INDKX. 199 



as a resource in times of scarcity, ib. ; extent of land employed in 

 rearing, ib. 442 ; rotations of, in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, 

 450. 



Vegetation, effects of heat, light, and moisture on, 9, 10, 11 ; hints 

 on, App. 7. 



Vermin injurious to plants, App. 1 1 ; means of preventing their ra- 

 vages, Add. 71. 



Vertical or pit drains, 191. 



Veterinary knowledge, advantage of improving, 513. 



Village gardens, 452 ; benefits resulting from the culture of, 452. 



Vitriol, a solution of blue, preventive of smut, App. 59, 60. 



Wages, rate of, 81; effects of high, 82 ; those of hinds, or married 

 ploughmen in Scotland, how increased, 82. 



Waggons, heavy, very objectionable, 1 24. 



Walker, Mr, of Mellendean, land cultivated by, 501; persons main- 

 tained on his ground, and surplus produce sent to market, ib. 



Walls, expense of stone, 175. 



Warp or sea-ooze, used as manure, 226. 



Warping, river, in Italy, 290. 



land, why a most valuable species of improvement, 286 ; 



nature of, 287 ; mode of carrying it into effect extremely simple, 

 ib. ; the season for, 288 ; expense and profit, ib. ; mode of cultiva- 

 tion and produce, 289 ; practice of, whether can be extended, ib. ; 

 a great national object, deserving of encouragement, 290. 



Waste lands, various descriptions of, 151 ; mountainous, ib. ; moor- 

 lands, ib. ; bogs or peat mosses, 152 ; flow moss, ib. ; marshes, 153 ; 

 sandy downs, ib. ; mode of improving by trenching, 391. 



Wastes, on cultivating and improving, 150; natural obstacles to the 

 cultivation of, 154 ; six modes of reclaiming, 158 ; rules to be ob- 

 served in reclaiming, 163 ; private and public advantages resulting 

 from the culture of, 165, 167; advantages of inclosures to, 169; 

 improvements of, by draining, 183. 



Water, command of good, 138; state of, in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, 

 and Hampshire, ib. ; various modes of obtaining a supply of, ib. ; 

 from roofs of buildings, ib. ; natural springs, ib. ; wells, 139; arti- 

 ficial ponds, ib. ; economical mode of making reservoirs, ib. ; how 

 to be conveyed from a rivulet to the fields, ib. ; in farm-yards, 140 ; 

 how to prevent injury from, 141. 



calculated for irrigation, 275. 



meadows, on the utility of, 273 ; two sorts, 274 ; grasses best 



adapted for, 279 ; stock to be fed on, 280 ; sheep not rotted by 

 feeding on, ib. 



meadow hay, 280. 



ponds, on the making of, App. 42 ; fine brick clay not required, 



ib. ; what used as mortar for, ib. ; where made, and how deep, ib. 



Waters, various, applicable for irrigation, 275. 



Weather, effects of variable, on grain, Add. 55. 



Webb's, Mr Edward, ingenious mode of draining, 194. 



Weeding, its importance such that it ought to be enforced by law, 



