Index. 



255 



Instructions, importance of follow- 

 ing, 2 



Irish Land Act, 127, 141 

 Island field, cropping of, 221 



filled with Yorkshire fog, 190 



Italian Ryegrass, 100, 101 



importance for hay crop, 31 



not permanent, 100 



relative productiveness of, 



98, 154 

 Italian vine growers, methods of 



manuring, 24 



Kaimrig, Inner, see Inner Kaimrig 



Outer, see Outer Kaimrig 



Kale River, 187 



Keith, Dr., advice to land holders, 4 



on agriculture in Aberdeenshire, 



59, 185 



on decomposition of vegetable 



matter, 185 



on Perennial Ryegrass, 191 



Kidney Vetch, does not thrive on rich 



soils, 107 



duration of, 46, 107 



great value in drought, 34, 174 



succeeds on gravel, 87 



King's County Estate, letter to agent 



of, 141 



Lake field, 92 



La Manche, farming in district of, 9, 



13 

 Land agents, ignorance of, 9, 113 



capabilities of poor, worn-out, 



193 



courts, 142 



legislation, 12, 13, 129, 139, 144 



nationalization, 140-144 



seizure of, for small holdings, 



129, 130, 134 

 Landholders, Dr. Keith's advice to, 4 

 Landlords, capital of, 129 



entitled to Government aid, 10 



Government as, 142 



ignorance of, 9, 113 



principles on which they should 



farm, 127-144 



should farm their worst land, 



130 



Late-flowering Red clover, see Clover 

 Lawes, Sir John, on Lucerne, 109 



on physical condition of soil, 7, 22 



Lawson, Charles, 79 



recommendations of, 79, 191 



Lawson's " Agrostographia," 78, 79 



Laying down land to grass, 26, 27, 



.58-76 

 Clifton Park mixtures 



for, 82, 83 



bad methods of, 8 



skill required in, 2 



time for, 55 



when land is foul, 190 



with barley, 62, 88 



beans, 55 



buckwheat, 54, 



55, 167 



oats, 55, 62, 88 



rape, 54, 167 



spring com, 55, 



63 



tares, 64 



wheat, 55 



Young on, 54 



Leases, length of, 77 



in India, 140 



Legislation, land, see Land legislation 

 Leioester, paper from Lord, 17, 18 ^ 



rams, 131 



temporary pastures of Lord, 20, 



179 

 Letter to Irish tenants, 141-3 

 Lews, 213 

 Light sons, importance of humus for, 



184 

 Lime, heavy applications undesirable, 



77, 197 

 Liming at beginning of lease, 77 

 little Countridge field, cropping of, 



221 



seed mixture used, 190 



Little Haugh field, cropping of, 221 

 Local conditions, importance of, 2, 3 

 Locke's " Conduct of the Understand- 

 ing," 16 



on "Reasoning," 17 



on "Despondency," 17 



