INDEX. 



A. 



Acres, number of required to supply the 

 home-market with flax, 66, 73, et 

 passim 



Agriculture, one of the pillars of na- 

 tional prosperity, 15, et passim 



Albert, H. R. H. Prince, resolves to 

 cultivate flax, 13; and to adopt the 

 Author's system of box-feeding, 301 



Anti-Corn-Law League opposes the 

 cultivation of flax, viii. ; struggle of 

 with the agriculturists, x. xi. ; the 

 Author's controversy with, 235 ; at- 

 tacks the promoters of the flax cause, 

 283 



Apparatus required for making com- 

 pound, 247 



Argyll, agriculture of, 97 



B. 



Baker, Mr., of Acle, premises of, 158 



Barker, James, Esq., important letter 

 of, 249 



Barley, possible price of, 36 ; an ingre- 

 dient of the compound, 126, et passim ; 

 mode of preparing for mixing, 135 ; 

 value of, 139 ; boiled, 194 



Beetling, 122 



Belfast, meeting of the Irish Flax So- 

 ciety at, 23 ; exhibition of flax at, 

 and prize, 92 



Belgian government impose an export 

 duty on flax, 71 ; contemplate an in- 

 creased duty, but abandon the idea, 

 131 ; increase the duties on British 

 manufactures, 245 



Belgian method of cultivating flax much 

 increases its value, 50; of retting 

 flax, 111; of steeping, 117, 120; of 

 pulling and grassing, 119 ; of making 

 manure, 140 



Belgian workmen, earnings of one in 

 the employ of the Author, 5 ; some 

 are engaged by the Irish Flax So- 

 ciety, 22 ; willing to re-engage in 

 Ireland or England, 32 ; two of them 

 engage with the Author, ib., 71 ; from 

 the Courtrai district instruct young 

 people at Trimingham, 61, 153; su- 

 periority of their mode of steeping 

 flax, 118; their management of the 

 Author's crop, 121 ; care of in sorting 

 flax, 231 



Belgium, the country where flax is cul- 



tivated most successfully, 24 ; flax 

 called the " Golden Crop" there, 25 ; 

 growth of flax in, 35 ; effects of flax 

 cultivation in, 65 ; the linen manu- 

 facture might be removed from to 

 Great Britain, 85 ; fine flax grown in, 

 88, 107 ; cost of growing flax in, 110 ; 

 soil of, 130 



Bickes, Mr., fatal discovery of, 311 



Bishop of Norwich, speech of, 54 



Blair Warren, Rev. J. C., boxes of, 

 144, 256, 330, 337 



Blakely, Rev. F., remarks of, on the 

 flax crop, 25 



Blaker, Mr., Essay of, 158 



Boxes of Sir C. Burrell, 125 ; of the 

 Rev. J. C. Blair Warren, 144, &c. ; 

 of Mr. Partridge and Mr. Whitmore, 

 144 ; of Mr. Windham, 190; cost of, 

 162 ; advantages of generally recog- 

 nized, 169 ; description and cost of 

 those of the Author, 252, et seq. 



Box-feeding, Sir C. BurrelFs experience 

 of, 124, et seq.', progress of the sys- 

 tem, 144, 146 ; long partially prac- 

 tised, 158 ; profits and advantages of, 

 293, et passim ; adopted by Prince 

 Albert, 301 ; practised by Mr. Mat- 

 thews, 304 



Buccleuch, Duke of, 145 



Bullocks, experiment with, 133; mixing 

 compound for, 134 



Burn, Mr., letters of on Home-Coloni- 

 tion, 63-65 ; on Population and Emi- 

 gration, 268 



Burrell, Sir Charles M., letter of, 124, 

 et seq. ; letter to the ' Sussex Herald ' 

 143 



Burroughes, William, Esq., 36 



C. 



Cake, double-pressed, absurdity of, 132 

 Calves, weight of, 146 ; rearing in sum- 

 mer, 192 



Cambric, price of per yard, 83 ; manage- 

 ment of the soil for, 93 

 Cattle fattened on compound, 27, 61, 



132, 133, 173, 193, 222 

 China, agriculture of, 82 

 Cobbett, visit of, to Holt, 160 

 Cobden, Mr., opposition of to the flax 

 cause, 280 ; weapon against free 

 trade, 281 ; want of patriotism, 282 ; 

 invited to Trimingham, 283 



