200 INDEX. 



268; neglected, ib.; probable benefits that might result from the 

 measure proposed relative to, 269. 

 Weeding, instruments used in, 265. 



Weeds, the necessity of a summer fallow to destroy, in Scotland, 249 ; 

 an excellent compost prepared from common, 228 ; fresh-water, ma- 

 nure for barley or turnips, ib. 



commonly divided into three classes, 257 ; fifty-five kinds infest 



our corn-fields, ib. ; means of destroying annual and biennial, 258 ; 

 means of destroying perennial, 259 ; how to extirpate from arable 

 lands, 261 ; various kinds of infesting grass lands, ib. ; the extirpa- 

 tion of, why a matter of general concern, 262 ; in hedges, ill effects 

 of, 264 ; some kinds hurtful to stock in waste land, ib. ; means for 

 destroying in woods, plantations and gardens, ib. 265 ; expense of 

 the process of removing, 266 ; means of preventing the increase of, 

 267 ; regulations for the destruction of, 268 ; necessity of some le- 

 gislative provision for destroying, ib. ; on the side of roads, should 

 be destroyed at the parish expense, 270. 



Weevil, destructive to grain, Add. 56. 



Weighing machine, consequence of, to a farmer, 127. 



Walls, depths to which they have been dug in England, 139. 



Wetness in land, causes of, 184. 



Whale-blubber offal, useful as manure, 211. 



Wheat produced in a warm climate contains more gluten, 10; nitre 

 proposed as a top-dressing to weakly, 199 ; experiments in weed- 

 ing, 269 ; what quantity of seed required per acre, 326 ; when 

 should be rolled, 320 ; irrigating for, 273 ; how preserved when 

 injured during harvest, 359 ; process for curing musty, 360 ; flour 

 of, when injured how improved, ib. ; the straw of some varieties has 

 a pith, 370 ; whether it ought immediately to follow a fallow, 386 ; 

 accidents to which crops of, are liable, Add. 53 ; on the nature of 

 smut in, Add. 56 ; remedies for smut in, Add. 57, 59 ; rust or 

 mildew affecting, Add. 63 ; on the fly as affecting, Add. 73. 



Wheat-Jly, its depredations, and general remarks on, Add. 71. 



Wheel plough, 110. 



Wheels, advantages of broad cylindrical, on farm roads, 147. 



White clover, recommended for rich dry soils, 432. 



blight or American bug, remedy for, 465. 



Wickets and stiles, 181. 



Winds, effect of violent, 13 ; influence of, on the character of a cli- 

 mate, 12. 



Winnowing machine, originated in China, 358 ; brought into Hol- 

 land, and introduced into Scotland, ib. ; by whom constructed on 

 a larger scale, ib. 



Winter barley or sucrion, 330. 



Wire-iuorm and slugs, effectual mode of destroying, Add, 72. 



Women fit for the lighter toils of agriculture, 81. 



Wood, its uses and advantages, 465 ; its disadvantages as fuel, 40. 



ashes, a valuable manure, 230. 



Woodland, value of, in various parts, 467, 468 ; general worth of, 

 469 ; rent of, after deducting interest, &c. ib. ; natural, divided in- 

 to four sorts, 471. 



