INDEX. 175 



small, 45 ; enlarged as population advances, ib. ; circumstances 

 tending again to diminish the size of, ib. 



Farms, discussion as to their size, App. 1 ; large, ib. ; small, A pp. 4 ; 

 results, App. 7. 



arable, capital required for stocking, 66 ; table of rent on, in 



Scotland, 56. 



. arable and grass, the most profitable, 439. 



hints on the different kinds of cattle, Add. 115 ; breeding, 



ib. ; grazing, 116; suckling, 117; dairy, 119; calculated for a 

 proportion of oxen, Add. 130. 



advantage of an orchard on, discussed, 457. 



Fatten, advantage of cattle possessing a disposition to, 90. 



Fattening cattle and sheep, advantages and disadvantages attending, 

 91 ; indication of, or handling well, 91. 



Fatness of cattle, on what it depends, 90. 



Feathers used as manure, 21 1 . 



Feeding and management of stock, general rules for the, 99. 



of horses, economical modes of, 103. 



stock, use of straw for, 364, 365. 



Female labourers, distinguished for their industry and healthy appear- 

 ance, 81. 



Fences, various, 173; advantage of having, in straight lines, ib. ; 

 stone-walls, ib. ; hedges of thorn, 175; hedge-rows, 179. 



Fen land, 26, 151, 152, 153, 237. 



plough, 240. 



Fens, how cultivated, 26, 237 ; necessity of paring and burning, 

 237. 



Fermentation of dung, its utility, 203. 



Fern, a very troublesome weed, how and when to be destroyed, 156 ; 

 lime effective in destroying, 156 ; an effectual but tedious process 

 for destroying, 168. 



Fertile soils must not be pared or burned, 239. 



Fescue, tall, its superior productiveness, 436. 



Feudal system, abolition of the, 51. 



Field-gates, desirable properties in, 180. 



Fields, gardens cultivated by the plough, 450. 



precautions necessary in conducting water through, 141 ; size 



and shape of, 142; conveniences of small for grazing, ib. ; circum- 

 stances on which the size of, ought to depend, 143 ; disadvantages 

 of having of too great extent, 144; shape, square or oblong, 146. 



Filberts, a profitable crop in orchards, 458. 



Fiorin-grass, Agrostis stolonifera, Add. 94. 



Fir, Scotch, its qualities and uses, 478, 482 ; forests of, 478. 



silver, its qualities, 483. 



Fire, to prevent the spread of, in farm-buildings, 131. 



Fish, where useful as a manure, 211 ; varieties of fish so used enu- 

 merated, ib. 



oil used as manure, 212. 



Flags placed under fruit-trees, 463. 



Flail, few men dexterous at handling the, 358 ; the use of superseded, 

 ib. 



