INDEX 



481 



Land tax, the, 456 



Landlord and tenant, 3, 9-1 1, 17, 



32-5, 52-6, 61, 161, 310-12 

 Landlords : repairs, 10, 161 ; laying- 

 down pastures, 16, 17 ; farms in 



hand, 130 

 Large towns, drift of farm hands to, 



73. 7S 17, 203, 338-9, 408-9, 



457, 459-69 



Largesse, an ancient custom, 375-6 

 Laying-down pastures, 12-17, 62, 



zoo, 409 



Letting farms, 3, 9, 12, 1 6 

 Liberal party, the, and Local Option, 



112, 113 



' Lift ' hurdle, 80 

 Lightning, Grange tricks of, 318, 



321 ; deaths and narrow escapes 



from, 319-21 

 Lightning conductor, a broken, 319 ; 



' earthed ' in a soda-water bottle, 



319 



Little, Mr., 106 

 Liverpool, licensing system tried at, 



"3 



Loaders, tales of, 387-8, 406 



Local Option scheme, objections to, 



112 



Loddon market, 219 

 Lombe, Rev. Henry, 450 

 London, superstition in, 152-3 

 Longman, Mr. Charles, 5, 358 

 Lowestoft : farm hands taking service 



on smacks, 75, 76 ; damage done 



by very high tides, 447 

 Lubwa, battle of, 389-92 



MACDONALD, Major, 392 

 Macechern, Rev. D., 352 

 Machine mowing, 149, 252, 256 

 Machinery, advantages of, 264, 274, 



360 



' Maffie,' derivation of, 312 

 Magistrates, see Country magistrates 

 Magnates and merchant princes, 166- 



68 



Maiden lady farmers, 310 

 M;i /.e, 289, 365; as fodder, 401 

 Malt, price of, 172 

 Mammon, worship of, 166 



Mangolds, 149, 187, 217, 250, 358, 



394 



Manure and manuring, 16, 35, 47, 

 96, 98, loo, 108, no, 116, 124, 

 128, 132, 137, 187, 205, 213, 217, 

 230, 249, 253, 262, 307, 314, 364, 

 40i, 439 



Mares and foals, 126, 134-7, 145, 

 1 60, 179, 206, 302 



Margarine, artificial colouring of: 

 deputation to the Local Govern- 

 ment Board, 183-84 ; unfair com- 

 petition with home-made butter, 

 184, 191, 445, 456; visit to a 

 continental factory : how it is made, 

 191-2 ; large profits of manu- 

 facturers, 192 



Margitson, Major John, 9, 291 



' Marine dealers ' (receivers of stolen 

 eggs), 227-8 



Marriages, decrease of in rural dis- 

 tricts, 463 



Marryat, Mr. Frederick, 470 



Marsh dock, 198 



Marsh land, harrowing, 134 ; ruined 

 by tidal rivers, 447 



Martins, 233, 286 



Mason, Miss, 355 



Matabeles, superstition a cause of 

 crime among, 152 



' Mawkins' 105, 266 



May-day, 178 



Meade, Captain, 21 



Meadowland, harrowing, 128 



Meat, effect of foreign competition 

 on the trade in English, 42, 411, 

 440, 445, 455, 456, 470 



Merchant princes, 167-8 



Metlingham Castle, 331 



Mettingham Church, curious skeleton 

 found in, 329 



Mettingham College, 331 



Mettingham register book, a jocular 

 entry in, 331 



Mice in wheat stacks, 163 



Missionary bazaar at Norwich, 152 



Moat Farm, Bedingham : doubtful 

 origin of name, 4 ; nature of soil, 

 7, 8, IO ; condition when taken in 

 hand, 10-12 ; acreage of arable 

 and pasturage, 12, 13 ; plan of, 13; 

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