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Roads, the value of good 21 



^Roller, use of .46, 282 



Roots compared with ensilage 144 



Root crops, soils for 15 



Root crops for feeding 59, 99 



*Root crops, harvesting and storing 65 



Ropes, strength of 248 



Rose bug 273 



Rotation of crops 52, 74 



Rotten bone, value of, as a fertilizer 31 



Rust on wheat 75 



*Ruta Bagas, culture of 62 



Rye as green manure 35 



Rye, cultivation of 80 



Rye for soiling or feeding green 86 



*Rye, Ergot in 108 



Sagacity of Collie dog 242 



Salt, value of 29, 34 



Salt, value of, upon hay 134 



Salt, quantity of, for butter 179 



Saunders, Wm. , Report on Grasses 125 



*Scab in sheep 255 



*Scotch Kale, cultivation of 314 



*Scotch Polled Cow 159 



Science of agriculture as compared with practice 12 



Seed, choice of 53 



Seed, plowing in 70 



Seed, wheat, weight of 74 



Seed, best, the cheapest 78 



Seed, oats, weight of 79 



Seed, mixed grasses , 112 



Seed, mixed, how sown 129 



Seed, quantity to the acre 244, 359 



Sewage, utilization of 138 



Shallots, culture of 346 



