Till CONTENTS. 



ADDENDA. 



No. I. Of the various accidents to which crops of grain are 



liable, ...... Page 53 



II.__On the nature of the disease called " the smut" in wheat, 



and the means of preventing it, ... 56 



III On the rust or mildew, . . . " 6,3 



IV. On the means of preventing the ravages of i. slugs; 

 2. grubs ; S. the wire-worm ; and 4. the wheat fly, (or 

 tipula tritici,) on our crops of wheat, . . 71 



V. Progress of a short-horned bullock, . . 77 



VI. On the rotation of crops on the estate of Holkham, by 

 Francis Blaikie, Esq. . . . .79 



VII. On natural grasses, . . 82 



VIIL On the uses of salt in agriculture, . . 99 



IX. Account of Mr Hunter of Tynefield's system of farming, 107 

 X. Observations by Francis Blaikie, Esq. on the erection of 



farm houses and offices, . . . 112 



XI. Hints on the different kinds of cattle farms, and on the 



dairy husbandry, . . . . 115 



XII. Comparison between horses and oxen, as beasts of 



draught, ...... 125 



XIII. On the cultivation of turnips, and the best means of 

 preventing the ravages of the fly, chrysomela remorum 

 Linn., together with some hints on Mangold Wurzel. 132 

 XIV. On bones as a manure, and on the use of sea shells, 



shell-marl, and coral, for the same beneficial purposes, 141 



XV. On the corn laws, . . . 149 



I. Principle of the agricultural system, . . ib. 



II. Principle of the commercial system, . 150 



III. Arguments in favour of agriculture, and a refutation 



of the reasons urged in favour of the commercial 

 system, . . ib. 



IV. On the system of protecting averages, as indispensable 



for the safety of the British farmer, . 155 



V. On the necessity of energetic exertions for the protec- 

 tion of agriculture, . . . 156 

 CONCLUSION. On the danger of depending for food, on 

 foreign importation, . . . 16o 



INDEX, . .... 163 



