INDEX. 



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Hardwlch, G. on arable land in 1790 and 

 1804, - - - 75 



Harper, Henry, on amble lands, in 1790, and 

 1803, 59; calculation of charges on 100 acres, 

 106, II r; distribution of his men and horses 

 on his farm, and management, . 108 



Hassall, Charles, on the decrease in the culture 

 of barley, - - -8^ 



Hawle, Lord, order of the general quarter 

 sessions at Pontefract, regulating prices of 

 labour, in 1733, - - yy 



Hawkins, R. on arable land, in 1790, and 1804, 



4+ 



Hay, Robert, on the expenses of arable land, 

 in 1^90, and 1804, 91; on the advantages 

 of farming societies, 92; of one-horse-carts, 

 93; on the poors rates at Glasgow, - 94 



Hay, consumption of, in a day by a milch cow, 

 127; objection against giving it, 127; 

 produce of an acre of, 136, 319. 



Head, J. R. Esq. on importation of corn, 54 



Hedges, should be cleared from weeds, 258, 

 266 ; woods best adapted to forming, 268 ; 

 injured by timber trees, ib. 



Heifers, adapted to lightwork : how treated 

 at Dishley, ■ . _ 024 



Hepburn, G. B. on the expense of arable land 

 in 1790, and 1804, - - 96 



Heradeum angustijoVtum, (hogweed, low pars- 

 nip) description of, - - 259 



Herod, Thomas, on tares, - 415 



Holcus mollis, (creeping soft-grassj account of, 

 241, 242. 



Horses, expense of keeping a team of four, 55; 

 proportion of, to work, 98, 108; effects of 

 a lax on, 103 ; number in the kingdom, and 

 calculation of quantity of land necessary to 

 keep them, 145, 288, 290, 291, et seq.; 

 saving in the keep of, by the substitution of 

 potatoes for hay, 209, 210, will feed on 

 carrots with avidity, 212, comparison of, 

 with oxen, 213; uses of, 289; advantageously 



fed on green food, 292; consume the growth 

 if an extent of land, equal to what would 

 upply the population of England with 



; growth 

 of an extent of land, equal to what would 

 supply the population of England with 



bread, - _ 



Houses, number of, in England, 



293 

 282 



I 



Importation of foreign corn, bad effects of, 41, 



43>44, 54. 147- 

 Instruments, used in improving moss lands, 5, 



9, 10. 

 Iron, why the attempt to manufacture it from 



peat at Castlehead given up, 2; the metal- so 



acquired, worth, for certain uses, from ^3. 



to ,^4. per ton. more than common iron, 2. 

 Ivy, injurious to the growth of timber trees, 



269 



J obson, Rev. A. on shutting the ports against 



importation of foreign corn, - - 4^ 



"Jones, W. on the mildew, - - 200 



Juncus, (the rush), mode of destroying, 259 



Kent, Nathaniel, Esq. mode of computing the 



rent of a farm, - - - 117 



King, Isaac, Esq. on arable land, - 40 



Kinnaird, G. his improvement of waste land. 



Knight, T. A. Esq. on tithes, - 54 



A'o/;//-(7^/, properties of, - - 151 



Labour, prejudicial effects of the increased 

 price of, 43, 54, 56, 58, 65, 73, 85, 87, 89, 

 91, 104, 113. 



Labourers, in Scotland, wages and keep of, 



96 



Lamium purpureuin and album, (red dead nettle 

 or dee nettle) account of, 238 ; should be 

 carefully extirpated, - - 247 



mnplexicdule, (hcnbit) - 238 



Zaw^zw//,dcscripilon of moss improvements at, 8 



