180 INDEX. 



Horticulture, what wanting to complete the science of, 455. " 



Hot-houses, recent improvements in the construction of, 443. 



Hours of working, 81. 



Housekeeping, the safest plan of, 73. 



Horn-shavings, their uses, 211. 



Humber t matter for warping lands not exhausted in the, 289. 



Hunter, Mr, of Tynefield, his system of farming, Add. 107; for cul- 

 tivating light land, 109 ; his object to convert his straw into ma- 

 nure, 110; rule of, in soiling his stock, 111 ; his opinion on soils 

 adapted for turnips, ib. 



Huntingdon Willow, useful on the coast, 486. 



Hurdles, mode of feeding by, 431. 



Hurdling off, plan of, where it may be adopted, 431 ; its advantages, 

 ib. ; how practised by Mr Stone of Basildon, 432. 



Husbandry, various classes of labourers in, 73 ; implements of, 108, 

 109. 



advantages of the convertible system of, 439 ; spade, its 



use, 389; dairy, its importance, Add. 119. 



Hygrometer, the office of the, 16. 



Implements of husbandry, 108; the British husbandman excels most 

 in, 108; economy in using, necessary to be studied, ib. ; rules to 

 be observed in purchasing, ib. ; diversity of, a source of vexation 

 and disappointment, ib. ; subject of, considered under general heads, 

 109; of tillage, 109. 



for sowing corn, 115 ; for reaping corn, 117; for harvest- 

 ing corn, 118; for thrashing and cleaning corn, ib. ; for sowing 

 grass seeds and making hay, 121; for conveyance, 122; for har- 

 nessing stock, 124; for draining land, 125; for the dairy, 126; va- 

 riety of small, for the barn, 127 ; miscellaneous, ib. 



' points to be considered on the subject of, 128 ; all should 



be frequently inspected, ib. ; how to be laid up, ib. ; difficulty of 

 introducing new, 129 ; invention or improvement of, ought to be 

 rewarded, ib. ; importance of proper, ib. ; advantages of the gene- 

 ral adoption of the improved, ib. 



Improving lands, the various modes of, 150 ; wastes, ib. ; the quali- 

 ty of grain and flour, 359. 



Improvement of waste or unproductive lands, means of promoting the, 

 515. 



Improvements, permanent and substantial, expediency of encouraging, 

 516. 



Inclosures, nature and advantages of, 169; kinds of, adapted for dif- 

 ferent soils and situations, 171 ; in the vicinity of towns, ib. ; in 

 low and rich soils, ib. ; in low arable farms, 172 ; in upland farms, 

 ib. ; on mountain sheep farms, ib. ; on new farms, 173. 



Income-tax, produce of, analysed, 505. 



Information, useful, various means by which it may be collected and 

 diffused, 510. 



Inland position, importance of the nature of the, 13. 



Insects, injuries occasioned by, App. 12, Add. 73. 



Institutions for collecting and diffusing agricultural information, 510, 



