GENERAL INDEX. 



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Radcliffc, Rev. T., !ii5 work on agriculture, page 

 1213. A. D. 1819. 



Rags, woollen, as a manure, 2250. 



I; iil. roads, 3543. 



Railways, 3785 ; advantage of, 3791 ; forming and 

 constructing, 3792 ; of stone, Matthews's, 3703. 



Rain, 2367; phenomena of, 2368; cause of, 2369; 

 monthly and annual quantities of, 2372. 



Rain-gauge, use of the, 24-26. 



Rain water, collecting, from roads in ponds, 4465. 



Rake, the, 2449; the horse or stubble, 27-5; the 

 couch-grass, 2726 ; Weir's improved hav or com, 

 2727. 



Raking machines, 2723. 



Ramenta of plants, 1317. 



Randall, J., his works on agriculture, page 1208. 

 A. D. 1764. 



Rape, 6u75 ; soils for, 6079 ; sowing, 6083 ; trans, 

 planting, 6085 ; after-culture of, 60S7 ; harvest- 

 ing, 6089 ; produce of, 6091 ; uses of, 6092. 



Rape-cake, as a manure, 22 1 



Raspberry as an orchard fruit, 4104. 



Rat, the domestic or Norway, 7632, 



Rattery, Paul of Starston's, 7634. 



Rat-traps, 2581. 



Ranch, F. A., his work on agriculture, page 1217. 

 A. D. 1802. 



Re, Filippo, his works on agriculture, page 1221. 

 A. D. 1808. 



Reaumur, Rene, Antoine Ferchault, sieur de, his 

 work on agriculture, page 1215. A. D. 1749. 



Reaping, 3173. 3178; by the acre, 3180; wheat, 

 5043. 



Reaping-hook, the, 2481 ; the smooth, 2482 ; Hut- 

 ton's improved, 2483. 



Reaping machines, 2731. & 2737. 



Reaping machines, 2731. 



Rearing domestic animals, 2066. 



Receptacle of plants, 1324. 



Recollection of surfaces and of country of great in- 

 terest to the agriculturist, 3298. 



Redolji, Cosimo, his work on agriculture, page 1222. 

 A. D. 1818. 



Reds, vegetable, for dyeing, 1416. 



Reed, method of thatching with, 3190 



Reider, T., his work on agriculture, page 1220. 

 A. D. 1825. 



Rein-deer, the, 7361. 



Religion, as influencing agriculture, 1273. 



Rcnnie, George, Esq., his work on agriculture, page 

 1210. A. D. 1794. 



Rent of grazing farms, 4796 ; of land among the 

 Anglo-Saxons, 202 ; in Scotland, 4795 ; in Eng- 

 land, 4797. 



Rents of landed estates, receiving of, 470-'. 



Rents of leases, 4688. 



Repairs in drains, 4266. 



Reproduction in animals, 1972. 



Resin, Botany Bay, 1467 ; green, 1466. 



Resins, vegetable, 1153 ; use of, 1471. 



Rhubarb, 6176; culture of, 6177; Chinese mode of 

 curing, 6178. 



Ribbe, M., his work on agriculture, page 1220. 

 A. D. 1826. 



Ribbing, 3255. 



Ribbing wheat, 5033. 



Ribworm, plaintain, the, 5625. 



Ricci Jacopo, his works on agriculture, page 1222. 

 A. D. 1816. 



Rice, 5185; cultivation of, in Egypt, 1078. 



Richards, John, his work on agriculture, page 1207. 

 A. D. 1730. 



Richardson's machine for raising large stones, 4523. 



Richter, K. F, his works on agriculture, page 1220. 

 A. D. 1804. 



iffcinus communis, 862. 978. 

 Ricking of corn, 3176 

 Rick-stand, Waistell's circular, 2909. 

 Ridder, the, an addition to the plough, 7848. 

 Ridges, 3249 ; on dry, porous, turnip soils, 3250 ; 

 mode of forming straight, and of uniform breadth, 

 3251 ; the direction and length of, 3253 ; in Buck- 

 inghamshire, 7783. 

 Ridging, 3127. 



Rid-plough, Finlayson's, 4540. 



Riem, his work on agriculture, page 1216, A-D. 1770. 

 Riem, J., his works on agriculture, page 1220. A. D. 



1792. 

 Rigaud de VIsle, his work on agriculture, page 



1216. A. D. 1759. 

 Right/, Edward, M. D., F. L. S., his woiks on agri- 

 culture, page 1213. A. D. 1820. 

 Rein-deer moss, 696. 

 Rippling, 3201. 



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Rippling flax, 5899. 



River farmers, 7742. 



River-meadows, 5769. 



River plants, 1745. 



Rivers, altering the course of, 4371 ; a common 

 cause of injury to the banks of, 4362 ; the natural 

 licence of, 4359; operations for improving, 4360; 

 raising to a higher level, 4377 ; sometimes inju- 

 rious to lands, 22 ■-. 



Riickert, G. Ch. Alb, his work on agriculture, page 



1220. A. D. 1800. 



Roads, the best materials for making, 3635. 



Roads, breadth of, 3595 ; ought to be wide and 

 strong, 3597 ; narrow, 3601 ; drainage of, 3602. 



Road-bridges, 3611. 



Roads, concave, 3670 ; convex, S671 ; semi-convex, 

 3674; advantage of good, 3523; M' Adam's plan 

 of making, 3527 ; paving of, 3697 ; junction of, 

 3620 ; laying out over a hill, 3559 ; direction of, 

 through 'an extensive estate, 3562 ; machine for 

 scraping, 3749; machine for sweeping, 3751 ; Bid- 

 die's machine for repairing, 3757 ; arrangement 

 of, on farms, 4210 ; national, 3530 ; parochial, 3531 ; 

 of estates, 3533 ; of farms, 3594 ; paved, 3558 ; 

 planked, 3542 ; the laying out of, 3545 ; the line of 

 direction in, 3547 ; o'n an inclined plane, 7812 ; 

 preparation of the base of, 3622 ; preservation of, 

 3727 ; repair of, 3744 ; the proper degree of con- 

 vexity for, 3676 ; proper width of, 3566 ; strength 

 of, 3567; durability of, 3569; smoothness of, 

 3570; wear or decay of, 3571; washing, 3754 ; 

 Paterson's system of repairing, 3760; M' Adam's 

 system of repairing, 3763. 



Road embankments, 3611. 



Road fences, 3617. 



Road-harrow, Harriott's, 3745. 



Road-making, M'Adam's theory and practice of, 

 3581. 



Robertson, George, his works on agriculture, page 

 1210. A. D. 1795. 



Robertson, James, D.D., his works on agriculture, 

 page 1211. A. D. 1799. 



Rocca, Abbe Delia, his work on agriculture, page 



1221. A. D. 1790. 



Rocce'lla tinctbria, as a scarlet dye, 697. 

 Rocks, improvement of, 4517; primitive, 2102; of 

 transition, 2103; floetz, 2104 ; volcanic, 2106; re- 

 lative situation of, in Britain, 2107 ; how con- 

 verted into soils, 2111. 

 Rocks or stones, modes of rending, by gunpowder, 



4524. 

 Roe, the, 7371. 



Roller, the, 2707 ; the parted cast-iron, 2708 ; the 

 spiky or compound, 2709; the only essential, 

 2717. 

 Roller and water box, 2711. 

 Rolling, 3269. 



Rolling newly laid on road metals, 3694. 

 Rolling roads, 3755 ; Telford's directions for repair- 

 ing, 3774 ; the best seasons for repairing, 3780. 

 Roman authors, 44 ; Cato, 45 ; Varro, 46 ; Virgil, 

 47 ; Columella, 48 ; Pliny the elder, 49 ; Palladius, 

 50. 

 Romans, ass, use of, among the, 105; mules, 106; 

 horse, 108 ; dog, 108 ; plough of the Romans, 

 110; wheel ploughs, invention of, 113; brake, 

 114; hoes, 117— 119; spade, 120 ; instruments, 

 Roman 114—123; reaping hook, 123 ; ploughing, 

 among the Romans, 127; fallowing, 128 manur- 

 ing, 129 ; marl, 130 ; sowing, among the Romans, 

 131 ; reaping, 132 ; reaping machine, Ronian, 13a 

 Romans, culture and farm management ot the, / 1 ; 

 farm, choice of one, directed, 72 ; soil, 74 ; villa, 

 origin of the, 75; position of a, 80; divided into 

 three parts, 81 ; servants, agricultural, 8o ; bailiff, 

 86 ; ploughman, Roman, requisites of a, 88 ; wages 

 in agriculture amongst the Romans, 89 ; beasts of 

 labour used by the Romans, 93; breeding of 

 cattle, 93; training cattle, 98 ; oxen, how fed and 

 used, 100; direction for purchasing, 104; thresh- 

 ing, 135; winnowing, 137; hay-making, J 08 ; 

 weeding, 139; corn, pasturing, and harrowing, 

 140 ; watering lands, 141 ; draining, 143 ; fencing, 

 144 : trees, management of, 14j ; fruits of the, 

 146; grasses, cereal, 148; legumes, 149; sesa- 

 mum, 150; plants, herbage, 151 ; crops used in 

 the arts, 152 ; crops, ligneous, 1=3 ; fruit trees, 

 154 ; animals, 156 ; maxims, 1j7. 

 Romney marsh, 4559. 



Ronalds's select list of orchard apples, 40!,8. 

 Ronconi, Ignazio, his work on agriculture, page 



1221. A. D. 1804. 

 Root, anomalies of the, 1590. 

 Root-breaker, 2557. 



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