Index. 



251 



Chicory, quantity to sow, 44, 45, 8S 



rapidity of growth of, 46 



remarks on, by Yovmg, 44, 45, 84 



cut four times yearly to prevent 



running, 45 



- succeeds in all soils, 45 



suppressed by grazing, 48, 68, 84 



- weight of green produce, 45, 46 



trials of various kinds of, 188 



Cichorium intybus, see Chicory 

 Clifton - on - Bowmont experimental 



farm, acreage of, 2, 125, 130 



an object lesson to statesmen, 



126 



a paying concern, 129 



-^— compared vrith adjacent farm, 



130, 178 

 ^— cropping at, 219-221 



management of stock at, 215-218 



— — offer to Government of, 124 



old rotation at, 131 



stock at, 132-133, 216-218 



visitors to, xriii., 114, 203 



Clifton Park System allows success- 

 ful corn raising, 13, 14 

 attracts capital, 4 



carries more stock, 180, 183, 



203 



difference between 5 course 



rotation and, 168 



dispenses vidth artificials, xvii., 



197 



effect of, after ploughing first 



turf, 179, 239 



second turf, 179, 239 



on death rate of sheep, 51, 



180 



eliminates disease, 15, 180, 181 



weeds, 15, 129, 130, 131, 



178, 180 



enriches the soil, 6, 180 



ensures deep culjtivation, 130 



financial results of, 5, 195-198 



general success of, 193-195 



gives heavy crops, 185 



gives more atmospheric nitrogen, 



132, 137 



gives crops without manure, 



xvii., 14 



Clifton Park System has less risks, 

 3, 5, 15, 129, 165, 177 



illustrated by four fields, 194 



in brief, 35, 130, 246 



increases fertility of soil, 129, 184 



lowers labour bill, 131 



means easy ploughing, 15 



object of, 197 



opinion of factor, 86 



practical farmers, xvii., 



xviii., 203, 222-226 



shepherd, 86 



visitors, 86, 87, 222-226 



pays at Clifton-on-Bowmont, 



129, 193 



prevents loss from wash, 176 



rotation of crops, 219-221 



may be varied, 195 



seed mixtures, xxi., xxii., 20, 21, 



1^0 



simplicity of, 35 



stock most suitable for, 132 



succeeds in unfavourable seasons, 



15, 129, 165 



success as regards crops, stock, 



and cultivation, 179 



turnip disease, 181 



suited to habits of gentlemen, 3 



suits interest of landlord and 



tenant, 6 ; 



Voelcker's opinion of, 207, 210 



would increase rural population, 



131, 138, 140 



would reclaim waste lands, 204 



Climate affected by woods, 138 



suitability of oxu:, for forage 



growing, 5 



Clover, Alsike, 106, 107 



causes of failure of, 240 



how to grow successful crops of, 



240 



Late-flowering Ked, 106 



• resists drought, 34, 174 



Mystery, paper on, 238-246 



quantity to sow, 159, 186 



sickness, 238 



varieties to sow, 239-341 



White, 106 



