476 



A FARMER'S YEAR 



187-9, 206-7, 282, 293-4, 364, 

 373. 405. 417; rearing, 189; ob- 

 jection of to dogs, 198 ; destruction 

 of young willows by, 275 ; difficulty 

 of obtaining well-bred, 288 ; first 

 prize at North Suffolk Association 

 Show won by the Bedingham ox, 

 Royal Duke, 365 ; prayer for miti- 

 gation of disease among, about year 



1743, 393 

 Cattle yards, roofing in, 94, 234, 



256, 366, 379, 412 

 Central and Associated Chambers of 



Agriculture, 459 

 Chaff-cutting, 221 

 Chaplin, Mr., and the margarine 



trade, 183-4, 191 

 Charity Organisation Society, 423 

 Chateaubriand, Vicomte de, reminis- 

 cences of his connection with 

 Bungay, 28-9 

 Chestnuts, bloom of, 212 

 Christmas Day, 45, 438, 439 

 Chrysanthemum show at Norwich, 



398 



Church of England : the Benefices 

 Bill, 267 ; sale of advowsons, 267 ; 

 want of discipline and uniformity, 

 268 ; power of the bishops, 268-9 > 

 next presentations, 269 ; necessity 

 of reform, 270 



Church of St. Mary, Bungay, 26, 27 

 Church of the Holy Cross, Bungay, 



24-5 



Clabac Presbyterian Church, 352 



Clay lands, see Heavy lands 



Clearing land, 12 



Clergymen : diminishing incomes of 

 in rural parishes, 169, 454; in- 

 stances of formidable spiritual 

 power of, 236-7 j as sportsmen, 

 386-7 ; as cyclists, 447 



Clover, sowing seed by hand, 142 ; 

 condition of growing crops, 149 



Coastguard, ordered to mobilise, 380 



Cobra, adventure with a, in the 

 Transvaal, 180 



Cocks, attacked by turkeys, 115 



Coll, see Hebrides 



Collie dog, gruesome tale of a, 352 



Colman, Mr., 60, 395 



Colonial College, Suffolk, 230 

 Colonies, the, as an emigration field, 



74, 182-3, 397 



Colts, 116 j accident to one at Bed- 

 ingham, 162, 224; operating on, 



174 



Coltsfoot, 225 



Comic papers and the agricultural 

 labourer, 67 



Cooke (labourer), 199 



Co-operation between farmer and 

 labourers : is it practicable ? 337 



Corn, progressive reduction in crop 

 area, 446 ; see Wheat, &c. 



Corncrakes, 254 



Cottages, labourers', 73, 322-3, 325 



Country establishments of the Georg- 

 ian era, 261 



Country magistrates and ' tied ' house 

 licences, 1 10-1 1 ; a lunacy case on 

 Sunday, 151; School Board cases, 

 202-3 ; egg-stealing and other 

 rural offences, 227, 246, 433 ; and 

 the Vaccination Bill, 279 ; and 

 the Criminal Evidence Act, 402-3 



Country political election meetings, 

 174-7, 194, 200, 201 



County Councils, elections for, 117 ; 

 success of, 118 ; waning interest 

 in, 118 



Cow-cabbage, sown with beet, 148 



Cremation, advantages of, 428 



Crime, progressive diminution of, 327 



Criminal Evidence Act, the, 376 ; 

 working of, 402 ; objections to, 

 403 ; Mr. Justice Hawkins's opin- 

 ion, 403 



Crofter question, the, 356 



Crookes, Sir William, on the wheat 

 supply, 333-35 



Crops, see names of cereals, roots, &c. 



Crowfoot, Dr., 198 



.Cuckoos, 309 



' Cultivating,' description of imple- 

 ment, 240 



Curlews, note of, 46; on the Bath 

 Hills, 222 



Currie, Mr., 203 



Curzon, Mr., 72 



Cyprus, destruction of young trees by 

 goats, 276 



