INDEX 



Sperguh arvensis, (corn spurrey or yarr) ac- 

 count of, - - 245 



Sptrcea ulmarla, (meadow sweet) qualities of 

 as a styptic, - - 262 



Spring wheat, description of, and grows as fast 

 as any other spring corn, 181; much used in 

 France, ib.; the real, little known, ib,; cuU 

 tivated to a considerable extent in Lincoln- 

 shire, /^.; time of sowing, 182, 185; quan- 

 tity of seed per acre, ib. ; when sown by 

 itself, and with seeds, and produce, ib.; 

 supposed to be exempt from the mildew, ib ; 

 land suited to its growth, ib.; nature of the 

 grain of, and weight, ib.; useful in raising a 

 crop of seeds, and why, ib.; beneficial effects 

 from dibbling it, where wiic-worm has been 

 destructive to winter wheat, ib. ; 186, 199; 

 great advantages of, in years of scarcity, 

 183; its cultivation established in Lincoln- 

 shire, 184; will succeed as well by dibbling, 

 as by broadcast, ib.; produce of 4I pecks of, 

 /^./analysis of, /^; cultivation of byJ.Coggan, 

 Esq. 187; quantity of seed sown per acre> 

 ib.; weight of produce, 188; exempted from 



.-the red-gum, though other wheat attacked, 

 ih. ; produce of an acre sown on the 4th of 

 May, ib.\ account of, by Mr. Calthorp, 

 190; mildew never hurts, 191 ; account of, 

 by Mr. Wedd, ib. ; the ears set five kernels 

 broad, 192 ; account of, by Mr. Speedily, 

 193; inducements to cultivate, //^.; experi- 

 ments on, 194, et stq ; general observations 

 on, - - - 197 



Slanley, J.T. Esq. on comparative expenses of 

 arable land, in 1790 and 1803, 42; on tin; 

 advantages of agriculture over trade, 98, et 

 seq.; on increased taxation, loi; on the 

 policy of granting bounties on exportation of 

 torn, /3./ on the bad effects of the tax on 

 horses, - - - 103 



Straw, cut, great use of, in feeding horses, 



152, 291 



Strickland, William, Esq. on the comparative 

 expense of arable l.ii.d in I/90, an 1 1804, 



73; on the increase of the poors rates, 74; on 

 the disadvantages that farmers labour under, 



ib. 75 

 Sugar, substitution of, for malt in brewing, 72 

 Summer, efl'ccts of a dry, on the price of wheat, 



■ fallowing, uses of, in destroying 



weeds, - _ 253 



■ soiling, beneficial effects of, 134, 



135, f/ scq. 146,301,330 ; number of acres 

 to be saved in the feeding of stock and 

 hor.es, by the general adoption of, 146, 



302 



Sunclayschoals, remark on, - 329 



Tares, time of sowing, 15; quantity of seed 

 per acre, /^.; plougliings into four ridges, 

 ib.; succulent quality of, ib.; injurious 

 effects of using them without dry food, ib.; 

 time of decay, ib.; means attempted to pre- 

 vent their early rotting, prejudicial, ib.; 

 air and light essentially necessary to pre- 

 serve them, ib.; height of growth of, ib,; 

 produce of two roods of, more than suHicient 

 tor two horses, 16 ; soil sown on, ib.; ma- 

 nure used, ib.; productive of good to poor 

 land, ib.; more easily cut in ridges than on 

 the ground, ib.; reasons for sowing wheat 

 among tares, ib.; a good crop cut green, 



iro 

 Taxes, increase of, - 68, 74, 10 1 



7ea, its effects in advancing the priceofbutter, 



280 

 Thistles, should always be extirpated, 256 



7 hlaspi arvense, (shepheid's purse) account of, 



247 

 Thrashing mill, use and price of, 49 



Thurtell, Thomas, on collar-makers and 

 wheel-wrights prices in 1790 and 1804, 67 



Tillage land, bad effects of having too inuch of, 

 in a farm, - - i:o 



Tithe, baneful effects of, on agriculture, 47, 



