INDEX; 



TO DEPARTMENT THE SECOND. 



AGRICULTURE) NATURAL HISTORY, &C. 



A, 



AGRICULTURAL Societies, 98, 100 

 Agriculture of Staffordshire, 1 7 

 Alabaster, 166 



Anson Lord, his farm and demesne, 90 

 Aqualate, Sir John Bougbey's, ditto, 96 

 Arable land, cropping and cultivation 

 29,86,96. 



B. 



Barley, its culture, drilling, &c. 34, 35 

 , consumption of, 81, 82 



Basaltic rocks, formation of, 133 



Beans, setting by hand recommended, 29 

 , culture, 35, setting and drill- 

 ing, 36 



Bees, 80, 81 



BIOGRAPHY OF STAFFORDSHIRE, 175 

 to 270 



Birds of Staffordshire, 145 to 158 



Blount, Mr. of Bellamore, his farming 

 96 



BOTANY OF STAFFORDSHIRE, 101 to 126 



Bradford, Earl, his demesne, 94 



Brewster, threshing machine maker, 27 



Buck wheat, its culture, 37 



Buildings, 22, 23 



Burnet, 50, indigenous, 51. 



C. 



Cabbages, in field cultivation, 41 



Canals, 21 



Carrots recommended, 42 



Chambers, drill machine maker, 29 



Clays, fire clay, potter's clay, 1 64 



Cleft in a rock remarkable, 165, 166 



Climate, 17 



Coal mines, thick and thin, 128 to 140 

 , fofmation of, conjecture on, 130 



" " ', strata above, intervening and be- 

 neath, 134 



' , qualities, and means of working, 

 138 



, quantity raised, 139, peacock 

 coal, 164 



COINAGE OF STAFFORDSHIRE, 1 to 8 

 Comfortb, winnowing machine maker, 



27 



Comparative View of Agriculture, 85 

 Cottages, 23 



Courses of crops, 29, 30,' 87, 92 

 Cow stock, 66, sundry owners of capital 



cattle, 67, new breed introduced by 



Mr. Miller, their size and qualities, 



ibid. 



D. 



Dairying, 67, great produce from a cow, 

 68, superior to oxen and sheep, and 

 improvements proposed, ibid, turnip 

 butter to cure, 69 



Divisions of the county, 17 



Dove river, 9-10 



Draining, the first of improvements, 8.5 



Ducks, their utility, 79. 



E. 



Earths, analysis of, J27, 128 

 Echos, 167 



Elevation above the sea, 18, 19 

 Embankments proposed, 65 

 Estates, 21. 



F. 



Fallows, sometimes necessary, 30, 46 



Farms, size of, 24, of land-owners, 87 



Feeding cattle, 69, sheep, 70, hogs, ib. 

 weight to ascertain, 70 



Fencing on good land, 28 



fertile soil, analysis of, 127 



Wishes of Staffordshire, 159 



i'lax culture, 37 



dossil wood, 166, 167 



"ruit trees, neglect of, 55 

 , their importance, 167 

 - > their ripening promoted, 

 174. 



ardens and orchards, 53, great im- 

 portance to country houses, 6*4, 65 



^eese, 79 



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