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VOLUMES OXE TO SIXTEEN. 



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KOKTIIUMBERLAND, 



INoRTHUMHERLAND, ploughing by oxen, 

 ii. 177 ; the fariu-hors>cs used ia this 

 county, ih. ; their implements, ih. ; thresh- 

 ing-machines, 178; one-horse harvest 

 carts and waggons, ib. ; the ploughs 

 used here, ib. ; manures commonly used, 

 ISO ; lime, how applied, ib. ■ lime often 

 repeated, efl'ectof, ib. ; effect on the herb- 

 age, ib.; bones, use of, 181; rotation 

 adopted on wheat lands, 182; farm- 

 servants on larger farms in this county, 

 how engaged, 183 ; the bondage system, 

 184; duration, what it include s, ib.- 

 hind"s cottage, 185; wages chiefly paid 

 in kind, 186; advantagesof this mode of 

 payment, 187 ; farm-buildiugs of stone, 

 how covered, 190. 

 , on the agriculture of, by T. L. Col- 

 beck, a prize essay, viii. 422 ; the hill 

 or breeding farms, 429 ; the turnip 

 farms, 4,')1 ; the grazing farms, 433; 

 fanu-labourers, 435 ; map of county, 

 437. 

 Norwich meeting, report on the exhibi- 

 tion and trial of implements at, by II. 

 S. Thompson, x. 52G. 



, award of premiums for live stock 



at, xi. XV. ; for implements, xxv. 

 Norwegian harrows, on those shown at 

 the Lewes meeting (1852), xiii. 316 ; 

 at Gloucester (1S53), xiv. 358. 

 NoTTiNGUAMSHiRE, the agriculture of, 

 by K. \V. Corringham, vi. 1 ; the soil, 

 the new red sandstone, ib. ; the western 

 or sand district, 2 ; the ancient forest of 

 Sherwood, ib. ; size of farms, 3 ; what 

 the late Duke of Portland did for Not- 

 tinghamshire, 4 ; the Clipstone meads, 

 ib. ; the first introduction of the swede 

 turnip into the county, 5 ; its turnip 

 crops, 6, 7 ; course of cropping, 7 ; its 

 barley crops, 11 ; its grass crops, 12 ; 

 seeds sown for, 13 ; its wheat crops, 14 ; 

 use of bones for turnips before 1794, 

 17; its sheep, 17; the introduction of 

 the Bake well breed, 18 ; cattle of the 

 county, 20; its calves, 21 ; its pigs, 

 i'j. ; its horses, 22 ; the limestone dis- 

 trict of Nottinghamshire, 23 ; its course 

 of cropping, ib. ; the soutii-eastern or 

 clay district, 24 ; its roUilion of crops, 

 25 ; size of the farms, 3it ; drainage, 

 t6. ; manures employed, 34 ; its lime, 

 35; varying quality of, i7.. ; Yorkshire 

 lime, ib. ; Derbyshire lime, I'l. ; the im- 

 plemeutsof, 3<» ; allotments to cottagers, 

 38 ; water-uu-adows, 39 ; wages, i'-. ; 

 the district called the Cars, 40 ; Hatfield 

 Ciiace, 40. 

 NoueIm Malingie, on a method of obtain- 

 ing immediate fixity of type iu funuiiig 



OATS, 

 a new breed of sheep, translated by P. 

 Pusey, xiv. 214. 



NowLsox, J. S., statement of a new and 

 successful rotation of crops for heavy 

 clays, iv. 409. Sec " Kotation of crops," 

 " Clays." 



Nurseries of young timber-trees, on 

 (Falkeuer), iii. 278. 



Nut-refuse (probably cocoa-nut), expe- 

 riments with, as a manure for swedes, 

 by Dr. A. Voelcker, xvi. 05. 



Nutritive value, see " Food." 



0. 



Oak, the, its planting and management 



(Falkener), iii. 268. 

 , analysis of its wood, bark, and 



leaves, xiii. 530. 

 , the growth of, in the Weald of 



Surrey (Evershed), xiv. 416. 

 in Herefordshire (Kowlandson), xiv. 



451. 

 Oatmeal, the, of Cumberland, by W. 



Dickinson, xiii. 232. 



, analysis of, xiii. 522. 



Oats, their mode of harvesting in 



Northumberland (Grey), ii. 162. 

 , varieties cultivated in that county, 



ii. IGl. 

 , the Dyock, on, by the Rev. R. W. 



Fisher, iii. 387 ; cultivation on consider- 

 able elevations, 387; Mr. Pusey on, 388. 

 , seed and straw analysed by Dr. 



Fownes, iii. 530. 

 , the average produce of Essex, per 



acre, is about 40 bushels (Baker), v. 39. 

 , the ravages of the wireworm upon 



(Curtis), V. 191. 

 ■ , experiments on, with nitrates of 



soda and potash, salt and rape-dust, by 



John Haiiuam, v. 267. 

 , little grown in Norfolk (Almack), 



V. 336. 

 , top-dressed with saltpetre, by J. 



Everitt, i. 281. 

 , analysis of the ashes of, by Way 



and Ogsion, vii. 645, xi. 498. 

 , the cultivation of, in the E. R. of 



Yorkshire, by G. Leg-ard, ix. 113. 

 , grown ou land after p.aring and 



burning ( Pusey), ix. 423. 

 , ou the situations best adapted to 



tiie growth of, by N. Whitley, xi. 50. 

 , analysis of, grown ou warp soils, by 



T, J. Herepath. xi. 107. 

 , growth of, in Gloucestershire (Bra- 



veudar\ xi. 138. 

 , analysis of oaf-straw, by J.T. Way, 



xi. 500.' 



