132 GENERAL INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



NORTHCOTE. 

 mircs, 74; the mauageinont of gi'ass- 

 land, 7G; cattle, 81; sheep, 82; pigs, 

 85; its farm-buildings, ih.; laboiu-eis 

 and cottage allotments, 88 ; the system 

 of the Rev. C. Smith of Lois Wccdon, 

 !)1 ; land-ckainage, 92 ; improvements 

 iu its fanning since 180(J, 97 ; on tlic 

 drainage of the None valley, 109. 



NouTiicoTE, Sir Stafford, on an improved 

 and elieaper system of laying out catch- 

 meadows, xiii. 172. 



, his report on the sheep and pigs at 



the ClielniMford meeting, xvii. 5(j:j. 



NoRTHiMBEULANi), its past aiul present 

 state of agriculture, by J. Grey, ii. 151 ; 

 its ancient disordered state, ih.; its 

 wooden harrows, lb. ; when its agricul- 

 ture began to improve, l.^B ; tlie ]\Iessrs. 

 Cnllcv, ih.; when turnips generally in- 

 1 roduced into its liild culture, ih. ; when 

 iirst sown iu drills in, 151 ; its soils, 

 mountain ])asture, and unprofitable 

 wastes, 15(J ; its fertile vale.s, ih. ; ltd 

 farm-leases, ib. ; tiie soil and size [of 

 farms in its diffirent districts, ih.; the 

 rental <>f the farm of Wark, 15S ; tlio 

 rental of tlie farms of the Greenwieli 

 Hospital estate since 1772, IGO; rot;i- 

 tion of crops on its turnip soils, 161 ; 

 the potato and Hopeton oats, the com- 

 mon Scotch and Angus, ib. ; growers 

 <jf spring wheat and barley with grass- 

 .seeds, ] t;2 ; wheat, cidtivation of, ih. ; 

 the oat crop, when cut, ih. ; their mode 

 of liarvesting oats, ib. ; tiie varieties of 

 barley cultivated in this county, 101 ; 

 barley harvest, ib. ; its turnip cultiva- 

 tion, ih. ; the average produce of the 

 best turnip Nortiiumberland districts, 

 ](I7; horse-hoeing turnips, ICiS; mode 

 of storing turnips, l(i9 ; the seeding 

 ])roperties of tlie turnips grown in tiiis 

 county, 171 ; their grass-seeds sown 

 with a drill, 172; its old meadow- 

 lands, 17H ; hay, how made, ib. ; hay 

 badly made tiicre, ib. 



• , the sheep stock in the hill district, 



ii. 174 ; in the lowlands, ih. ; when tlie 

 Leicester first introduced, ib. ; the dis- 

 trict for sheep, ib. ; the price of sheep 

 per head, 175 ; the first cross between 

 Cheviot ewes and Leicester rams, ib. 



, its cattle, ii. 170 ; the breed, when 



introduced, ib. ; its AVest Highlanders, 

 /7;. ; its general stock of cattle, ib. ; the 

 cross between the shorthorns and the 

 West Highlanders, ih. ; their manage- 

 ment of cattle, 177 ; stall-feeding, //). 



, ploughing l)y oxen, ii. 177; the 



farm-horses used in this county, ib. ; 

 their implements, ib. ; thrashing-ma- 



NOTTINGILVMSHIRE. 



chines, 178 ; one-horse harvest carts 

 and waggons, ib.; the ploughs used 

 here, ib. ; maum'cs commonly used, 

 180; lime, how applied, (7*. ; lime often 

 repeated, eftect of, ib. ; etfect on the 

 herbage, ih.; bone.s, use of, 181; rota- 

 tion adopted on wheat lands, 182 ; 

 farm-servants on larger farms in this 

 county, how engaged, 183; the bond- 

 age system, 184 ; duration, what it 

 includes, ib. ; hind's cottage, 185 ; 

 wages chiefly paid in kind, 18*!; ad- 

 vantages of tliis mode of j)ayment, 187; 

 farm-buildiugs of stone, how covered, 

 190. 



NOUTHVMBERLAND, OU tllC ttgriculturC of, 



by T. L. Colbeck, a prize essay, viii. 

 422 ; tlie hill or breeding farms, 429 ; 

 the tiunip farms, 431 ; tlio gmziug 

 farms, 4o;5; farm-labourers, 435; map 

 of county, 437. 



NoiiWEGi.VN' harrows, on those shown at 

 tlie Lewes meeting (1852), xiii. 31(); 

 at Gloucester (1853), xiv. 358. 



NouwicH meeting, report on the exhibi- 

 tion ;ind trial of implements at, by Ii. 

 S. Tiiompson, x. 52(1. 



, award of premiums for live stock at, 



xi. XV. ; for implements, xxv. 



XoiTixdHAMSHiiii:, the agriculture of, by 

 R. AV. GoiTingliani, vi. 1 ; tlie soil, tlic 

 new red sandstone, ih. ; the western or 

 Sivnd district, 2 ; tiie ancient forest of 

 Siierwiiod, il).; size of farms, 3; what 

 the late Duke of Portland did for Not- 

 tingham.shire, 4 ; tlie Clijistone meads, 

 ih. ; the fir.st introduction of tiie swede 

 tuniip into the county, 5; its turnip 

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

 barley crop.s, 11; its grass crops, 12; 

 see<ls .sown for, 13 ; its wlieat crop.s, 14 ; 

 use of bones for turnips liefore 1794, 

 17; its sliecp, ib.; tlic introduction of 

 the Bfikewcll breed, 18; cattle of the 

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

 its horses, 22 ; the limestone district 

 of Nottinghamshire, 23; its course of 

 cropping, ih. ; the south-eastern or 

 clay district, 24 ; its rotation of crops, 

 25 ; size of the farms, 30 ; drainage, 

 ib. ; manures employed, 34 ; its lime, 

 35 ; var}ing quality of, ib. ; Yorkshire 

 lime, ih. ; Derbyshire lime, il>. ; tlie im- 

 plements of, 3(j ; allotments to cot- 

 tagers, 38 ; water-meadows, 39 ; wages, ' 

 ib. ; the district called tlie Cans, 40 ; 

 Hatfield Cliace, 40. 



, improvements in the agriculture of, 



since the year 1800 (J. Parkin.son), 

 xxii. 159; Elkingtons deep drains, ilj.; 

 i-ecent improvements, ili. ; repair of 



