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INDEX 



Gerard, 106, in. 



'Gerefa, the', 15. 



Germany, exports to, 63 ; imports from, 

 20, 66, 69, 241, 243, 262, 323-4, 328 ; 

 livestock in, 334; wheat crops in, 

 332n. 



Gilbert, 275. 



Gilbert's Act, 237. 



Gilbey, Sir W., 335. 



Glamorganshire, vineyards in, 145. 



Glastonbury Abbey, 13. 



Gleaning, 133. 



Gloucestershire, 19, 78, 128, 136, 143, 

 144, 173,207, 295,344. 



Gloves, gifts of, 62. 



Gold premium, 305. 



Googe, Barnaby, 144, 173. 



Gooseberries, 331. 



Grafting in seventeenth century, 1 30. 



Grain crops, chief source of lord's in- 

 come, 25. 



Grapes, 136, 329 (see Vineyards). 



Grass, acreage under, in 1877 and 1907, 

 33 T -2 ; in 1850, 353; arable land 

 laid down to, 56, 58, 75, 79, 91, 93-4, 

 117-9, 120, 196,219, 231, 305; con- 

 verting, to tillage, 231, 263; more 

 profitable than arable, 199; seeds, 

 165, 191, 194, 226-7. 



Grass land, price of, see Pasture and 

 meadow, price of; ploughed up, 186, 

 218, 245. 



Grass section of England in 1893, 

 306 n. 



Grasshoppers, plague of, 185. 



Graziers, profits of, 184. 



Greycoats of Kent, 259. 



Ground Game Act, 303. 



Guano, 232, 276. 



Guernsey cattle, 342, 343. 



Gun, the, in seventeenth century, 140. 



H 



Haggard, Rider, Mr., 314-5. 



Hallam, 210. 



Hambleton, Sir A. Barker of, 142. 



Hamlets, 5. 



Hampshire, 28, 36, 79, 116, 132, 145, 



i6sn., 240, 253, 266, 268, 3o6n., 309, 



314; sheep, 275, 288, 344, 345. 

 Handborough, 53. 

 Harrison, 'Description of England,' 



19, 28, 50, 56, 86, 91, 95, 101, 104, 



149. 

 Harrow, the, and harrowing, 17, 65, 84, 



"5. *35, Mi J 53-4. 166. 176, 179, 



194, 201, 203, 246. 

 Hartlib, Simon, 127, 128, 130, 131, 



132, 142-3. 



Harvest, importance of, 9, 108. 

 Harvest homes, 104, 269. 

 Harvest work, 25, 62, 125, 138, 209. 

 Hatfield Chase, 78. 

 Hawsted, 20, 30, 35, 54, 57, 58, 62, 



63, 67, 112, 115, 116, 178, 179, 205, 



207. 

 Hay, 112; price of, see Prices; carrying 



off, 178, 219, 302; imports of, 262. 

 Hay tedder, 304. 



Haymaking, 4, 44, 124, 125, 138, 142. 

 Headlands, 3. 

 ' Heaths', Shropshire, 220. 

 Hedges, 124, 148, 150, 163, 178, 282. 

 Hemp, 100, 105, 135, 151, 191, 250-1. 

 Henley, Walter of, 19 n., 31, 36, 83. 

 Henry of Huntingdon, 327. 

 Hens, number of eggs from, 35. 

 Herdwick sheep, 344, 346. 

 Hereford cattle, 233, 235, 274, 288, 336, 



338-40, 342. 

 Herefordshire, 5, 40, 128, 130, 132, 



136, 143, 171, 186-7, 1 88, 240, 247, 



249, 250, 267, 291, 306, 309, 316. 

 Hertfordshire, 150, 174, 179, 225, 238, 



306 n. 



Hentzner's description of English farm- 

 ing, 104. 

 Hide, 16. 



Highland, West, cattle, 217, 343. 

 Hoeing, 153, 166, 188, 201-2, 354; 



horse, 198, 201. 

 Holder, the small, 73, 76,119, 121-2, 



164, 191, 195, 202, 205, 220, 253-61, 



268,308,310,311,316-9; decrease 



of, causes of, 122, 259; new class of, 



260. 



Holderness cattle, 337. 

 Holdings, various sizes of, 334. 

 Holland, Shorthorns from, 337 ; live 



stock in, 334 ; wheat crops in, 332 n. 

 Honey, 10, 144. 

 Hops, 28, 86-7, 89-91, in, 125, 128 



M3, i49 I 5> !7i> 2 97-9. 329-3 

 331 ; acreage of, in 1729, 171 ; 297-8 

 329 ; average crop, 333 ; duty on 

 297-8 ; imports of, 329-30 ; profit on 

 90, 150, 171, 298-9, 330; sub- 

 stitutes, 298, 329. 



Horse fairs, 105. 



Horse shoes, 36. 



