INDEX. 195 



Sticklebacks, collected as manure, 211. 



Stiles and wickets, 181. 



Stock, live, general remarks on, 83 ; desirable properties of, 84 ; size, 

 ib. ; form, 86 ; tendency to grow, 87 ; early maturity, 88 ; vigorous 

 constitution, ib. ; prolific property, 89 ; quality of flesh, ib. ; dispo- 

 sition to fatten, 90 ; lightness of offal, 91 ; milk, ib. ; general rules 

 for the management of, 99; what pasture should be allotted to, 

 100; diseases of, 101 ; food of, ib. 



breeds of, best adapted for the dairy husbandry, Add. 120. 



implements for harnessing, 124*. 



advantages of soiling, 4:24. 



what may be grazed in orchards, 461. 



straw used for feeding, 364 ; plan adopted by some graziers for 



feeding, Add. 116. 



Stone walls, advantages and disadvantages of, 173. 



Stones, loose, when and how useful, 157 ; large and fixed, when and 

 how to be removed, ib. ; advantages of clearing the ground from, 

 157 ; various modes of getting rid of, ib. ; machines for raising, ib. 



Stone-brash soils, their character, 22. 



Straw, machines for cutting, 127. 



weight of, produced by different crops, 362 ; Mr Young's es- 

 timate of the average produce of, ib. ; Mr Middleton's estimate, ib. ; 

 Mr Brown's estimate, 363 ; value of the different kinds of, and to- 

 tal amount of, ib. ; price of, at different places and periods, ib. ; va- 

 lue of, for feeding stock, 364 ; produce of, as manure, ib. ; total 

 value in the kingdom, ib. ; the various purposes to which applicable, 

 ib. ; feeding stock, the great object to which formerly applied, 365 ; 

 a moderate quantity should be given to cattle, ib. ; the consump- 

 tion of, enforced by the price of hay, ib. ; properties of different 

 kinds of, 366. 



of wheat, 366 ; oats, ib. ; barley, ib. ; beans, 367 ; pease, ib. ; 



tares, ib. 



rules respecting the consumption of, in feeding, 367, 368 ; a 



wholesome variety in horses' food, 367 ; keeps best unthrashed, 

 369; should be given to stock soon after being thrashed, ib.; ad- 

 vantage of mixing with the after- math of grass, ib. ; the most pru- 

 dent method of giving, ib. ; some has a pith, 370 ; autumnal, not 

 so valuable as spring, ib. ; when weaker or stronger, ib. ; how pre- 

 pared for feeding by the ancients, ib. ; use of for litter, ib. ; thrash- 

 ed in mills less saleable, 371 ; quantity of dung produced by a ton 

 of, 372 ; substitutes for, in thatching, 373 ; miscellaneous uses of, 

 ib. 



Stubbles, various uses to which applied, 374 ; left on the ground, for 

 what purposes used, ib. ; sometimes burnt on the ground, ib. ; 

 should be carefully mowed, 374 ; when they should be shimmed, 

 375. 



Subsoil, defined, 16, 34; information obtained from the, 34; disor- 

 ders occasioned by a wet, ib. ; retentive and clayey, ib. ; advantage 

 of a porous, 35. 



Subsoils, how of use to the soil, 34; various qualities of, ib. ; com- 

 parative advantages of various, 35 ; how rendered dry, ib. ; porous, 



