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Clergy, the Norman, fond of agriculture, 205.
Climate, as influencing agriculture, 1248; in respect
to farming lands, 4718; of the British Isles, 2457;
deterioration of the, 2439.

Cliquot, Blervache, his work on agriculture, page
Clipping plants, 3155.
1216. A. D. 1789.

Closen, Baron de, his work on agriculture, page
1220. A. D. 1826.

Clouds, 2356; simple modifications of, 2357; inter-
mediate modifications of, 2358; compound modi.
fications of, 2359.

Cloud-berry, use of the, 701.

Clover, insects injurious to, 7675.
Clover, introduction of, 255.

Clover, 5521; the red, 5522; the white, 5524; the
yellow, 5525; the flesh-coloured, 5527; soil for,
5530; climate for, 5531; sowing, 5533; after cul
ture of, 5540; taking the crop of, 5541; soiling,
5542; nutritive products of, 5565; saving the seed
of, 5566; threshing, 5569; produce in seed, 5572;
diseases of, 5573.

Clover-hay, mode of making, 5515; produce of, 5563;
value of, 5564.

Coal fields of Britain, 3858.
Coal, 3855; indications of, 3856; discovery of, 3857.

Clydesdale, see Lanarkshire, 7842.

Cochin-China, agriculture of, 954.
Cochineal, the Mexican, 1189.

Cider-press of Herefordshire, 4146.
Cider-presses made from the small-leaved lime, 7791.
Cider-vat, 4148.

Cisterns for urine, used in Flemish farmery, 441.
Cistus ladaniferus, 731.

Civilisation, as influencing agriculture, 1271; in.
fluence of, in increasing the number of plants in a
country, 1770.

Clackmannanshire, statistics of, 7846.
Clare, statistics of, 7880.

Claridge, John, his work on agriculture, page 1208.
A. D. 1744.

Clark, John, F. S. A., his works on agriculture,
page 1210. A. D. 1794,

Clarke, Cuthbert, his work on agriculture, page
1209. A. D. 1777.

Clarke's opinion on draining roads, 3615.

Claws of animals, 1864.

Clay, burnt, action of, on the soil, 3220; application
of, as a manure, 3229; drying and burning, for
manure, 3219.

Cleaning cattle, 3233.

Cleaning roots, &c., $137.

Cleanliness, essential to the health of animals, 2080.
Cleghorn, James, Esq., his work on agriculture,
page 1213. A. D. 1892.

Consolidating of landed property, 3471.
Consolidation of soils, 2172.
Constantia wine, the, 1121.
Consumption in plants, 1714.
Conveniences of farm-houses and detached offices,
Continents, temperature of, 2353.
Contortion in plants, 1712.
as arranged by Waistell, 2923.

Congo, 1108; useful plants of, 1110; live stock of,
1112.

Cruickshank's opinion on pruning, 3989.
Crust of our earth, the, 2101.

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Cork Institution, the, 7922.
Cork, statistics of, 7877.

Cork tree, the, in Spain, 747.

Corn, early exportation of, 240.

Corn, whether it ought to be sown broadcast or in
drills, 4989; preservation of, after being threshed,
4989.

Corn-barn, 2847; the English, 2848.
Corn-bin, the, 2530.

Corn-bruising machine, 2558.

Corn crops cultivated in Britain, 4982.

Corn drill, Cooke's three-row, 2681.

Corn farmers, 7738.

Corn, frosted, 4996.

Corn-laws, the, 765.

Corn-measures,

2533.

Corn-rake, the, 2451; of East Lothian, 2452.
Corn-sacks, 9534.

Corn-screen, the, 2524.

Corn-stacks of the square sort, proper sizes of, 3277.
Corn-stands, 2908.

Cornwall, statistics of, 7825.

Costa, Ch., his work on agriculture, page 1220. A. D.
1802.

Cottage, a double, for two married ploughmen, 4180;

a double, of only one floor, 4178; on a smaller
scale, 4179; a good mechanic's, 4182; a labourer's,
with cow-house and piggery, 4181.

Cottage cow, the best modes of keeping a, 3846.
Cottage farmers, 7726.

Cottage fit for a tradesman, mechanic, or bailiff, 4177.
Cottages, establishment of, 3845.

Cottages for labourers, 2876-2900; in Dumfries-
shire, 7839; in the Hebrides, 7859; in Staffordshire,
7796; in West Lothian, 7845; of Kincardineshire,
7851; of Moldavia and Wallachia, 760; orna-
mental, 2897-2900; picturesque, 4183.

Cotte, L., his works on agriculture, page 1217. A. D.
1790.

Cotton plant, culture of, in Jamaica, 1213; in Sicily,

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Cress, garden, 6159; soil for, 6160; use of, 6161.
Cribs for cattle used in Derbyshire, 7799.
Cromarty, statistics of, 7854.

Crops, importance of a judicious rotation of, 4912.
4927; rotation of, 2217; rationale of, 2218; Gri-
senthwaite's theory of, 2220; the principles of,
2221; influence of, in destroying insects, 2223.
Cross-breed, when advantageous, 2062.
Cross-cutting machine, Brown's, 2715.
Cross moss-cutting machine, used at Mount Annan,
in Dumfriesshire, 7839.

Crossing, the good effects of, 2053; the bad effects
of, 2054. 2056.

Crossing, vegetable, 1632; anomalous effect of, 1635.
Crossings of roads should be at right angles, 3558.
Croton, a species of, in Brazil, used as tea, 1237.
Crud, Le Baron E. V. B., his work on agriculture,
page 1218. A. D. 1820.

Crusts of animals, 1872.

Cryptogàmia, favourite habitations of, 1734.
Cuba, agriculture of, 1198.

Culley, Messrs. Matthew and George, pupils of
Bakewell, 789.

Culley, George, his works on agriculture, page 1210.
A. D. 1786.

Cultivator, Bartlett's, 2710; Wilkie's parallel ad-
justing, 2556; Finlayson's self-cleaning, 2657;
Weir's improved, 2658; the Scotch, 2659; Parkin-
son's 2660; Hayward's, 2662; Beatson's, 2663.
Culture, effect of, on woody plants, $970; on the lig-
neous plants in common use in planting and gar-
dening, 3971; in the north and in the south of
Europe, characteristics of, 1251; the general
effect of, on plants, 1766; influence of, on fruits,
1768; influence of, on plants of ornament, 1769.
Culture of plants, the greatest refinement in, 1771.
Cumberland, statistics of, 7810.

Cumming's opinion respecting the form of wheels
proper for roads, 3734.

Curassow, the crested, 7496,

Curculio palmàrum, the, of Surinam, eaten as a
luxury, 1243.

Currant, as an orchard fruit, 4104.

Curtis, William, his work on agriculture, page 1210;
A. D. 1789.

Curwen, John Christian, M.P, his works on agri.

culture, page 1212. A. D. 1809.

Cuscuta europæ`a, 1759.

Cuticle of animals, 1845.

Cutting over old hedges, 2988. S021.
Cutting plants, 3151.

Cutting trees, the best mode of, 4046.

D.

Dairy, the, and its management, 6976; operations
of, 6977.

Milk, 6978; butter, 6979; cheese, 6980;
whey, 6981; constituent parts of milk,
cow's milk, 6983; ass's milk, 6984; ewe's
milk, 6985; goat's milk, 6986; mare's
milk, 6987; camel's milk, 6988; sow's
milk, 6989; use of these milks, 6990; lac-
tometers, 6991.

The dairy-house for general purposes, 6992;
properties requisite in a good milk-house,
6993; a butter dairy, 6994; cheese dairy,
6695; dairy for private use, 6996; dairies
for dairy farmers, 6997; utensils of the
dairy, 7007.

Milking, 7014; management of milk, 7017.
Making and curing of butter, 7019; the
making up, 7025; the salting or curing,
7027.

Cheese-making, 7039; rennet, and its uses,
7041; colouring matter, 7017; setting the
curd, 7050; management in the press,
7054; management in the cheese-room,
7056.

Catalogue of the different sorts of cheeses,
and other preparations made from milk,
1045; British cheeses, 7059; foreign
cheeses, 7090; preparations of milk,

7097.
Dairy farmers, 7733.
Dairy at Woburn, 7784.
Dairies of Ireland, 841.
Daisy-rake, the, 2454.

Dalrymple, William, Esq., his work on agriculture,
page 1211. A. D. 1800.

Dandolo, Vincenzo, his works on agriculture, page
1222. A. D. 1812.

Dartmoor, depôt for prisoners of war at, 7824.
Darwin, Erasmus, M.D. F.R.S., his work on agri-
culture, page 1211. A. D. 1800.

Date tree, the, in India, 907; of Persia, 868.
Daubenton, Jean Louis Marie, his work on agricul-
ture, page 1217. A. D. 1802.

Davey, John, Esq., his work on agriculture, page
1214. A. D. 1830.

Davies, Walter, A. M., his work on agriculture,
page 1212. A. D. 1810.

Davis, Thomas, Esq., his work on agriculture, page
1210. A. D. 1794.

Davy, Sir Humphry, his work on agriculture, page
1213. A. D. 1813; his opinion as to the application
of farm-yard manure, 2239; result of his dis-

cussion on the effects of saline substances on ve.
getation, 2311; his table of the nutritive products
of, 5000.

Davy, Sir H., table of the nutritive products of the
principal herbage plants, 5520.; table of the nutri-
tive products of grasses, 5663.

Dawson, an improver of Scottish agriculture, 796;
his opinion of lime as a manure, 4975.
Day lily, the, 5517.

Day's work of a farm labourer, 4904.

Dealings, commercial, of the agriculturist, 3384.
Dean, Dr., his work on agriculture, page 1223. A. D.

1790.

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Deposits, alluvial, 2105.

Depradt, D., his works on agriculture, page 1218.
A. D. 1803.

Der Schweizer, his work on agriculture, page 1219.
A. D. 1760.

Derbyshire, statistics of, 7799.

Déricule, his work on agriculture, page 1219. A. D.
1766.

Desbois, Francis Alexander Aubert de la Chesnaie,
his work on agriculture, page 1215. A. D. 1751.
Deslandes, his work on agriculture, page 1218. A. D.
1820.

Desplaces, Laurent Benoist, his works on agricul.
ture, page 1215. A. D. 1762.

Despommiers, his work on agriculture, page 1215.

A. D. 1762.

Destère his work on agriculture, page 1223. A. D.
1800.

Development of vegetables, process of the, 1565.
Devonshire, plan of a new village sea-port in, 3852;
statistics of, 7824.

Dew, 2364; phenomena of, 2365; cause of, 2366.
Deyeur, and others, their work on agriculture, page

1216. A. D. 1782.

Dibber, the common, 2471.

Dibblers, frame of, used in Sweden, 703.

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Down, statistics of, 7894.

Downs, 4563; sandy, on the sea-shore, improvement
of, 4564.

Dorat's machine for assisting human power, 2580.
Doyle, Martin, his work on agriculture, page 1214.
A. D. 1829.

Draftsman, agricultural, 7756,

Drag for two-wheeled carriages, Kneebone's, 2760.
Drag-cart, Lord Somerville's, 2757.
Dragging out dung or earth, 3129.
Dragon's blood, 1463.

Drain of conveyance, the, 4283; of collection, 4284;
the boxed and rubble, 4285; the brick, 4286; the
gravel or cinder, 4288; the wood, 4289; the spray,
4290; the straw, 4291; the turf, 4292; the wedge
or triangular sod, 4293; the hollow furrow, 4294;
the earth, 4295; the pipe of turf, 4296; the mole,
4299; the wheel, 4300.

Drainage of the estate of Spottiswoode, in Berwick-
shire, 4255; of roads, 3602; Paterson's, 3604; of
wet or boggy grounds, 4234; of mixed soils,
4250.

Draining, the implements for, 4307.

Draining mines, quarries, pits, ponds, and lakes,
4273-4277.

Draining-spades, 4311.

Draining, 4213; theory of, 4214.
Draining retentive soils, 4267.
Draining-scoop, the, 4308.
Draining-shovel, the, 4809.
Draining sod-knife, 4310.

Drains, formation of, 4278; the different sorts of,
4282; the best season for making, 4303; the du-
ration of, 4304; the expense of, 4305; the enemies
of, 4306,

Drain sluice, a, 4409.

Dralet, his work on agriculture, page 1217. A. D.
1801.

Dibbling machine, Coggin's, 2473. 2577; the horse, Draught machine, 2563; More's, 2564; Braby's, 2565.

2686; the bean or potato, 2574.

Dibbling wheat, 5034.

Dickson, Adam, his works on agriculture, page 1208.
A. D. 1762.

Dickson, R. W., M. D., his works on agriculture,

page 1212. A. D. 1804; and page 1211. A. D. 1799
-1815.

Dicotyledoneæ, distribution of, 1780.
Digging, 3123.

Digging up crops, $182.

Dirom, Gen., commenced the village of Bridekirk,
3850.

Dirt-eating, among the West Indians, 1224.
Diseases of animals, 1991.

Diseases of plants, 1685.

Distribution, general, of plants, 1722; physical,
1724; effects of temperature on the, 1725.
Distribution, local, of animals, 2005; effect of tem-
perature on, 2006; effect of situation on, 2009;
effect of the rapacity of carnivorous animals on,
2010; effect of man on, 2011.

Distribution of animals on the face of the globe,
1999.

Ditch, the simple, 2967; the double, 2960.

Ditch fences, 2965.

Ditch and hedge, the double, 2971.

Division of lands, 3307.

Dir, William Spier, his work on agriculture, page
1211. A. D. 1797.

Dodson, Col. William, his work on agriculture, page
1207. A. D. 1665.

Dog, the, 7391; the shepherd's, 7393; English
sheep, 7394: Scotch sheep, 7395; the mastiff or
guard, 7596; the bull dog, 7397; the terrier, 7398;
the pointer, setter, and spaniel, 7399; breeding and
rearing, 7402; diseases, 7403.

Dombasle, C. J. A., Mathieu de, his works on agri-
culture, page 1218. A. D. 1824-1830.

Drawing, $116.

Drift-sands of the outer Hebrides, improvement of,

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Driver, Abraham and William, their work on agri-
culture, page 1210. A. D. 1794.
Driving carts and waggons, 3272.
Droitwich salt works, 7792.
Dromedary of Arabia, 887.

Dropsy in plants, 1697; in succulent plants, 1698.
Drupe of plants, 1354.

Drying the bark of trees, 4051.

Dublin, statistics of, 7864.

Dublin Society, establishment of the, 813.

Dublin Society, the, 7920.

Dubois, Louis, his work on agriculture, page 1218.
A. D. 1824.

Dubois, J. B., his work on agriculture, page 1217.
A. D. 1790.

Dubrunfaut, M., his work on agriculture, page 1218.
A. D. 1825.

Duck, the, 7498; varieties and species of, 7499;
breeding, 7504; incubation of, 7505; fattening of,
7507; decoys for wild, 7508.

Ducks of Buckinghamshire, 7783.

Ducouédic, his work on agriculture, page 1217. A. D.
1800.

Dugdale, William, his work on agriculture, page | Engel, Lud. Hen. Hs. von, his work on agriculture,
1207. A. D. 1662.

Dumfriesshire, statistics of, 7839.

page 1220. A. D. 1803
Engineers, agricultural, 7754.

Dumont, Courset, his work on agriculture, page England, state of agriculture in, from the restor
1216. A. D. 1784.

Dunbartonshire, statistics of, 7843.
Dung, farm-yard, management of, 4959.

Dung of birds, as a manure, 2257; of sea birds, as a
manure, 2258; of domestic fowls, as a manure,
2261;
of cattle, as a manure, 2263; of sheep and
deer, as a manure, 2264; of horses, as a manure,
2265; treatment of, 2265; of the street and road,
as a manure, 2267; to preserve, 2278.
Dung-drag, the, 2156.

Dung yard and pit, the, 2903.

Dunrobin, mansion and park of, in Sutherland,7856.
Dupont, his works on agriculture, page 1215. A. D.
1764.

Duration of plants, anomalies in the, 1621.
Durham, statistics of, 7808.

Dutton, Hely, Esq. his works on agriculture, page
page 1212. A. D. 1808.

Duvergé, his work on agriculture, page 1215. A.D.
1763.

Dwelling-house of the farmer, 2870.

Dyce's method of blasting granite rock, 4526.

E.

Earth, the, surface of, 2109.

Earth's surface, nature of the, affecting plants, 1740.
Earth-hack, the, 2457.

Earths contained in plants, 1502. 1531; proportions
of the, 1532.

Earths, how produced, 2100; variously composed,
2110.

East Lothian, statistics of, 7834.

East Meath, statistics of, 7874.

Eckhart, J. Gli von, his work on agriculture, page
1219: A. D. 1754.

Edge railways, on the middle or sides of public
roads, 3797.

Edgeworth's opinion on keeping a road in repair,
3759; on the breadth and strength of roads, 3597;
road fences, 3617; on laying out roads, 3550; with
respect to the preservation of roads, 3729.
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, Esq., F. R. S. and
M. R. I. Á., his work on agriculture, page 1212.

A. D. 1810.

Education, improvement of agriculture by means of,
7931; of the poor, remarks on, 7824; profession-
al, of agriculturists, 7912.

Eel, 7585.

Eels, fresh water, habits of, 7850.

Eggs of birds, impregnation of the, 1975.
Egypt, climate of, 1071; surface of, 1072; fertility
of, 1073; limits of cultivated, 1074; landed pro-
perty in, 1075; the cultivators of, 1076; agricul
tural products of, 1077; fruit trees of, 1083; live
stock of, 1084; agricultural implements of, 1089;
operations of agriculture in, 1090; soil of, 14.
Elder tree, use of the, 4103.

Electricity, the nature of, 2328; a profitable appli-
cation of, 2329.

Elemi, 1458.

Elephant, the, in Hindostan, 916.

Elevation, as influencing agriculture, 1260; effects
of, on the habitation of plants, 1752; anomalies
of, 1736; influence of, on plants in various ways,
1735; influence of, on aquatics, 1737.
Elevation of lands relatively to farming, 4764.
Elevations and depressions on paper, to protract,
3348.

Elk, the, 7375.

Elliot, his work on agriculture, page 1223. A. D.
1764.

Ellis, William, his works on agriculture, page 1208.
A. D. 1732.

Elsner, J. G., his work on agriculture, page 1220.
A. D. 1829.

Elstobb, W., his work on agriculture, page 1210.
A. D. 1793.

Embanking origin of, 4320; theory of, 4523.
Embankment, the earthen mound, 4340; the
mound with puddle wall, 4346; the earthen wall,
4339; the oldest, in England, 4321.
Embankments, first made, 239; for fixing drifting.
sands, shells, or mud, 4553; in Cambridgeshire,
7786; in Lincolnshire, 7801; of Egypt, 12; of
cast iron, 4357; of roads, 3611.
Embryo of the seed of plants, 1346.
Enclosures, size of, 5832.

ation to the middle of the 18th century, 776; in
the beginning of the 18th century, 777.
Epidéndrum flós àeris, the, 1761.
Epidermis of plants, structure of, 1369.
Epsom water, 7778.
Equisetaceæ, 1329.
Ergot of rye, 5079.

Eschenbach, Ch. Ghld., his work on agriculture,
page 1220. A. D. 1802.

Escher, von Berg, his work on agriculture, page
1229. A. D. 1808.

Essai sur les Associations Agricoles. Anon. page

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Euphorbium, 1477.

Europe, present state of agriculture in, 259.

Evergreens, season for planting, according to Mr.
M'Nab, page 1240.

Excitability of plants, 1657.

Exercise, moderate, necessary for domestic animals,
2078.

Exotics, curious hot-house, of Britain, application
of, 1820, native habitation of, 1821.
Expenses, personal, of farmers, 4921.

Experience, the foundation of all knowledge, 1825.
Experiments, the Woburn, on the culture of
grasses, 5717.

Experiments, use of, in agriculture, 165.

Extract, vegetable, as the food of plants, 1528;
Saussure's experiment respecting, 1529.
Extractive, in animals, 1942.

Extracts, vegetable, 1408; utility of, 141.

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Fallow deer, the, 7372.

Fallowing lands, 4944; operation of, 4950; expense
of, 4957; of soils, 2174; objections to, 2177; ori-
gin of, 217.

Fallows, the working of, 4944.

Fanaro, Vincenzo, his work on agriculture, page
1221. A. D. 1658,

Fanners, when first made in Roxburghshire, 7836.
Farcy, John, sen., his work on agriculture, page
1212. A. D. 1811.

Farey's opinion of the width of roads, 3596; on
the size of wheels for roads. 3750; on the best
forms of axles for roads, 3788.

Farish, John, his work on agriculture, page 1212.
A. D. 1810.

Farm, an arable, commodious arrangement for,
2955; the subdivisions of, 2962; a grazing in a
mountainous country, Waistell's plan for, 2948;
for a small arable and grazing, 2949.

Farm, extent of land suitable for a, 4781; stocking
a, 4826.

Farm under mixed husbandry, Marshal's arrange-
ment of, 2951.

Farm, subsoil relatively to the choice of a, 4760.
Farm bailiff, 7717.

Farm buildings, the arrangement of a set of, 0919;
in the colder latitudes of Europe and America,
2920; Waistell's form for, 2921; at Bromfield in
Cheshire, 7814.

Farm house and outbuildings of the largest dimer
sions, by Waistell, 2959.

Farm house and offices, Beatson's arrangement of a
small, 2952.

Farm houses, Danish, 565.

Farm houses, examples of, 2871-2874; in the
Hebrides, 7859; on the Marquess of Stafford's
estates in Shropshire, 7795.

Farm labour, arrangement of, 4910; rules for the, | Ferrario, G. A., his work on agriculture, page 1222.
4913.

Farm labourers, 7711.

Farm lands, arrangement of, 4186; example of
laying out, from a newly inclosed common, 4204;
improvements of, 4571; sheltering, 4584; the moral
and intellectual means of improving, 4004.
Farm road, 3594.

Farm stables in Scotland, 2821.

Farms, the proper size of, 4151; enlargement or
diminution of, 4152.
Farms, cottage, 7766; of working mechanics, 7767;
of village tradesmen and shopkeepers, 7768; oc-
cupied with a view to profit by town and city
tradesmen, 7769; occupied by city tradesmen for
recreative enjoyments, 7770; attached to the
villas and country.houses of wealthy citizens,
7771; demesne, 7772; of professional farmers,
7773; Hebridean, 7859.

Farmstead, the particular requisites of a, £950.
Farm-yard dung, management of, 4959.

Farmer, personal character and expectations of a
professional, 4812; capital required by the,
4820.

Farmer, the jobbing, 7724

Farmer's account books, 4986.
Farmer's apprentices, 4879.

Farmers, modes of improving, 4606.

Farmer's Magazine, Anon. page 1211. A.D. 1800 ---
1825.

Farmer's Register, &c. Anon. page 1214. A. D.1827.
Farmers' Society of Dalkeith, 7533.
Farmeries, Alpine, of Norway, 1260.

Farmery, a commodious and very complete, 2956;
with a threshing machine driven by steam, 2957;
a convenient Berwickshire, £954; a Flemish, 439;
corn and stall feeding, anomalous design for a,
4173; examples of different descriptions of, 4158;
example of an economical, of 50 or 60 acres, 4166;
example of an improved Berwickshire, 4167;
example of a Northumberland, of from 400 to 500
acres, 4161; for an arable farm near London of
350 acres, example of a, 4170; for a hay farm,
an anomalous design for a, 4172; for a meadow
farm of 250 acres near London, 4174; for a turnip
soil, example of one of from 600 to 900 acres, 4168;
improving the plan of a, 4572; old, improving,
4573; requisites for a, 4156; the first thing to be
observed in erecting a, 2812.

Farming lands, climate in respect to, 4718; soil in
respect to, 4743; elevation relatively to, 4764;
character of surface in regard to, 4769; aspect in
regard to, 4771; situation of, in regard to markets,
4773.

Farming landlords, 7746.

Farming, Scotch, in Oxfordshire, 7789.
Farming Society of Ireland, the, 7921.
Farriery, as applied to cattle, 2083.

Fasting, the power of, in some animals, 1995.
Fat, 1950.

Fearn farmery, 4162.

Feathers of animals, 1858; as a manure, 2250.
Feeding cattle, 3234

Feeding, choice of live stock for the purpose of,
4835; for extraordinary purposes, 2084; for pro-
moting the produce of milk or eggs, 2090; to fit
animals for hard labour or long journeys, 2091.
Feeding tub, the, 2527.

Fee-simple value of lands, 3409.

Feet of animals, effects of the leverage of, on roads,
3573.

Fellenberg, Emmanuel, his works on agriculture,
page 1220. A. D. 1808.

Felling timber, proper time and season for, 4056;
operation of, 4062."
Felling trees, 1679.

Fen plants, 1746.

Fence, the chain horizontal, 3044; the rope, 3045;
the moveable wooden, 3046; the willow or wat
tled, 3049; the upright and horizontal shingle,
3051; the warped paling, 3052; the light open
paling, 3053; the primitive paling, 3054; the iron
for parks, 3055; the wall, 3056; the Devonshire,
3029; the furze, 3058; the sunk, or ha-ha, 2969;
the paling, 3039.

Fences, along the sides of roads, 3617; emplacement
or disposition of, on a farm, 2961; in Ireland, 840.
Fens of Cambridgeshire, drainage of, 7786.
Fenugreek, the, 5638.

Fermanagh, statistics of, 7888.

A. D. 1818.
Ferret, the, 7428.

Ferussac, Baron de, his work on agriculture, page
1219. A. D. 1825.

Fessenden, Thomas G., his work on agriculture,
page 1223. A. D. 1822

Fete, agricultural, of the Chinese, 1012.
Fibre, woody, 1492; as a manure, 2240.
Fibrin, in animals, 1941.

Fibrine, 1407.

Field-beet, 5482; best variety of, 5483; soil for,
5484; produce of, 5486; application of, 5488;
saving the seed of, 5495; diseases of, 5496.
Field-gate, Dutch, 53; Menteath's, 3095; Hunter
of Thurston's, 3096.

Field ponds, the situation of, 4475.
Fields, floating, of the Mexicans, 1179.
Fields, the form and size of, 4187.
Fife Farming Society, the, 7848.
Fifeshire, statistics of, 7848.
Fig, the Indian, in Spain, 724.
Figs of the Morea, 753.

Filbert, as an orchard fruit, 4104.
Filices, 1329.

Filtering apparatus for salt water, 4509.
Filtering, operation of, 4505.

Findlater, Rev. Charles, his work on agriculture,
page 1212. A. D. 1802.

Finland, state of agriculture in, 689.

Finlayson, John, his works on agriculture, page
1213. A. D. 1822.

Finlayson's rid-plough, 4540.

Finorchi, Anton. Maria, his works on agriculture,
page 1222. A. D. 1816.
Fiorin hay, 5807.

Fir, the Norway, great value of, 700.

Fischer, C. F. J., his work on agriculture, page 1219.
A. D. 1785.

Fischer, H. L, his work on agriculture, page 1220.
A. D. 1797.

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Fitzherbert's book of surveying and improvements,
220.

Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony, his works on agriculture,
page 1206. A. D. 1523.

Flail, the, 2474; threshing by the, $198.

Flax, culture of, in Egypt, 1080; in the Nether-
lands, 479; in Russia, 677; varieties of, 5881;
soils for, 5882; preparation of the soil for, 5886;
sowing, 5887; after culture of, 5892; taking the
crop, 5894; dressing, 5912; produce of, 5916;
use of, 5919; diseases of, 5921.

Fleming, his work on agriculture, page 1214. A. D.

1826.

Flemyng, Malcolm, M. D., his work on agriculture,
page 1223. A. D. 1754.
Floating upwards, 4443.
Floodgate, 4344.

Flooding, 2207; an example of the benefit of,
4142.

Flora, British, purchasable, 1808; application of
the, 1813; the purchasable of, 1829, 1822; the
artificial, 1804; native countries of the, 1805;
dates of the introduction of, 1806; obvious cha
racter of, 1807; genera of, 1802; uses or appli
cation of the, 1803.

Flour-mill, a hand, 2551.
Flour-mill, the potato, 2559.

Flower of a plant, 1322; anomalies in the, 1611;
short lived, 1719.

Flowering, premature, 1684,
Flowers, the most showy herbaceous, of the tem
perate zone, 1792.
Flower-stalk of a plant, 1323.
Flower-stalk of plants, 1357.

Floyd, Edward, his works on agriculture, page 1207.
A. D. 1694.

Fluids, animal, 1956.

Flux of juices in plants, 1699.
Flying, the action of, 1907.
Fogging pasture lands, 5837.

Fermentation of cider, 4128; of manures, 2271; | Fontalard, Jean François de, his works on agricul

checking the, £273.

ture, page 1217. A. D. 1794.

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