INDEX. 



617 



<lifferciit sorts of manure laiil on for its 

 f^rowth on various soils, — namely : — 

 farm-yard (lung, i. 2G0, n. ; night-soil, 

 '269 ; liquid manure, 277. Soot, as a 

 top-dressing, 337 ; salt, 382 ; and lime, 

 ii. 144. Seed and sowing of winter 

 wheat, 145. — (See Sowing.) Quantity 

 of seed per acre, whether broad-cast, 

 drilled, or dibbled, 130, 146, and n. 

 Depth of sowing, 147. Spring tillage, 

 148. Hand-weeding, 149. Winter- 

 proud, ib. Feeding off, 150. Sowing 

 a second time, ib. Clover-leys, tares, 

 and other crops, as a preparation for, 

 151. Transplantation of, 152, fi., 562, 

 n. Produce of the crop, and analysis 

 of the grain, 154. Wcij^ht and quan- 

 tities of the flour of, 155 ; and expe- 

 riment on that of Scotch and English 

 wheat, ib. n. Mode of judging cor- 

 rectly of the sample, 155. Foreign 

 wheat, 156. Diseases of, ib. Steeping 

 of, 161 ; and experiments on the effects 

 of, 163. Observations on stimulating 

 the germination of seed, 164. Effects 

 of sowing rye along with wheat, 169. 



Qy, or weevil, ravages of the, ii. 



160. Preventives of, 161, n. 



Wheel-ploughs, ii. 19. Observations on 

 the difference of work between them 

 and swing- ploughs, ib. 



Whins. — See Furze, 



White and red native clover, i. 515. — See 

 Clover. 



Wild cattle, i. 14. 



Wimpcjs Mr., of Brockhampton, his ex- 

 periment on the comparative production 

 of butter and cheese from equal quanti- 

 ties of milk, ii. 451. 



Winnowing-machine, ancient prejudices 

 against the use of the, i. 7. Description 

 and operation of the, ii. 201. 



Winter-fallow. — See Fallowing. 



■ grasses, hardy and productive sorts 



of, and quantities of seed to be sown on 

 laying down permanent pasture, i. 520. 

 — See Florin. 



Woad, description of, ii.335. Cultivation of, 

 on grass and arable land, 336. Foreign 

 mode of its culture, ib. Harvesting of 

 the plants, ib. Average produce and 

 value of the crop, 337. Manufacture 

 of, ib. 



Woburn breed of pigs, ii. 510. 



perennial kale. — See Cabbages. 



Wood, Sir Francis, of Garrowby, in York- 

 shire, effect of bones as a manure on 

 the estate of, i. 393. 



tithe of, i. 79. 



meadow-grass, i. 511. 



pigeons, anecdote of, ii. 549. Food 



of, 550. 



Woodstock waggon, description of the, i, 

 155, 200. 



W^ool, combing and carding, ii. 480. Pro- 

 perties of, ib. Classification of, 481. 

 Alteration in the quality and weight of 

 the fleece, ib. Comparative qualities of 

 the British, Spanish, and Saxon wool, 

 482. Improvement of the carding of, 

 by crosses of the English and Spanish 

 sheep, 484. Rules for the improvement 

 of coarse wool, ib. 



Woollen rags, tlieir application and effects 

 of, as manure, i. 425. Quantity com- 

 monly applied, and usual price of, 426, 



Woolly soft grass, i. 514. 



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