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GENERAL INDEX. 



Root of a plant, 1 107. 



Root*, edible, of the old world, 17*5. 



Ro >t house, the, 286?. 



Roota of trees, use of, 



Rope twisting machliH . 



R onion, statistics i i. . 



ni all, iii Dunbar) mshire, 

 Rosin, 145* 



Rossig, Karl Glo., his works on agriculture 

 I ! 9 A. D. !" 



Ross-shire, Btatistica of, 7854. 



Rotation of crops, necessity of a judicious, 1912 



4927. 

 Rotations suited to different soils, examples of, 



Hotting it) trees, to prevent, 4030 



, /, Thomas, Ins work on agriculture, page 

 v I) 1823. 



Roxburghshire, statistics of, 7836. 



Hazier, Francois, his works on agriculture, page 

 1916. A. D. 1770. 



Rubbing-post for pigsties, 28 18. 



Rules for the arrangement of farm labour, 491 I 



Rush, the esparto, in Spain, 722. 



Russia, portion of, fit for aration, 664 ; climates of, 

 665; surface of. 669; soil of, 670: landed pro- 

 perty in, 071 ; the farmeries of, 672; agricultural 

 products of, 673; farming crops of the more 

 southern regions of, 674; the culture of herbage 

 plants in, 675; plants grown for commercial uses 

 in, 676 ; fruits generally grown in, 678 ; live stock 

 of the farmer in, 679 ; forests of, 680 ; implements 

 and operations of husbandry in, (is!; field oper- 

 ations of, 684; improvement of agriculture in, 

 685. 



Rutlandshire, statistics of, 7802. 



Rye, 5069 ; varieties of, 5070 ; soil for, 5071 ; climate 

 for, 5072; when sown, 507"; after-culture, har- 

 vesting, and threshing of, 5074 ; use of, 5075 ; as 3 

 green crop, 5070; spur, or ergot of, 5079; insects 

 injurious to, 76ii2. 



liye, George, his work on agriculture, page 1208. 

 A. D. 1730. 



Rye, insects injurious to, 7662. 



Rye-grass, the biennial, 5654; the perennial, 5655; 

 the new varieties of, 5656. 



Sack-barrow, the, 2541. 



Saddle-grafting, a peculiar mode of, practised in 

 Worcestershire, 7792 



Saffron, the, or autumn crocus, 6169, uses of, 6173. 



Saff on, extract of, 1412. 



S i : tpenum, 1479. 



Saintfoin, 5595 ; varieties of, 5796 ; soil for, 5597 ; 

 sowing, 5709; after-culture and management of, 

 5603 ; taking and using the crop of, 5606 ; dura- 

 tion of, 5609; produce of, 5610; nutritive pro- 

 ducts of 5611 ; saving the seed of, 5612; thresh- 

 ing out the seeds of, 5614; produce in seed of, 

 6 ; diseases of, ."»il7. 



Salep plant, culture of the, 6184. 



Salesman, agricultural, 771- 



Saline solutions, as a manure, 2 108 



Salisbury, \V., his work on agriculture, page 1213. 

 A D. 1822. 



Salmon's attempt at a reaping-machine, 2735. 



Salmon, 7584; enemies of the young, 3889; fishery 

 of, 3885; in rivers, 7870; spawning of, 7850; va- 

 rious modes of taking, 3895; weirs for, Marshal's 

 opinion of. 



Salmon trout, 7850. 



Salop, 1401. 



Salt, as a manure, 2306; good for most animals, 

 2074 ; production of, 



Salts as part of the food of plants 1 5 '<>. 



Salvini, tiio, his work on agriculture, page 1221. 

 A. I). 1777. 



Sandarach, 1457. 



Sandwich Isles the, 1059. 



- opinion on pruning, 3989. 



Sap, 14 >; ascent of the 1539—1644 ; causes of the, 

 [545—1550; elaboration of the, 1551; perspir- 

 ation of, 1707; of plants, 1475. 



Sarcey-de-Sutieres, his works on agriculture, page 

 1215. A. 1). 1765. 



Sartorelli, ti. li., his work on agriculture, page 1222. 

 A. I) 1826. 



Sauerkraut, 5507. 



Sautture's experiment respecting vegetable extract 

 as the food of plants, 1529. 



Savory, culture of, 6180. 



Savoy, agriculture of, 354 ; land in, 355; lands of 

 the in isteries in, 356; peasantry of, 357 ; four 



model Of occupying land in, 359 ; land near towns 



560; farming land in, 361 ; occupying land in, 



bv grangers and by tacheurs, 362, 363: leases 



granted to the farmers and grangers in, 301 ; pas- 



tui n i5; public dairies in, -">« it > ; sheep in, 



; vineyards in, 368; walnut trees in, 36 

 walnut harvest in, 370 ; tobacco in, 37 I ; artificial 

 grasses in, 374 ; gra*- 1 inds and water meadows 

 of, 375; agricultural improvements in, 376 ; salt- 

 works of Montiers in, 177. 



Saw, the, 2490. 

 Sawing, 



Saxony, state of agriculture in, 607 ; culture of the 

 vine and silkworm in, 008; the wool of, 609; ge- 

 neral rotation of crops in, 610; cows of, 611; 

 Jacob's opinion of the agriculture of, 613. 

 Scales of animals, 1869. 

 Scammony, 1+75. 

 Scarcement in hedgemaking, arguments for and 



against a, 3009. 

 S hi her, Henry's improved, 267 I 

 Scarifier or hash, the Sithney, 2716. 

 Scht'ffiild, L., his work on agriculture, page 1220. 



A. D. 1809. 

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



A. 1). 1810. 

 Schuster, J., and M. Haberle, their work on agricul- 

 ture, page 1220. A. I). 1825. 

 Schwertz, N., his work on agriculture, page 1220. 



A 1). 182 i. 

 Scfrpus tuberosus, the, of China, 986. 

 Scorer, the, 2491. 



Scotland, agriculture of, after the Norman Con- 

 quest, 208; during the thirteenth, fourteenth 

 and fifteenth centuries, 213; in the fifteenth and 

 sixteenth centuries, 215 ; agriculture of, in the 

 sixteenth century, 226 -11 ; in the seventeenth 

 century, 242 ; agriculture in, during the Revolu- 

 tion, 770 ; first improvement in the roads of, 771 ; 

 benefit to the agriculture of, 772 ; general remarks 

 on, 7832. 

 Scraper, the, 2464. 

 Scraping, 3133. 

 Scraping roads, 3748. 



Scythe, the Hainault, 509. 2479; the great lira, 

 bant, 510 ; the cradle, 2480 ; for reaping grain 

 crops, 3179; used in irrigation, 4401. 

 Seal, the, 3393. 



Seas, inconsiderable, temperature of, 2351. 

 Season for cutting trees whose barks are not made 

 use of, 4044 ; for sawing, cutting, or clipping living 

 trees, 2156. 

 Season, a wet, 24 15. 



Seasoning of timber, 4063; by steeping, 4001. 

 Sea-trout, 7850. 

 Sea wall embankment, 4352. 

 Sea-water, as a means of irrigation, 4145. 

 Sea-weed, use of, 6187. 

 Sea-weeds, as a manure, 2237 

 Sea-wrack grass, 619 . 

 Secretions, unctuous, of the skin, 1875; viscous, 



1876. 

 Seed, dispersion of, 1642. 

 Seed-basket, 2526. 

 Seed-corn, choice of, 4855. 

 Seed farmers, 7729. 



Seed harrow for wet weather, Gray's, 2704. 

 Seed sown, returns of, mentioned by the ancients, 



167. 

 Seeds of trees, use of, 4011. 

 Selkirkshire, statistics of, 7837. 

 Srimc, M., and the Baron de Ferrussac, their work 



on agriculture, page 1219. A. 1). 1826. 

 Senna, extract of, 1410. 

 Sensation of plants, 1668. 

 Serpent's motion, the, 1903. 1906. 

 Serradilla, the, 5639. 

 Serres, Olivier de, his work on agriculture, page 



1214. A. 1). 1600. 

 Servants, choice of, for the farmer, 4S66 ; the mode 

 of hiring at public statutes, 4869; management 

 of, 4900. 

 Servants, female, required in a farmery, 4878. 



v, B. de, his work on agriculture, page 1216. 

 A. I). 1786. 

 Sesamum orientate, 978. 6097. 

 Setters, 71-00. 



Settlers in the United States, practice of, 1165. 

 Sexes of plants, 1622 



Shade and shelter for certain plants, necessity cf 

 1827. 



