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INDEX. 



tity and application of, 340. t Experi- 

 ments on the effects of, as a top-dress- 

 ing, 341. 

 Soft grass, tall oat-like, woolley, and com- 

 mon sorts of, i. 514. 

 Soiling of horses, i. 136. Flemish prac- 

 tice of, 139. Medium quantity of green 

 food daily consumed by a cart-horse, ib. 

 On giving corn along with green food, 

 140. Of oxen, 209. Quantity of tur- 

 nips and straw daily required for the 

 support of a working ox, '210, 211. Ge- 

 neral observations on, ii, 372. Conduct 

 of, 374. Modes of keeping the cattle, 

 375. Comparative experiments on soil- 

 ing and grazing, 377 and «. and 378 ; 

 and on raw and seasoned food, 387. 

 Soils, manner of describing, i.438. Com- 

 position and qualities of, ib., n. 439. 

 Clays, 440 ; their drainage, time of 

 ploughing, cost of cultivation, and mode 

 of improvement, 441. Calx, or lime, 

 442. Sand and gravel, culture and im- 

 provement of, 443. Flints, ib. Loams, 

 composition and management of, 444. 

 Alluvial species of, ib. Peat, 445. 

 Salts, 446. Indications of their pecu- 

 liar qualities, and remarks on the gene- 

 ral improvement of, 446. Nature of 

 good wheat-land, ii. 140. — See Classi- 

 fication of Soils and Fallowing. 

 Soot, qualities of, as arising from different 

 species of fuel, i. 337. Experiments ou 

 the application of, as a top-dressing, ib. 

 Quantity, price, and application of, 338. 

 Properties of, ib. 

 Sorrel, i. 515. 



Sowing, modes of, ii. 71. Broad casting 

 by hand, 73 ; and by the machine, with 

 the description and cost thereof, 74. 

 Introduction of drilling, objects of, and 

 opinions on its merits comparatively 

 with broadcast, 75 and 78, n. Imple- 

 ments, cost of, and operation of drilling, 

 79. Method and expense of dibbling, 

 82. Seed used in, 83. Observation on, 

 84. Comparative experiments on broad- 

 casting, drilling, and dibbling, 85 to 

 89. 

 Spade husbandry, ii. 568. Crops pro- 

 duced b}', ib. «. Cost of digging, 570. 

 Spade used in Ireland, 570, ?^. Cultiva- 

 tion of potatoes on joint account of the 

 farmer and his labourers, 571. 

 Spayed heifers, ii. 369. 

 Spencer, Earl, comparative experiments on 

 mangel wiirzel and Swedish turnips, 

 made under the direction of, ii. 253. 

 Spinach-seed, Kentish, cultivation and 



produce of, ii. 329. 

 Spit-dung, i. 226, 241,247. 

 Spring-wheat, ii. 152. Season of sowing, 

 153. Analysis of, 154. Opinion regard- 

 ing the flour of, ib. — See Wheat. 

 Spurry, i. 407. Growth, quality, and ap- 

 plication of, ii. 304. 

 Stables for farm horses, i. 168. Ham- 



mels, 169. Manger, meat, and manage- 

 ment in, 143. 

 Stack-yards, i. 97. Stacking of hay, 496 ; 

 and building of corn-ricks, ii. 193, 196. 

 Stafford, the Marquess of (now Duke of 

 Sutherland) plans of farm buildings on 

 the estates of the, i. 101 to 107. 

 Stallington Grange, in Staffordshire, home- 

 stead of, i. 103. 

 Statute labour, i. 82. Scotch Highway 

 Act, 153, «. Time-work, and /"nj"i;Mi/wt 

 of rate. — See Turnpike Roads, ii. 574. 

 Steaming of food for cattle, mode and im- 

 plements for, i. 129, 132. Experiments 

 on feeding neat cattle on raw and 

 steamed food, ii. 390 ; and on pigs with 

 the same, 521, 522. 

 Steel-bow, custom of, i. 52, 

 Stiles, ii. 545. 

 Stilton cheese, price and manufacture of, 



ii. 431. Maturity and flavour of, ib. 

 Stiveen, an implement of husbandry in 



Ireland, ii. 570, n. 

 Stone-brash, soil so called, i. 517, ii. 339. 



walls, construction of, as farm fences, 



ii. 545. 

 Straw, qualities of the different sorts of, 

 i. 132, 211, 212. Intrinsic worth of, for 

 the purposes of litter, ib ; and as fodder, 

 133, 230. Relative value of, per load, 

 to hay, ib. Burning of, in the stubble, 

 333. 



yards, situation and management 



of, ii. 370. Common objects of, 371. 

 Feeding of store cattle in, ib. Ob- 

 servations on, i. 208. 

 Strathaven, mode of fatting calves for veal 



in the district of, ii, 447. 

 Strike-furrow plough, ii. 17. 

 SuflFolk punch, description of the, i. 173. 



and Norfolk breed of pigs, ii. 509, 



Sugar-bakers' scum, as manure, i. 426. 



Mode of application and price of, ib. 

 Surfeit, in pigs, cause and cure of, ii. 530. 

 Sussex oxen, i. 213, 214. 



' waggon, description of the, i. 154. 



Swedish turnips, as food for horses, i. 125 ; 

 neat cattle, 209, ii. 386, 388, and sheep, 

 489,— 5ee Turnips. 

 Sweet-scented vernal grass, i. 514. 

 Swine, breeds and description of, ii. 507. 

 Procreation of, 510. Choice and ma- 

 nagement of the boar and sow, 511. 

 Observations on breeding in-and-in, 512. 

 Farrowing, and average number in a 

 litterof pigs, 512. Rearing of, 513. Suck- 

 ing pigs, or roasters, ib. Castration of, 

 ib. Food and weaning of, ib. Piirkers, 

 514. Food and flavour of the flesh of, 

 ib. and n. Food and management of 

 store-pigs, 514. Grazing and soiling 

 of, 515, Operation of ringing, ib. Stock 

 of, on arable, ib,; and dairy farms, 516, 

 Breed and management of a litter when 

 intended for family use, ib. Age and 

 time requisite for fatting, 517. Quality 

 and quantity of food, 518, 519, a.rxilnotes. 



