166 INDEX. 



Beans, quantity of seed for a crop of, 327 ; circumstances of great im- 

 portance respecting the management of, 348 ; tops of, cut off to ac- 

 celerate their podding, 348 ; machine for bruising, 127. 



Beech, its qualities and uses, 484 ; used as piles and planks for Wa- 

 terloo Bridge, and various other purposes, 485. 



Bees of great benefit in particular situations, App. 49. 



Beet, red, or Mangold Wurzel, hints respecting the, Add. 140. 



Birch, its nature and uses, 484. 



Birds and vermin, crops damaged by, Add. 56. 



dung of, collected as manure, 209. 



Black moss, how capable of melioration, 152. 



Blaikie, Francis, Esq. his account of the rotation of crops on the 

 estate of Holkham, Add. 79 ; his observations on the erection of 

 farm houses and offices, Add. 112. 



Blights, various causes of, Add. 56. 



Blue vitriol, a solution of it used for preventing smut, App. 59, 60. 



Board of Agriculture, advantages derived from the establishment of 

 a, 510; App. 29. 



Bogs or peat mosses, their extent, 152; two kinds of, ib. ; their na- 

 ture and capabilities, ib. ; calcareous manure considered essential 

 for the improvement of, 166 ; successful mode of draining, 194 ; or 

 morasses, land-locked, how drained, 195 ; trees calculated for, 485 ; 

 rotations of crops adapted for, 376. 



Bone-manure, particular account of its preparation and application, 

 Add. 141 ; one of the most important discoveries, Add. ib. ; its 

 origin, ib. ; manner in which the manure operates, 142 ; soils to 

 which it is applicable, ib. ; composts with, ib. ; modes of preparing, 

 143; advantages to arable land, 144; advantages to grass land, 

 146. 



Bones, their use as manure, 211, Add. 141. 



Book of hints, &c. useful to the farmer, 72. 



Borer or auger used in draining, 193. 



Bosses for stacking corn, how made in Scotland, 355 ; a great object 

 in a wet climate, ib. 



Bolts, or colic pains in horses, remedy for, 367. 



Brakes should be mown in summer for litter, 264 ; the best seasons 

 for destroying, 156 ; caustic lime peculiarly hostile to, ib. 



Breeding, principles of, improved by Bakewell, 92, 93 ; Sir John 

 Sebright's experiments on, 94 ; Mr Cline's method of, 96 ; from the 

 same family, or breeding-iii, 93 ; preferable system of, 94 ; crossing 

 in, how it should be attempted, 95 ; when avoided, ib. ; upon what 

 its improvement depends, ib. ; proper method of commencing, 96 ; 

 consequences of any defect in, 97 ; a rule particularly necessary 

 to be attended to, 98 ; Bakewell, the father of the improved sys- 

 tem of, 99. 



Breeding-farms, Add. 115. 



Breeds of cattle best adapted for the dairy-husbandry, Add. 120. 



Bridges and roads necessary to the improvement of a country, 516. 



Brining, to prevent smut, Add. 58. 



Britain, proportion of waste land in, 168. 



