INDEX. 181 



Instruments for draining, 125; for paring, 239 ; used in weeding, 

 265. 



Insurance of farm-buildings, 137. 



Introduction of exotic plants and animals, 15. 



Inundations, protecting lands from, 291. 



Ireland, importance of the improvement of wastes to, 168. 



Irish cars, advantages of, 1 24. 



Irrigating for corn, where it has succeeded, 272 ; young plantations, 

 273. 



Irrigation, its objects, and the particulars it embraces, 271 ; prelimi- 

 nary considerations previous to its being undertaken, 271, 274; 

 must always be accompanied by drainage and inclosure, 272; what 

 water best calculated for, 272, 275 ; ought not to be restricted to 

 any particular description of soil, 276 ; produces more beneficial ef- 

 fects in warm than in cold climates, 277 ; expense of, varies accord- 

 ing to the nature of the work, 278 ; profit resulting from, 278 ; 

 objections against, 281; advantages of, ib; improvement suggested 

 in the practice of, 282. 



Islands more temperate than continents, 13. 



Italy, river warping in, App. 44. 



Ivy injurious to the growth of timber, 265. 



Kelp, or the ashes of sea- weeds used as manure, 231. 



Kiln-drying beneficial to wheat, when not in good condition, 359. 



Kitchen-gardens, private, particulars to be attended to in, 445 ; ma- 

 nure for, what must depend on, 446 ; too much fetid manure not 

 adapted for, 446 ; rotation of crops recommended in, 446. 



Knight, Mr, his method of raising potatoes, App. 13. 



Knowledge, useful, on the means of collecting and diffusing, 508. 



Labour, arrangement of agricultural, 69. 



Labourers in husbandry, various classes of, 73, 78 ; a sufficient num- 

 ber of, always useful, 78 ; particulars included in the subject of, 78 ; 

 none in a comfortable state in the country without a garden, 79 ; 

 advantages attending their possession of property, ib. 



diversity of opinion concerning day or piece, 79 ; female, 



when and where employed, 81; hours of working, 81; rate of 

 wages, 81, 82 ; the practice of giving grain at a cheap rate to, where 

 adopted, 82 ; should be trained to activity and diligence, 83. 



on the improvement of their condition, App. 45 ; advan- 



tages of giving them land, App. 45 ; cottage gardens, App. 46 ; 



cows, App. 49 ; various means of promoting their interest, App. 51 ; 



number of, in Great Britain, App. 52. 

 Laburnum will grow on the sea-coast, 486. 



Lakes and rivers, lands on the banks of, how to be improved, 154. 

 Land, various modes of occupying, 296; on the cultivation of arable, 



ib. ; on the management of grass, 399 ; on its treatment as applied 



to gardens and orchards, 440 ; on its occupation with wood, 465. 



on the various modes of improving, 150. 



on the produce, expense and surplus of, 25, 26. 



