174 INDEX. 



cessary in England, 253 ; autumnal in Kent, ib. ; recommended by 

 various persons, 254 ; disapproved of especially by Mr Middleton, 

 255. 



Fanners, superior utility of, to former modes of winnowing, 121, 

 358 ; much improved and now in general use, 358 ; are said to have 

 originated in China ; when and by whom introduced into Scotland, 

 ib. 



Farm, circumstances to be considered before occupying a, 8 ; the most 

 essential means of carrying on the improvements of a, 64 ; consi- 

 derations necessary previous to the cultivation of a, ib. 



buildings and cottages connected with them, general rules for 



the construction of, 130; how they should be planned, 131 ; posi- 

 tion of, ib. ; construction of the house, 132 ; arrangement of the 

 offices, 133; out-buildings, 134; accommodation for servants, ib. ; 

 by whom ought to be erected, 135 ; by whom kept in repair, 136 ; 

 insurance of, 137 ; Mr Blaikie's observations on the erection of, 

 Add. 112. 



experimental, 511. 



Farmer, the, why the first link in the great chain of the national cir- 

 culation, 502. 



superior advantages of a, with a large capital, over others, 



App. 3. 



Farmers occupying land, 51. 



garden, utility of a, 45 1 ; management of, ib. ; refuse of, to 



be given to pigs, ib. ; size of, ib. ; articles raised in, ib. ; necessity 

 of inclosing substantially, ib. ; brick preferable to stone for inclo- 

 sing, ib. ; fruit-trees how to be raised in, 452 ; gooseberry, rasp- 

 berry and currant bushes how to be treated in, ib. 



Farm-houses, general rules for the building of, 131, 134; by whom 

 they ought to be kept in repair, 136. 



and offices, Mr Blaikie's observations on the erection of, 



Add. 112. 



roads, 147. 



servants, of what description, 73 ; proper houses where built 



for, ib. ; married, why most to be depended on, 74 ; in Scotland, 

 their habits of sobriety and economy to what attributed, 75. 



yard dung, 201. 



Farming, Mr Hunter of Tynefield's system of, Add. 107. 



accounts, necessity of keeping regular, 67, 68 ; model for, 



App. 24. 



gardeners, extent of ground near London occupied by, 450 ; 



their usual crops, ib. ; rent of land cultivated by them, ib. 



Farms, size of, 41, App. 1 ; how classed, 41 ; small, why not now 

 advantageous, ib ; argument in favour of small, ib. App. 4 ; mode- 

 rate-sized calculated for the dairy system, 43; in the neighbour- 

 hood of large towns how rendered advantageous, ib. ; when they 

 ought to be large, 44 ; arguments in support of large, ib. App. 1 ; 

 considerable saving in the cultivation of, 45 ; stock on large, of a 

 superior quality, ib. ; necessary diversity in the size of, 48 ; cir- 

 cumstances strongly tending to diminish the size of, 45, 46 ; de- 

 pend on the circumstances of a country, 48; when necessarily 



