184 INDEX. 



Market gardens, cultivated by the spade, 447 ; near London entitled 

 to peculiar attention, ib. ; estimate of their produce, ib. ; cauliflowers 

 and cucumbers raised under glasses in, to great profit, 448 ; inter- 

 crops between the glasses in, ib. ; average produce of, 449 ; many 

 of inferior quality near London, ib. ; rotations of crops in, as prac- 

 tised near Edinburgh, ib. 



Market gardeners, remarkable crops produced by, 447 ; rotation of 

 their crops near Edinburgh, 449. 



Marl) four sorts distinguished, 221. 



or cow-grass, entitled to the attention of the farmer, 435. 



Marshes, fresh water, how to be improved, 195, 153, 152 ; salt wa- 

 ter only to be improved by embankments, 153; remarks on, 29. 



Mason, Mr, his account of the progress of a short-horned bullock, 

 Add. 77. 



Materials for composts, 234. 



Maximum of elevation for the growth of grain, 37. 



Meadow land injured by water, how to protect, 194. 



Meadows in boggy or marshy land, 420 ; the management of flat, 

 409; of upland, 402; how often mowed for cows, 416; mowing 

 on, in general, how often it should be performed, ib. ; value of, in 

 the vicinity of London, 418. 



Medick or yellow clover, 435. 



Michaelmas, the best quarter for the termination of leases, App. 16. 



Middleton, Mr, his description of the mode of making natural grass 

 into hay, App. 31 ; his estimate of the produce of straw, 362. 



Milch-cows, rules for the management of, Add. 121. 



Mildew or rust, its nature, Add. 63. 



Milk, quantity of, yielded by the Ayrshire cows, Add. 120 ; its quan- 

 tity increased by soiling, 42 G. 



Mineral substances injurious to plants, App. 11. 



Mists injurious to crops, Add. 53. 



Miscellaneous burdens affecting the farmer, 62 ; implements, 127. 



Mixed woods, on the management of, 474, 492. 



Mixture of soils, advantages of, 200. 



Moisture, importance of, to vegetation, 11. 



Moles useful in draining the soil, 414 ; when abundant injurious, 415 ; 

 mode of destroying, ib. 



Mole-hills when spread improve the grass, 415. 



Mole-plough, for draining soils, 125, 192. 



Moorish tracts, trees fitted for, 485. 



Moor-lands, descriptions and situations of, 25, 151. 



Mosses, or peat-bogs, various kinds of, improved by paring and burn- 

 ing, 237. 



or cryptogamic plants, how to be eradicated, 416. 



Mould or loam, how obtained for making compost, 224. 



plough, used for making drains, 111, 192. 



Mound, use of, in protecting hedges, 176. 



Mountain-ash, the, 484. 



Mountains, what composed of, and with what covered, 151 ; when 

 best calculated for sheep, ib.; when profitably used for pasture, 



