INDEX, 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



VOL. II. 



SIXTH REPORT. 



PAGE. 



PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS xi 



XC. Paring and Burning 1 



XCI. Burning Land 9 



XCII. Admixture of Soils 21 



XCIII. Improvement of Peat Lands 30 



1. Drainage 35 



2. Paring and Burning 38 



3. Application of Lime 39 



4. Rules in Ireland for Redemption of Bog 41 



5. Application of Gravel or Sand 41 



6. Application of Clay or Marl 42 



7. Application of Mud or Loam 45 



8. Improvement of Chat-Moss 47 



9. Depth of Ploughing on Peat Soils 49 



10. Manures for Peat 50 



11. Cropping of Peat Lands 51 



XCIV. Warping 54 



XCV. An Experiment 00 



XCVI. Straightening a River Gl 



XCVII. Work in Ireland 62 



XCVIII. Drainage & 



1. The Importance of Drainage Go 



2. Extent of Drainage, and Embankment against the Sea 65 



3. The Ancholme Drainage G6 



4. Embankments against a River, and Discharge of Water 



by Steam-Engines G8 



5. The Deeping Fen 69 



6. The Muston Drainage, 69 



7. Drainage at Scampton 70 



479 ! 8 



