Volume 2

An account of the systems of husbandry adopted in the more improved districts of Scotland ... / [Sir John Sinclair].

  • Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835.
Date:
1813
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    ' ings, 226. Different opinions re- Specting spring ploughing, 229. Not used in some of the best - cultivated districts of England, i, 81. Observations on, Appen- dix, xix. Different methods of, Xxi, 77 Population, large farms supposed ~ hostile’to, ii, 142. Controverted, and illustrated by calculations, 143 Potatoes, do not answer on strong soil, i, 255. Circumstances tend- ing to increase the culture of, 289, 293. . Consumption, 292. Preparatory to crops‘ of wheat, ib. Comparative advantages of _ feeding cattle with, Appendix, x. Queries regarding the culture of, in the county of Dumfries, xxviii Political results of high rents, ii, 132. Maxims regarding agricul- ture, and the means of promo- ting its improvement, Appendix, Xxxviil Produce, on the proportion of, to be exacted as rent, li, 195, Appen- ’ dix, xxxix. Mode of payment, 203. Profits of farming, statement re- specting, li, 189, 192 ‘ Poultry, kept by farm servants, ti, 254 ban R Rape, on the sowing and culture of, il, 83 ; in thin clay soils, Appen- dix, xi Reading greatly contributed to the improvement of Scotch husband- ry, ll, 73 that would arise from the inven- tion of, Appendix, xv Rents and burdens, observations on, ‘\ Introduction, 5. High in the neighbourhood of towns, ii, 127. ~ Political results of, 182. On the proportion of produce to be ex- 7 acted as, and the mode.of pay- ment, ii, 195, Apdendix, xxxix Ricks, on the form of, note, ii, 58 Ridges, plan of, i, 55. Their advan- tages, 156. Length, 157. Breadth, _ 158... Objections thereto} obvi- ated, 163. Straightness, 165. Height, 166. Line of direction, 167. Elucidations thereof; 168. On the levelling of high, Appen- dix, xx Roads, advantages of attending to; i, 21, 35. On a farm and its neighbourhood, 63. Observations on repairing, 70 Rotation of crops, i, 311. Princi- ples on which to be arranged, 312. Of the various sorts of, 318. By years—Two, 319; Three, 320; Four, 321; Five, 380; Six, 333; Seven, 335. Double, ib. On loams, 337. On light soils, 339. Miscellaneous particulars, ib, Pro- posed for old turf, ii, 55. For strong lands, 83 | Rust, nature and causes of, Appen- dix, xxxv . Rye, not so extensively cultivated in Scotland as it ought to be, i, 309 Sigil E Salt, letter from John Jay, Esq. of New York, respecting, as a ma- nure for flax, Appendix, iv Scotch husbandry, various circum- stances which have indirectly con- tributed to the excellence of, Ap- pendix, 1 . Scots, character of, Introduction, 7 Scufflers, use and advantages of, ii, - 80 . Sea-ware, impertance and mode of using in Scotland, i, 203 — weed, exhibited to cows by way of condiment, Appendix, viii Seed, on the sowing of, i, 343. 1. The best method, a subject of dispute, i, 343; 2. In precarious %.