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INDEX. 



Long-dunir, i. 244.4.31. 



Loy, or Irish spadt", desciiptiuii of the, ii. 

 570. 



Lucenio, (h'scviption and cu'tivafioii of, ii. 

 307. Soil iiud preparation for, 308. 

 Growth of, ib. 71. Seed of, 309, 310. 

 Mode of treatment during the growth 

 of, ib. Application of the crop, 1. 139, 

 ii. 307, «. 311. ,Com]iarative__ anal} sis 

 of clover and sainfoin with, ib. Experi- 

 ments on, 311 71. 



M'Derment's table of cattle measurement, 

 ii 393. 



M'Kenzie, Sir G. S., Bart., on the storing 

 of turnips, ii. 244. 



Madder, dcseriptiiin of, ii. 332. Soil, and 

 mode ofculiuie in Holland, 333. Eng- 

 lish cultivation of, ib. Proct'ss of plant- 

 ing, ib. Period required for the gro\\th 

 of, 334. Gathering, drying, and pro- 

 duce of the riots of, ib. Rules for the 

 culture and manufacture uf, ib. 71. 



Magnesia, effects of in lime, i. 29.'). 



Malcolm, Mr., experiments oC, in composts 

 with tanner's hark, i. 2-42. 



Malt-dust, qualities and use of as a top- 

 dressing, i. 413. 435. 



Mangel wiirzel, introduction and descrip- 

 tion of, ii. 251. Saccharine matter con- 

 tained in, ib. 71. Soil and culture of, 

 252. Climate, seed, and period of ma- 

 turitj', ib. Transplantation of, ib. 

 Stripping off the leaves of, ib. Produce 

 and apjilication of, 253. Feeding pro- 

 perties of, ib. Comparative experiments 

 on the feeding of cattle with it, Swedish 

 turnips, and potatoes, ib. w., 254. lie- 

 port of the Doncaster Association on, 

 255. 



Man-traps and spring-guns. Append., No. I. 



Manual labour. — See AgriLultural La- 

 bourers. 



Manure, nature and properties of, i. 222, 

 Distinction between vegetable and mine- 

 ral, as well as miscellaneous kinds of, 

 and their action upan the soil, 223. 

 Modes of spreadnig it ujion the land, 

 262; and depositiuLj it with the plough, 

 264. Fermentation of, 430. Long and 

 short duug, 431. Observations 01 the 

 uses of lime, chalk, and marl, 434 : on 

 burnt clay, and on paring and binning, 

 ib. ; on gypsum, salt, and miscellaneous 

 substances, 435. Manner in which 

 plants aie supposed to extract nutriment 

 froni the soil, ib. Summary of the 

 general application of all kinds of ma- 

 nure to the laud, and table of quantities, 

 436. 



For those of the putrescent kind., see 

 Dung, Farm-yard; and Green Ma- 

 nures: Liquid Manures, and Night 

 Soil. 

 For Fossils, see Chalk ; Lime ; Marl : 

 Gypsum ; Ashis ; Soapers' Waste : 

 Burnt Clay ; Salt and ISiitre. 



For the Miscellaneous Sort, see Bone's; 

 Oil-cake ; Rape and M.ilt-dnst ; Peat- 

 moss ; Sea-ware: Kelp; Refuse-fish; 

 Train-oil and Blubber; Fellmongers' 

 Poake and Cuttings ; Tanners' Bark; 

 Woollen Rags ; Furriers' Clippings ; 

 Sugar-scum ; and Mud. 



Marl, ancient use and definition of,i. 308. 

 439. Various kinds of, 309. Earth- 

 marl, composition of, 310, and 71.; 

 Quantity of laid upon the land, and 

 effects and origin of, 311. Shell-marl, 

 description, nature of, and effects of, 

 312, and n. Application of, and quan- 

 tity used upon dirti.rent soils, 314. Du- 

 rabiliiy of, 316. Common use, and de- 

 scription of the various effects of, 317. 

 Crops sometimes taken after marling, 

 319, Analysis of, 420. 



grass, i. 515. 



pits, i. 312. 



Marshall, his minutes of agriculture, i. 9. 

 His chemical investigation of marl, 318. 



Marshland, rotation of crops on, ii. 31G, 

 n. Poitable bridge for passing over 

 dykes in, 490. 



meadow. — See Fens. 



Maxwell, Sir William, of Calderwood, his 

 comparative trial of the effect of bruised 

 hones and stable manure on turnips, i. 

 390. 



, Mr., of Hetton,in Huntingdon- 

 shire, his course of cropping, ii. 119. 



Meadow-land, observations on the natural 

 state of, i. 485. ]\Ianagement of, 486. 

 Bnsh-harrowing and rolling, ib. De- 

 struction of moles, 4S7, and ii. 553. 

 Mowing and manuring, i. 487. Break- 

 ing up of, 67. — See Grass-land, Hay- 

 making, and L'rigation. 



Meadow cat"s-tail, or timothy grass, i. 512. 



fescue-giass, i. 511. 



fo.x-tail grass, i. 512. 



Meal, quantity of extracted from oats of 

 diffeient weights, i. 146. 



Jleas'es, in pigs, description of, and reme- 

 dy for, ii. 530. 



Meadoivbank, Lord, on the formation of 

 composts with peat-moss and dung, i. 

 415. 



Measurement of cattle, fur ascertaining 

 the weight of, ii. 393. 



Medley, Mrs., of Acton, her experiment on 

 the growth of potatoes, ii. 274. 



Members of Parliament, regulations re- 

 sj)ecting voters for. Append., No. I. 



Meslin. — See Rye. 



Mice. — See Vermin. 



Midden, or mixen. — See Dung-heaps. 



Middlesex, manner of making hay in, i. 

 490, n. Mode of fatting calves for 

 veal in, ii. 446. 



J\Iilch-cows, esteemed breeds of, ii. 396 

 and 397, «. Form and qualifications 

 of, 397. Stocking with, 398. Manage- 

 ment and food of, 399. Milking, 401 ; 

 and experiment on, 402 n. Dairy ser- 



