INDEX. 165 



Arched drains, 191. 



Arrangement of farm-buildings, 133 ; of agricultural labour and do- 

 mestic expenditure, 69, 70. 



Artificial ponds, how formed, 139, App. 42. 



rills, great use, and small expense of, 140. 



Ash, the, a formidable enemy to corn, 179, 489; grows in almost 

 any soil, 485 ; ranks next to the oak, 489. 



mountain, grows at an elevation of 2000 feet, much cultivated 



in pleasure grounds ; its wood hard and compact, and its bark use- 

 ful for tanning, 484. 



Ashes produced by burning turf, their value as manure, 243 ; mode 

 of managing them, ib. ; the seed to be sown immediately after they 

 have been spread, and lime to be mixed with them, 244. 



of peat, qualities of, an excellent manure for turnips, 230, 231 ; 



of wood, calculated for gravelly soils and loams, 230 ; of sea weeds 

 strongly recommended as manure, 231 ; of straw, ib, 



Aspect, importance of, to the farmer in hilly or mountainous districts, 

 38 ; difference between a northern and a southern, ib. 



Atmosphere chilled by exhalations from bogs and mosses, 8. 



Atmospherical phenomena, 14. 



Auckland, Lord, extract from a speech of, App. 29. 



Auger used in draining, 193. 



Aurora Borealis, 14. 



Autumnal sowing recommended for oats in Ireland, 330 ; fallows in 

 Kent, 253. 



Avena flavescens, its qualities, Add. 92. 



Back-water, a frequent cause of wetness, 186. 



Bagging, a practice principally confined to Middlesex and Surrey, 

 353 ; how performed ; little difference between its expense and that 

 of common sickle- reaping, 353. 



ftagot, Lord, his woods in Staffordshire, 467. 



Bailiffs or overseers, when necessary, 73. 



Ba.kewell, Mr, founder of the improved system of breeding, 99. 



Bands, sheaf, prepared in the isle of Thanet, 354. 



Barberry, effects of, in producing rust, 69. 



Barclay of Ury, Mr, extraordinary improvement made by plough- 

 ing by, 160. 



Bark, tanners', used as manure, 229 ; that of the birch employed by 

 the Russians and Germans in tanning, 484 ; that of oak, when ma- 

 ture, 473. 



Barley, English, more valuable than Scotch of equal weight, 10 ; quan- 

 tity of seed for a crop, 326 ; four-rowed and six-rowed recommend- 

 ed for autumnal sowing, 330. 



winter, or sucrion, cultivated in Flanders, 330. 



straw, excellent, when well harvested, 366. 



Barns of immoderate size, their disadvantages, 134 ; large, for hay, 

 useful, 35. 



Barometer, its use, 16, Notes, 3. 



Bean-straw, nutritious food for working horses, 367 ; produces colic 

 pains ; these how to be cured, 367. 



