INDEX, 593 



in improvemeiit, (as quarrying stone, and bull Jing walls) . may 

 proceed in the middle of winter if not prevented by sn. 

 47. (See also 514). 



attention to this business in the summer, 396- 

 Mountains; importance of applying the system" of irrigation to moiui- 



tninous moors, 310. 



some directions on this subject, 31 1 , 312. 

 Mud. See the articles Ponds-, and Harping. 

 Mustard : cultivation of this crop - } produce, and value, 151. 



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Nor thumler Land method of turnip cultivation ; Mr. Culley's narra- 

 tive on this interesting subject, 328 to 332, 405. 



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Oats ; may be sown in January, to relieve the business of the suc- 

 ceeding months, 53. 



important experiment by Mr. Macro, of Suffolk, determining the 



comparative benefit of early sowing, 53. 

 experiment of the Earl of Winchilsea, to the same purpose, 

 55. 



time of sowing Black oats, quantity of seed, and culture, 74, 75. 



sorts of oats, 75. 



oats should never follow a Corn crop, 114. 



very erroneous idea of supposing them less profitable on land in 

 good order than Barley, 114. 



should never be sown but on land in proper order for Barley ; 



may be sown after a fallow crop, and clover with them, as 



that grain, 115, 11 6. 

 oats after Turnips ; the farmer should consider whether this corn 



or Barley is likely to pay him best, 1 1(5. 

 oats on Lays ; method of preparation and dibbling: perhaps in all 



cases better to put in a crop of Pease or Beans first, 1 1/. 



interesting narrative by Mr. Bannister, on this subje6t, 132. 



paring and burning, however, should always be effected, where 



practicable, ll/. 



a good quantity of seed advised ; the practice of drilling not to 

 be recommended or adopted on the idea of saving seed by 

 it, 188. 



sowing Barley before white oats, 191. 

 hoeing the crops in May, 265, 266. 

 harvest; sometimes reaped, 431. 

 plough for oats, in October ; attend carefully to breadth of stitches, 



502. 

 Oclbler, general remark respecting the various operations prescribed 



for this month, 4/3. 



Osiers, and other sorts of Willows -, season, ; ons, for plant- 



ing, them, 89, 



a q 2 advan- 



