332 



INDEX. 



Experiments in breaking up land, 



2G1 

 " Eye " drains, how formed, 11 1 



Farm accounts, on the method of 



keeping, 323 

 Farming, principles of, 218 

 Farm labour account, plan for, 324 

 Farm manure aad guano, combi- 

 nation of, 187 

 properties of, 191 

 Farm manure, how and when to 

 apply it, 206 

 its effect on wheat crops, 206 

 Farm operations Cauuual) how paid 



for, 257 ' 

 Farm-yard dung, value of, 148 



more necessary than that made 



upon farms, 148 

 best manure for bulky crops, 

 297 

 Fattening pigs must not run about, 



58 

 Feeding stock, methods of, 50 



Mr. Thompson's experiments 



in, 48 

 results of two systems, 51 

 Fences, the most suitable, 232 



how formed, 232 

 Feqcing, wages for, 245, 246 

 Fertility, duration of, 135 

 Filling, carting, &c. how done and 



cost of, 248 

 Filling in drains, by whom con- 

 ducted, 114 

 apparatus for, 119 

 Flail, cost of thrashing with, GO 

 Flax breaking, how done, 302 



crop of, when to be taken, 307 



description of, 299 



difficulty of preserving the seed 



after rippling, 301 

 diseases of, 299 



exhaustion of land by the 

 growth of, how prevented, 



303, 312 



expense of rearing and pre- 

 paring a crop of, 310 

 expense per acre of growing, 



304, 312 



fibre, profit of, when dressed, 



309 

 fitness of, for weak soils, 306 

 ground for, must be in good 



condition, 306 



Flax, growing of, on newly broken 



up grass land, 305 

 how to know when sufficiently 



watered, 302 

 Ireland well adapted for the 



growth of, 304 

 its value as a stock-feedip.g and 



remunerative crop, 307 

 on the cultivation, &c. of, 299, 



303 

 preparation of land for, 300 

 produce of, per acre, 304 

 prohibition of the growth of, 



307 

 pulling, the best time for, 301 

 rotation in sowing of, 299 

 scratching, how performed, 303 

 seeds of, an excellent food for 



cattle, 304 

 soils best adapted for, 299, 304 

 sowing, the best time for, 300 

 spreading, proper land for, 302 

 steeping, the practice of, 301 

 stem, composition of the, 304 

 the best of all crops for lea 



land, 306 

 water for, description of, 302 

 weeding of, when commenced, 



301 

 when and how sown, 304 

 Flax-seed, experiment with, 45 

 Flemmg ( Mr.), value of crops of, 194 

 Fly, antidote for the, 177 

 Foetal animal, control over, and how 



supported, 7 

 Fold-yard manure, produce of, 196 

 Food and general management of 



cattle, 7 

 Food, chemical examination of, 20 

 composition of, 39 

 how received by plants, 165 

 nutritive qualities of, 11 

 of cattle to be increased as 



pregnancy advances, 8 

 of young animals not to be 



stinted, 7 

 quantity required for feeding 



four beasts twenty-six weeks, 



309, 310 

 Four-feet drains, cost of, 124 

 Four-horse power machine, cost and 



rate of thrashing of, 62 

 dimensions of, 62 

 Fresh bones, when ground, superior 



to boiled, 165 



