196 INDEX. 



when of great advantage, ib. ; open, when desirable, ib. -; favour- 

 able, why produce good crops on a thin soil, ib. ; investigations re- 

 lative to, why of the greatest importance, ib. 



Suckling farms, Add. 117. 



Sucrion, or winter barley, 330. 



Sulphate of copper, efficacy of, in preserving wheat from smut, App. 59. 



Summer-fallowing, its utility disputed, 248 ; considered as applicable 

 to Scotland, 249 ; to England, 253 ; to Ireland, 255 ; concluding 

 remarks on, 256. 



on the improved system of, as practised in the 



Lothians, App. 36 ; expense attending the operation, App. 37. 



ploughings, advantages of deep, 249. 



Surface, covering it with earth, 160; improvement thus effected by 

 the Duke of Bridgewater, 161 ; covering it with clay or marl, in 

 Huntingdonshire, ib. ; extensively practised by Mr Rodwell, ib. ; 

 covering with chalk, ib. 



of peat-bogs floated off, 162. 



draining, to what lands useful, 186. 



sowing, 331. 



Surplus produce of a nation, from what it arises, 500 ; amount of 

 the, or marketable produce, 501 ; should be encouraged, ib. 



Swampy grounds or bogs, how to render valuable by planting, 485. 



Swine may be turned into orchards, 462. 



Swing gate, the, 180. 



ploughs, 109. 



Symphytum asperrimum, 436. 



System of farming, Mr Hunter's, Add. 107. 



Table of ploughing, 299. 



of produce, expense and profit, App. 25, 26. 



of bills of inclosure passed in the course of forty years, App. 29. 

 of expense of summer-fallowing an acre of strong clayey soil, 



App. 37. 



of rent on arable farms, 56. 



of the progress of a short-horned bullock, Add. 79. 



of the population of Great Britain in 1831-2, Add. 157. 

 shewing the quantity of ground ploughed according to the dif- 

 ferent breadth of the furrow-slices, and the rates of the horses' 



walking, 305. 



Tamarix gallica, where thrives, 487. 

 Tanners' bark, how prepared as a manure, 229. 

 Tare haum or hay, produce of, 367. 

 Tares recommended as a substitute for a naked fallow, 255 ; prevent 



rust, Add. 68. 



Teams of parade and show, 1 24. 

 Tedding grass, how performed by a machine, 122 ; regular method 



of, its advantages, App. 31. 

 Tenants and landlords, nature of their former and present connection, 



51. 

 advantages of, as cultivators, over proprietors, 47 ; periods of 



paying rent should be made convenient to, 59. 



