INDEX. 



Kbrthumbcrland quarterly reports, 120, 

 ^50,370. 494- 



O 



Oats frofted, obfervatlons upon, 



^^. Remedy for rendering them nutri 

 tious. 57. 



Obituary, 374. 



Opium, Bntilh, equal in quality to the fo- 

 reign, ■276. ^ 



Oxen — Queries concerning working of 

 them, 54. Inferior to horfes in farm la- 

 bour, 290. Defended by Lord Somer- 

 ville, 34a. 



Oxlcy, Mr. The tlirelhing machine eredcd 

 by him dcfcribed, 129 Found not to 

 anfvver, 1 30. The realbns thereof point- 

 ed out, ib. 



Parker, I\Tr, his accoiuit of the beft way of 

 conitrueting, hanging, and fafteniug gates 

 180. 



Peiit-mofs, Extract from the MSS. hif- 

 tory of, by Andw. Steel lilq. 153. 



Peebles County Survey, Review of, 2c8^- 

 explanatory letter thereof by the Revd. 

 Mr I'inlater, 220. Remarks on the re- 

 view, 418. 



Perkin's, Mr, Drill for fowing corn in- 

 vented by him recommended, 524. 



Perth, Intelligence from a gentleman near, 

 no, 236. 



Potatoes, on the culture of, and caufe of 

 the curl in, 5. Early planting thought 

 to be the caufe of the diforder, 8. 



Potatoes, hints regarding the cooking of 

 them, 521. 



Quenes — On the culture of mofs. 38. On 

 taking tar out of wool, 41. On work- 

 ing oxen, 54. On Mofs as a manure, 

 174. On drill husbandry, ib. 



R 



Red-water, Receipe for the diforder fo cal- 

 led, 402. 



Reftrictions, conftructlve, confideredas in- 

 jurious to the tenantry of Scotland, 

 and why, li. 



Review of the furvey of the County of 

 Kilkenny, 85. Of the Farmers ('alendar, 

 192. Of Dr Hunter's Georgical EfTays, 

 a02. Of Peebles lurvey, 20S. Of lettc'r 

 to the Landholders of Stirlingfiiire on 

 the malt tax, 221. Of Roxburgh and 

 tJelkirk furvey. 316. Of Lawrences 

 treatife on horfes, 326. of Bells treatdo 

 on Icafes, 333. Of di^ ikt*fti«t«i fwYcy 

 ^ DuwBlhiic, 463. •• • ' 



Roots, Experiments on the iiuimaiion 



of, 22. 

 Rol'sshire Quarterly Report"?, to8, 35?. 

 Roxburghshire, Intclligtuce from afarmcrin 



1^7-235, 362, 477, 

 Roxburgh and Selkirk counties, Survey cf, 



reviewed, 316. — 



Schoolmafters Parochial — Bill for augment- 

 ing their fularics applauded, ^52. Siiewn 

 to be arbitrary and opprefllve, 415. 



Scotland— Kctrofpective view of the cau- 

 ics which promoted the improvement 

 thereof, 100. 



Selkirkshire Quarterly Reports, 234, ^^^^ 

 478. 



Sher.p, Cheviot, — Their fupcriority pointed 

 out, 159. Confidered as unfit lor high 

 and stormy Pafturcs, 162. 



Sheep, Ihort, on the nature and mannge- 

 ment of, 160. Remarks on the differ- 

 rence betwixt them and the Cheviot 

 breed, ib — heavier than the Cheviot 

 fhe<.p upon cold and wet farms, i6i— 

 their properties defcribed, 162. 396. 

 Account of the Lammermuir lystem of 

 management 508. 



Sheep — The impr'>ved or Lcicefter breed 

 defended, 164. Epicurus's letter on that 

 fubject anfwered, ib. Mr Brodie vindi- 

 cated, ib. This breed faid to .-ifford more 

 fleib in propertion to the quantity of bone 

 tlian any other, 165. Purchased with a- 

 vidity by the mmufacturerd in England, 

 168. Their wool brings more money 

 per head or per acre than the finer qua- 

 lity, 67. Pvcply from, Epicurus 426. 



Sheep — On theii,noculation of them, for the 

 fcab, 297. Thedifcafc for which inno- 

 culation has been pradifed laid to be dif- 

 fcrent. 392. 



Sheep pox — innoculation for this difeafe re- 

 commended, T,')T,. 



Sheep — on the nature, improvement anil 

 qualities of the different foils for reariu j 

 them, 300. Curfory obfervations on the 

 Cheviot and other breeds, 394. 



Sheep, Northumberland, Account of the 

 breed of, with i«iprovements made 

 thereon, 303. 



Sheep Southdown — A trial of this breed 

 maile in Berwickshire, 412. 



Sheriff, David Eiq. Letter from concern- 

 ing a prolific ewe, ro6. 



Sinclair, (Sir John bart.) Correfpondencc 

 betwixt him and George Dempster Efq, 

 relative to highland improvements, 188. 

 Enlargement of farm, reconuiieuded. 

 191. Hints from l.im fur H^gi lanel 

 improvcujcnt, 26i. 



