INDEX 



485 



I S^> J 73 5 prices obtained for, 220, 

 307 ; attacked by dogs, 245, 405 ; 

 treading of land by, 263 ; purchase 

 of Southdowns, 306 ; advantages of 

 keeping, 444 



Sheep-dipping, description of, 234-5 



Sheep-shearers, 215-6 



Sheep shearing, description of, 214-6 



Sheep's fleece, weight of, 216 



Sheeping pastures, 261-2 



Sheltons, the, 5 



Shooting and shooters, anecdotes of, 

 343. 374, 381, 386-8, 406; be- 

 haviour of wild animals during a 

 beat, 433-7 ; monetary benefit of 

 the sport to rural districts, 437 ; 

 its sociability, 438 



Shooting rights, hiring of, 38 



Showyard, rearing cattle for the, 64, 

 65, 136, 213, 253, 365, 395, 412, 



417, 439 



Sime, Mr., 329 



Simmons, Mr. G. J., 411 



Simpson, Mr. Robert, 161, 310, 311 



Simpson, Mr. William, 9, 48, 381 



Skinner, Mr. and Mrs., tenants of 

 Den ton farm, 291 



Smith, Mr. Henry, 146, 317, 318 



Snakes, I So, 181, 196-8 



Snipe-shooting, 346 



Snow storms, 103, 105, 108, 124-5 



Society for Prevention of Cruelty to 

 Animals, 410 



Soldier, visit to a bedridden, 418 



Soulbay (or Solebay), old name for 

 Southwold, in Suffolk, 242 



South Africa, farming in, 76-8, 86, 

 87 ; horse-sickness in, 86,' 394 ; 

 adventure with a cobra in the 

 Transvaal, 180; an episode of the 

 Zulu war, 225 ; hawks in, 231 ; 

 risks of tree-planting, 276 ; sad 

 scene on the veld, 303 ; ostrich 

 farming in the Transvaal, 398, 399 



South Norfolk parliamentary election, 

 157; the rival candidates, 163-4, 

 1 68 ; a misunderstanding, 174; 

 candidates' meetings, 176-7, 194, 

 200, 201 ; canvassing, 185-7 ; 

 anecdote of the Radical candidate, 

 f94 ; result of, 205 



Southdown sheep, see Sheep 

 Southwold, damage caused by very 



high tides, 447 

 Sparrow clubs, 90 

 Sparrow pest, the, 89-91, 146, 217, 



236, 278, 313 

 Sparrow traps, 90 

 Spexhall, 53, 63 

 Squirrels, 236 

 Stack building, inferiority ot modern, 



338, 405 ; in Hertfordshire, 361 

 Stacks, galvanised roofs for, 286-7 

 Standing crops, sale of, 459 

 Stanhow family, the, 5 

 'Stark-Naked Farm,' 10 

 Starlings, damage done by, 146 

 Steam-sawing, 213-4, 221, 234, 238 

 Steam-thrashing, 104-5 

 Stephen, King of England, 23 

 Stephens's ' Book of the Farm,' 60, 



250 



Stewart, Col. Lome, 339, 349 

 Stickland, Mr. W. H., 25 

 Stivens, Dr. Lyne, 198 

 Stoat, rabbit hunted by, 301 

 Stock, at Ditchingham, 32 ; manage- 

 ment of, 382 ; see Cattle 

 Stones on farm lands, 178 

 Stones, the, 5 

 Store cattle, risks of buying, 83, 84, 



89, 1 06, 109 ; unremunerative to 



the farmer, 189 

 Stow Park, 18 

 Straw, price of, 172 

 Stutvile, Nicholas de, 5 

 Suckling, quoted, 23, 331 

 ' Suffolk covenants,' 34 

 Suicides, ancient practice with regard 



to, 237 



Summer fallowing, 312 

 Sunstroke, 332 ; power of the sun in 



England, 332 

 Superstition in England and America, 



152-3 ; among uncivilised races, 



152 



Surface drains, 12 

 Sutton, Mrs., see Ives, Charlotte 

 Swallows, 217, 233, 235-6, 286 ; 



nesting in porch, 218, 226-7, 2 9 

 Swans, wild, 222 

 Swede-baulking, 187 



