INDEX. 183 



considered, ib. ; general remarks on, ib. ; size of, 85 ; best form, 

 86, 87 ; desirable qualities, 87, 88, 89. 



Loam, a sandy, and a sandy soil, how distinguished, 30 ; crops usually 

 raised on, 378. 



Loams, the most desirable of all soils, 30 ; of various sorts, ib. ; gra- 

 velly, when useful, ib. ; clayey or stiff, how managed, ib. ; plan of 

 rotation for, 383; advantages of hollow draining to, 193. 



Loch Ken, striking instance of the advantage of flooding at, 283. 



Lucern, soil required for, 434 ; how best sown, ib. ; seed required 

 for, ib. ; use of, for soiling cows, cultivated with success in Jersey, 

 ib.; must be kept clean, ib. 



Machine for dressing and taking off the ears of barley, why sometimes 

 attached to the thrashing-mills, 121. 



for tedding grass, 122. 



a weighing, of much use to farmers, 127 ; a portable, for 



weighing oxen, ib. 



Machines, various, for sowing corn, 115; for drilling, ib ; for reaping, 

 117; for thrashing and cleaning corn, 118 ; for sowing grass-seeds, 

 121 ; four of great importance, 127 ; for cutting straw or hay, ib. ; 

 for slicing turnips and potatoes, ib. ; for bruising beans, &c. ib. ; 

 for weighing, ib. ; agricultural, how constructed at present, 128. 



Maclean, Mr, one of the greatest improvers of grass-lands, his me- 

 thod, 167. 



Magnesian limestone, care required of, as a manure, 215 ; effectual on 

 peaty soils, ib. 



Male and female cattle, influence of, upon their offspring, 97. 



Malt-dust, used for feeding cows or pigs, and as manure, 228. 



Management of an extensive property, App. 41 ; of orchards, 462. 



Manure, substances included in the term, 197 ; miscellaneous articles 

 of, 231. 



Manures defined, 197; modes in which they are applied, ib. ; mixed 

 with the soil, ib. ; in drills, 198; as top-dressing, ib. ; liquid used 

 in Switzerland, 199; classification of, 200; putrescent, ib. ; dung 

 of quadrupeds, 201 ; mode of collecting, ib. ; preparation for use, 

 203; application, 205; sheep dung, 207; dung of birds, 209; 

 town-dung, ib. ; urine, 210; animal substances, ib. ; fish, 21 J ; fish- 

 oil, 212; calcareous, 213; limestone, its various kinds, 215; mode 

 of preparing it, 216; application, ib. ; expense, 217; effects of 

 lime, 218; rules for management of, ib. ; caustic and mild lime, 

 219; pounded limestone, 220; limestone gravel, ib. ; chalk, 221; 

 marl, ib. ; shells, 222; coral, 223; soapers' waste, ib. ; gypsum, 

 ib. ; earthy, 224 ; mould, ib. ; peat, ib. ; clay or sand, 225 ; burnt 

 clay, ib. ; sea-ooze or warp, 226; mud, ib. ; road- scrapings, ib. ; 

 vegetable, 227 ; aquatic and common weeds, 228 ; malt-dust, ib. ; 

 rape-cake, ib. ; hark, 229 ; vegetables ploughed in, ib. ; burnt ve- 

 getables, 230 ; dry vegetables, 231 ; miscellaneous, as salt, soot, 

 fcc. ib. 



influence of, on vegetation, App. 10. 



Maritime or inland positions, effects of, 13. 



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