INDEX. 



331 



Rape-seed, sowed for ploughing 

 in, 118. Weight of, 287. 



Raspberries, exhausuon by, 161. 



Real of Spain, value of tlie, 296. 



Reclaiming wet and peaty soils, 

 47, 274. See Alternation, and 

 Soils. 



Red clover, depth of the roots of, 

 114. Remarks on, 214. Soil 

 for, 215. See Clover. 



Red-top grass, 227, 228. 



Rees's Cyclopedia, facts from, 

 proving the superiority of the 

 new over the old system of ag- 

 riculture, 24. 



Reforms, importance of associa- 

 tions in, 271. 



Resistance, 284, 



Ridges, on forming, in ploughing, 

 130, 133, 138. On giving cur- 

 vature to, 134. On replough- 

 ing, 135. Further hints on, 

 138. 



Rivers, current in, 284. 



Robinson, John, a Scotch farmer, 

 improvement of a farm by, 25. 



Rocks, earths the productions of, 

 35. 



Rods contained in an acre, 296. 



Rollers, 123. Construction of, 



148. Uses and advantages of, 



149, 208, 221. Spiked, 150. 

 Roods in an acre, 296. 



Root culture, value of, 163. Adap- 

 ted to our soil and climate, l<i>4. 

 Objection to, considered, 164. 

 Five things essential to, 165. 

 See Roots. 



Roots, depth of, 114. Provision 

 for the penetration of, 117. 

 Remarks on the vitality of, 119. 

 Of culmtferous and leguminous 

 plants, 155, 156. Culture of, 

 163. On preserving, 164. See 

 Plants, and Root culture. 



Roses change their location, 161. 



Rotation of crops, at Flottbeck, 

 116. See Alternation. 



Rouble of Russia, value of the, 

 296. 



Rowan, on feeding, 209. 



Ruffin's Farmers' Register, 19. 

 Rupee of Bengal, value of the, 



296. 

 Rural embellishment, 253, 268. 

 Russia, value of the rouble of, 



2i;'6. 

 Ruta baga, 168, 174. 

 Rye, sowed for ploughing in, 118. 



Soil for, 183. Exhaustion by, 



190. Weight of, 287. 

 Rye-grass, 227, 231. 



Sainfoin, depth of the roots of, 

 114. Non-cultivation of, 212. 



St. Pierre, remark by, 29. 



Salt, as a manure, 90. On clo- 

 ver hav, 218. Component parts 

 of, 29i. 



Sand, importance of, in good soils, 

 195. See Green sand. 



Sandy Barrens, Euel's farm on, 

 xi, 254. 



Sandy soils, on the character, im- 

 provement, and uses to be made 

 of, 39-43, 199, 215. Grasses 

 for, 226, 227, 233, 234. 



Sap and blood compared, 58, 

 59. 



Scalloped rollers, 150. 



Scarifiers, Concklin's press-har- 

 rows used for, 150, 206. Used 

 on the Coles Farm, 176, 177. 

 On the Knowie Farm, 180. 



Schillel, value of the, 190. 



School Library, IMassachusetts, 

 xxii. 



Schools, agricultural, 24. Re- 

 marks on, 277-280. 



Science, importance of, in agricul- 

 ture, 273, 278. 



Scotch, miles, 285. Acres, 285, 

 293. Pounds, 286. Measures, 

 287. 



Scotland, agricultural in>prove- 

 rnentsin, 11, 22, 153,266, 267. 

 Crops in, 22, 46. Successful 

 subsoil ploughing in, 46. Prog- 

 ress of the new husbandry in, 

 63. Alternation of crops in, 

 153. The Highland Society of, 



