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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Credit: An account of the systems of husbandry adopted in the more improved districts of Scotland ... / [Sir John Sinclair]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    small one, with an engraving, Ap- pendix, xxxiv Timothy grass, advantage to be de- rived from the culture of, Ap- pendix, xxix Turf, old, arguments in favour of, il, 28 5 against, 35 Turnip, on drilling, i, 275. Plate _ explanatory of, 277. Sorts cul- tivated, ib. Produce, 281. Con- _ sumption, 282. Miscellaneous ob- servations respecting, 284. Com- parative advantages of feeding cattle with, Appendix, x. Feed- ing sheep with, xii. On the ma- nuring of, &c. xxvi. Queries re- garding the culture of, in the county of Dumfries, xxviii. Turnip-land, arable farm, ii, 136 U Under-drains, the object of, i, 54 Urine, reservoirs for reception of, necessary in farm-yards, i, 21, importance and application of, 182 . V Veal, on the feeding of calves for, ii, 122 Village inhabitants, advantages of allotments of land to, ii, 110. Exceptions to too great an ex- tent, 113. Remarks, 114 ~ als W Wages and emoluments acquired by farm servants, general view of, ll, 259 Waste lands, hints regarding the improvement of, Appendix, ii. By covering the surface with sand or gravel, xxxvi . Water, actual necessity of, in pas- turing fields, i, 35. The best power applied to threshing-mills, 1, 863 or horses, ib. Weeding, observations on, i, 356. Best method of, 359 Wheat, observations on the culture of, i, 259. Kiln-drying seed; 260, ~ 353. SoWing winter wheat in spring, ib. Spring or summer wheat, 263. On new varities of, 264, Potatoes en excellent pre- paration to crops of, 292. Means of procuring the best seed of, 352. Management of, when injured by a bad harvest, 876. Straw, pro- perties of, 388 Wheels, introduction of broad, i, 65 Wheel-carriages, improved mode of greasing, Appendix, xxxi White-thorn, preference of, in fen- cing, 1, 47 - Wilkie, Mr John, description of plough constructed by, Appen- dix, p. 193. Wind, power of, on threshing-mills, i, 84; or horses, 85 EDINBURGH : °