INDEX. 



60f 



Irish car, Jescriptiou of the common, i. 

 166. 



■ p;arron, qualities, food, and harness 



of the, i. 174. 



haymaking, i. 488, and n. 



loy, ii. 570 «.; and stiveen.o"! «. 



ploughs, ii. 48 : and ploughing, 41), n. 



Irrigation, origin of, i. 5'24. Efiticts of, 

 0".:5. Process of, 526. Catch-water mea- 

 dows, 527. Flow meadows, 52S. Water 

 meadows, 529. Average expense iind 

 produce of, 530. General management 

 of, 531. Making of water-meadow hay, 

 ih. Feeding of water-meadows, 532. 

 Appropriate soil and sitiiauon for, ib. 

 Suiiimary, 533. Use of the rafter level, 

 534. 



Jefferies and Co., plough of, ii. 12. 



Jerusalem aitichoke, garden cultivation of 

 the, ii. 575. 



Jessop, ]Mr., of Suttou Court, his experi- 

 ment on the growth of potatoes, ii. 274. 



Johnson, Mr. Cuthhert, his experiment on 

 the application of salt to various crops, 

 i. 3=2, 384. 



Kai.e, sea, cultivation of, ii. 573. Soil ap- 

 propriate to the growth of, ib. 



Kelp, analysis of, i. 339. Manufacture 

 and qualities of, 419. Properties and 

 experiments on the application of, as 

 maniu'e, 420. — See Soapers' Waste. 



Kentish practice of paring and burning, i. 

 349. 



Kentish practice of the round tilth rotation 



of 



crops, 11. 95. 



— of sowing canary, radish, 



and spinach seeds, ii. 329. 



turn-wrest plough, ii. 4. 



Kidney leans, or scarlet-runuers, cottage 



cultivation of, ii. 559. Garden dwarf, 



574. 

 Kilns, for hurning lime, i. 302 ; for clay, 



369 ; for drying corn, ii. 205. Russian 



mode of kiln-drying grain in the sheaf, 



206 ; for the drying of flax, 319, and ??. 



Hop-kilns, or oa^t, and cost of, 374, 



and n. 

 Knight, Mr. of Downton, President of the 



Horticultural Society, his experiments 



on the planting of potatoes, ii. 267.269. 



275. 



Labourers' Friends, Society of, object of 



the, ii. 567. 

 Lady's-mantle grass, i. 512. 

 Lambert, Mr., of Ireland, his sheep-cote, 



ii. 467. On dry stone-walls, as fences, 



546. 

 Lance, Mr., of Lewisham, his account of 



growing hops, ii. 352; his exhibition of 



of wheat, 569, n. 

 Land, value of, in the 10th century, and 



state of its cultivation at that time, i. 12. 



Ancient measurement of, 13. Returns 



from, and mode of cropping in the 13th 

 and 14th centuries. 18. Rt-nt of, at that 

 period, 19, «. Quality of, 40. Rent of, 

 56 ; and observations on lowering it, 59. 

 Leases of, 60. Covenants respecting 

 the cropping of, 65, ib. »., and C8. 

 Breaking up of meadow, paring and 

 burning of, 342. — See Soils. 



stewards, i.04, «. Qualifications of,67. 



Lathyrus pratenais, or meadow vetchling, i, 



511. 

 Lavender, planting of, ii. 331. Culture 

 of, ib. Ripening of the crop, harvest- 

 ing, and ajiplication of, 332. 

 Leases. — See Tenancy. 

 Leicestershire trolley, i. 160. Sheep, ii 



482. Mutton, 486. 

 Lettuce, as a garden vegetable, ii. 561. 

 Lime, price of, in the 15th century, i. 19. 

 Preparation and properties of as (juick 

 lime and slaked lime, 283. EHects of, 

 as a manure, when applied to land. 284. 

 2t>8. Application of, to marsh-lands, 

 clays, and sandy soils, 289. Its power 

 of exhaustion on arable land, 290. 434. 

 Efft^cts of as a top-dre«sing upon grass 

 land, 291. State in which it should be 

 apihed, 292. Qualities of. '-94; and 

 quantity to be applied to different soils, 

 296. 298. Analysis of, 295. Summary, 

 301 ; and rules for the general ajplica- 

 tion of, 302. 



kilns, i. 302. Plan, erection, and 



cost of some in Ireland, 303. Mode 

 of burning lime without kilns, 304. 

 Pot-kilns, ib. Pye-kilns, 305. Fuel, ib. 

 Lime-stone and lime-stone gravel, pro- 

 perties of, 281, 282. 

 Lincoln cart-horses, their properties and 



value, i. 172. Sheep and mutton. 

 Linseed. — See Flax. 



]v:\\y. as a food for calves, ii. 442 



Mode of making, ib. n. 

 Liquid manure, i. 270. Flemish mode of 

 preparing, 271. Quantity applied, and 

 effects of, on diffijient crops, ib. ?i. 

 Manner of the application of, ib. Effects 

 of on heavy land, 272. Chinese prepa- 

 ration of, 273. Observations on its im- 

 portance, and the use of in foreign coun- 

 tries, ib. Experiments upon the appli- 

 cation of, 270. — See Urine. 

 Liquorice-roots, soil and preparation of 

 the ground for, ii. 330. Manure, ib. 

 .Season of planting and culture of. ib. 

 Time required to perfect the growth cf, 

 ib. Product and value of, ib. 

 Loamy soils, description of, i. 444, ii. n. 

 114. Experiments on the application 

 of lime to, i. 300, Nos. 6, 7, and 8. 

 Soot, as a top-dressing to. 338. Rota- 

 tions of crops on sandy loams, ii. 103, 

 116 ; on rich loams, 105, 1 15. 

 Lol/iiim ■perenney or perennial rye-grass, i. 



514. 

 London hay-cart, description of the, i. 163. 

 Longdon, in Shropshire, homestead of, i. 

 102. 



