7382; the white-footed,
7383.

Ant-hills, 5775; to remove, 5776; Norfolk mode of
cutting and burning, 5777; gelding, 5778.

Antill, Hon. Edward, Esq., his works on agricul-
ture, page 1223. A. D. 1789.

Anton, K. Glo., his work on agriculture, page 1220.
A. D. 1799.

Antrim, statistics of, 7895.

Aphides, the, or plant lice, 7682; of beans, 5256.
Apiary, the, 2845. 7603.

Apples, baking, most suitable for orchards, 4088;
cider, the most approved sorts of, 4086; table of,
4089; dessert, fit for orchards, 4090; orchard,
Ronalds's select list of, 4098; Pearson's select list
of, 4099.

Apple-mill, the, 4145.

Appraiser, agricultural, 7749.

Apprentices, agricultural, 4879. 7712.

Apraxin, M., his work on agriculture, 7907.

Aquatics, influence of altitude on the habits of, 1737.
Aquino, Charles d', his work on agriculture, page
1921. A.D. 1736.

Arabia, extent of, 883; general surface of, 884;
agricultural products of, 885; plants and trees of,
886; live stock of, 887; agricultural implements
and operations of, 889.

Architecture of Thibet, 1019.
Ardrossan, the harbour at, 7841.

Arduinio, Luigi, his works on agriculture, page 1222.
A. D. 1809..

Argyleshire, statistics of, 7858.

Armagh, statistics of, 7893.

Armature of plants, 1318.

Arrangement of plants, the artificial and natural,
1302 and 1303.

Arrow-root, the, of the West Indies, 1219.

Artichoke, Jerusalem, 5512

Arum esculentum, 1217.

Ash tree, large, in Bonhill churchyard in Dunbar-
tonshire, 7843.

Ashes for lixiviation, 682.

Ashes of plants, 1498; analysis of, 1499.

Asia Minor, climate of, 861.

Asia, the islands of, 1020.

Asparagus, treatment of, in the Netherlands, 493.
Aspect in regard to farming lands, 4771.
Assafoetida, 1482.

Ass, the, 6756; excellencies and defects of, 6757;
the different breeds or races of, 6759; breeding,
6760; breaking the, 6762; to know the age of,
6763; anatomy and physiology of the, 6764; dis-
eases of, 1665; shoeing of the, 6766.
Asses, the, of Egypt, 1087.

Astragalus bo'ticus, culture of, 6166.
Atmosphere, substances composing the, 2333; action
of, on plants, 2344; changes in the, 2345.

Atti del real instituto d'incorragiamento, &c. Anon.
page 1222. A. D. 1825.

Auditor of accounts, the most essential duty of an,
4715.

Audouin, Maurice, his work on agriculture, page
1218. A. D. 1829.

Auger, the common draining, 4314; the horizontal,
4317: use of the, in well-digging, 4481.
Australia, the islands of, 1034.

Austria, state of agriculture in, 619; landed pro-
perty of, 620; crown lands in, 622; appearance of
the country of, 623; instruments of agriculture
in, 624; agricultural produce of, 625; vine, cul-
ture of, 627; culture of plums in, 629; culture of
silk in, 630; bees in, 631; live stock of, 632;

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Banister, John, his work on agriculture, page 1211.
A. D. 1799.

Bank formed with piles, brushwood, and stones,
4350.

Bar Loch, drainage of, 4276.

Barbaro, Marco, his work on Agriculture, page
1221. A. D. 1785.

Barbe-Marbois, his works on agriculture, page 1217.
A. D. 1798.

Barber, William, his works on agriculture, page
1212. A. D. 1805,

Bard, C. P., his work on agriculture, page 1219.
A. D. 1826.

Barelle, Giuseppe, his works on agriculture, page
1221. A. D. 1807.

Barilla, cultivation of, 6194.

Bark of trees, drying, 4051; chopping, 4052.
Bark, spent, tanner's, as a manure, 2242.
Barking trees, 4050.

Barley, frosted, 4998.

Barley, 5080; species and varieties of, 5081; soil
for, 5093; manure for, 5097; climate for, 5098;
sowing, 5099; culture of, in a growing state, 5104;
harvesting of, 5107; stacking, 5109; threshing
and dressing, 5110; produce of, 5111; uses of,
5112; diseases of, 5119; insects injurious to, 7663.
Barometer, use of the, 2346. 2408; the words en-
graved on the, 2416.

Barron, William, F.R.S.E., his work on agricul.
ture, page 12 9. A. D. 1774.
Barrow-drill, the turnip, 2578.

Barrows for hay and straw 2540.

Barthez de Marmorières, his work on agriculture,
page 1215. A. D. 1763.

Bartley, Nehemiah, Esq., his work on agriculture,
page 1211. A. D. 1802.

Barton, Benjamin Smith, M. D., his work on
agriculture, page 1223. A. D. 1812.

Bartram, John, M. D., his work on agriculture,
page 1223. A. D. 1744.

Bartram, Moses, his work on agriculture, page
1223. A. D. 1789.

Base of a road, preparation of the, 3622.
Baskets, 2525.

Bassi, Agostino, his works on agriculture, page
1222. A. D. 1811.

Bastard saffron, 5987; soil for, 5990; use of, 5991.
Bath and West of England society, the, 7914.
Bauers, German, farming of the, 605.
Bavaria, former state of agriculture in, 614; agri-
cultural improvement of, 615; surface of, 616;
crops cultivated in, 617; forests of, 618.
Bayldon, J. S., his work on agriculture, page 1213.
A. D. 1825.

Beaks of birds, 1862.
Beans, Carob, 1104.

Bean drills, 2683; Weir's expanding, 2684.
Beans, 5222; drilling of, 5223, varieties of, 5224;
choice of, 5226; the best soils for, 5227; climate
for, 5232; sowing, 5233; dibbling, 5257; after
culture of, 5240; reaping, 5244; stacking, 5247;
threshing, 5248; produce of, 5249; application
of, 5251; diseases of, 5255

Beans, insects injurious to, 7666.
Beasts of labour, 2014.

Beatson's contrivance for preventing ruts in roads,
3746.

Beatson, Major-General Alexander, his work on
agriculture, page 1213. A. D. 1820; new theory
of roads, $695.

Beaunié, Antoine, his work on agriculture, page
1216. A. D. 1770.

Bed of a river, &c., 4420.

Beddoes, Thomas, M.D., his works on agriculture,
page 1212. A. D. 1808.

Bedford House of Industry, 7784.
Bedfordshire, statistics of, 7784.

Bee, the common, 7602; feeding, 7608; swarming,
7610; suffocating, 7614; produce and profit, 7615.,
Bees in Perthshire, 7849; in the 16th century, 248;
of Galloway, 7810; rearing of, in Hungary, 631;
in Poland, 655.

Belair, A. P. Julienne de, his work on agriculture,
page 1217. A. D. 1794.

Belgrove, William, his work on agriculture, page
1223. A. D. 1755.

Bell, Benjamin, F.R.S.E., his work on agriculture,
page 1212. A. D. 1802.

Beli's reaping machine, 2737.

Bend, a, 4417.

Bends for ship-timber, mode of pruning, for produc-
ing, 4000.

Benetti, Santo, his work on agriculture, page 1222
A. D. 1810.

Benin, description of, 1106.
Benzoin, 1484.

Berkshire, statistics of, 7790.
Berry of plants, 1855.

Berry, the Rev. Henry, his opinion on the choice
of live stock for breeding and feeding, 4851; his
work on agriculture, page 1214. A. D. 1830.
Berthelot, his work on agriculture, page 1216. A. D.
1782.

Bertrand, Elie, his works on agriculture, page 1215.
A. D. 1764.

Bertrand, his work on agriculture, page 1217. A. D.
1794; his work on agriculture, page 1221. A.D.1780.
Bertrand, Jean, his work on agriculture, page 1215
A. D. 1764.

Bertrochus, Dionysius, his work on agriculture,
page 1221. A. D. 1496.
Berwickshire, statistics of, 7835.
Besoms used in farming, 2468.
Betel leaf of Sumatra, 1024.

Beron, Gabriel Leopold Charles Ame, his works on
agriculture, page 1216. A. D. 1773.

Bibliography, agricultural, of North America, 7908.
Bibliography of British agriculture, 7898; of French
agriculture, 7900; of German agriculture, 7901;
of Italian agriculture, 7902.

Bidet, M., his work on agriculture, page 1221. A. D.
1778.

Billington's opinion on pruning, 3990.
Binot, the, 2620.

Birch wine, 7799.

Birds, foreign aquatic, 7567; gallinaceous, (see cock
and hen), 7439; injurious to agriculture, 7639;
of luxury which are or may be cultivated by
farmers, 7531; singing, 7563; breeding and rear-
ing, 7565.

Birkbeck, Morris, Esq., his works on agriculture,
page 1213. A. D. 1815.

Birman empire, climate of the, 934; seasons of the,
985; soil of the, 936; cattle of the, 937; plants
and trees, 938; animals of the, 939.

Biroli, Giovanni, his works on agriculture, page
1921. A. D. 1807.

Bitter principle, the, in vegetables, 1421.
Bira Orellana, 1230.

Bizhaub, his work on agriculture, page 1219. A. D.
1786.

Black, James, his work on agriculture, page 1209.
A. D. 1777.

Blackwell, Alexander, M. D., his work on agricul-
ture, page 1208. A. D. 1741.

Blaikie, Francis, his works on agriculture, page
1213. A. D. 1819.

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Book farmers, p. 1177.

Book-keeping, farm, Trotter's method of, 4885.
Books on agriculture, Spanish and Portuguese,
7904; Flemish and Dutch, 7905; Swedish and Da-
nish, 7906; Polish and Russian, 7907; American,
7908.

Bootan, climate of, 1014; surface of, 1015.
Boots worn in irrigation, 4403.

Borcke, H. A. Grafen, his work on agriculture, page
1219. A. D. 1779.

Bordley, J. B., his work on agriculture, page 1223.
A. D. 1801.

Borer, use of the, in well-digging, 4482.

Boring instruments, Good's improved, 2507.

Boring the earth for spring water, 4485; operation
of, 4486.

Boring trees, 1674.

Borneo, agriculture of, 1028.

Bornot, M. A., his work on agriculture, page 1218.
A. D. 1817.

Borro, Alessandro del, his work on agriculture, page
1221. A. D. 1718.

Bosc, K. Ad. H. von., his work on agriculture, page

1220. A. D. 1792.

Bosc, Th., his works on agriculture, page 1218. A. D.
1823.

Bóstrichus pinipérdus, 537.

Boswell, George, his work on agriculture, page 1209.
A. D. 1780.

Boucher d'Argis, Antonine Gaspard, his work on
agriculture, page 1215. A. D. 1749.
Bourbon, Isle of, 1143.

Bouthier, his work on agriculture, page 1216. A. D.
1780.

Boyce's first attempt at a reaping machine, 2732.
Boys, John, his work on agriculture, page 1211.
A. D. 1796.

Bradley, Richard, F.R.S., his works on agriculture,
page 1207. A. D. 1721.

Brain, the, 1913; functions of the, 1915.
Brake, the common, 2700; Wilkie's parallel adjust-
ing, 2656.

Branches of a plant, 1309; of trees, anomalies in the,
1601.

Brazil, description of, 1232; vegetable productions
of, 1253; live stock of, 1258.

Bread-corn, the, of temperate climates, 1784.
Breast plough, used in irrigation, 4394.
Breed, when improved, 2040.

Breed of animals, improvement of a, 2023.
Breeding, choice of live stock for the purpose of,
4835.

Bridekirk, plan of the village of, 3850.
Bridges, 3110; on roads, 3611.

Bridge, portable, for passing sheep over marsh
ditches, 7781.

Bridgewater, Duke of, the father of canals in Eng-
land, 3804.

Britain, agriculture of, benefited by the revolution,
763; progress in the agriculture of, from the revo

lution to the middle of the eighteenth century,
773; improvement in the agriculture of, since the
American war, 774; severe shock sustained by
the agriculture of, 775; improvements in the
agriculture of, during the eighteenth century, 799;
agriculture of, during the middle ages, 195; classi-
fication of the agriculture of, 1280; introduction
of agriculture into, 176; the chief mineral sub-
stances of, 3854; the climate of, 2437; deterior-
ation of the, 2439
Broadcast sowing, 3149.

Brodigan, Thomas, Esq., his work on agriculture,
page 1214 A. D. 18.30.
Bromelia Pinguin, 1221.
Broom, the common, 5633.
Broom flax, 5994.

Broom rape of the Flemish farmers, 470.

Brousonnet, Pierre Marie Auguste, his works on
agriculture, page 1216. A. D. 1787.

Brown, Lieutenant, his system of paving roads, 3722.
Brown, Robert, Esq., his works on agriculture, page
1211. A. D. 1799.*

Brown's vegetable for dyeing, 1419.

Brugnone, Gio., his works on agriculture, page 1221.
A. D. 1781.

Buchanan, George, his work on agriculture, page
1213. A. D. 1825.

Buch'oz, Pierre Joseph, his works on agriculture,
page 1215. A. D. 1760.

Buckets, Chinese, for raising water, 995.
Buckinghamshire, statistics of, 7783.

Buck-wheat, 5188, 6111; species of, in cultivation,
6112; culture of, 6113; sowing, 6114; harvesting,
6115; produce of, 6116; use of, 6117; as a seed
crop, 6:22.

Buds of plants, 1360; anomalies in the, 1603; rege-
neration of, when injured, 1680.

Buffalo, the, 6973; breeding, rearing, and general
management of, 6976; of Egypt, 1085.
Buildings, agricultural, materials, and construction
of, by Waistell, 2943; to delineate, 3564
Buildings, good, policy of erecting for the labouring
classes, 7852.

Bulbs of plants, 1313. 1361.

Bull, see horned cattle, 6773.

Bulliard, his work on agriculture page 1216. A. D.
1778.

Bunias, the oriental, 5641.

Camel, the, 7385; in Hindostan, 917.
Camelopard, the, 7388.

Camphire, preparation of, 979.
Camphor, 1189.

Campo Morto, account of the farm of, in the Ma
reimas, 305.

Canada, climate and surface of, 1192; soil of, 1193;
products of, 1194

Canal bill, the principal heads of a, 3813.
Canals, 3798; Dr. Smith's opinion of, $799; general
arguments in favour of, 3800; the great advantages
of, 3801; first made in Egypt, 3302; rise of, in
Britain, 3804.

Canal, the first step towards forming a, 3806; es.
timating the expense of, 3811; powers granted
by government in the forming of a, 3812; execu.
tion of a, 3817.

Canary grass, 5169; culture of, 5170; reaping of,
5171; common produce of, 5172; use of the seed
of, 5173.

Canary Islands, the, 1146.

Canciana, his work on agriculture, page 1221. A. D.
1776.

Cantuni, Carlo Antonio, his work on Agriculture,
page 1221. A. D. 1778.
Caoutchouc, 1490.

Cape Breton, Island of, 1196.

Cape of Good Hope, climate of the, 1114; surface
of the, 1115; soils of the, 1116; landed property
in the, 1117; farms of the, 1118; agricultural
products of the, 1119; live stock of the, 1125;
agricultural implements and operations of the,
1132; tribes in the interior of the, 1134.
Capital required by the farmer, 4820.
Capsule, valves of the, in plants, 1550.
Caraway, 6068; culture and management of, 60G9;
produce of, 6070; uses of, 6071; substitutes for,
6073.

Carbon, as a vegetable aliment, 1536; emitted by
the skin of animals, 1878; in animals, 1918.
Carcass of cattle and sheep, the chief object, 2031.
Carlow, statistics of, 7871.

Caronelli, Pietro, his works on agriculture, page
1221. A. D. 1791.

Carradori, Gioachino, his work on agriculture, page
1221. A. D. 1803.

Carrera, Antonio, his work on agriculture, page
1221. A. D. 1780.

Burges's improvement in the construction of axles, Carrots, 5443; varieties of, 5444; soil for, 5445;
2751.

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Burning out grain, 3203,

Burning lands, 3209. 4536,

climate for, 5448; manure for, 5149; sowing,
5452; after culture of, 5458; taking up, 5461;
storing, 5463; produce of, 6464; uses of, 5435;
saving the seed of, 5409; diseases of, 5470.
Carrying, 3115.

Carp, 7573; raising, 7574.

Carpenter's work-room on a large farin, 2869.

Burroughs, Edward, Esq., his work on agriculture, Carse lands of Stirlingshire, 7814

page 1213. A. D. 1820.

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Carter, Landon, his work on agriculture, page 1223.
A. D. 1789.

Carthage, agriculture of, 38.

Carthamus tinctorius, 1088.

Cartilage of the bones of animals, 1887.

Butter of cacao, 1448; of cocoa, 1449; of nutmeg, Cart, market, of Poland, 652; improved Russian,
1450.

Butter tree, the, 1110.

C.

Cabbage, 5497; culture of, 5498; varieties of, 5499;
soil for, 5502; planting, 5503; after-culture of,
5505; application of, 5505; saving the seed of,
5509; diseases of, 5510.

Cabbages and other esculent vegetables, insects in-
jurious to, 7679.

Cabbage tree, 1056.

683.
Cart, the, of Hindostan, 920; the Scotch one-horse
coup, 2752; the Scotch corn, 2753; the Scotch
two-horse, 2754; the corn, 2756; the improved
quarry, 2761; the three-wheeled, 2702; of Thes-
saly, 757.

Carts, 2744; improved two-horse, 2755.
Cart-sheds, 2865.

Carts, three-wheeled, used in irrigation, 4400.
Carver, Jonathan, Esq., his work on agriculture,
page 1223. A. D. 1779.

Castelli, Benedict, his work on agriculture, page

1921. A. D. 1628.

Cadet de Vaux, Antoine Alexis, his works on agri- Castellet, Constans, his work on agriculture, page
culture, page 1216. A. D. 1782.

Caithness, statistics of, 7855.

1221. A. D. 1778.

Casualties of life, security against, 7967.

Cale's, M. V. M., M. D. his work on agriculture, Cat, the, 7424; the genet, 7427.

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Catch drain, a, 4419.

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