GENERAL INDEX. 



1271 



Shafts, double, advantage of, on roads, 3742. 



Shakes in trees, to reme.ly, 4031. 



Shapes which indicate a propensity to fatten 



soonest, 2031. 

 Sheath, the, or land-guard of loose stones, 4'366. 

 Sheaves of corn, an improved method of setting 



up, 3177; methods of drying, 704. 

 Sheaving of corn, 3175 

 Sheds, portable, for pasture lands, 5838. 

 Sheep, the, 7112 j the common, in a wild state, 



7113 ; value of, to the British farmer, 7114. 

 Sheep, varieties of, 7115; the long-woolled British, 

 7117; the short-woolled, 7118; the hornless 

 breeds, 7119; sheep best suited to arable land, 

 7120; the long-woolled large breeds, 7121 ^ the 

 shorter- wool led varieties, 7126 ; sheep that range 

 over the mountainous districts of Britain, 7133 , 

 the Spanish or Merino breed, 7138. 

 Sheep, criteria of properties in, of an excellent ram, 

 714'2; of a sound healthy sheep, 7143; of age, 

 7144 ; names of the different ages and conditions 

 of sheep, 7145. 

 Sheep, breeding, 7146 ; season of putting the rams 

 to the ewes, 7153 ; period of gestation, 7154 ; keep 

 of sheep after lambing, 7139 ; castrating lambs, 

 7160 ; weaning of lambs, 7161. 



Sheep, rearing and management of, 7162 ; on rich 

 grass and arable lands, 716(1 ; treatment of the 

 lambs, 7168; selection of the lamb stock, 7170; 

 selection of the grown stock, 7172 ; shearing, 

 7173 ; washing, 7177; marking, 7185 ; shortening 

 the tails, 7186; rearing and management on 

 hilly and mountainous districts, 7190; store farm- 

 ing, 7192. 



Sheep, folding, 7208. 



Sheep, fattening, 7219; fattening lambs, 7224. 



Sheep, the Merino breed, 7240; introduction of, 

 7231 ; Dr. Parry's experiments with, 7232 , shear- 

 ing of, 7235 ; produce of the wool of, 7236; Lord 

 Somerville's experiments with, 7237. 



Sheep, anatomy and physiology of, 7239; skeleton 

 of, 7241 J the visceral and soft parts, 7242 : wool 

 of, 7243. 



Sheep, diseases of, 7244 ; of lambs, 7273. 



Sheep, the Berkshire polled, 7790 ; of Berwick- 

 shire, 7835 ; in Buckinghamshire, 7783 ; of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, 1 i27 ; of the farm of Coldin- 

 gen, near Hanover, 600 ; of Dorsetshire, manage- 

 ment of, 7819; of the Hebrides, 7859; of Hin- 

 dustan, 913 ; the Hungarian, 632 ; improvement 

 of, on the farm at Moegelin, 585 ; in Leicester, 

 shire, 7798; of Perthshire, 7849; of Spain, 735; 

 management of, 737742 ; when first fed on the 

 ground with turnips, 237. 



Sheep-shearing in Spain, 741. 



Shell-fish fishery, 3883. 



Shell sand, as a manure, 2288. 



Shell slug, the, 7706. 



Shells of animals, 1870. 



Sheltering farm-lands, 4.584. 



Sheltering and shading lands, 2215, 2216. 



Shepherd, the, 4876. 



Shetland Isles, statistics of the, 7861. 



Shirreff, John, his work on agriculture, page 1213. 

 A. D. 1814. 



Shocking of corn, 3175. 



Shoeing of horses in Flanders, 520. 



Shoots, annual, 1569. 



Shorelands, improvement of, 4567. 



Shovel, the, 2446. 



Shovelling, 3124. 



Shropshire, statistics of, 7795. 



Siam, the kingdom of, 949 ; agriculture of the, 950 ; 

 soil of the, 951. 



Sickle, for reaping grain crops, 3179. 



Stckler, F. Ch. L., his work on agriculture, page 

 1220. A. D. 1805. 



Slda tWieemia, use of, in China, 982, 



Siebe's rotatory pump, 4501. 



Sierra Leone, description of, 1105. 



Sieuve, works on agriculture, p. 1216. A. D. 1769. 



Sieves, 2523. 



Sifting earth or gravel, 3135. 



Silicia in animals, 1932; in plants, 1504. 



Silk, culture of, in Hungary, 629. 



Silkworm, the, 7595 ; breeding of, 7596 ; in the 

 south of France, 415. 



Simonde, J. C. L., his work on agriculture, page 1221. 

 A.D. 1801. 



Simpson, Finder, his works on agriculture, page 

 1213. A. D. 1814, 1815. 



Sinclair, George, F.L.S., F.H.S., &c, his work on 

 agriculture, page 1213. A. D. 1824. 



Sinclair, Right Hon. Sir John, Bart., LL D., &a 



his works on agriculture, page 1210. A. D. 1790. 

 Sinety, Andre Louis Esprit, his work on agricul. 



ture, page 1218. A. D. 1803. 

 Situation for a landed proprietor's mansion, the most 



desirable, 3506. 

 Skeibo farmery, 4163. 

 Skin and leather, refuse of the manufactures of, as 



a manure, 2251. 

 Skin, secretions of the, 1874. 

 Skins of animals, use of the, 2017. 

 Skirting lands, 3210. 

 Skreen plantations, 4585. 

 Sleep, the positions assumed by animals during, 



1910. 

 Slceping-rooms for single men, 2868. 

 Sligo, statistics of, 7886. 

 Slit method of planting, 3947. 

 Slit-planting, an expeditious mode of, 3953. 

 Slugs, 7705. 

 Sluice, a, 4406. 

 Small, James, his work on agriculture, page 1210. 



A. D. 1784. 

 Smith, John, his work on agriculture, page 1207. 



A. D. 1670. 

 Smith, Rev. John, D. D., his work on agriculture, 



page 1211. A.D. 1798. 

 Smith, William, his works on agriculture, page 1212. 



A. D. 1806. 

 Smith's attempt at a reaping machine, 2736; big 



opinion on irrigation, 4387. 

 Smithy, on a large farm, 2869. 

 Smoking tobacco, antiquity of, 6124. 

 Smut, the, in corn, 1693. 5064. 

 Smut machine, the, 2796. 

 Snail, the edible, 7618. 

 Snails, 7707. 

 Snow, 2376 ; of great use to the vegetable kingdom, 



2377 ; heat produced from, 2324. 

 Societies, agricultural, 7911 ; lately formed in Bri- 

 tain, 800. 

 Society of Arts, the, 7913. 



Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agricul- 

 ture, in Scotland, institution of the, 793. 

 Society, state of, as influencing agriculture, 1270. 

 Soda in animals, 1928. 

 Soderini, Giovanvettorio, his work on agriculture, 



page 1221. A. D. 1622. 

 Soil among trees, culture of, 3980. 

 Soil, as influencing agriculture, 1263. 

 Soils, exhaustion of, 1534; fertility of, restored, 

 1535; how distinguished from masses of earth, 

 2114; classification of, 2117; naming the genera 

 of, 2118; naming the species of, 2119; table of, 

 2120 ; to discover the value of, 2121 ; indicated by 

 the plants growing on them, 2122 ; the qualities 

 of, discovered by chemical analysis, 2133; the 

 qualities of, discovered mechanically and empiri- 

 cally, 2137 ; the absorbent powers of, 2145 ; po- 

 pular distinctions of, 2157 ; chemical agency of, 

 2160; improvement of, 2162; pulverisation of, 

 2163; consolidation of, 2172 ; aeration or fallow- 

 j ing of, 2174; alteration of the constituent parts 

 of, 2180 ; the capacity of, for retaining water, to 

 ascertain, 2144 ; incineration of, 2191; burning of, 

 2192 ; water with respect to, 2199. 

 Soils, mixed or secondary, 174S ; aquatic, for plants, 

 1744 ; earthv, of plants, 1747; vegetable, of plants, 

 17.55. 

 Soils, the most proper, for irrigation, 4386; Smith's 

 opinion respecting, 4387; peaty, 2112; spurious 

 peaty, 2113; power of vegetables to exhaust, 2219 ; 

 in respect to farming lands, 4743 ; retentive, 

 mode of draining, 4267 ; use of the, to vegetables, 

 2145. 2148 ; the constituent parts of, which give 

 tenacitj', 2149; power of, to absorb water by 

 capillary attraction, 2152; power of, to absorb 

 water from air, 2153. 

 Solar rays, influence of, on vegetation, 2326. 

 Solids, animal, 1957 ; the soft, 1961 ; the hard, 1962. 

 Solomon Isles, the, 1052. 

 Somersetshire, statistics of, 7820. 

 Somerville, Right Hon. John, Lord, his works on 



agriculture, page 1211. A. D. 1799. 

 Somerville, Robert, his work on agriculture, page 



1212. A. D. 1805. 

 Soot, as a manure, 2268. 

 Soaper's waste, as a manure, 2310. 

 South America, climate, surface, and soil of, 122a 

 Sowing, 3148. 



Sowing of pine seed in Flanders, 529. 

 Spade of the bushman, 1139; the Flemish, 2445; 

 used in irrigation, 4395 ; the trenching, 512. 



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