252 



Index. 



Cobden's remark anent mills, 134 

 Cockle Park experiments, 117-123 

 Cocksfoot, advisability of liberal seed- 

 ing, 95 

 ■^^ cheaper than Kyegrass, 186 



experiments with, 92 



importance of, 20 



notes on, 94-96 



relative productiveness of, 98, 



154 



spread of, by self-sowing, 174 



superior to Ryegrass, 80, 81 



Coffee, 25, 26, 182, 190, 241 

 Compensation for disturbance, 128 

 Compulsory acquisition of land, 128 

 " Conduct of the Understanding," 



Locke's, 16 

 Confucius, 11, 197 

 Com raising, qualifications for, 4 

 Cost of production, to cheapen, 2 

 Cottage Park field, 174 

 Cotton grass, 109-111 

 Couch-grass, elimination of, 15, 35 



absence from clean seeds, 18 



County CouncUs, experiments con- 

 ducted by, 88 

 Course to adopt in present day agri- 

 culture, 136 

 Crested Dogstail, see Dogstail 

 Crett6's experiences with chicory, 44 

 Crookhouse farm, 172 

 Cropping at Clifton - on - Bowmont, 



114, 219-221 

 Crow "Wood field has had no Ume, 



181 

 Curtis on Kyegrass, 80, 191 



on Yorkshire fog, 191 



Cynosurus cristatus, see Dogstail 



Dactylis glomerata, see Cocksfoot 

 Decomposition of vegetable matter, 



19, 185 

 Dedication, vii. 

 Deep-rooting plants are best tillers of 



the soil, 4, 12 

 create much vegetable 



matter, 27, 85 

 do the work of a subsoUer, 



84 



Deep -rooting plants maintain soil m 



good condinon, 85 

 — produce very saleable hay, 



232 

 retrieve manorial matter, 



183 

 twenty-five advantages of, 



182, 183, 246 

 De Laune on permanent pasture, 158, 



192 



dedication of book to, vii. 



descent and history of, x.-xii. 



difficulty of obtaining pure seeds, 



ix. 



on poor land, 23, 24 



on Ryegrass, 192 



on shelters, 218 



on Tall Fescue, 96 



on Tall Oat grass, 97 



value of his work, xi. 



" Despondency," Locke on, 17 

 Details, importance of attention to, 2 

 Dew ponds, 183 

 Disintegration of soU, 26, 27, 28, 38, 



61 

 Dogstail-grass, 105 



Dutch variety, 98, 94 



relative productiveness of, 154 



Drainers, the cheapest, 12, 130 

 Draw Moss, see Cotton grass 

 Drought-resisting plants, 33, 34 



importance of, 174 



Dry seasons, 33, 84, 85, 99, 107, 108, 



164, 174, 175, 177, 195, 281, 240 

 DufEerin, Lord, statement respecting 



land, 112 



East-Countridge field, cropping of, 



220 

 turnips grown without manure, 



171, 178 



turnips out of grass, 193, 194 



Yarrow in, 108 



Editions, list of, iv. 



Eriphorum vaginatum, see Cotton 



grass 

 Experience of author, 1, 2 



Experimental farms, 9, 10, 36, 37, 38, 

 60, 62, 63, 112-126, 193, 244 



