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Beans, analysis of, grown on -warp soils, 

 by T. J. Herepath, xi. 105. 



, growth of, in Surrey (Evershed), 



siv. 87. 

 , growth of, in East Lothian (Ste- 

 venson), xiv. 287; deemed tliere tlie 

 best crop for the preparation of wheat, 

 ih. 

 —— , on the bean-tiu-nip fallow, by T. 

 Burroughes, xiv. 425. 



, the growth of winter beans in 



Oxfordshire (Read), xv. 215. 



and peas, on the cultivation of, a 



prize essay, by R. Vallentine, xv. 478 ; 

 manure when best applied, 480 ; liow 

 to make them cleansing crops, 481 ; 

 varieties of beans and peas, 485 ; their 

 diseases, 486. 

 , produced on diiferent soils (Cole- 

 man), xvi. 202. 



, growth of, in Buckinghamshire 



(Read), xvi. 291. 



, winter or spring, their comparative 



advantages (R. Vallentine), xviii. 36 ; 

 winter b. less subject to blight and 

 disease if sown early on drained land, 

 37; instances of vigorous spring 

 growth after severe winter, ih. ; yield 

 per acre, 38 ; drawbacks to the culti- 

 vation of winter beans, ib. ; their 

 sovdng in October inconvenient, ih.; 

 varieties of beans, 39 ; should be so 

 ' sown as to leave space for horse-hoeing, 

 ib. 



, their feeding and manuring cost, 



value, and composition (Horsfall), xviii. 

 172. 



, long-pod, proved on analysis (Way) 



to be more valuable than lield beans 

 (Horsfall), xviii. 187. 



, the carob, see "Carobbean." 



, green-podded, as food for stock 



(Aid. Mechi), xxv. 508. 

 Bean straw, analysis of (Way), xvii. 263. 



, when steamed, given to dairy cows 



(Horsfall), xvii. 262. 



, analysis and feeding value of (Dr. 



Voelcker), xxii. 408-10. 

 Beaeds (T.) steam cultivating tackle at 

 Canterbury, xxi. 492 ; at Leeds, xxii. 

 463 ; at Worcester, xxiv. 365. 

 Bearded darnel (Buckman), xv. 470, 

 471. 



, its soils and habits (Buckman), 



xvi. 366. 

 Bearing-reins, on theii' uselessness, by 

 Viscount Downe, xv. 73 ; the cause 

 of rearing in carriage-horses, xiv. 118. 

 Bearn, William, on the farming of 

 Northamptonshire, a prize essay, xiii. 

 44. 



BEDFORDSHIRE. 



Bearne, E. S., on the application of 

 guano and other manures at Stover, 

 X. 399. 

 Beart, R., on the manufacture of 

 draining-tiles, ii. 93. ^'ee "Draining- 

 tiles." 



, on the proper materials for filling 



up drains, and the mode in which 

 water enters them, iv. 411. See 

 " Drainage of land." 

 BecqtjERel, on the theory of light, xvii. 

 422. 



, on the relation of stagnant waters 



to the duration of life, xxii. 438. 

 Bedford, Duke of, on labom-ers' cottages, 

 X, 1S5. 



Level (Jonas), vii. 64; (Clarke), 



viii. 83-93, xv. 25. See "Feu dis- 

 trict," " Drainage of land," Wliittlesea 

 Mere (Wills), xxi. 135. 

 Bedfordshire, on the farming of, a prize 

 essay (W. Bennett), xviii, 1 ; reference 

 to Stone's report in 1794, ib.; preva- 

 lence of common field high ridges, ib., 

 and rot in sheep (Stone), 2 ; topography 

 of the county, 2, 18 ; variety of soils, 

 2; rivers, 30. — The day district, 3, 

 greatly improved by under-draining, 4. 

 See " Drainage of Bedfordshire ;" in- 

 troduction of narrow 12-furrow ridges, 

 6; rotation of crops, cereals in alter- 

 nate years, 7. — Gravelly and sandy 

 loams, their situation, 8; rotation of 

 crops, 9 ; preparation for turnips, ih. ; 

 the common plough preferred to Ben- 

 tail's broadshare, ih. ; failure of the 

 tui-nip crop, 11; turnip-sick land, 12; 

 introduction of kohlrabi, 13. — Flinty 

 clay soils over chalk rod: in South 

 Beds, 14; prevalence of charlock and 

 the jjig-nut, ih. ; formerly little stock 

 or corn was produced, 15 ; turnip culti- 

 vation greatly promoted by the use of 

 Lawes' superphosiihate, 16. — Pastures, 

 ib. ; water meadows at Woburn, 17. — 

 The stock greatly improved, 18 ; few 

 horses bred, and little attention paid 

 to breed or colour, 19 ; method of 

 working brood mai'es, ih. ; principal 

 breeders of shorthorn cattle, 20 ; Mr. 

 Barnett's herd, ih. ; the Duke of Bed- 

 ford's Herefords, 19 ; sheep improved 

 by tlie introduction of the Leicester 

 breed, 20; Mr. Pawlett's flock, ib.; 

 cross-bred sheep, ib. ; the new Oxford 

 downs, ib. — Agricidtural Implements, 22 ; 

 Howard's patent two-wheel iron plough, 

 ih. ; other local makers, ib. ; Hens- 

 man's coulter fastener, ib. ; Bachelor's 

 steerage level drill, 23 ; mode of 

 thrashing, ib. ; thrashing in the field 



