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INDEX. 



U. 

 Quinces, cultivation of 



Page 

 170 



R. 



Raspberries, cultivation and var. 175 



Red-top grass ... 88, 93 



Rennet see Dairy. 



Respiration see Animals. 



Ribbon-grass .... 88 



Rice, its" importance . . 130 



varieties and cultivation . 131 

 value of the crop . 13-2, 134 



necessity of water for . . 133 



Rollers, how and when used . 82 



manner ol constructing . . 82 

 See various Soils and Crops. 



Rotation on grass lands . . 97 



of crops, when introduced . 221 

 its importance . . 222 227 



in natural meadows . . 223 



in forest trees . . . 223 



system of .... 226 



Rye, ash of analysed ... 32 



cultivation o"f 118 



peculiar arorna in . . . 118 



-oil and cultivation . . 118 



preparation of soil . . 119 



sowing and cultivation . 119 

 diseases in, for soiling . .120 



Rye-grasses, varieties of . 87 



value and description of . 93 



S. 



.Sainfoin, ash analysed . . 32 



description and value of . . 93 



cultivation of . . . 101 



Salts, constituents of . . 42 



as manure ... 42 



Saltpetre analysed . . .43 



lor manure and steeps . 43 



Hand useful to clay soils . . 15 



r'amly loams defined . . 13 



see Soils. 



tueir treatment improved by 



the roller ... 17 



grass described . . M> 



Sra-urr<| lor manure . . 03 

 Shade-trees see Trees. 

 Hu-i-p, The . . . 317301 

 317 



importai; . . . 3JS 



varieties of wild . . . :;i!> 



:U'd . . .320 



native . . . 321 



Mrrino . . . 323 330 



oryuf .... 323 



i ("rum Spam . . .'i'-'l 



importation into tin- U. Star 



vaii> .... 3'20 



Tlir . 32H 



'. imlMHiillet . 3-.) 



. 



peeullai itie*oi 



l.n-r.liiiK .... 331 



ific.iiiii, s tor rearing 



Tin- Si. mil- Down . . - 'i-n> 



ry of .... 



TheChevoil ... 33c 



Page 



The Long Wools ... 338 

 improvement of the Bakcvvell 338 

 improvement of Cotswold and 



Lincolnshire . . . 340 

 peculiarities of the Long Wools 340 

 importation into the U. States 3 

 breeding sheep . . 340 

 Winter management . . 313 



sheep barns and sheds 

 racks, mangers, and troughs . 344 

 food . " . . . . 311 

 management of ewes, yeaning 345 

 management of lambs . 346 



castrating and docking . . 317 

 tagging or clotting . . 347 

 Summer management and food . 318 

 washing .... 319 

 shearing .... 350 



smearing and salving . 3,10 



weaning .... 351 



drafting, stall feeding . . 352 

 management on the prairies . 332 

 Diseases . . . 353301 



diarrhcea or scours . .351 



looseness in lambs, dysentery 355 

 hoven, braxy, costiveness, 



stretches .... 335 

 poison, inflammation of lungs, 



rot, foot-rot . . . .356 

 flies, maggots, gad-fly . - . 357 

 swollen mouth, foul noses, 



weakness, scab . . 358 



ticks, pelt-rot, staggers or sturdy 359 

 abortion, garxet, bleeding . 360 

 wounds, to protect from wolves 



and foxes .... 361 

 Shepherd dogs . . . .361 

 Sheds, see Buildings. 

 Shell-sand for manure ... 39 

 Shovil -plows, how used . . 83 

 Silicate of potash and soda . . 45 

 Snakes destroy insects . . 234 

 Soda ash described .... 34 

 Sodium described ... 42 

 Soils described . . . 1130 

 origin and texture 



divisions of ... 1115 

 ription of varieties . 1115 

 how examined .... 13 

 ingredients necessary to them 14 

 clays, characteristics and man- 

 agement .... 15 

 gravelly, their management . 18 

 loamy, marly, calcareous, allu- 

 vial, peaty .... 19 

 effect of cultivation upon . 22 

 additional properties of . 2328 

 attraction and capacity for wa- 

 ter ... 24-26 

 various fertile, analyzed . 27 

 much lime in fertile 

 changes in .... 30 

 Soul as manure .... 4- 

 Spadin:,', advain.a'_'i's of . . . 77: 

 Spurry as a fertilis.-r . . . K. 

 cultivation of . . . . 104 



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