A FARMER'S YEAR 



laying land down to grass to reduce 

 labour bill, 14-17 ; cash and profit 

 and loss accounts, 39, 40, 43 ; 

 draining, 43, 97, 109, 420 ; the 

 cattle-yard and stock, 64-5, 94, 

 126, 213, 224, 282, 322, 405 ; the 

 growing crops, 93, 98, 128, 198, 

 213, 252-3, 378-9 ; seed drill- 

 ing, loo, 103 ; the drinking-water, 

 135 ; results of thrashing, 163, 366 ; 

 getting in the hay, 263, 272, 287 ; 

 harvest agreement and the harvest, 

 2 95, 37> 3 2 7> 336 5 annual valua- 

 tion, 381 ; balance-sheet, 441 



Moles, usefulness of, 91 ; stones 

 thrown up by, 149 ; frog attacked 

 by a mole, 300 ; habits of, 405-6 



Money, influence of in parliamentary 

 elections, 165-9 



Moor-hens, 233 



Moore (bailiff), 93, 97, 103, 109, 

 128, 160, 225, 253, 272-3, 365, 

 378, 394, 395. 420 



Moore, junior, 365 



Moore, Mrs., 98, 394 



Moresco, a South African hunting 

 horse, cleverness of, 85-7 



Morgan, Rev. Mr., vicar of Beding- 

 ham, 240 



Mowing-machines, damage caused to 

 by loose stones, 149 



Mowing recently laid pastures, 1 6 



'Muck and Misery Farm,' TO 



Mustard crops, 289, 365, 404 



Mutford and Lothingland District 

 Agricultural Show, prizes won at, 

 35 1 , 394, 417 



NATAL, Boer family caught in snow- 

 storm, 303 



National granaries, apparent opposi- 

 sition of Governments to, 179 



Nature, the education of, I ; the 

 beauties of, 19, 326, 383-4, 451- 

 53; contrasts of colour in, 216; 

 apparent cruelty of the natural 

 laws of animal life, 300, 301, 346 ; 

 the eternal round of, 378-9 ; 

 varied aspects of, 420 



Naval lieutenants as sportsmen, 387 



Nelson, relics of, 449 51 



Nelson Club, Norwich (now extinct), 



450 

 New York, superstitious practices in, 



153 



New Zealand mutton sold as Welsh, 

 194 



Nightingales, 150, 157, 217 



Njal, the saga of, 211 



Norfolk Broads, 207-9 



Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, 407, 

 408, 412 ; the rural exodus: paper 

 read before the, 459 



Norfolk Club, 450 



' Norfolk covenants,' 34 



Norfolk, Dukes of, 28, 113, 114, 229 



Norfolk red polls : attempt to form 

 a small herd of pedigree cattle, 48, 

 58 ; advantages of the breed, 58, 

 59 ; points against, 59 ; milk- 

 producing powers of, 59, 60 ; 

 characteristics of a first-class ani- 

 mal, 60 ; progress of the herd, 64, 

 65, 248, 253 ; sale of bullocks, 117, 

 119, 382; prices obtained for, 

 213, 293 



Norfolk, Roger, Earl of ( 1 240), 20 



North Suffolk Association Show : first 

 prize given to Royal Duke, a 

 Bedingham ox, 365 



Norwich, 26 ; missionary bazaar at, 

 152 



Norwich Agricultural Show, 395 ; the 

 Queensland Government exhibit, 

 396 ; the poultry, 398 



Norwich Cattle Market, 409 



Nunnery Farm, 95 



OAK-TREES, cutting down, 12 ; 

 ruined by tenants, 311 



Oats, 128, 255 ; prices of, 172, 366 ; 

 harvesting, 307, 322, 325, 327 



' Off-hand ' farming, ro-i I 



Old-age pensions, 68 ; insurance by 

 private enterprise, 68-9 ; State 

 guarantee, 69 ; unpopularity with 

 voters : reluctance of Govern- 

 ments to undertake it, 70 ; report 

 of the first Committee appointed, 

 266-7 lh fi Unionist party and, 



