INDEX. 



A 

 Acres, number of, in England, - -page 146 



, in pasture, - 294 



, waste ditto, - 295 



Addlnell, G. on the expenses of arable land in 

 1790, and 1804, - - 82 



Mgopodium potlragraria, (ground ash) account 

 of, - - - 237 



^thusa cynapiiim, (fool's parsley, lesser hem- 

 lock) account of, - - - 237 

 Agriculture, advantages of, g8 ; superiority of 

 to manufactures, 99 ; impediments to, 40, 

 42, 43, 51, 54. 71. 74» 75. 85, 86, loi, 

 112, 114, 120. 



. — , Annals of, extracts from the, on 



the corn trade, - - 273, et seq. 



Agrostemma githago, (cockle) very injurious to 



corn crops, _ _ _ _ 245 



Agrosth alba, (white bent grass) necessity of 



destroying, 235, 236, 241. 



, stolonijera, (creeping red-stalked bent 



grass) account of, - - 242 



Aikin, G. on arable lands, - - 39 



Air, goodeiFect of, on tares, - 15 



Alder, supposed effect of, in preventing the rot 

 in shetp, - - - 417 



Allium ursininum, (ramson) bad properties of, 



259 



Alsine media, (chickweed) account of, 237, 244 



American hundred eyes potatoe, account of,220 



Anderson, Dr. James, on peat moss, 9 ; his 



account of the Avenafatua, (wild oat) 242, 



and of the Spergula arvensis, (corn spurrey 



or yarr), - - 245 



Anderson, Mr. James, observations by, on 

 mossy lands, - - - 9, il 



Anemone nemorosa, (wood or meadow anemone) 

 effects of, on sheep, - - 262 



Anthemis cotula, (stinking may-weed) injurious 

 to corn crops, - - 251 



Antirrhinum orontium, (calves snout) account of, 



247 

 Aphanes arvensis, (parsley piert) description of, 



243 

 Arahis thaliari, (codded mouse-ear) - 247 

 Arable land, comparison of expenses of, in 

 England, Wales, and Scotland, in 1790 and 

 1S04, as to labour, artisans, rent, tithe, and 

 parish taxes, cultivation, manures, 17, 38. 

 — — — — ', conversion of, into grass, 41, 285, 

 , should not be too much pul- 

 verized, 246 

 Arctium lappa, (burdock) account of, 267 

 Ash, best method of planting the, - 268 

 Ashes, method of procuring in Staffordshire, 



267, 268. 

 Ass, the use of, - - 223, 298. 



Assize, of bread, necessity of abolition of, 116 

 Atherton, J.J. Esq. on the price of corn, 60 

 Atmosphere, influence of, on the produce of 

 milch cows, - - 152, 158 



y^/n/i/c.v/jrtj/rt/tf, (wild spear- wort) account of, 



- 237 



Avena elntior, (tall oat-grass) account of, and 

 necessity of destroying in gardens and on 

 arable land, 235, 236, 241, 242. 



-falLia, (wild oat, hover) account of, 242 



