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INDEX. 



239. Appearance of the plants, ib. 

 Produce of tlie roots, 241. Weii^lit and 

 size of the different species of, 241, and 

 n. 233. Average quantity of nutritive 

 matter contained in each, 241. Diseases 

 of, 242. Experiments to check the 

 ravages of the fly, 243 and n. Storing 

 of, 244. Process of f^riibhing, and ob- 

 servations on it and storing, 245. Ap- 

 plication of, 246. Slicing of, 247. 

 Acreable produce and value of, ib. 

 General consumption by slieep of 

 Swedes and common turnips, 249, and 

 notes, 173 and 23S. 



Turn pike-roads, abstract of the Act for 

 the regulation of liighways, carriages 

 and tolls. — See Append. No. 1. 



Turnwrest plough, description of the, 

 ii. 2. 



Tuscany, wse of liquid manure in, i. 275. 

 Green crops in, 405 /;. Practice of 

 warping in, 4G8 and n. 



Tusser's '' Five hundred points of good 

 Husbandrie," i. 22, 24 n. 



UoDEus of ewes, treatment of tumonrs in, 

 and sore teats of, ii. 504. 



Upland soils, rotation of crops on, ii. 118. 



Urine, analysis of, i. 229. Quantity 

 voided by animals, 274. Mode of its 

 application, 27G ; and experiments upon 

 various crops, 277. Quantity applied, 

 ib. n. 



Valuation of the stock on different farms, 

 i. 44, 45, 47.; of tillage and dressings, 

 54. 



Veal, production and profit of. — See 

 Calves. 



Vegetable and animal manure, i. 225. — 

 See Farm-yard Manure. 



Veitch's plough, ii. 10 7!. 

 ■ Vermin, loss occasioned by, ii. 547. 'Modes 

 of checking the ravages of grubs, shigs, 

 caterpillars, and wire-worms, ih, Ant- 

 hills, ib. Earth-worms, ib. Depreda- 

 tions of small birds, 548. Poisoning of 

 rooks, and doubts of the expediency of 

 destroying them, ib. and ti. Ravens, 

 549. Owls, their destruction of field- 

 mice, ib. and n. Wood-pigeons, 5.30. 

 Quantity of corn consumed by tame- 

 pigeons, 551. Manner of suffocating 

 rats and mice, and preventing their en- 

 trance into farm oflices and stacks, 551. 

 Field mice, 552. Opinions entertained 

 respecting moles, ib. Mode of driving 

 them away, 553. Prejudice entertained 

 against the hedge-hog, ib. 



Vetches, different species of, ii. 220. Soil, 

 221. Seed and produce, ib. and n. Com- 

 mon lentil or dill, ib. — See Tares. 



Vicia sepium, or bush-vetch, i, 511, 



Villeins, i. 13. 



Vision of Pier's ploughman, i. 17, 24, 



Voters for Members of Parliament, regu- 

 lations for, Append. Ko. I. 



Wages and stipends of farm-servants, i. 

 116, 123. 



Waggons, descrip.ion of those used in 

 Sus-ex, i. 155; in Hampshire and Ox- 

 fordshire, l.')G: in Berkshire, in Norfolk, 

 and in Suflolk, 157. The hermaphro- 

 dite, ih. The Cornish wain, 159,200. The 

 bavin-tug, 159. The Leicestershire 

 trolley, 160. Draught of, 161. 



Walker". Mr., of Ferrygate, his experiment 

 on feeding cattle with raw and steamed 

 food, ii. 387. 



Mr., of Killiow, in Cornwall, home- 

 stead un the f.irm of, i. 93. 



Mr., of Mellendean, his opinion of 



rotten a »d fresh dung, i. 249. 



Warping, fireign practice and introduction 

 into England of, i. 467, and «. Mode 

 of operation, 468 ; expense and time 

 recpiiied to perfect it, ib. Advantages 

 of ihe result of, 469. Crops produced 

 by, ib. 



W^arrens, stock of rabbits maintained in, 

 ii. 533. Management of, ib. Capital, 

 expenses, and profit of, 534. 



Wash-dyke, descrij)tion of one at Burleigh, 

 in Ihitlandshire, ii. 472. 



Waste-lanii, tithes of, i. 80. Reclamation 

 of, effected by the operations of paring 

 and burning, 355. Observations on the 

 imjirovement of, 462, 479. Experiments 

 on. 463. Expense and ultimate advan- 

 tages of, 464. Mode of operation, 4'i5. 

 Common fields, observations on, 466. — 

 See Fens and Bogs. 



Water-meadows, advantages of, 530. 

 Average expense and profit of, ib. n. 

 Management of, 531. Hay of, ih. 

 Feeding of, 532. — See Irrigation. 



hair grass, i. 518. 



— — — poa, i. 518. 



Watson, Mr., of Keillor, near Cupar An- 

 gus, comparative trial of bruised hones 

 and dung as manure to turnips, by i. 

 394. 



W'^eather, remarks on the ; use of the 

 barometer, ii.592; the hygrometer, 593 ; 

 the thermometer, of that constructed by 

 Rutherford, ib. Cause of dtiw, ib. 

 Phases of the moon, and influence of, 

 594 ; age of, ib. Divisions of the year, 

 and its seasons, ib. 



Weeds, destruction of, i. 433. Glossary 

 of. Append. No. V. 



Weights and Measures. — Append. No. III. 



W^elsh fescue-grass, i. 511. 



Weld, description of, ii. 335. Soil, sowing, 

 and treatment of the plants during their 

 growth, ib. Application and value of 

 the crop, ib. 



Wells, construction of, i. 98. 



Wheat, price of, in the beginning of the 

 13th century, i. 19. Different species 

 of, ii. 138, 139, .and )i. Soil, and ex- 

 penses of Working, 121, 140. Cultiva- 

 tion of, ib. Description of the pressing- 

 machine, 143. Quantity and effects of 



