GENERAL INDEX. 



1271 



Shafts, double, advantage of, on roads, 5742. 



Shakes in trees, to remedy, 4031. 



Shapes which indicate a propensity to fatten 



soonest, 2031. 

 Sheath, the, or land. guard of loose stones, I 



S of corn, an improved method of setting 

 up, 3177; methods of drying, 704. 

 Sheaving of corn. . 5 

 Sheds, portable, for pasture lands, 583S. 

 Sheep, the, 7U2; the common, in a wild state, 



7113; value of, to the British farmer, 71 14. 

 Sheep, varieties of, 7113; the long-woolled British, 

 7117; the short-woolled, 71 IN; the hornless 

 breeds, 7119; sheep best suited to arable land, 

 . the long-woolled large breeds, 7L1 , the 

 sborter-woolled varieties, 71 > that range 



over the mountainous districts of Britain, 7133 , 

 the Spanish or Merino breed, 7 1 

 Sb op, criteria of properties in, of an excellent ram, 

 7142; of a sound healthy sheep, 7145; of age, 

 7144; names of the different ages and conditions 

 of sheep, 7145. 

 Sheep, breeding, 7146 ; season of putting the rams 

 to the ewes, 7153; period of gestation, 7154 ; keep 

 of sheep after lambing, 7159 ; castrating lambs, 

 7160; weaning of lambs, 7161. 

 Sheep, rearing and management of, 7162; on rich 

 grass and arable lands, 7'6> ; treatment of the 

 iambs, 7163; selection of the lambstock, 717u : 

 selection of the grown stock, 7 172 ; •shearing, 

 7175; washing, 7177 : marking, 71S5 ; shortening 

 the tails, 7186 ; rearing and management on 

 hilly and mountainous districts, 7190 ; store farm. 

 ing, 7192. 

 Sheep, folding, 7 



Sheep, fattening, 7-19; fattening lambs, 7224. 

 Sheep, the Merino breed, 7240; introduction of, 

 7231 ; Dr. Parry's experiments with, 7232, shear- 

 ing of, 723"> ; produce of the wool of, 7-36 ; Lord 

 Somerville's experiments with, 7- -7. 

 Sheep, anatomy and physiology of, 7259; skeleton 

 of, 7241 ; the* visceral and soft parts, 7242 ; wool 

 of, 7-45. 

 Sheep, diseases of, 7244 ; of lambs, 7273. 

 Sheep, the Berkshire polled, 7790 , of Berwick- 

 shire, 7835 ; in Buckinghamshire, 77S3 ; of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, 1127 ; of the farm of Coldin- 

 gen, near Hanover, 600 ; of Dorsetshire, manage- 

 ment of, 7819; of the Hebrides, 7859; of Hin- 

 dustan, 913 ; the Hungarian, 632 ; improvement 

 of, on the farm at Moegelin, 5S5 ; in Leicester- 

 shire, 7798; of Perthshire, 7849; of Spain, 735; 

 management of, 737—742 ; when first fed on the 

 ground with turnips, - ".. 

 Sheep-shearing in Spain, 741. 

 Shell-fish fishery, 3683. 

 Shell sand, as a manure, 2288. 

 Shell slug, the, 7706. 

 Shells of animals, 1870. 

 Sheltering farm-lands, 45S4. 

 Sheltering and shading lands, 2215, S 

 Shepherd, the, 4876. 

 Shetland Isles, statistics of the, 7861. 

 Shirreff, John, his work on agriculture, page 1213. 



A. D. 1814. 

 Shocking of corn, 317". 

 Shoeing of horses in Flanders, 520. 

 Shoots, annual, 1559. 

 Shorelands, improvement of, 4567. 

 Shovel, the, 2446. 

 Shovelling, 3124. 

 Shropshire, statistics of, 7795. 

 Siam, the kingdom of, 949 ; agriculture of the, 9j0 ; 



soil of the, 951. 

 Sickle, for reaping grain crops, 3179. 

 Sickler, F. Ch. L, his work on agriculture, page 



1220. A. D. 

 Sida riliajfblia, use of, in China, 982. 

 Siebe's rotatory pump, 4501. 

 Sierra Leone, description of, 1105. 

 Sieuve, works on agriculture, p. 1216. A. 1). I 

 Sieves, 2523. 



Sifting earth or gravel, 31 35. 

 Silicia in animals, 1932 ; in plant?, 1504. 

 Silk, culture of, in Hungary, 629. 

 Silkworm, the, 7595; breeding of, 7596; in the 



south of France, 415. 

 Simonde, J. C. L., his work on agriculture, page 1 221 



A. D. 1801. 

 Simpson, Pinder, his works on agriculture, page 



1213. A. D. 1814, 1815. 

 Sinclair, George, F.I. S., F.H.S., &c. his work on 

 agriculture, page 1215. A. D. 1824. 



Sinclair, Right Hun. Sir John, Bart., I.L D., &c, 

 his works on agriculture, page 1210. A. 1). 



Sinely, Andre Louis Esprit, his work on agricul- 

 ture, page 1218. A. I). 



Situation for a landed proprietor's mansion, the most 

 desirable, 3506. 



Skeibo farmery, 416,3. 



Skin and leather, refuse of the manufactures of, as 

 a manure, 2251. 



Skin, secretions of the, 1874. 



Skins of animals, use of the, 2017. 



Skirting lands, 3210. 



Skreen plantations, 4585. 



Sleep, the positions assumed by animals during, 

 1910. 



Sleeping-rooms for single men, 2S68. 



Sligo, statistics of, 7886. 



Slit method of planting, 3947. 



Slit-planting, an expeditious mode of, 3953. 



Slugs, 7705. 



Sluice, a, 4406. 



Small, James, his work on agriculture, page 1210. 

 A. D. 1784. 



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

 A. D. 1670. 



Smith, Rev. John, D. D., his work on agriculture, 

 page 1211. A. D. 1798. 



Smith, William, his works on agriculture, page 1212. 

 A. D. 1806. 



Smith's attempt at a reaping machine, 2736 ; his 

 opinion on irrigation, 



Smithy, on a large farm, 2S69. 



Smoking tobacco, antiquity of, 6124. 



Smut, the, in corn, 16!r3. 5064. 



Smut machine, the, 2,96. 



Snail, the edible, 7618. 



Snails, 7707. , , . 



Snow, 2-376 ; of great use to the vegetable kingdom, 

 7 ; heat produced from, 2324. 



Societies, agricultural, 7911 ; lately formed in Bri- 

 tain, 800. 



Society of Arts, the, 7913. 



Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agricul- 

 ture, in Scotland, institution of the, 793. 



Society, state of, as influencing agriculture, 1270. 



Soda in animals, 1928. 



Soderini, Giovanvettorio, his work on agriculture, 

 page 1221. A. D. 1622. 



Soil among trees, culture of, 3980. 



Soil, as influencing agriculture, 1263. 



Soils, exhaustion of, 1534; fertility of, restored, 

 1535; how distinguished from masses of earth, 

 2114; classification of, 2117; naming the genera 

 of, 2118; naming the species of, 2119; table of, 

 2120; to discover the value of, '-121; indicated by 

 the plants growing on them, 21^2 ; the qualities 

 of, discovered bv chemical analysis, 2133; the 

 qualities of, discovered mechanically and empiri- 

 cally 2137; the absorbent powers of, 214 

 oular distinctions of, 2157 ; chemical agency of, 

 5160; improvement of, 2162; pulverisation of, 

 ^loS: consolidation of, 2172 ; aeration or tallow- 

 ing of 2174; alteration of the constituent parts 

 of 21«0- the capacity of, for retaining water, u, 

 ascertain, 2144 ; incineration of, 2191; burning ot, 

 2192 ; water with respect to, 2199. 

 Soils, mixed or secondary, 1713; aquatic for pants, 

 1744 ; earthy, of plants, 174, ; vegetable, 01 plants, 



Soilsjihe most proper, for irrigation, 4.386 ; Smith's 

 opinion respecting, 4 ';"« 



neatv 2113; power of vegetables to exhaust. 

 uTrespect to farming lands, 4743; ret, 

 mode of draining, 1267 ; use of the, to vegetal.!.-, 

 14") "148; the constituent parts of, which give 

 tenacity, 2149; power of, to absorb water by 

 capillary attraction, 2152 ; power ot, to absorb 



water from air, 2153. 

 Solar rays, influence of, on vegetation, 2326. 



Solids, animal, 1957 ; the soft, 1961 ; the hard, 1" -. 



Solomon Isles, the, 1052. 



Somersetshire, statistics ot, . 



slmerviUe, Right Hon. John, Lord, his works on 



agriculture, page 1211. A. D. 1,99. 

 sX-r^le^oLh, his work on agriculture, pa K e 



1212. A. D. 1805. 

 Soot, as a manure, 226S. 

 Soaper's waste, as a manure, 2310. 

 South America, climate, surlace, and soil of, 



SoSofpte seed in Flanders, 529 



ffif thebushman, 1139; the Flem.sh 

 ' uted in irrigation, 4595 ; the trenching, 512. 



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