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INDEX 



Bath, wine made at, 145. 



Beale, John, 128, 130. 



Beans, 17, 33, 49, 124, 155, 187, 201, 



262, 331-2, 353; cost of growing, 



199; profit on, 180. (&e Prices.) 

 Bedford, Duke of, 225, 318, 321. 

 Bedfordshire, 3, 18, 79, 120, 123, 238, 



306. 

 Beef, price of, see Prices. 

 Beer, 36, 329. 

 Belgium, live stock in, 334 ; wheat crops 



in, 332 n. 

 Bel voir estate, 115, 286. 

 Berkeley estates, 3, 27 n., 35 n., 48, 56, 



64. 74. 75. 

 Berkshire, 104, 1 75, 237, 284, 286, 306 n. 

 Berkshire Knolts, 345 ; pigs, 346. 

 Berlin decrees, 242. 

 Best, Henry, accounts of, 138-40, 

 Bideford, 262. 

 Biggleswade, 318. 

 Birds eating fruit, 129. 

 Black Death, 27, 41-3, 59, 75. 

 Black Year, the, 294. 

 Blight, Hop, 150. 

 Blyth, 113, 127, 137, 152. 

 Board of Agriculture, 192, 193, 214, 



229-33, 255; (Government), 290. 

 Bones for manure, 154-5, 273, 275-6, 



299. 

 Booth, Thomas, 337-8. 

 Bordarii, 8, 11. 

 Boston, 308, 318, 327. 

 Boys' wages, 206. 

 Bradley, 152, 167, 168-9, ^7°) 171,181, 



336. 

 Brampton, 235. 

 Bread, different kinds of, 54, 102, 



206-7, 230; rye, 101, 134, 206; 



wheaten, a luxury, 10 1 ; common, 207, 



240; made of turnips, 157; price of 



(see Prices). 

 Breeding of stock, 37, 146, 167, 215-7, 



256, 273. 

 Brentford, 157, 

 Bridport, 262. 

 Bright, John, 280. 

 Buckinghamshire, 78, 146, 172, 291, 



306 n. 

 Buckwheat, 332. 



Budget, labourer's weekly, 206, 208, 356. 

 Buildings, farm, and repairs, 51, 272, 



279, 282, 299, 302, 307, 310. 

 Bull, description of a (1726), 167 

 Burford, riot at, 185. 



Buri, 8, II. 



Bury St. Edmunds, no, 147. 



Butter, 33, 63 n., 66, 114, 138, 140, 161, 

 174, 205, 2o6n., 241, 247 {see Prices), 

 304, 305, 313, 325 ; exports of, 326-7. 



By-industries of peasant, no, 239, 250, 

 257, 260, 269, 317. 



Cabbages, 112, 143, 187, 191, 194, 200, 



201, 331. 

 Cadaveratores, 13. 

 Caird, Sir James, 279, 281, 2S5, 287, 



310, 3M, 319"- 



Cake, 296, 300, 305, 314. 



Calstock, 318. 



Calves, killing of, forbidden, 86 ; rear- 

 ing, 125. 



Cambridgeshire, 79, 151, 167, 222,262, 

 3o6n., 318. 



Camden, 173, 335. 



Canada, imports from, 323-4. 



Canterbury, hops from, 171. 



Capital of farmers, 197, 203-4. 



Carrington, Lord, 231. 



Carrots, 112, 128, 143, 167, 191, 194, 



331, 332. 



Carter, wages of, no. 



Cart-horses, price of, 35, 114. 



Carts, 153. 



Cattle, Chillingham, 336 ; diseases, 85 ; 

 export of, 326, 330; improvement in, 

 336, 337, 338 {see Cattle, size of) ; 

 number of, in 1867 and 1878, 288 ; 

 in 1907, 333-4 ; original breed of, 

 336 ; price of, see Prices ; size of, 

 37, 104, 146, 169, 288, 336, 342 ; 

 separation of, for summer pasture, 

 124; sorts of (1726), 167 {see under 

 Various breeds); about 1800, 235; in 

 1839, 274; in 1892, 274, 336; time 

 to buy, 125. {See Bakewell, CoUings, 

 Exports, <7W^ Imports.) 



Cattle plagues, of eighteenth century, 

 172, 185-6, 290; of nineteenth cen- 

 tury, 289-90, 294. 



Cauliflowers, 143. 



Causes of high prices at end of eight- 

 eenth century, 240. 



Celery, 318. 



Chamberlayne, 259. 



Cheddar cheese, 173. 



Cheese, 33, 63n., 66, 161, 173, 174, 200, 

 2o6n., 276, 305, 313, 325. {See Prices, 

 Exports, and Imports.) 



