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Salt, great value of, 11 

 Salt and soot, experiment with, 167 

 Salted feeding, benefit of, 45 

 Saltpetre, quantity of potash in, 205 

 Saltpetre refuse, use of, 184 

 Salts (sulphates), properties of, 189 

 Sand soils, description of, 125 

 Sandstone (new red) formations, 



character of, 321 

 Sandy field, experiments in, 109 

 Sawdust, use of, 224 

 Scarlet clover, article on, 287 

 dry land best for, 287 

 quantity yielded per acre, 288 

 necessity of having good seed, 

 289 

 Scotland, high position of, in agri- 

 culture, 150 

 introduction of lime into, 150 

 Sea-weeds, analysis of, 201 

 Seed operations, cost of, per acre, 



257 

 Seed, per acre, quantity to be sown, 



219 

 Sewer-water, value of, 211 

 Shallow drains, incompleteness of, 81 

 Shearing, how paid for, 252 

 Shed-feeding, 16 

 Shed-feeding sheep, 33 



economy of, 34 

 Sheep, compound for feeding, 24 

 convenience to, of clover-grass, 



281 

 facts with regard to, 54 

 go longer with male than with 



female young, 54 

 to give additional value to, 10 

 white mustard a good food for, 

 291 

 Sheep -feeding on boards, results of, 



221 

 Sheep, shed-feeding of, 33 

 economy of, 34 

 facts relative to, 34 

 Shoulder of cattle, proper condition 



of, 3 

 Short-horn, properties of a, 1 

 loss by, in the dairy, 5 

 outward contour of, 5 

 Sods, &c., danger of, to wheat 



plants, 260 

 Soiling and shed-feeding, 16 

 Soils and plants, relations between, 



133 

 Soils, carbon contained in, 199 



Soils, capillary force of, 84 



changes in, after drainage, 81 

 ingredients of, active and pas- 

 sive, 151 

 properties of, 140 

 what they require to grow given 

 crops, 147 ; how proved, 147 

 Solid measure, to what applied, 247 

 Sows during gestation, how to feed, 

 58 

 when to be spayed, 59 

 Specific manures, experiments on 



the effects of, 197 

 Spring corn, when and how to sow 



it, 218 

 Stagnant water, dislike of roots to, 



106 

 Stall-feeding cows, 27, 312 



proper animals to begin with, 17 

 when commenced, 17 

 Starch, gum, &c., per-centage of 



fat or tallow yielded by, 20 

 State or condition of animals, 7 

 Steamed compound, advantages aris- 

 ing from the use of, 312 

 quantity for a beast per day, 311 

 Steam-engine in Aberdeen too ex- 

 pensive, 63 

 where jirofitably employed, 64 

 Stock, cost of management of, 258 

 Stock-feeding, 311 

 Stomach, importance of its being 



filled, 51 

 Stones alone objectionable for drains, 



124 

 Stone-drains, construction of, 78 

 not to be put on tiles, 124 

 imperishability of, 78 

 material for, 115 

 depth of, 116 

 Stones for draining, proper size of, 

 116 

 where laid down, 116 

 how covered, 117 

 Straw-feeding, loss sustained by, 32 

 Straw, use of, in producing milk, 220 

 Subsoiling, advantages of, 228 



ruinous without deep-di'ainage, 

 229 

 Subsoils, description of, 102 

 Substances which compose the ani- 

 mal frame, 6 

 Suffolk, table of the value of labour 

 in, 253 



