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INDEX. 



Burnt bones, as manure, 203. 

 Bushels, 2S7. 



Bush-harrow, recommended for 

 pastures, 205. 



Bushing, 207. 



C. 



Cabbages, great crop of, 245. 



Calcutta, deaths hi the Black Hole 

 of, 241. 



Caldwell, on horticulture and agri- 

 culture, 29. 



Canada, value of a pound in, 296. 



Canada thistles, 123. 



Capacity, measures of, 286. 



Capital, on the outlay of, in farm- 

 ing, 273. 



Carbon, combination of, with sul- 

 phur, 292. Bisulphuret of, 292. 



Carbonate of lime, 183-186, 287. 



Carbonic acid gas, a part of atmos- 

 pheric air, 238. 



Carrots, cultivation of, 163, 247. 



Casks, contents of, 283. 



Casting, in ploughing, 135, 138. 



Cast-iron, weight of, 286. 



Cattle, hints on keeping, 60 — 62, 

 64. Yards for, 67. Should not 

 run at large, 68. Use of, in al- 

 ternation of crops, 157. Win- 

 ter-fattened, in Great Britain, 

 164. Crops compared to, 188, 

 274. Depasturing with, enrich- 

 es soil, 198. On a farm, 204. 

 Sheds for, 244, 249. Stall- 

 feeding, 249. Foddering, 250. 

 Watering, 250. Wisping and 

 combing, 251. At the Glasgow 

 cattle show, 268. 



Cattle shows, see Exhibitions. 



Chain, surveyor's, 285. Square, 

 285. 



Chaldron of coals, 287. 



Chalk, chemical action of, 287. 



Chalk soils, character of, 46. 

 Means for ameliorating, and 

 uses to be made of, 47. Grasses 

 for, 233. 



Changes, in bodies, by chemical 

 action, 287, 289, 291. 



Charcoal, 292. 



Chaptal, on exhaustion by plants, 

 156. On the alternating sys- 

 tem, 158. Principles laid down 

 by, 161. His conclusions, 162 

 On fallowing. 169. On exha- 

 lations impregnating the air, 239. 



Chemical action, changes produced 

 by, 287, 289, 290. 



Chemistry, interesting facts in, 

 287-291. 



Chlorine, in salt, 291. 



Cider, specific gravity of, 284. 



Circle, area of the, 283, 284, 



Citizens, Dean's remarks on, vii. 



Civil engineers, 279. 



Clark, W'^illiam, jr. manure made 

 by, 76. 



Clay, weight of, 286. 



Clay-slate, specific gravity of, 284. 



Clay-marl, as a manure, vS9, 185. 



Clay soils, character of, and mode 

 of improving, 44. Paring and 

 bifrning, upon, 210. Grasses 

 for, 233, 234. 



Cleanliness, enjoined, 243, 244, 

 250. 



Clearing of land, 54. 



Cleaving, in ploughing, 136, 138. 



Clover, exhaustion by, 154, 158. 

 Cultivation of, in Flanders, 157, 

 213 ; m Great Britain, 157, 

 213 ; in x\merica, 158, 213. 

 Value of, 158, 219. Soil for, 

 199, 213, 215, 219. Different 

 species of, and the mode of 

 cultivating, 214. Sowitig, 215. 

 After-culture of, 216. Making 

 into hay, 217. Produce of, per 

 acre, 219. 



Clover seed, time for sowing, 215. 

 Quantity of, for the acre, 216. 

 On raising, 219. Weight of, 287. 



Coals, chaldron of, 287. 



Cock, on curing clover in the, 218. 



Coins, tables of foreign, 296. 



Coke, improvements by, 16. In- 

 crease of his rental, 24. 



Coles, Greg's system on the farm 

 of, 174. 



Collections of facts, 283. 



Color, in soils, 37. 



