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INDEX 



Russia, imports rom, 323-4; wool 



from, 328. 

 Rutland, 22, 102, 109, no, 120, 134, 



142, 151, 255, 268, 306 n. ; Dukes of, 



115, 286. 

 Rye, 4, 16, 91, 125, 133, 138, 155; 



in Norfolk, 182, 276; produce, per 



acre, in 1770, 197. 

 Rye-grass, 178-9, 218, 276. 

 Ryeland sheep, 344, 345, 346. 



Saffron, 62, 106, 143, 167 ; Walden, 106, 



167. 

 Sainfoin, 112, 115, 143, 191, 194, 225, 



33 1 - 



Saint Paul's, manors of, 16, 29. 50, 57, 



58. 



Sales, famous, 234 n., 235, 338, 339. 

 Salt, value of, 26. 

 Samford Hall, 190. 

 Scotland, cattle of, 336, 343 ; wheat 



crop in, 33 2 n. 

 Scott, Reynold, 89, 151. 

 Scottish cattle, 168-9. 

 Scudamore, Lord, 132, 338. 

 Seasons, bad, 20, 42 n., 66, 69, 89, 115, 



157. !79, l8 4> l8 5 l86 > 2I i 22 3, 

 224, 237, 239, 242, 243, 247, 262, 

 265, 277, 292, 293, 294, 295, 297, 

 305 ; good, 239, 244, 262, 266, 287. 



Seed, amount of, for wheat, 33, 67 n., 

 84, 177, 179, 1 80, 227, 246; for clover, 

 112, 166, 176, 218; clover, price of, 

 166. 



Sefton, Lord, estate of, 320 n. 



Selions, 318. 



Self-binding reaper, 304. 



Seneschal, 12. 



Settled Land Acts, 305. 



Settlement, law of parochial, 157-8, 

 209, 238, 269 n., 284. 



Settlements, family, 123, 259-60. 



Seventeenth century, characteristics of, 

 in. 



Sheaf-binding apparatus, 237. 



Shearing sheep, 125. 



Sheep, 94, 104, 126, 137, 146, 161, 

 200, 225, 233, 236, 263, 274, 275, 

 288,290; diseases of, 84; export of, 

 326, 330 (see Live stock) ; improve- 

 ment of, 37, 164, 202 ; number of, in 

 1867, 288 ; in 1877 and 1907, 333-4; 

 price of, see Prices; varieties of, 171, 

 172, 215-7, 233, 235, 275, 288, 



343-6; washing, cost of, 65, 125, 



354- 



Sheep-rot, 184, 242, 265 n., 294. 

 Shepherd, wages of, 61, 71, 87, 109. 

 Shire horse, 35, 335 ; Society, 335. 

 Shoeing, 36, 65, 84, 203. 

 Shorthorn cattle, 167, 225, 233-5, 274, 



288, 336-8, 339, 342. 

 Shows, Agricultural, 233, 273-5, 341. 

 Shropshire, nn., i6n., 159, 173, 219, 



220, 225, 250, 339; sheep, 275, 288, 



344, 345, 346. 

 Siberian Railway, 324. 

 Sicks, uncultivated patches, 99 n. 

 Sinclair, Sir J., 229, 230, 232. 

 Sittingbourne, 128, 143. 

 Sixteenth century, character of, 89. 

 Slaves, 8, n, 20. 

 Smith, Adam, 134, 210. 

 Smith of Deanston, 214, 271-2. 

 Smithfield, 168, 169; cattle show, 218, 



273, 339; prices at, 239, 240, 241, 



247, 26 5- 



Smyth, John, in. 

 Society, Royal Agricultural, 193. 

 Society for Encouragement of Arts, &c., 



194, 227, 303. 

 Socmen, 7. 

 Somerset, 19, 58, 107, 168, 250, 309, 



340; sheep, 344. 

 Somerville, Lord, 231. 

 Southams cattle, 342. 

 Southdown sheep, 217, 225, 233, 236, 



263, 274, 275, 344, 345. 

 Spade, prejudice against, 112, 143; for 



hops, 150. 

 Spain, exports to, 349 ; imports from, 



323- 



Spanish wool, 38-9, 328. 

 Speculation, in land, 243; in produce, 



305- 



Speenhamland Act, 237-8. 

 Spencer, Earl, 273. 

 Sporting rights reserved, 115. 

 Spraying fruit, 1 36. 

 Squatters, 220, 256. 

 Squire, the, 103, 128, 137, 140, 193, 



2II-2. 



Stafford, Marquis of, 219. 

 Staffordshire, 3, 44, 78, 122, 219, 286, 



295, 39- 

 Statesmen, 311. 

 Statistics, agricultural, 230, 231, 232, 



377, 288 (see King, Gregory), 331-2, 



353- 



