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INDEX. 



5. Proper Ends of National Policy 335 



6. Bread regarded in a peculiar Light 336 



7. Peculiar Condition of the English Laboring Population. . . .337 



8. Excess of Population 339 



LVII. Mode of adjusting Labor and Wages 34i 



1. Experiment in Germany 342 



2. Claims of Labor, and Duties of Wealth 343 



3. Results of the German Experiment 345 



4. Scotch Customs. A Digression 346 



LV1II. The Dead-Meat Markets 347 



1. Slaughter-Houses in London 349 



2. Customs of the Jews 351 



3. Mode of slaughtering Animals 352 



LIX. Vegetable and Fruit Markets 355 



LX. Market Gardens 373 



LXI. Covent-Garden Market 378 



1. Fruits and Vegetables 378 



2. Flowers 380 



LXII. General Markets 38 ^ 



FIFTH REPORT. 



LXII. General Markets, (continued.) 385 



LXIII. General Remarks and Divisions of the Subject of English 



Farming 386 



LXIV. The Soil 389 



LXV. Theories of the Operation of the Soil 392 



LXVI. A Modern Discovery 398 



LXVII. Soils of Great Britain 401 



LXVIII. Classification of Soils 403 



LXIX. Physical Properties of the Soil 404 



1. Wetness of a Soil 404 



2. Power to absorb Moisture in a Soil 405 



3. Consistency and Friability of Soils 407 



4. Temperature of Soils 408 



LXX. Peaty Soil 410 



LXXI. Loamy Soils 412 



LXXII. Humus, or Vegetable Mould 413 



LXXIII. Peculiarities of Soil 416 



LXXIV. Application of Chemistry to Agriculture 417 



