INDEX. 179 



354>; improved modes of, 355; of beans, improvements made in 

 the, 356, 357. 



Hawthorn preferable for fences, 175. 



Hay, implement for making and harvesting, 121 ; for cutting, 127. 



stacking of, how performed, 429 ; salting of, useful, ib. ; new 



mode of making, 420. 



mode of making, in Middlesex, App. 31 ; quantities of, in the 



possession of several farmers, App. 34, 35 ; advantage of large 

 barns for securing, App. 35 ; expense of, and saving by barns, ib. 



Hay-harvest, the necessity of a farmer's personal attendance on, 

 App. 35. 



Hay-making in Middlesex, App. 31 ; a specification of four days, 

 App. 32. 



Hay-stacks in Middlesex most neatly and best secured, App. 34 ; 

 mode of forming, 429. 



Heat, importance of, as a stimulus to vegetation, 9, App. 10; impor- 

 tance of its duration, 10 ; remarkable effect on the operation of pa- 

 ring and burning, and effects of, on grain, Add. 54. 



Heat/i, uses of, long grass how to be substituted for, 156. 



Hedge rows, trees for, 179 ; prejudicial to corn, ib. 



Hedges of thorn preferable to a fence, 175; how they ought to be 

 cut, ib. ; ready-formed used in Holland, ib. ; mode of forming, 

 176 ;. rules for planters of, ib. 177. 



Height, the greatest at which corn will grow in Scotland, 37. 



Hemp, a preservation from caterpillars, Add. 76, Notes, 79. 



Hills and mountains, remarks on, 151. 



Hilly countries, their disadvantages, 37. 



Hiring servants, best mode of, 76. 



Hodding-spade or hod, Notes, 32. 



Hoes, horse and hand, 113. 



Hoeing, on, 344 ; considered by Tull more beneficial than common 

 tillage, ib. 



Hog dung, the richest manure, 201. 



Hogs may be turned into orchards, 462. 



Holcus avenaceus, its properties, Add. 90. 



lanatus, Add. 90. 



Holkham, Mr Blaikie's account of the rotation of crops on the estate 

 of, Add. 79. 



Hollow drains, 189. 



Holly, a good hedge, how to plant, 178. 



Hook, reaping by the, 350. 



Horn-beam recommended for hedges, 178. 



Hops may be planted in orchards, 461. 



Horse-hoe, its utility, 113. 



Horses, expense of keeping a fine team of, 102 ; objections to heavy- 

 heeled, ib. ; how fed by the Wiltshire carters, ib. ; the best form 

 of, ib. 



opinion of Mr Henry Cline on, 96 ; economical modes of 



feeding, 103 ; when and how to be fed with straw, 368. 



and oxen compared as beasts of draught, Add. 125. 



Horticultural societies, benefits of establishing, 454. 



