Page
& Working of Horned Cattle
Page
1029 III. Fattening of Swine
. 100
9. Anatomy and Physiology of the Bull and IV. Curing of Pork and Bacon
1070
Cos
- 1031 V. Diseases of Swine
10 Diseases of Horned Cattle
. 1071
1032
IL The Buffalo
- 1035
CUAP. VIII.
CHAP. V.
of the Goat, Rabbit, Hare, Dormouse, Deer,
The Dairy and its Management
and various other Animals, that are or may
I Chemical Principles of Milk, and the Proper.
be subjected to British Agriculture
. 1071
ties of the Milk of different Animals 1036
IL The Dairy House, its Furniture and Uten-
Chap. IX.
1057 Animals of the Bird Kind employed in Agri-
IIL Milking and the general Management of
culture
10SS
1040 1. Poultry Houses and their Furniture and
IV. Maling and Curing of Butter
- 1041
Utensils
. 1083
V. Process of Cheese-raking
1013
IL Gallinaceous Fowls, their Kinds, Breeding,
VI. Catalogue of the different sorts of Cheeses
Rearing, and Management
and other Preparations made from Milk 1045 III. Anserine or Aquatic Fowls
. 101
IV. Diseases of Poultry
11.95
CHAP. VI.
V. Birds of Luxury which are or may be cul.
The Sheep
tivated by Farmers
1 Varieties of Sheep
1049
IL Criteria of Properties in Sheep
. 1052
Chap. X.
IIL Breeding of Sheep
1053 Fish and Amphibious Animals subjected to
IV, Rearing and general Management of
Cultivation
. 1100
Sheep
1055
1. Reaning and Management of Sheep on
CHAP. XI.
rich grass and arable Lands
1056
2 Rearing and general Management of
Insects and Worms which are or may be sub-
Sheep on Hilly and Mountainous Dis- jected to Culture
. 1104
tricts, or what is generally termed Store
Sheep Husbandry
1058
Chap. XII.
V. Folding of Sheep
1061 Animals noxious to Agriculture
VI. of Fattening Sheep and Lambs
1062
1. Noxious Mammalia
- 1108
VIL Probable Improvement to be derived II. Birds injurious to Agriculture
. 1112
from Crosses of the Merino Breed of
III. Insects injurious to Agriculture . 1112
Sheep
VIII. Anatomy and Physiology of Sheep
1. Physiology of Insects
. 1112
. 1064
IX. Diseases of Sheep
2 Arrangement or Classification of Insects 1113
1061
3. Insects injurious to live Stock
. 1114
4. Insects injurious to Vegetables
. 1115
CHAP. VII.
5. Insects injurious to Food, Clothing, &c. 1118
The Swine
1067 6. Operations for subduing insects
1119
1 Varieties of the Common
Hog
1068 IV, Worm-like Animals injurious to Agri.
II. Breeding and Rearing of Swine
1069
culture
1120
ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE SUBJECTS.
Those marked + are chiefly of historical interest; those marked * are considered the best of their kind.
No.
Picks and Mattocks. 2 Primeval pick of Egypt 25 † Pick of the ancient Britons 124 + Picks or Pick hoes of Java 450 * The planter's foot-pick 590 6 * The planting-mattock 590 c * The planter's adze 1115 a, b Grubbing-mattocks of Devonshire
Spades. 14 | The Roman spade 155 | The Bushman's spade 1136 The caschrom or Highland spade 210 The Flemish spade 211 * The turf spade 661 * Draining-spades 679, 680 * Irrigating-spades 4696 * The hedger's spade 655 a The semicylindrical draining-spade
Page No.
Page Dibbles. 5 91 The Swedish dibbling-board
112 38 224 * The double corn-dibble
372 152 481
Scythes. 6+1 651 21 | Italian scythe and scythe stone of the 1170 middle ages
33 25 † 26
nes of the Ancient Britons 38 49 The Brabant cradle scythe
69 24 61 The great Brabant scythe
83 182 60 • The Hainault scythe
83 1197 225 * The improved Hainault scythe
379 369 226 * The improved cradle scythe
373 369 712
Reaping-hooks. 725
6 The reaping-hook of Egypt 485
7 25 + 27 + Ancient British reaping-hooks 38 710 121 i The reaping-hook of Ceylon
149 125 a, b + Reaping-hooks of Java
152 227 * The improved reaping-hook
373 481 712
Boring Instruments. 705
228 # The stack-borer 1170
373 712
238 * 239 * 240* Good's improved well-borers 377, 378 725 241 * Busby's quicksand borer
$78 242 * The peat borer
378 662 The common draining-borer
712 663 The horizontal boring-machine
713 38 708 * The root borer for risting roots by gun725 powder
744 856 704–707 Stone borers, or jumpers for blasting 596 stones
743
Shovels and Scoops. 459. The ditcher's shovel 661 d * The drainer's shovel 680 a, l* Irrigation shovels 1115 c The Devonshire paring-shovel 661 a, b, c* Draining-scoops 680 * The irrigator's scoop
Forks. 25, 26, 27 + Forks of the Ancient Britons 682 c * The irrigator's fork 753 * Forks for spreading dung 548 * The road-maker's fork
Drags or Hacks, and Pronged Hoes. 752 * A light dung drag 756 * A turnip-hook, or pronged hoe 215 * A three-pronged double hoe 282 * The pronged hoe and turnip chopper
Hedge-bills and Pruning-ares, and ground Knives.
36 + The pruning-hook of the middle ages 53 121 at The jungle-hook of Ceylon
149 121 b † The pruning-axe of Ceylon
149 125 c to g + The pruning-hooks of Java 152 229 a * The Berwickshire hedge-bill or hedgescimitar
374 999 c* The bill-hook
374 229 d * The dressing-hook
S7+ 229 e * The lopping-hook
374 999 6 * The hedge axe
374 469 d * The hedge switching.bill
485 469 e Stephens's hedge-cutting bill
485 469 f * Stephens's hedge-axe
485 661 * The drainer's sod knife
712 681 The turf knife
795 682 a * The water scythe
725 682 6 * The water-hook
725
Hocs. 121 ct The hoe of Ceylon 124 b, ct The hoes of Java 215 * The double hoc, with a pronged blade 216 Ducket's hoes 469 a The common Dutch hoe 217 • The improved Dutch hoe 218 * Knight's improved thrust-hoe 219 * The Spanish draw-hoe 513 The Dutch wheel hoe 590 d * Sang's plantation-hoe 760 * The best turnip hand-hoe
Weeding Implements. 220 * Baker's thistle-extirpator 221 a * The Scotch thistle-drawers 221 6 * The Havre weeding-pincers
Level Instruments. 234 The common road-level 933 * Parker's level 235 a * The American level 235 6 * The square level 235 c * The object staff 235 d to h * The levelling staff 519 * Telford's road-level 677 a * Brown's irrigator's portable level 678 * The compass-level
Hand-Hummelling Implements. 405 • The hummelling.roller 406 The hummelling-beater
375 375 576 376 S76 376 596 725 795
Rope-twisters. 223 The improved twisting-crook :