INDEX. 



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Seed, improves by change, from a worse to a better 



soil, or climate, - _ . . 213-14 



brine an excellent steep for, - - 58^ 62 



washing with simple water highly beneficial, 78 



Selection, of grain from the best plants, highly useful. 



Appendix, - - - - - 17 



Sexual system, its principles unknown to lawy^ers in the 

 time of Charles 2d, instance of injus- 

 tice, selections, . - _ 17,18 

 Sheep, on, - - - - - - 1, 33 



broad tailed (Barbary) introduced and propagated, 163 

 whether they injure pasture and the relative 

 consumption of it, - - - - 2, 3 



in company with black cattle, are said to be pro- 

 tected by the latter from the depredations of dogs, 3 

 advantages of their manure over that of black 

 cattle, - - - - - - 4 



require less dry fodder than black catde, - ib. 



Smut in v/heat, on, - - - - - 47, 54, 65 



grain washed Vvhen smutty, with clean water, 

 purified and fit for use, - - - - 66 



in wheat, see appendix, - - - 1 



Snails, destroyed by salt and water, - - - 172 



Sommerviile, on smut in wheat, 55^ 81 and see selections. 

 Sowing, only when the ground is in a fit state, and 

 avoiding intermixture of crops of similar 

 species, recommended, - - 100 



Speltz, on, - - - - . 260 



Squashes and pumpkins, planted near gxjurds, degene- 

 rate, selections, - - - - 17 



ruinous to melons planted near them, - ib. 



Stabbing on left side, cures hoven cattle, - - 7 



Steeping wheat in brine prevents smut, - - 58, 62 



see appendix, - - - - 2, 3 



Stercorar}'", improved one, described, - - 153 



