604 



INDEX. 



Fences, direction of, ii. 534. Hedge-jilant- 

 ing and ditcliiug, 5o5. Operations of, 

 ib. Fruning and training of hedges, 

 537. Breadth and heighth of, 538. 

 Mode of re-making hedges and pleash- 

 ing, 539. Gapping, 540. Planting of 

 hedge-row timber, and sorts to be 

 chosen, 541. Protection and pruning 

 of, 54J. Field-gates, construction, hang- 

 ing, and fastening of, 543. Swing-gates, 

 544. Stiles and cage-wickets, 545. 

 Comparative view of the expense, secu- 

 rity, and protection of hedges and w«lis 

 as fences, ib. Height and mode of 

 erecting dr}' stone walls. For enact- 

 ments regarding Turnpike roads, see 

 Append., No. I. 



Fens, different qualities of soil in the, i. 

 46(i. Thtir culture, 467. Salt marshes, 

 and marsh-meadow, ib. Operation of 

 warping, ib. Courses of cropping in 

 the, ii. 107. 120. 



Fescue grasses, namely — 



Festuca canibrica, or Welsh fescne, i. 51 1 



durwscula, „ hard do. ib. 



elatior, ,, tall do. ib. 



JJtiitaiis, „ flote do. 517 



glabra, „ smooth do. 511 



ioliacea, „ darnel-like do. ib. 



oviria, „ sheep's do. ib. 



praleiisis, „ meadow do. ib. 



rub}-a, „ creeping do. ib. 



Field-mice, injuries committed by, ii. 532. 

 Mode adopted in the Forest of Dean for 

 the destruction of, ib. ; and for clearing 

 stacks of, ib. 



Fiulayson s self-clearing plough, descrip- 

 tion of, ii. lo; and self-cleaning harrow, 

 27. His rules for ploughing, 40. 



Fiorin grass, introduction of into cultiva- 

 tion, i. 518. Qualities of, ib. Its culti- 

 vation and value as a winter-grass, 519. 

 Soil and climate to which it is appro- 

 priate, ib. 



Fire-blast, a disease of hops, ii. 354. 



Firing of dung, i. 233, 432. 



Fish-shells, use and effects of, as manure, 

 i. 282. 



Fitz Herbert's Booke of Ilnsbandrie, i.21. 



Flax, application of iicpiid manure to the 

 growth of, i. 271. Description of the 

 plant, ii. 316. Appropriate soil lor its 

 cultivation, 317. Treatment of the 

 crop, 318. Process of water-retting, ib. 

 Flemish mode, 319. Dew-retting, 320. 

 Preparation of the plant when intendeil 

 for yarn, and operations of " skutch- 

 ing" and '' heckling," ib. Process of 

 *' rippling"' the seecl for its separation; 

 its application, as linseed, and average 

 amount of the whole croj) in yarn and 

 seed, 321. Account of the foreign 

 growth and preparation of the plant, as 

 yarn, with observations thereupon, 7i. 

 ib. — See Hemp. 



Flemish mode of preparing liquid ma- 

 nure, i. 271. 



Flesh-flies, numbers, and injury of to 



sheep, ii. 404. Indications of sheep 

 being struck by, 495. Kemedies ; and 

 precautions to guard against the attacks 

 of, ib. 



Flinty soils, observations on, i. 443. 



Flote fox-tail grass, i. 5)7. 



Flour, different weights and qualities of. 

 ii. 137. 155. Trial of the value of 

 Scotch and English wheaten flour, ib., 

 «. 



Flux, a disease of calves, and cordial for, 

 ii. 448. Of sheep, 500. Causes and 

 remedy of, ib. Effects of on young 

 lambs, ib. 



Fodder, nature and value of, i. 132. Re- 

 lative properties of the different species 

 of, 133. 



Fogging of pastiu'e land, i. 484. 



Folding of sheep, opinions entertained on 

 the, ii. 464. Formation of the fold, 465. 

 Average number of sheep required to 

 fold an acre of ground, 466. Acreable 

 value of the dimg, ib. Standing folds, 

 ib. ; and quantity and value of the ma- 

 nure therein produced, i. 228, ii. 467. 

 Management of fold-manure, i. 430, w. 

 Sheep-cotes: construction and cost of, 

 with observations on their use, ii. 468 

 and /I. Stells : form, cost, and accom- 

 modation of, in mountainous districts, 

 470, Respective advantages and dis- 

 advantages of moveable and standing 

 folds, stells, and sheep-cotes, ib. 



Foot-rot, a disease of sheep, ii. 497. In- 

 dication of, and remedies for, 498. 



Forbes, Mr., of Pinefield, near Elgin, his 

 experiments on the application of salt 

 to various crops, i. 384. 



Forme of Cury, i. 3. 



Foxdioundsof Ed. I., expenses of the, i. 15. 



Fredeiick's Oord, colony of, ii. 567, ti. 



Free Martins, ii. 369, 438. 



Warrerr, right of, i. 14. 



Furriers' clijipings, application and price of, 

 as manirre, i. 426. 



Furze, as food for horses, mode of prepa- 

 ration arrd cost of, i. 434. 



, mill for the bruizing of, ib. 



Ga:\ik-La-vvs, origin and severity of the 

 ancient, i. 14. 115. Abstract of the 

 present enactments respecting. Append., 

 No. I. 



Gardening in England during the early 

 ages, i. 3. Price of cabbages and 

 carrots in 1595, and of potatoes in the 

 l~th century, ib. 



Gardens, plan and cultivation of, tor cot- 

 tagers, ii. 555 to 562; for farmers, 572. 



Geese, food and pluckingof, ii. 532. 



Giddy, Mr. Davies, experiments of, on 

 salt as a dressing to turnips, i. 333. 



Glossary of weeds. Append., No. \'. 



Gloucester cheese, manufacture of; break- 

 ing of the curd, aird extraction of the 

 whey, ii. 429. Salting, 430. Colouring, 

 ib. Characteristics of the double and sin- 

 irle sorts of it. — Sec Dairv, 



