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INDEX. 



PAGE 



Scotland, introduction of the 



pheasant into 143 



Shackbags, size of 21 



now extinct 22 



Sitting, capriciousness of hens 



in 39 



cruelty respecting . . 40 



Somerville, Lord, anecdote of 194 

 Sour beer, how to treat .... 394 



Spaniard, the, a fowl 22 



Spirits, quantity of home 



made 345 



remarks on adulte- 

 rated 419 



Sporting Magazine, extract 



from the 95 



Suffolk cow, degeneration of 



the 232 



Swan, qualities of the fat . . 10 

 use of the skin 11 



anecdotes of the ib. 



principal use of 124 



i antiquity of the 125 



wild upon the Avon . . ib. 



period of sitting 126 



male and female how 



designated . . . .' 127 



black, of New Holland ib. 



enemies of the 128 



hopping, the ib. 



Swine, gestation of 199, 213 



. flesh of 200, 201 



species 202 



British varieties 203 



Foreign varieties 207 



conveniences for ib. 



sty 208 



feeding 209 



choice of varieties .... 210 



breeding 203, 212 



fattening 220 



diseases of 223, 224 



medicines for 224 



Sunflower seed, as food for 



poultry 72 



Taxation, effects of exces- 

 sive 342-347 



Tea, objection of Mr. Arthur 



Young 338 



Thief, curious detection of a 172 

 Thieves, precaution against 31 

 Turkey, qualities of the flesh 

 of the 5 



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Turkey, varieties of 5, 87 



black, best 79 



best supply of, from 



Cambridgeshire and Nor- 

 folk 89 



etymology of the'word 87 



Turkey-cock, change of co- 

 lour in a 91 



Turkey-cock, number of hens 



for a ib. 



Turkeys, indications of the 



age of 25 



indigenous in 



America 88 



nettles, the com- 



mon food of 99 



close setters 20 



heedless mothers ib. 



treatment of chicks ib. 



large flocks of in 



Ireland 96 



to fatten 96,97 



weight of 97 



numbers sent to 



London 97, 98 



Vancouver's Survey of Devon, 



extract from 149 



Vapid or foul beer, to cure . . 394 



Vermin, destructive to game 1?3 



modes of destroying 174 



Vine, cultivation of the, 

 in South Wales, recom- 

 mended 460 



Wages, consequences of low 337 



Ware malts 349 



Warwick Castle, doves at ... 152 

 aged house- 



keeper at 1 53 



Wasps.'mode of killing .... 312 

 Water, the best for brewing 352 

 Waterton, observations of 

 Mr. C., on pheasants 135, 136 



Wax, consumption of 304 



to take, and to prepare 323 



Wine fruits 430 



Wine-press 437 



Wine, receipts for the ma- 

 nufacture of 438 



Wine-making, improvement 



in 439 



from grape tendrils . . 443 



gooseberry 444 



