186 INDEX. 



injurious to, ib. ; the chief in Scotland, how situated auQ managedj 

 ib. ; a sound bottom necessary to, 463 ; management of, 462. 



Orchards, how to guard the stems of trees in, 464 ; soil of, how to 

 improve the, ib. ; trees how to be planted in, on wet soils, ib. ; 

 maxim of the management of, in Scotland, ib. ; the Devonshire plan 

 of planting in, how to be adopted, ib. ; decay of trees in, how to 

 obviate, 465 ; remedy for the white blight in, ib. ; standard trees, 

 how to be trained in, ib. ; young plants in, riot to bear too soon, 

 ib. 



Ornamental agriculture, 48. 



Out- buildings, 134. 



Ox, the large, is as delicate food as the small, 85 ; its flesh better cal- 

 culated for salting, ib. ; its hide superior, ib. ; best form of an, 86. 



Oxen compared with horses as beasts of draught, Add. 125 ; argu- 

 ments in favour of, ib. ; objections to the use of, ib. ; in certain si- 

 tuations a proportion of, profitable, 129; farms calculated for a pro- 

 portion of, 130; proportion of, on a farm, ib. ; general remarks on 

 the subject, 131. 



Oysters, the pounded shells of, applied as manure, Notes, 36. 



shells, how broken for manure, Notes, 36. 



Paring, the instruments used for, 239 ; depth of, 240; expense of, 

 242 ; season for, ib. 



and burning, when to be preferred, 159 ; less expensire than 



tillage, 159. 



advantageously used to peat, 237 ; preliminary 



considerations in discussing the merits of, ib. ; in general recom- 

 mended for peat-mosses and unreclaimed lands, ib. ; particularly ap- 

 plicable to chalky downs, and detailed account of experiments upon, 

 238 ; necessary for old sainfoin layers, ib. ; for old pastures, ib. ; 

 prejudicial to eandy soils, ib. ; not proper for fertile soils, turf, &c. 

 ib. ; of dry-stapled lands in Devon and Cornwall, carried to an ex- 

 treme, 239 ; instruments used for, ib. ; advantages of, 246 ; disad- 

 vantages of, 247 ; result of the process of, ib. ; why not successful 

 in Scotland, 248. 



Parish payments destroy the spirit of independence, 61. 



Parochial burdens on farmers, 60. 



Pasturage, size of fields proper for, 142; importance of inclosures 

 in, 172. 



Pastures, upland, how drained, 194 ; use of paring and burning to 

 old, 238. 



rules practised by judicious farmers in regard to upland, 402 ; 



permanent lands best adapted for, 410; rich, rules for the manage- 

 ment of, 414. 



rich, should rarely be mown, 416 ; mowing and feeding on 



alternately very injurious, ib. ; when cutting or feeding is most ad- 

 vantageous, 417. 



Mr Sinclair's account of the plants which constitute them, 



Add. 82 ; of the habits and comparative value of the different spe- 

 cies of grasses forming them, Add. 85 j of the method of culture in 

 forming permanent, Add. 96. 



