BLUE MILK. 



BONES. 



extirpate, as fast as possible, every tree not 

 valuable for timber or wanted for fuel, and 

 some even prune the branches of those which 

 are allowed to remain." (Farmer's Register.) 

 BLUE MILK. Milk that has been skim- 

 med, or had the cream taken off. In large 

 dairies it is chiefly used for feeding hogs. 



BLUE STONE. The common name for 

 blue vitriol, or sulphate of copper. 



BOAR (Sax. baji ; Dutch, beer). The male 

 of the swine-tribe of animals. See HOG and 

 SWINK. 



In horsemanship, a horse is said to boar when 

 he shoots out his nose level with his ears, and 

 tosses his nose in the wind. 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. A society 

 established in London in 1794, under the pa- 

 tronage of his Majesty, Geo. III., "For the 

 Encouragement of Agriculture, and Internal 

 Improvement," consisting of a president, and 

 thirty ordinary members, with proper officers 

 for conducting the business of the institution. 

 The plan and design of this highly useful 

 establishment, though previously suggested by 

 several writers on rural improvements, was 

 chiefly brought forward, and carried into exe- 

 cution by the unwearied efforts and persever- 

 ing industry of Sir John Sinclair, to whom the 

 nation is certainly under much obligation. It 

 was discontinued about the year 1812, in con- 

 sequence of the withdrawal by government of 

 the annual parliamentary grant of 3000/. for its 

 support, chiefly owing to the society's inter 

 ference with political themes, foreign to the 

 improvement of agriculture. A full account 

 of the nature, origin, and plan, with the charter 

 of incorporation of this excellent institution 

 may be seen in the first volume of the " Com- 

 munications" published by the Board, which 

 extended to seven vols. ; and these contain 

 some excellent papers on various importan 

 matters connected with husbandry and agri- 

 culture in general. 



BOG, and BOG GRASSES. See PEAT 

 SOILS. 



BOG-BEAN. See BUCK-BEAK. 

 BOG-RUSH, BLACK (Schcenus nigricans) 

 Is found on turfy bogs. Root scarcely creep- 

 ing, of very long, strong fibres, crowned with 

 black, shining, erect, folded sheaths, a few of 

 which bear very narrow, acute, upright leaves 

 and embrace the bottom of the otherwise nakec 

 stem, which is from eight to twelve inches 

 high. Head black. Anth. long, yellow. Stigm 

 three, dark purple. Seed white and polished 

 (Smith's Engl. Flor. vol. i. p. 50.) 



Nuttall, in his Genera of North American 

 Plants, mentions three species of the bog-rush 

 or saw-grass. This remarkable grass, as h 

 calls it, was discovered in the West Indies b 

 Schwartz, and extends a considerable distanc 

 northward beyond Wilmington, North Caro 

 lina, often almost exclusively occupying con 

 siderable ponds. The leaves are almost as 

 sharply serrated as those of a Bromelia, an 

 hence it is very properly called saw-grass. The 

 mine species of this genus are principallj 

 ifined to Europe and Barbary. 

 BOG-SPAVIN. See BLOOD-SPATIIT. 

 BOIL (Sax. bile). In farriery, an inflam- 

 matory suppurating tumour affecting cattle or 

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heep. In order to cure this sort of tumour, 

 t will be necessary to bring it to a head by the 

 pplication of plasters composed of wheat- 

 iour and tar ; and when the boil feels soft 

 under the finger, to open it with a lancet, and 

 et out the matter or pus. 



BOLE. A term signifying the body or trunk 

 >f a tree, and sometimes the stalk or stem of 

 :orn. This word is written and pronounced 

 n the north of England bull, and " boilings " is 

 he name for pollards, trees whose tops and 

 >ranches are lopped off. 



BOLE, or BOLL (Lat. boUd). In Scotland, 

 a common measure of grain, containing four 

 Dushels. In the old measure of Scotland, for 

 oats and barley, 



4 lippies = 1 peck. 



4 pecks = 1 firlot. 



4 firlots = 1 boll. 



16 bulls = 1 chalder. 



The boll of oatmeal weighs 140 Ibs. For 

 wheat, peas, and rye, three oat firlots make 

 one boll. (Brit. Husb. vol. ii. p. 500.) 



BOLE OF SALT. A measure that contains 

 two bushels. 



BOLETUS. A genus of mushroom, of which 

 several species have been subjected to che- 

 mical analysis, by the French chemists Bra- 

 connot and La Grange. They yield bolitic 

 acid. 



BOLSTERS. In horsemanship, those parts 

 of a great saddle which are raised on the bows 

 both before and behind, to res* the rider's thighs, 

 and keep him in a posture to withstand the 

 irregular motions of the horse. 



BOLT and BOLTING. Terms provincially 

 applied to the trussing of straw. 



BOLTER. A sort of framed sieve, having 

 its bottom made of linen stuff, hair, or wire, 

 according to circumstances. The bakers em- 

 ploy bolters that may be worked by the hand, 

 but millers have larger ones that move by the 

 machinery of the mill. It is sometimes called 

 boulter. 



BOLTING, or BOULTING. The operation 

 of separating flour or meal of any kind from 

 the husks or bran, by means of a bolter. 



BOLTING CLOTH. Linen or hair-cloth 

 made for the purpose of sifting meal or flour 

 through. They are made of different degrees 

 of fineness, and numbered accordingly ; hence 

 we have cloths of No. 2, No. 3, &c. 



BOLTING FOOD. This is a very common 

 vice in greedy horses, especially when they 

 feed out of the same manger. The only re- 

 medy is not to let them fast too long, and to 

 mix chaff in their corn. The teeth of such 

 horses ought to be examined, to see whether 

 the bolting of the corn arises from any uneven- 

 ness of the grinders. 



BOLTING MILL. A mill or machine hav- 

 ing much lateral or circular motion, by which 

 means the business of sifting meal or flour 

 can be performed with great facility and ex- 

 pedition. The framed sieve that moves within 

 it is termed a bolter. 



BOLUS. See BALL. 



BONASUS. A kind of buffalo, or wild bull. 



BONES (Sax. ban; Su. Goth, been; Germ. 

 bein). The more solid parts of the body of ani- 

 i mals. When crushed, a valuable manure. 



