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INDEX. 



Compound, its vast superiority to oil- 

 cake, 30, et passim : will increase the 

 supply of manure, 35 ; cattle fattened 

 on, 132 ; for sheep, 134 ; for bul- 

 locks, ib. ; mixing of, 136, 194 ; appa- 

 ratus for making, 247 ; how much 

 required by each bullock, 266 

 Copeman, Mr., address of, 213 

 Copyholds, enfranchisement of, 16 

 Cotton manufacture, its introduction 

 and effects on the agriculturists, 49 ; 

 will eventually be superseded by that 

 of flax, 279 

 Courtrai (see Belgium) 

 Crates for steeping flax, 117 



D. 



Daubuz, Mr., 126 



Demann, Mr., his opinion of British 

 flax, 46 ; is ready to teach the Eng- 

 lish the art of managing the crop, 

 49 ; imports linseed, 209 

 Dorsetshire gentleman, letter of a, 94 

 Druce, Mr., letters of, 7, 8, 299 

 Dutch system of managing flax failed 

 when tried in Ireland, 102 ; of testing 

 watered flax, 105 



E. 



Edmonds, Mr., his letter to the Author, 

 109 ; referred to, passim 



Employment of the poor, all classes in- 

 terested in, 3 ; necessity for, 16, 68 ; 

 want of, a hydra, 20 ; lowers the 

 poor rates, 25 ; will be secured by 

 the introduction of the flax crop, 33- 

 37, 45, 48, 50, 63, 65, 80, 89, 160 ; 

 no security to the community with- 

 out, 44 ; present scarcity of at Nor- 

 wich, 48 ; effects of at Trimingham, 

 61 ; amount of from three acres of 

 flax, 112 ; sources of, 267; an object 

 of Christian duty, 286 



Experiments, the Bishop of Norwich a 

 friend to, 54 



F. 



Farmers, averse to trouble, 170; go- 

 verned by reason, 171 



Flanders (see Belgium) 



Flax might be easily introduced into 



*■ the routine of farming, 3 ; markets 

 open for, in every direction, 3, 39, 

 46, 187, 269; price per stone for 

 dressing, 5 ; effect of its culture in 

 diminishing poor rates, 5, 61 ; bless- 

 ings accruing from the culture of, 6 ; 

 price obtained by the Author for, 7 ; 

 profit on, 8 ; adopted by Prince 

 Albert, 13: its growth offers the 

 prospect of permanent relief to the 

 people, 20; amount of purchased 

 abroad, 21, 46 ; employment its cul- 



ture would cause, 21, 25, 33, 37, 45, 

 48, 50, 63, 65, 80, 89, 241, 267 ; its 

 cultivation long neglected, 22 ; grown 

 in Ireland, ih. ; allusions to in the 

 Holy Scriptures, 23 ; known to the 

 ancient Egyptians, ih. ; introduced 

 into Britain by the Eomans, 24, 70 ; 

 little affected by differences of soil 

 and climate, 24, 114; value of its 

 seed, 24 ; a double crop, 24, 32, 35, 

 39, 46, 52, 72, 77, 110, 116, 121, 152, 

 155, 221, 231, 284; societies for pro- 

 moting its grow^th, 22, 35, et passim ; 

 introduced into the rotation of crops 

 in Belgium, 35 ; its cultivation would 

 enhance the price of barley, 36 ; Nor- 

 folk peculiarly adapted for its growth, 

 39, 45, 276 ; samples of exhibited at 

 Norwich, 41 ; a manufactory for 

 ought to be established in that city, 

 47 ; its growth promoted by the 

 legislature in all ages, 49, 70 ; its 

 value increased by the Belgian mode 

 of management, 50 ; its seed will 

 supersede foreign oil-cake, 51 ; may 

 be grown on inferior lands, 53, 75, 

 79, 95, 277, 291, 307 ; Belgium en- 

 riched by its culture, 65 ; number of 

 acres required to supply the home- 

 market, 66, 73 ; value of in Ireland, 

 71 ; the indirect greater than the 

 direct advantages attending its 

 growth, 73, 152, 166; its importance 

 neglected, 74; the flax trade in 

 Holland, 76, 77, 88 ; choice of land 

 for, 82, 98 ; flax from the Baltic, 83 ; 

 not an exhausting crop, 78, 96, 98, 

 109, 122, 223, 227, 281, 337 ; manage- 

 ment of, 101 ; "wiU fail if sown after 

 turnips, 109, 297; retting at Courtrai, 

 111; profits from, 113; description 

 of the plant, 114 ; steeping and grass- 

 ing, 118 ; Mr. Hardy's letters on, 119, 

 120; four methods of pulling and 

 steeping, 121 ; harvesting of, 151, 

 154; our means for the culture of, 

 165; manufacture of should be es- 

 tablished in Norwich, 183 ; its culture 

 will not diminish the growth of 

 wheat, 188; profit on an acre, 199; 

 price of scutching, 209, et passim ; im- 

 measurably superior to Gold of Plea- 

 sure, 229, et seq. ; the Anti-Corn-Law 

 League on, 234, 280 ; can be grown 

 in England to any extent, 279 ; ex- 

 tended cultivation absolutely neces- 

 sary, 289 ; various facts connected 

 with the growth of, 309 



Flax-spinniug school, 285 



Flemish husbandry, outlines of, 129 



Free Trade, 17, et passim 



G. 



Gold of Pleasure, inferiority of, 258 ; 



