INDEX. 



iids of cultivation, 391 — the whole 

 county fcems cultivated like a gar- 

 den, ib. 



Ewes, (pradlice of milking cenfured) 

 458. 



Evidence (extradls frotn the) given be- 

 fore the Coniniitttd of the Houfeof 

 Commons on the fcarcity of provi- 

 fions, 307. 



Expences of an ox and horfe per ann. 

 compared, 428-433 — of an ox and 

 horfe team, ib. — of a plough and 

 two horfes, 46. 



Export of coals from Newcafllc in- 

 creafed nearly one half fince 1772, 

 310. 



Extrafts from the report of the Com- 

 mittee of the Houfe of Commons, 

 with regard to the fc:<rcity of pro- 

 vifjons, 207 — Extracl of a letter 

 from a linen-m3nufa6lurer,on flax, 

 258 — from Agricultural publica- 

 tions, 318, 411 — extradls of letters 

 from various places, fajfim. 



F 



Fallow (Summer) necefaty of, on all 

 clay foils, fliown, 48 — noticed, 205. 



Fallowing dcfcnclcd, i,},^ — account of 

 its iritroclydfion info Scotland, and 

 of the introducer, 161. 



Feudal fyftcm, caufc of the former in- 

 aftivicy in agriculture, 191. 



Farms, the proper fize of an arable 

 one demanded, dc) — large or fmall, 



• whether mofr advantageous to po- 

 puiatlon, ib. — I. Of farms altogether 

 under tillage, and thcfe being finail, 

 in ,the occupation of mechanics — 

 of iprofeffed hufbandmen — two or 

 mone. contiguous fmall farms under 

 ofti: farmer — fevcral feparate farms 

 utider one farmer. 11. Farms alto- 

 gether under pafture, confideredin 

 the lame fubdivifions as before. 

 111. Arsble and pafture united — 

 the expences — profits*— population 

 — and ftimiilus to induftry, and to 

 improvement in Agricultural fci- 

 encc, confideied in Cdch, 376-384. 



Farmers, from progreifive improve- 

 ments in agriculture, greatiy chang- 

 ed from their forintr lituation, 287 

 — not as formerly (ubjedled to per- 

 fonal labour, ib. — different kinds of 

 farmers defcribed, pajpm. 



Feal muck, the abfurd prailice of 

 paring frefh pafture turf to mix with 



dung, in order to produce this, ceir- 

 furcd, 411. 



Firing, a difeafe to which flax Is liable, 

 fo called in Ireland, 126. 



Fiars of grain in Scotland, 237. 



Floating, (on the floating of land) 

 263. 



Flax and hemp (Durno's report con- 

 cerning method of cultivating) in 

 Ruflia, Poland, and Pruflia, 52— 

 kind of foil for, $1 — what crops 

 previous to thefe. ib. — timeoffow- 

 ing, 54 — of plucking anc} dripping 

 feed, 55— of fjetping flax, 56— 

 profit of, 58 — 18 queries anfwered 

 relative to this article, 61-2. On 

 the culture of flax in Ireland— foil, 

 126 — quantity of feed to the acre — 

 mode of tillage — fleeping, 127-8. 

 Anfwers of the four fljx-furvcyors 

 appointed by the Board of Truflees, 

 129-131 — letter on the fame fubjed, 

 258-260. Appendix to it, fliowing 

 the great national advantages of cul- 

 tiv3tmg flax, 261-2. 



Fletcher of Saitoun (the celebrated 

 patriot) employs Mr Meikle to in- 

 troduce into Britain the barley.mili 

 and the fanners, 161. 



Food — on the food of horfes, 51 — ne- 

 ceflity of always having greeu food 

 on a breeding farm, 50. 



Fruit, beft metliod of preferving, re- 

 quired, 375. 



Foref)alling, remarks upon, and the 

 mifreprcfentations of newfpapers, 

 4IJ- 



Gamc'law?, animadverted on, joir— 

 confidered as not fo prejudicial, 

 266— one of the manorial claims^ 

 23 — game anciently belonged to 

 the Crown, and was granted to the 

 fubjcdl or inferior lord, 24— caufe 

 of contention, ib. — occupied by the 

 freeholder^ of alienated manors du- 

 ring the reign of Henry VII. ib. — 

 and thence the application for the 

 game-law, foopprcflive at prefent, 

 ib. — abfurd rertriiftion of licence to 

 thofe pofftfling a certain rate of 

 property, ib. — game cannot be 

 killed by tlie licentiate, without be- 

 ing liable to an a(Slion of damages 

 from the unqualified proprietor, ib. 

 Hence it is fecured for the poacher 

 alone, 25— game'laws ought to be 



repealed. 



