338 



Furrow-drains, dimensions of, 113 



material for tilling, 113 



depth of, 113 

 Furze-hedges, utility of, 232 



Gang system, demoralizing effects 



o'f the, 234 

 Garden stuff of little use when 



growing, 58 

 Gas -lime, uses of, 155 

 Geological table, 321 

 Geology, a knowledge of necessary 



in draining, 125 

 Germinated barley, process of form- 

 ing, 24 

 Gilbert i Mr.), experiments of, 215 

 Glaciers, ammonia found in, 14G 

 Grain for market, cost of preparing, 



258 

 Grass-field, experiment in a, 82 



analysis of clays taken from a, 

 84 

 Grass land, different manures for, 

 273 

 draining of, 270 

 dressings for, 272 

 expense of, 271 

 how to be broken up, 270 

 how to turn it into arable, 259 

 on breaking up of, 270 

 on dressing of, 272 

 on the advantages, &c. of break- 

 ing up of, 305 

 terms of with landlord, 270 

 when to be burnt, 271 

 Gravel-drains, how formed, 120 

 Green crops, advanfcige of sowing, 27 

 high value of, 22(3 

 should be much varied, 2G6 

 Growing animals, &c. functions of, 9 

 Growing pigs, garden stuff" of little 



use for, 58 

 Guano, analysis of, 183 



combination of with farm- 

 manure, 187, 190 

 compared with other manures, 



137 

 comparison of, with night-soil, 



186 

 composition of different kinds 



of, 195 

 constituents of, 192 

 effects of, in growing cabbases, 



196, 197 

 experiments with, 193, 213 



Guano, gain by using large quanti- 

 ties of, 274 

 great object of, 19G 

 how best used, 193 

 how produced, 192 

 loss by the use of small quanti- 

 ties of, 274 

 mixture of, with moss, 190 

 pays itself in straw, 228 

 peculiarity of Peruvian, 195 

 sometimes too pungent, 177 

 useful wlien burned, 147 

 value of crops grown with, 194 

 varieties of, 192 

 Gvpsum and potash, effects of, 141 

 how formed, 155 

 opinions as to its operation, 156 

 mode of applying it on the con- 

 tinent, 157 

 uses of, general and special, 1 58 

 value of, for red clover, 273 



Handling a beast, method of, 1 

 of beasts, importance of, 3 

 Harvest operations, wages of, per 



acre, 257 

 Harvest-work, how accomplished, 



238 

 Hay harvest, a few hints on the 



best time for, 317 

 H:uilming, price of, per acre, 242 

 li"dge-rows, propriety of demol- 

 ishing, 230 

 surplus soil fi'om, how applied, 

 230 

 Hip and rump of cattle, distance 



from, 2 

 Hoeing, benefit of, 239 

 Hops, manure for, 203, 205 



contents of, 205 

 Horns of cattle non-essential in 



handling, 4 

 Horse-power, cost and rate of 



thrashing l)y, 65 

 Horses and colts, Mr. Barker's plan 



of feeding, 304 

 Horses, how to be used in plough- 

 ing, 231 

 proper food for, 1 1 

 Hose, advantage in favourof the, 211 

 House-fed beasts, profits resulting 



from, 2!) 

 Huraber, peculiarity of land i-e- 



claimed from the, 91 

 Hummeller, uses, &c. of the, 67 



