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when most advantageous, ib. ; three or four horses put hito, when 

 reprehensible, 124. 



Cast-iron pillars, the use of in a stack, 355. 



Caterpillars prevented by sowing hemp, Notes, 79, Add. 76. 



Cattle, large and small sized compared, 84 ; form of, 86 ; prolific qua- 

 lity of, 89 ; early maturity of, 88 ; vigour of constitution of, ib. ; 

 quality of flesh of, 89; disposition to fatten, 90; milking proper- 

 ties, 91 ; system of breeding established by Bake well, 92 ; breeding 

 from the same family, 93; breeding from different families, 95; 

 crossing, ib ; Mr Cline's ideas respecting, 96 ; influence of the male 

 and female on the quality of, 97, 98. 



used for preventing overgrowth in young crops, 348 ; straw con- 

 sidered as applicable for feeding, 367. 



Cattle-farms, hints on the different kinds of, Add. 115. 



Cauliflowers raised under glasses, 448. 



Caustic lime, its effects as a manure, 219; should not be mixed with 

 dung or animal manures, 219; peculiarly hostile to fern, 156. 



Chalk, crops usually raised on, 378 ; its application as manure, 221 ; 

 calcined, ib. 



Chalky downs, or ewe-leases, in Dorsetshire, how improved, 28. 



soils, how to be cultivated, 28 ; of what they consist, 27 ; 



means of ameliorating the texture of, 28 ; generally more fit for til- 

 lage than grazing, ib. ; ashes of peat of a red colour beneficial to, 

 ib ; in the west of England how cultivated, ib. 29. 



Chat-moss, improvement of by the Duke of Bridgewater, 161 ; exer- 

 tions made by Mr Roscoe for its improvement, 166 ; expense of 

 improving and cropping an acre of, ib. 



Cherry, the wild should be extensively cultivated, 489 ; value of the 

 wood of the bird cherry, 490. 



Cheese, modes of manufacturing, Add. 123; presses, 126. 



Cheese-making, description of, in the English and Scotch dairies, 

 Add. 123. 



Chicory, for what recommended, 435. 



Churns, 126. 



Cider, expense and profit of making, produce of an acre in, 456; 

 greater advantage in selling the fruit than in making, 457 ; has a 

 tendency to introduce dissolute manners, and is not so wholesome 

 as malt liquor, 457. 



Clay, crops usually raised on, 378 ; nature of, as a soil, 23 ; coarse 

 or till, calculated to cover the surface, 161 ; useful to sandy soils, 

 225; burnt, one of the most valuable manures, ib. 



and marl, method of covering the surface with, 160. 



lands admit of a six years' rotation, and how, 383. 



soils, their general character, 23 ; superior management of in 



the Lothians, ib. ; value of, on what it depends, ib. ; how improved, 

 ib. ; what best calculated for growing, 24 ; ploughing, when of 

 great use, ib. ; fallowing, how far necessary, ib. 

 Clayey soils, on what their value depends, 24 ; estimate of the ex- 

 pense of fallowing, App. 37. 



subsoil in general injurious, 34; advantageous to a sandy 



soil, 34. 

 Clays, when they become good meadow lands, 23 ; ploughing, when 



