590 INDEX. 



Laboratory : directions for fitting up, and using ; articles of furni. 



turc, and expcncc, 527 to 535. 

 Lamls ', great care and attention necessary to the ewes about their 



lambing time, 96. 

 on inclosed farms, and' where this is practicable, the ewes should, 



as they drop the lambs, be drawn from their flock, and put 



to rouen, 97. 



weaning lambs, in July, 41-. 

 See also Sheep. 

 Lays: time of feeding new lays, iSS. 



new lays should be fed the first two or three years, by sheep ; 



different practices, however, on this point, 24910251. 

 time of manuring new lays, 423. 

 method to be adopted on the failure of new lays ; fresh seed in 



a moist time in spring, and a very large fold for sheep, 470. 



on a total failure, 47 i. 



autumnal management of new lays, 47 i . 



plough up old lays in December ; advantage of this husbandry, 525. 

 See also Grass-iattas. 



Leaves ; advantage of collecting them in woodland countries, in 



October, for littering in the yards and standing folds, 508. 



Lentils: quantity ot seed; purposes of cultivation ; soil; horses 



should not be watered soon after eating them, 149. 

 Lettuces for hogs ; real advantage of this cultivation ; preparation, 



drilling, and quantity of seed, 149. 



a Accession in the crop is necessary ; preparation for that to be 

 sown in April, 192. 



that drilled in March, to be thinned in Apr' 1 ; horse-hoeing, 192. 

 Liming: question whether lime burnt in January should be used, or 



kept till the spring, 46. 



great effecl of th : s manure is on uncultivated waste land ; quan- 

 tity, and season, of its application, 47. 



it may be spread on dry land at all times, tor. 



utility ot liming as a manure, with the process of paring 

 burning, 1^3. 



season for its applicar 



liming turnip fallows in June, 387. 



on fallows for wheat, and on waste lands, j for 



each, 388. 

 ilso Burning lime. 

 Linseed. See Flax. 



me ; depth of culture for, and distance, iyS. 

 hand. hoe and carefully hand-weed in May, 264. 

 hand. hoeing in June, 344. 



, in (October ; manurng ; wafer-furrowing, 503. 

 Litter ; importance of providing a. sufficient quantity (tor dung) 



through the spring and summer, 319. 



sfari-iivr.rs respecting the pi o portion of dung to btraw, 550, 551. 

 time for sowing, 198. 



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