INDEX. 



359 



controversy respecting, 259, et seq. ; 

 letters of Mr. Gwilt on, 321, 325 ; of 

 the Author, 322, 327 



Gower, Mr. ; the Author's refutation of 

 his letters, 207, et seq. 



Grass, economy of, 140, 146 ; versus tur- 

 nips, 167 ; weight of, per acre, 168 ; 



I experiment with, 169 



H. 



Hardy, Mr., two letters from, to Mr. 

 Mac Adam, 119, 120 



Hay, impolicy of making much, 169 



Hemp might be grown abundantly in 

 the West of England, 94 ; will flou- 

 rish on poor soils, 95 ; a profitable 

 crop, passim; not an impoverishing 

 one, 97, et passim ; preparation of soil 

 for, 332 ; heckling, 334 



Henderson, Mr., his mode of managing 

 flax, 101 



Hindoos, the, cultivate flax merely for 

 the seed, 116; have fattened cattle 

 with linseed for 1500 years, 158 



Holland, the flax crop in, 76, et passim 



Homespun, Samuel, letter of, 81 



Horses fed on linseed, 169 



I. 



Implements for dressing flax by hand, 

 121, et passim 



Ireland, a society formed in to promote 

 growth of flax, 22 ; its correspondence 

 with the Norfolk Society, 31 ; flax 

 grown on Lord Erne's estates in, 99 ; 

 quality of flax'grown there, 107 ; pro- 

 duce and value, 112, 113; better 

 adapted for flax culture than any 

 other nation, 114; flax crop in, 156 ; 

 waste lands in, 161 ; flax and tow 

 spinners in, 353 ; merchants and 

 agents, 354 



L. 



Ladies invited to aid the flax cause, 67 

 Lee, M., invents a flax-dressing 



machine, 70 

 ' Library of Agriculture,' the Author's 



writings embodied in, 1 

 Linseed (see Cattle-Compound ; Flax) 

 Lucern should be grown on every farm, 



141 



Lynn, prices of Linseed at, 209 

 Lys, a river celebrated for steeping 

 flax, 117, 119, 120 



M. 



Machinery requisite for working flax, 



339, et seq. 

 Manure, importation of, 19, 30; how 



to increase, 35 ; will be supplied 



cheaply by the flax-crop, 50, 52, et 



passim 



Marshall and Co., Messrs., amount of 

 flax imported by, 66 ; letter of, 107 ; 

 second letter of, 110; conference 

 with, and recommendation of, 153 



Meat will be brought within the reach 

 of the poorer classes by the introduc- 

 tion of the flax-crop, 52, 189, 238 



Mould for making compound cakes, 135 



Mousehold heath, 185 



Mulholland, Mr., a flax -spinner of Bel- 

 fast, 23, 240 



N. 



National Flax Association, advantages 

 of, 3 ; established at Ipswich, 66 ; 

 first Report of, 335 



Norfolk, agriculture of, 11, 246, et 

 passim ; peculiarly adapted for the 

 growth of flax, 39, 45, 276 ; use of 

 linseed in, 143 ; turnip crop in, 167 ; 

 profits of farming in, 212 ; agricul- 

 tural report, 220 ; farms of, 276 



Netherlands (see Belgium ; Holland) 



Nicholls, Mr., the Poor Law Com- 

 missioner, visit of, to the Author's 

 flax establishment, 5 ; his work, ' The 

 Farmer,' 313 



Norfor, Mr., advocates the flax-cause, 

 53 



North Walsham Farmers' Club, report 

 of, 26, 172 



Norwich, a retail shop, 182 ; operatives, 

 fate of, ih. • skill of, 183 ; linen trade 

 for, ib. ; remedy for its distress, 347 



o. 



Oil-cake, importation of, 19, 27, 30, 

 131 ; its inferiority to the Author's 

 compound, 43, 73, 123, 124, 137, 

 178 ; price of, 62 ; mixed with rub- 

 bish, 124; consumption of in Eng- 

 land, 138 



Operatives, sufferings of, 17 ; their 

 prosperity delusive, ih. ; at Norwich, 

 183 



P. 



Parliament, inability of to provide a 



remedy for the national distress, 45 

 Partridge, H.C., Esq., speeches of, 34, 52 

 Partridge, H. S., Esq., boxes of, 144 

 Peas, boiled, 251 ; sowing of, 203 

 Peel, Sir Robert, letter of, to Mr. Mac 



Adam, 314 

 Perth, agriculture of, 85 

 Pierce, Mr., recommends the cultivation 



of flax, 33 

 Playfair, Dr., theory of, 195 

 Polish peasantry, condition of, 69 

 Poor-rates almost nominal at Triming- 

 ham, xii., 5, 61 ; would be univer- 

 sally extinguished by the cultivation 

 of waste lands, 64 ; and by the in- 

 troduction of the flax-crop, passim 



