170 INDEX. 



Constitution of cattle, hardiness of the, 88. 



Contributors to the property-tax among the agricultural classes, 504. 



Conveyance, implements of, 122. 



Convertible system of husbandry recommended, 439. 



Copper transmuted into gold by warping, 290. 



Coppice, many acres of natural cleared in Stirlingshire, 155; convert- 

 ed into orchards on the Clyde and Avon, 155. 



Coppices, points to be attended to in the management of, 471 ; fen- 

 cing of, ib. ; when a rule to cut down the whole, ib. ; draining of, 

 472 ; injuries done to, by cattle, sheep, &c., ib. ; shelter necessary 

 for, ib. ; period and season for cutting, 473 ; application and uses 

 of, 474. 



Corals used as manure, Add. 147. 



Corn-laws, remarks on the, Add. 149; importance of agriculture, 

 ib. ; principle of the agricultural system, ib. ; principle of the com- 

 mercial system, ib. ; arguments in favour of the agricultural system, 

 Add. 150 ; a system of protecting averages indispensable for the 

 safety of the British farmer, Add. 154 ; necessity of energetic exer- 

 tions for the protection of agriculture, Add. 150 ; the danger of de- 

 pending for food on foreign importation, Add. 160. 



Corn, the greatest height at which it grows in Scotland, 37 ; imple- 

 ments for sowing, 115; for reaping, 117; harvesting, 118; thrash- 

 ing and cleaning, ib. ; raised in the East Indies by irrigation, 272. 



implements for sowing, 115; when it should be cut, 350; 



modes of cutting, ib. ; by the sickle, ib. ; by the scythe, 352 ; by 

 bagging, 353. 



mode of treating, when cut, 354 ; the old practice of stack- 

 ing on the ground, why exceptionable, 355 ; how preserved in the 

 open air, ib. ; stacking of, brought to great perfection in Scotland, 

 ib. ; bosses for this use how formed, ib. ; best preserved in the 

 straw, 356. 



Corn-fields, list of weeds in. 257. 



Corn-marygold rooted up by law in Denmark, 268 ; the most diffi- 

 cult to extirpate of all weeds in South Wales, ib. ; ancient regula- 

 tion for destroying, in Scotland, ib. 



Corn-stacks preferable to barns, 134; oblong, why objected to, 356. 



Corn-stands, various, described, 355. 



Corporations for carrying on beneficial improvements recommended, 

 518. 



Cottage-gardens, advantages of, App. 46 ; extent, 47 ; management, 

 ib. ; articles adapted for, 48 ; general remarks on, ib. 49 ; advan- 

 tages of, in a moral point of view, ib. 



Covenants, necessity of, in leases, App. 22 ; generally too numerous 

 and complicated, 23. 



Coventry, Dr, his remarks on vegetation, App. 13. 



Cows, the keeping of, how advantageous to cottagers, App. 49, 50 ; 

 frequently grazed in orchards, 461 ; age at which they should be 

 sent to the bull, Add. 115 ; breeds of, best calculated for the dairy 

 husbandry, Add. 120. 



milch, rules for the management of, Add. 121. 



Cow-calves better for veal than bull-calves, Add. 149. 



