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GENERAL INDEX. 



sun to the earth, 231o ; reflected back by dense 

 clouds, 2316; arrested by fogs, 2317. 

 Heath lands, improvement of, 4535. 

 Hebrides, statistics of the, 7859. 

 Hedge, after management of the, 29822986. 3020. 

 Hedge and bank, the, 3027. 

 Hedge, breasted over, after management of, 3023. 

 Hedge and dead hedge, the, 3031. 

 Hedge and ditch, the single, 2996 ; Stephens's mode 

 of forming and planting, 2997; with belt, of 

 planting, 3036 ; with row of trees, 303*. 

 Hedge fences, 2972. 

 Hedge in the face of a bank, 3028 ; in the middle or 



in the face of a wall, 3033. 

 Hedge and wall fence, 3032. 

 Hedge-bills, 2489. 

 Hedger, 7714. 



Hedge-row timber, neglected, to improve, 4027 ; ob- 

 jections to, 4'-'00. 

 Hedges, Stephens's opinion on planting trees in, 



303.^ 

 Hedges, cutting, with a knife, 7843. 

 Hedges, filling up gaps in, 2993 ; forming in 

 curved lines, 3007 ; gates and gate posts in, 3019. 

 Hedges, dead, 2973 ; how made, 2974. 

 Hedges, live, 2975 ; old management of, 2987 ; to 

 mend the defects of, 2994 ; cutting over, 2988. 

 3021 ; the plashing of, 3025 ; the laying of, 3026; 

 operation of cleaning, 3012; pruning, 3(;i3 ; pro- 

 tecting fence for, 3015; protecting by a paling, 

 3016; protecting by stake and rise, 3017; pro- 

 tecting by a turf wall and single rail, 3018; the 

 proper choice of plants for, 2976 ; age at which 

 they ought to be used, 2978 ; size of, 2979 ; assort- 

 ing of, 2980 ; dressing and pruning of, before they 

 are put into the earth, 2981 ; with posts and rails, 

 3030 ; preparation of the soil for, 2977 ; season of 

 planting, 3008 ; implements for forming and ma- 

 naging, 2998 and 3010. 

 Hedge-shears, 2485. 

 Hedging and ditching, 3205. 

 Hes;emon, Philibert, his work on agriculture, page 



1214. A. D. 1583. 

 Hemp, 5982 ; soils for, 5923 ; sowing, ,':;925 ; taking 

 the crop of, 5926; produce of, 5931; uses of, 

 5932; culture of, in Russia, 677 ; use oi, in Egvpt, 

 1081. 

 Hen, see Cock and hen, 7439. 

 Henderson, Robert, his work on agriculture, page 



1212. A. D. 1811. 

 Hep&ticae, 1331. 



Herbs, oleraceous, of temperate climates, 1786. 

 Herding, 3232. 



Herefordshire, statistics of, 7794. 

 Heresbachius, Conradus, his work on agriculture, 



page, 1219. A. D. 1578. 

 Hermbst'ddt, Sgm. F., his work on agriculture, 



page 1220. A. D. 1803. 

 Heron, the, destructive to voung salmon, 3890. 

 Herring fishery, 3876. 

 Hertfordshire, statistics of, 7782. 

 Hesiod, his writings, 26. 

 Hesson, Jacques, his work on agriculture, page 



A. D. 1214. A. D. 1569. 

 Highland Society of Scotland, the, 7918. 

 Higgins, Jesse, his work on agriculture, page 1223. 



A. D. 18^28. 

 Hills, improvement of, 4514. 

 Hills and mountains, to measure the elevations and 



shapes of, 3350. 

 Hiltenbrand, Ant. his work on agriculturej page 



1219. A. D. 1784. 

 Hinds in East Lothian, 7834 ; plan of maintain- 

 ing, in the best cultivated districts in Scotland, 

 4870. 

 Hindustan, climate and seasons of, 890; surface of, 

 891 ; soil of, 892 ; landed property in, 893 ; agri- 

 cultural products of, 894 ; fruits of, 909 ; natural 

 pastures of, 910 ; live stock of, 911 ; implements 

 and operations of agriculture in, 919 ; artificial 

 watering in, 921 ; culture in the hilly districts of, 

 924 ; harvests in, 925. 

 Hinny, the, 6768. 

 Hitt, Thomas, his work on agriculture, page 1208. 



1760, 

 Hives, best material and form for, 7605; size of, 

 7606; Polish, 7607; protecting from the cold, 

 7609; taking the honey from, 7611. 

 Hoe and castor wheel, the, 2675. 

 Hoe, the Dutch, 2460 ; the thrust, 2461 ; the Spa- 



nish, 2462. ; the pronged, 513. 

 Hoe-fork, 2463. 

 Hoe scythe, the, 2676. 



Hoeing between rows of crops, 3131. 



Hoes, improvements in, 2459. 



Hoffman, A., his work on agriculture, page 1220. 

 A. D. 1809. 



Hofmann, Gli. Bd. Frej'herr von, his work on agri- 

 culture, page 1219. A. D. 1784. 



Hogs of Buckinghamshire, 7783. 



Hog sties, 2837. 



Holdlch's classification of weeds, 6205. 



Holditch, Benjamin, his work on agriculture, page 

 1213. A. D. 1825. 



Holland, climate of, 425; landed property of, 426; 

 agriculture of, 427 ; field implements, buildings, 

 and operations of, 428 ; simple fieldgate of, 428. 



Holland, Henry, Esq., M. D., his work on agricul- 

 ture, page 1212. A. D. 1807. 



Hollow ness in trees, to remedy, 4032. 



Holt, John, his works on agriculture, page 1210. 

 A. D. 1795. 



Home, Francis, M. D., his work on agriculture, 

 page 1208. A. D. 1757. 



Home, Henry, bis work on agriculture, page 1209. 

 A. D. 1776. 



Homer, Henry, his works on agriculture, page 1208. 

 A. D. 1766. 



Honey, Polish, its three classes, 655. 



Honey-bee, see Bee, 7602. 



Honey-dew in plants, 1695. 



Hood, Thomas Sutton, Esq., his work on agricul- 

 ture, page 1212. A. D. 1S05. 



Hoofs of animals, 1863. 



Hop, the, 5997 ; varieties of the, 6000 ; soils for the, 

 60U2 ; planting of the, 6008 ; after culture of the, 

 6016 ; dressing the plants of, 6021 ; taking the crop 

 of the, 6036; produce of the crop of the, 605C ; 

 use of the, 6054 ; diseases of the, 6056 ; substitute 

 for the, 6072. 



Hop, the insects injurious to the, 7671. 



Hop farmers, 7731. 



Hop flea, the, 7672. 



Hop louse, the, 7673. 



Hop-poles, setting, 6026. 



Hops, culture of, in the reign of Henry VIII., 217 ; 

 culture of, in the Netherlands, 484; drying, 6041 ; 

 bagging, 6044 ; duty on, 6064. 



Horn as a manure, 2249. 



Hornby, Thomas, Esq., his work on agriculture, 

 page 1213. A. D. 1815. 



Horned cattle, 6773 ; the ox or bull, 6774; varieties 

 of, 6775; wild varieties, 6775; bonassus and bison, 

 6775 ; varieties of the European cow, 6776; uris, 

 or cows of Lithuania, 6776 ; diversity of milk in 

 cows, 6777 ; varieties of the cultivated ox, 6778 ; 

 long-horned or Lancashire breed, 6779; short 

 horn or Dutch bi'eed, 6780; Holderness, Tees- 

 water, Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumberland 

 breeds, 6780 ; middle-horned breeds Devons, 

 Susscxes, and Herefords, 6782 ; Devonshire cattle, 

 6783; Sussex and Herefordshire cattle, 6785; 

 polled or hornless cattle, 6786; Galloway cattle, 

 6786; Suffolk duns, 6788; Ayrshire cattle, 6789; 

 origin of, 6790 ; size, 6791 ; shape, 6792 ; qualities 

 of an Ayrshire cow, 6794 ; Highland cattle, 6795 ; 

 Argyleshire cattle, 6796; Fifeshire cattle, 6798; 

 Aberdeenshire cattle, 6800 ; Alderney cattle, 

 6802 ; Irish cattle, 6803 ; wild cattle, 6S04; habits 

 of, 6805 ; calving, 6806 ; castration of the calf, 

 6807 ; killing the calf, 6808 ; criteria of a well 

 made bull, 6809; criteria of excellence in neat 

 cattle in general, 6810 ; criteria of an ox well 

 adapted to labour, 6811; criteria of a beautiful 

 cow, 6812; Culley's marks of a good cow, 6813; 

 criteria of excellence as derived from colour, 

 6814 ; criteria of age, 6815 ; terms applied to dif- 

 ferent ages, 6816 ; natural duration of life with 

 the bull and cow, 6817 ; breeding, 6818 ; rearing, 

 6827 ; fattening calves by suckling, 6843 ; fatten- 

 ing cattle, 6852 ; Booth's establishment for fat- 

 tening cattle at Brentford, 6861 ; management of 

 cows kept for the dairy, 6863; Harley's dairy 

 establishment at Glasgow, 6882 ; the London 

 dairies of most eminence, 6896; defects of the 

 London dairy establishments, 6907 ; working of 

 oxen, 6908 ; harness for labouring cattle, 6911 ; 

 shoeing of oxen, 6913 ; anatomy and physiology 

 of the bull and cow, 6921 ; diseases, 6938. 

 Horns of animals, 1859; the markings of the, 1860; 



colour of the, 1861. 

 Horns, and similar parts, composition and use of, 



1867, 1868. 

 Horse, the, 6216 ; varieties of, 6218 j the Arabian, 

 6219; European varieties of, 6220 ; the Spanish, 

 6221; the French, 6222; the Flemish, 6223; the 



