582 INDEX. 



question whether on doing this, the whole of the pasture 



grounds should be at once thrown open to them, or divided 

 off successively ; advantages and disadvantages of each me- 

 thod, 251 to 253. 



attentions in the point of stocking grass-lands, 253. 

 management of young cattle in Oclober, 493. 



may be served with Straw (as a food) in too great plenty, 550. 

 See also the articles Calves ; C^jus ; Farm-yard; Fattening 



beasts ; and Litttr. 

 Chaf. See Cut -chaff. 

 Chaff-house. See Threshing-mill. 



Chalking ; method of performing this business, in Hertfordshire, 42* 

 sinking the pit, 42. 

 raising the chalk, 43. 

 operations at the bottom of the pit, 43. 

 - quantity of land to each pit ; expence, 44. 

 deepest chalk the best ; flints to be picked out, 44. 

 successful practice of Mr. John Hill, of Coddicot ; once chalk. 



ing produces abundant crops for ten years, 44, 45. 

 distinction between the different sorts of chalk ; and suitable 



soils, 370. 

 dig 1 throughout July and August ; use the small three-wheeled 



cut, 417, 418, 439. 

 dig in November, 515-. 



in December, 527. 



Chamomile, its soil, and planting ; the cultivation of it trouble- 

 some and not advantageous, 152. 



Cheese. See Dairy. 



'ire cheese ; general method of making, 289 to 288. 



Chicory ; peculiar advantage of the cultivation of this plant, 124, 



150. 



objection to it ; answered, 125. 



methods of sowing, broad-cast or drilling ; quantity of seed ; 

 harrowing after sowing, 125, 6, 204. 



Churns, apparatus to those used in Cheshire, 285. 



Cluy. See Marling. 



Chsi' ft a/ing pasturage with sheep; important advantages of an at- 

 tention to this point, 269 to 271. 



Clover : great benefit of this crop; various methods of sowing it, 

 117. 



advantage of each, i iS. 



value of the produce, in different views, i 18. 



it is peculiarly liable to fail in districts where it has been long 



grown; course on a farm in Surrey, which succeeded well 



with clover every third year, 1 19. 



in such circumstances, Tares may also be dibbled into the 



vacant spots with advantage, 243. 

 quantity of seed, 1 19. 

 \Vhitecloveralone, for seed, 120. 

 time of mowing clover ; this the most profitable application of 



the crop; direftion in making the hay, 346. 



Wheat 



