INDEX 



479 



Garten's, Limited, prospectus, 304 



Gates, repairs to, 1 1 



Gawdy, Thomas, 6 



Gedge, Rev. J. Denny, 23 



Gibbet Common, Bradenham, 301 ; 



traditions of, 355-6 

 Gilling trees, 213 

 Glanville, Roger de and Gudruda, 



24 



Gnats, 316-7 

 Goats, destruction of forests In 



Cyprus by, 276 

 Gorst, Sir J., 203, 204 

 Gostlings, the, 5 

 Governments and the farming 



industry, 41, 170 

 Grain, see Wheat, &c. 

 Grand Juries, 376-7 

 Grass, vitality of in cold climates, 



211 



Grass-cutting in South Africa, 77 

 Grass scarifier, substitute for, 129, 



130 



Grass snake, 180 



Grazing recently laid pastures, 16 

 Great Eastern Railway : reduction of 



rates on small parcels of farm and 



garden produce, 411 

 Grouse-shooting, 352 

 'Gurneys, the, of Earlham,' 368 



HAGAN, the Thane, 4, 5 



Haling root crops, 375, 383, 385, 395, 



400, 402 



Hamilton, Lady, 450 

 Hams, foreign, sold as home-cured, 



193 



Hand sowing clover seeds, 142 

 Hangman's Hill, Coll, 355 

 Hare and Rabbits Bill, the, 293 

 Hares, a mad hare in January, 45 j 



shooting, 385 

 Harleston market, 294 

 Hartcup, Mrs. Jane, 20 

 Hartshorne, Mr. Albert, F.S.A., 355 

 Harvest agreements, 285, 294-5, 337 

 Harvest moon, the, 325 

 Hauchet, Thomas, 5 

 Hawkins, Mr. Justice, and the 



Criminal Evidence Act, 403 



Hawks, destruction of, by game- 

 keepers, 231, 232 



Hawthorns, damage done to by boys, 

 172-3 



Hay, price of, 172 



Hay harvest, 238, 240, 245, 247, 

 250, 253, 256, 261-6, 271-4, 277, 

 286-8, 293 



Hay-making : process of heaping 

 into cocks, 249 ; in South Africa, 



77 



Hayricks, overheating of, 265 ; build- 

 ing, 266 ; thatching, 282-4 



Heavy land, 8, 10 ; depreciation in 

 value of, 9 ; laying down pasture, 

 12-17 5 see d mixture for pasture, 14 



Hebrides : a visit to the Laird of 

 Coll, 389 ; journey from Oban 

 to Coll, 340 ; arrival at Coll : 

 drive to the Castle, 34! ; farming 

 in Coll, 342 ; a day's shooting, 

 343 ; the Castle and the tomb of 

 the McLeans, 348-9 ; the Green 

 Mountain tumulus, 350 ; peat 

 drains, 351 ; more shooting ex- 

 peditions, 350-2, 357; service at 

 Clabac Presbyterian Church, 352 ; 

 the great stone on Benhogh, 353-5 ; 

 Hangman's Hill, 355 ; ruins of 

 crofters' houses, 356-7 ; diffi- 

 culties of departure from Coll 

 harbour, 357-8 ; 



Heckingham Workhouse, 425 ; past 

 and present management, 426 ; feed- 

 ing of young children, 427 ; condi- 

 tion of the graveyard, 427-8 ; the 

 stoneyard, 431 



Hedenham, 4 



Hedenham Rectory, 20 



Hedenham Wood, 433 



Hedge-trimming, 6l 



Heifers, tradition as to first calves of, 



47 



Henry II,, 5, 23, 24 

 Henry VIII., 5, 6 

 Hens with strange broods, 238-9 

 Hertfordshire, water famine in, 359 ; 



effect of London water companies' 



operations, 359, 362 

 High tides, damage done by, 30, 31, 



446, 447 



