GENERAL INDEX. 



1225 



Wark, Dr. David, his work on agriculture, page 

 1164. A. D. 1761. 



Warp, a slimy deposit let fall upon land by the sea 

 tides in particular situations. The term is also 

 sometimes applied to the ooze or slimy matter 

 thrown up by the sea, 2148. 



Warping, theory of its effects on soils, 2148. 



Warping, 4117; history and theory, 4118; effects, 

 4119; season, 4121. 



Warrens, rabbit, extent, stocking, &c., 6593. 



Warts, 5821. 



Warwickshire, agricultural survey of, 7012. 



Wash, medicines used by veterinary practitioners, 

 5919. 



Washing of sheep, 6441. 



Washington, General George, his works on agricul- 

 ture, page 1168. A. D. 1800. 



Wasp, bee, and ant insects, 6904. 



Waste lands, to improve, 4159 ; mountainous and 

 hilly grounds, 4160 ; rocky surfaces, 4163 ; woody 

 wastes, 4172; moors, 4181 ; peatmosses, bogs and 

 morasses, 4183; marshes, 4197 ; downs and shore 

 lands, 4203. 



Water, its component parts, 2263 ; state of, in the 

 atmosphere, 2266. 



Water meadows of the Romans, 142. 



Water meadows of Orcheston, 7031. 



Water, to procure for live stock, 4127. 



Water, boring for, 4148. 



Water, its decomposition by plants, 1532. 



Water, its influence on the distribution of veget- 

 ables, 1702. 



Water, as an article of vegetable food, 1510. 



Water for farm yard and domestic purposes, 4157. 



Water melon (figured), of Egypt, 1057. 



Water, to filtrate, 4158. 



Waterford, agricultural survey of, 7088. 



Watering, 2911. 



"Watering arable lands, 4124. 



Watering land by machinery, 4111 ; by sea water, 

 4112. 



Watering machine for roads, 3494. 



Watery head in sheep, 6524. 



Wax, from what plants obtained, manufactured, 

 and used, 1420 ; butter of cacao, 1422 ; butter of 

 cocoa, 1423; butter of nutmeg, 1424; tallow of 



' croton, 1425 ; wax of myrtle, 1426. 



Wax tree of the Chinese, 969. 



Weaning a foal, 5977. 



Weasel, to destroy, 6852. 



Weather and climate, their influence on veget- 

 ation, 2245. 



Weather, art of prognosticating, 2331; by the 

 moon, 2334 ; barometer, 2340 ; hygrometer, 2354 ; 

 pluviometer, 2360 ; thermometer, 2365 ; prece- 

 dent, 2367. 



Weather of Britain, study of, 2369. 



Weber, F. Bd., his work on agriculture, page 1176. 

 A. D. 1803. 



Wedder sheep, a castrated male, 6413. 



Weeding tools, 2393; pincers, or thistle drawers, 

 2394. 



Weeding among the Romans, 139. 



Weeding, 2904. 



Weeds or plants injurious in agriculture, 5538 ; 

 relative weeds, 5539 ; absolute weeds, 5540 ; pe- 

 rennial weeds, 5542. 



Weighing machine, 2461 : Weir's, 2463 ; for sacks, 



2464. 



Weighing cage, 2461. 



Weir's improved cultivator, 2534. 



Weir's expanding bean drill, 2.559. 



Weir's manuring one row turnip drill, 2560. 



Weir's improved hay or corn rake, 2596. 



Weld, or dyers' wood, its culture and use, 5377. 



Wells, 4140; digging, 4141; steining, 4142; use 

 of the auger in well digging, 4144 ; raising water 

 from, 4153. 



Wells of China, 987. ^ 



Wells of Persia, 863. 



Welsh cattle, 6127. 



West coast of Africa, agriculture of, 1077. 



West India islands, agriculture of, 1172; Cuba, 

 1173; Jamaica, 1174; other West India islands, 

 1200. 



West Lothian, or Linlithgowshire, agricultural 

 survey of, 7059. 



West Riding of Yorkshire, agricultural survey of, 

 7020. 



Western, C. C. Esq., M. P., his work on agriculture, 

 page 1171. A. D. 1824. 



Westmeath, agricultural survey of, 7085. 



Westmoreland, agricultural survey of, 7026. 



Weston, Richard, Esq., his works on agriculture. 



page 1165. A. D. 1769. 

 Wexford, agricultural survey of, 7078. 

 Wheat, culture of, 4599 ; species and varieties, 4601 ; 



sods, 4612 ; sowing, 4626 ; dibbling, 4630 ; har- 

 vesting, 4636 ; produce, 4641 ; uses, 4644, 

 Wheat, culture of, in Flanders, 454. 

 Wheat, culture of, in Egypt, 1053. 

 Wheat, dibbling of, in Norfolk, 7003. 

 Wheel barrows, 2449. 

 Wheel ploughs, 2506 ; Scotch plough with wheels 



2507; Wiikie's single horse wheel plough, 2508; 



Beverston plough, 2512 ; Hampshire.plough, 2513 



Norfolk wheel plough, 2516; paring plough, 2517 



draining ploughs, 2518. 

 Wheels, relatively to the wear of roads, 3474. 

 Whey, 6380. 



Whim, a flow moss so called, improvement of, 7052. 

 Whin, or furze, culture of, 5076. 

 Whinstone, 3390. 

 Whipping out grain, 2965. 

 Whirlbone strains, 5830. 

 White, Stephen, M. A., his work on bees, page 1164. 



A. D. 1756. 

 White, Rev. Andrew, and Duncan Macfarlane, 



D.D., their work on agriculture, page 1170. A. D. 



1811. 

 White beet, culture of, in Flanders, 469. 

 White beet, or mangold wtirzel, culture of, 4962. 

 Wicket gates, 2869 ; see Gates. . 

 Wicklow, agricultural survey of, 7077. 

 Wiegaud, J., his work on agriculture, page 1176. 



A. D. 1762. 

 Wight, Andrew, his work on agriculture, page 1165. 



A. D. 1778. 

 Wild boar, 6531. 

 Wild breed of cattle, 6130. 

 Wild men and women of Malacca, 938. 

 Wild pine apple, a hedge plant of the West Indies, 



1196. 

 Wildman, Thomas, his treatise on bees, page 1165. 



A. D. 1768. 

 Wiikie's horse hoe and drill plough, 2542. 

 Wiikie's horse hoe and drill harrow, 2543. 

 Wiikie's wheel plough, 2508. 

 Willey, Andrew, professional turnip sower in 



Northumberland, 7024. 

 Williams, T. W., his farmer's law book, page 1170. 



A. D. 1819. 

 Williamson, Captain Thomas, his work on agricul- 

 ture, page 1170. A. D. 1810. 

 Wiltshire, agricultural survey of, 7030; South 



Wiltshire, 7331 ; North Wiltshire, 7032. 

 Wind, theory of, 2313. 

 Wind broken in pneumonia, 5789. 

 Wind colic in sheep, 6511. 

 Winnowing corn among the Romans, 137. 

 Winnowing machine, 2452. 

 Winter, George, his work on agriculture, page 11661 



A. D. 1787. 

 Wire worm, or crane fly, Tipula, 6907. 6921. 

 Wisset, Robert, Esq., his treatise on hemp, page 



1169. A. D. 1804. 

 Woad, culture of, in Flanders, 483. 

 Woburn dairy, 6999, fig. 775. 

 Wood or woody fibre, physiologically considered, 



1466. 

 Wood, its culture and management, 5364. 

 Wood louse, Oniscus, 6915. 

 Woodlands, 3627. 3629. 

 Woodlands and forests of Flanders, 519.' 

 Woods and forests in Switzerland, 339. 

 Woods and plantations of Dumbartonshire, 7057. 

 Woods and plantations, judicious management of, in 



Derbyshire, 7014, 

 Woods and plantations of Cheshire, 7028. 

 Woods and plantations of Aberdeenshire, 7065. 

 Woods and plantations of Perthshire, 7063. 

 Woodward, or land reeve, 4276. 

 Woody wastes, to improve, 4172. 

 Wool, its nature and properties, 1815, 

 Wool shears, 2409. 



Worcestershire, agricultural survey of, 7007, 

 Working horned cattle, 6125. 

 Working classes, amelioration of, in Sutherland, 



7070. 

 Working classes, education of, in Devonshire, 7038. 

 Worlidge, John, his work on agriculture, page 1165. 



A. D. 1669. 

 Worm tribes injurious in agriculture, 6921 ; slug, 



6922 ; snail, 6922. 

 Worm under the honi, a disease in sheep, 6524. 

 Worms, common, to destroy, 6922. 



