319 



Fruitful fields and splendid factories, 

 229 



Gentleman of Dorsetshire, opinion of, 

 89 



Gold of Pleasure, worthlessness of, 283 ; 

 Sir James Smith's opinion, 284 ; used 

 for brooms, &c. in Belgium, but 

 never as cattle-food, 285 ; a perni- 

 cious weed, compared to the inestima- 

 ble flax -plant, 286 ; nauseous taste of, 

 289 ; like rape-cake, fit only for 

 manure, 290 ; failure of, 245 ; not 

 a substitute for flax, 245 



Government, offer of, 55 



Grain verms straw, 250 



Grass, economy of, 129 ; versus turnips, 

 156 ; weight of, per acre, 157 ; experi- 

 ment with, 157 



Gratitude, to whom due, 2 



Great Britain, advantages of, 63 



Ground-plan and elevation of Mr. War- 

 nes' boxes, 150 



Hand-loom weavers, 265 

 Hands, number of, required, 34 

 Hay, impolicy of making much, 157 

 Hemp, 294-296 ; English, superiority of, 



92 ; and flax do not impoverish, 102 

 Henderson, Mr, statement of, 94 

 Hides and tallow, increase of, 185 

 High prices immaterial, 149 

 Higher orders, averse to tales of misery, 



7 

 Hindoos, graziers, 146 

 Holland, not superior, 62 

 Home versus foreign production, 4 

 Homespun, Samuel, letter of, 67 

 Home-trade, importance of, 154 

 Humanity and religion enforced, 116 

 Husbandman has but little leisure, 227 



Ignorance, why encouraged, 6 ; of for- 

 mer ages, 262 



Impediments removed, 58 



Implements for dressing flax by hand, 

 plates of, placed before 140 



Impolicy of striving for fine flax, 208 



Important inferences, 276 



Importation, 127 



Improved culture, benefit o^ to Ireland, 

 9 



Information obtained from Ireland, 291 



Injury by steeping, 99 



Instruction afforded, 270 



Instructors, Belgian, 8 



Ipswich, 164 ; Fanners' Club, advertise- 

 ment of, 291 



Ireland, advancement of, 149 



Irish farmers compensated, 280 



Irish, generosity of, 1 1 



Knowledge freely disseminated, 279 



Labour, the mainspring of all institu- 

 tions, 33 ; demand for increased, 153 ; 

 successful results of, 165-166 ; money, 

 and land lost, 1 73 



Labour-market regulated, 258 ; depress- 

 ed state of, 218-227; overstocked 

 with weaker hands, 253 



Labourers, why immured in Union- 

 houses, 5 ; misery of, 169 ; and opera- 

 tives, how sacrificed, 229 ; 



Land, benefited by flax, 38 ; of our fore- 

 fathers, 50 ; preparation of, 96 ; ex- 

 penses upon, 230 



Lands, drainage of, 2 



Landlord and tenant, 258 



Landlord's desire to assist his tenants, 

 257. 



Laws, Poor, fatal to wages, 5 



Legislators, duty of, 3 



Legislature, failure of, to promote the 

 growth of flax, 57 



Letter on the use of linseed, 130 



Lincoln, agriculture of, 86 



Linen, the permanency of, 7; versus 

 cotton, 176 



Linseed, value of to the British farmer, 

 7-142 ; not proper to fatten pigs, 180 ; 

 substitute for milk, 130; productive- 

 ness of, 13-25 ; economical use of, 

 135 ; superiority of, 32 ; quantity de- 

 stroyed, 58 ; and oil-cake, price of, 48 ; 

 preservation of, 140; not to be sold, 

 145; as food for horses, 183; expen- 

 sive if not crushed, 235 ; advantages of 

 one pound per day, 235; destroyed, 

 277 



Linseed-crusher, plate of, follows 135 



List of flax-spinners, merchants, agents, 

 and machine-makers, 314-316 



Localities for steeping, 1I4 



London public meeting, 258 



Loss by over-fettening, 180 

 Lucern and potatoes, 130, 156 



Mainspring of all trade, 209 



Manure, 21 ; source of national wealth, 



154; and employment eminently sup- 

 plied, 279. 

 Manures, outlay for, 128 

 Marshall & Co., letter of, 100; second 



letter of, 103; conference with, and 



recommendation of, 141 

 Meal, ground fine, necessity of, 124 

 Mental power, exercise of, 167 

 Methods, four, of pulling and steeping, 



115 

 Midnight depredations, causes of, 6 

 Millions, circulation of, in wages, 226 ; 



of tons of cattle-food, how to obtain, 



128 

 Money, home circulation of, 261 

 Mould for making compound cakes, 



123 



