INDEX. 



carcase, 522 ; superior agency of the fe- 

 male in determining the form of the carcase, 

 /^.; error of choosing large males, 523 ; di- 

 rections for choosing rams, 524; imprudence 

 of attempting to mend the Merino carcase, 

 by the best native rams, ib.\ division of the 

 flock, -according to age and strength, recom- 

 mended, 525 ; project of breeding sheep 

 with wool of native colours, 525 ; a trial 

 of new crosses, 526; inethods of measur- 

 ing minute objects, of Daubenton, Luccock, 

 Herschel, 2 7, et sej.; actual measure- 

 ments of various specimens of clothing 

 wool, 530, f/ sej.; inferences, 533 ; condi- 

 tions af accurate microscopical comparison, 

 535 ; comparative trials of the Merino- 

 R) eland wool with that of the Coronet, Alva, 

 and R. X. S. Spanish piles, I'S.; wool pro- 

 duced per acre, 536, et seg.; weight of flee- 

 ces of Merino-Ryeland rams sold to Mr. 

 Birkbeck, 537; increase of weight and va- 

 lue in Mr. Birkbeck's South Down fleeces 

 from one cross, 538; and of the carcase, 

 ih. ; account of Dr. Parry's ram lambs 

 in 1806, 539 ; statement of his lambs 

 in 1807, 540 ; efl^ect of salt in inducing the 

 flock to eat potatoes, 541; injurious con- 

 sequences of the potatoes, iL 



Alildezu, prejudical to late sown wheat, 177 . 

 does not attack spring wheat, 182, 191 ; 

 origin and symptons of, 201; most prevalent 

 in vales, 202 ; affects late sown wheat, and 

 why, ib.; attacks the white Dutch wheat 

 more than the red wheat, 203; more detri- 

 mental to concave spots, than to higher level 

 ground, ib.; causes thereof, 204 ; effect of 

 dung to produce, ib.; selections of wheat 

 necessary to guard against, ib.; lime of cutting 

 crops, afl^ectcd by, 205, 207, efl^cct of laying 

 the sheaves longitudinally on the ridge against 

 the, . 206 



Rliii, for the poor, vide Curwen, 



MilUngton, L. Esq. method of preserving 



potatoes, - _ . 234 



Milward, R, account of his cottage culture. 



Motley, C. on the difficulties farmers labour 

 under, and on the effects of the malt tax, 65; 

 on inequality of measures, and necessity of 

 establishing an universal standard one, 1 13 



AIoss, account of improvement of, at Castle- 

 head, i; nature of, and different strataofthe, 

 2; oak and fir found in the, /^.; advantage 

 of draining the, ib.; original value of the, ib- 

 plan pursued, 3 ; description of drains used 

 to improve the, ib. et seq.; implements neces- 

 sary, 5; rotation of crops, lb.; use of lime 

 in destroying fog and reneviing grass, 6 ; 

 pernicious effects of stagnate water in, ib.: 

 canker in, how extirpated, 7 ; effects of 

 frost, sun, lime and burnt clav, on, for grass 

 and turnips, ib.; trees that thrive on, ib,; 

 inanagement of grass, on, ib.; present value 

 and extent of improvements, on, ib.; advan- 

 tages arising from reclaiming the, - 8 



, account of improvement of, at Lang- 



well, 8 ; first attempt, and cause of failure 

 in improving the, 9; renewal and success of 

 the attenipr, with the plan pursued, 9; dis- 

 tinction between quick and dead, 9, 10 ; use 

 and defects of the fen plough on, 9 ; advan- 

 tages of deep ploughing, and exposing to the 

 frost, and injurious effects ot ploughing and 

 exposing to the sun in suminer, to, 12; pre- 

 paration and detail of improving the, 10; 

 manures to be used on, ib. succession of 

 crops, on - - - 1 1 



, supposed to be never formed into soil 



until thethird yerir, njay be improved within 

 one, by froit and burning, 12; >jL.ects of fer- 

 mentation, on, 13 \ u^e of potat'<es in re- 

 claiming, ib, \ time of burning for barley or 

 bear, - - - - I3>^4 



