INDEX 



Page. 



Agricultural Life — 



Drawbacks of ... 46 



Meagreness of ... 46 



Agricultural Man-Power in 

 Ireland ... ... 43 



Agricultural position at the 

 present time ... ... 38 



Agricultural Science needs 

 Practical Knowledge ... 16 



Agriculture as an Industry 

 for Mental Activity ... 19 



Animals, Feeding Requi- 

 sites for ... 221, 222 



Annual Rainfall — Chart of 

 Average ... ... 55 



August Rainfall Chart ... 58 



Beef Production, Cheap 

 rations for ... ... 244 



Bullocks, Fluctuating 



prices for, and cheapest 

 period for ... ... 26 



Calves, Feeding weaned ... 246 

 Cattle — 



Continuous Cropping ra- 

 tion for, Cost of ... 248 

 Fattening, Continuous 

 Cropping ration for 

 young ... ... 247 



Fattening, standard ra- 

 tion for young ... 246 

 Movable sheds for ... 253 

 Rations ... ••• 244 

 Rations for mature ... 247 

 Cereals exhaust soil nitro- 

 gen, tares replenish it 105 

 Chaff ensiling plant, A ... 157 

 Co. Limerick's gratitude to 

 Mr. Wibberley for intro- 

 ducing his system ... 21 



Page. 

 Conquering the climate by 



altering the tillage sys- 

 tem ... ... 64 



Continuous Cropping — 



Agricultural and Na- 

 tional economy of ... 250 



Commercial Test applied 

 to ... ... 20 



Factors in determining 

 rotations ... ... 188 



Intensive system of 

 farming ... ... 51 



Inter-cropping of con- 

 tinuous crops ... 175 



Labour economies in 

 consuming the crops 252 



Less risky than usual 

 rotation ... ... 74 



Milk output can be in- 

 creased by ... 191 



Mixed vetches and cereals 

 follow lea corn ... 95 



Motor implements can be 

 kept at profitable work 

 80 per cent, of the year 101 



Provides cheap albumin- 

 ous food ... ... 232 



Requires liberal use of 

 artificial manures to 

 start ... ... 30 



Roots not included in 

 ordinary rotation ... 173 



Spread over wide area of 

 farming ... ... 20 



Taken up warmly in 

 Germany ... ... 5 2 



Two crops of tares and 

 a crop of seeds hay ... 106 



Weeding scarcely neces- 

 sary in ... ... 73 



