INDEX. 587 



preparation for this crop, 225. 



manuring, &c. 226. 



means of ascertaining the quality of linseed, 226. 



quantity of seed, and methods of sowing, 227. 



sowing with grass-seeds, 227. 



a dressing of soot, ashes, &c. very beneficial, 227. 



farther general remarks on the culture of {lax ; proper soil, time 

 of sowing, quantity of seed, \c. 296, 297. 



weeding the young crop in June, 344, 385. 



time and method of pulling, 442. 



this is not an advisable crop for the young farmer, 442. 

 Flemish culture of rape for seed, 372. 

 Floating. See Watering meadows, 

 flj in turnips, manuring the best preventive against, 327, 328. 



soot frequently applied, with success, 405, 6. 



Fly in sheep; preventive against, 36^, 366. 



FS* n S account f ^is peculiar husbandry, and its benefits, 325;. 

 fatting sheep : now proved to be an unprofitable pradice ; the 

 arguments in its defence are not satisfactory, 3. 



the Author's experience on this subjecl, 4. 



the benefits to be reaped by the fold, considered ; the improve- 

 ment of the corn. lands at the expence of the pastures is au 

 injurious maxim, 5. 



the sheep when not folded manure the ground equally, and much 

 increase the value of lays, 6. 



folding, when that system is preferred, may be carried on through, 

 out the whole of the winter with profit, 7. 



use of a sheep-yard to answer this purpose, 7, 526. 



application of folding as a top-dressing in spring, 166. 



farther remarks on the injudiciousness of folding, 268, 269. 



folding in June, 366. 



attention in July to this business ; constant rule, fold those 

 lands first which will be first sown, 417. 



folding in August, 439. 



standing sheep-fold, in October, 508. 



folding in November, 513. 



foliation of vegetables ; curious table on this subject, 112. 

 Fruit-trees, season for planting, 523. 

 Fullers' thistle. See Teasels. 

 Furze ; example of its cultivation with great success, 244. 



Garden. See Kitchen-garden. 



Garget y in yearling calves, may be prevented by keeping them 



perfectly dry, 18. 



Gleaning, observations respecting this custom, 434. 

 Gwsei practice of burning this vegetable for manure, 399. 

 Granary . See Threshing-mill. 

 Grasslands ; season for putting on several sorts of manure, 87. 



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