Index. 



253 



Experiments in Alghope field, 166-168 



Bankfield, 84, 162-165 



Big-Haugh field, 35, 46, 107, 121, 



171 

 East-Countridge field, 171, 178, 



193, 194 



Inner Kaimiig field, 29, 86, 160 



Outer-Kaimrig field, 29, 33, 160, 



161 

 Shereburgh field, 173 



Factor, opinion of, 86 



notes of stock by the, 215 



Factors, ignorance of, 118 

 Failure, cause of, 3, 22 



of grass seeds, cause of, 26 



of permanent pasture, 64, 172 



of young pasture, 64, 172 



Dr. Voelcker on, 172 



of young grass plants, 26, 64 



Pstaning system, suggested changes 

 of, 227-237 



requires re-modelling, 185 



without manure, 35 



Farmers entitled to Grovermnent help, 

 10 



ignorance of, 9, 113, 185 



object to change, 7, 8, 81 



object to intellectual exertion, 



8, 112 



opinions, 203, 222-226 



readiness to adopt visible im- 

 provements, 8 



should be chemists, 124, 244 



Farms, experimental, ««« Experimental 



farms 

 Fertile Meadow grass, 102, 103 

 Festuca duriuscula, see Hard Fescue 



elatior, see Tall Fescue 



ovina tenuifolia, see Fine-leaved 



Fescue 



pratensis, see Meadow Fescue 



Fields :— Alghope, Bankfield, Big 

 ' Haugh, Bowmont Side, Cottage 

 Park, Crow Wood, East Count- 

 ridge, Front, Glebe, Harewells, 

 Hayhope Shank, Inner Kaimrig, 

 Island, Lake, Little Haugh, Long- 



shot, Outer Kaimrig, Shereburgh, 

 Stackyard, Woodhill, see under res- 

 pective names 



Fifeshire agricultural experiments, 192 



Fine-leaved Fescue, 105 



relative productiveness of, 



154 



Fine tilth means more moisture, 176 



"Flag," 19 



Fletcher's "Soils," xxi., 109, 129, 176 



"Fog," 72, 73, 76,91 



Fogging destroys moss, 73 



risk from snow, 75 



less than with turnips, 75 



Forage plants, 77-111 



Foul land, laying down, 190 



Foxtail, see Meadow Foxtail 



Front field, cropping of, 220 



quantity of chicory used in, 85 



Foreign competition, 2 



Galloways, pedigree, 132 



George, Henry, 140 



Germination, see Seeds 



Germinating seeds, number per acre, 

 90, 91, 153 



Gibb, Dr. Shirra, on grazing, 175 



Glasnevin, 97 



Glebe field, spread of Cocksfoot in, 174 



Golden Oat-grass, 104 



relative productiveness of, 



154 



Government as landlord, 142 



r- experimental farms, see Experi- 

 mental farms 



negligence of, 36, 38, 185 



Grass, cheapest food for stock, 11, 71 



inoculation, 178 



land, proportion to lay down, 3 



system of cultivation depending 



on, 2 



Grass seeds, see Seeds 



Gravel beds, 33, 34 



Gravelly banks, mixture for, 173 



Grazing, Dr. Shirra Gibb on, 175 



secret of successful, 132 



time for, 67 



Green crop, taking of, 21 



