Rakes, 2380; hay rake, 2381; corn rake, 2382; stubble rake, 2584; daisey rake, 2385; drill rake, 2386. Raking by manual labor, 2896. Raking with horses, 3030. ftaley, William, his work on agriculture, nage 1166. D. 1783.

Rammed earth, or en pisé walls, 2848.

Randall, J., his works on agriculture, page 1164. A.D. 1764.

Rapacity of animals, its influence on their distribu- tion, 1980.

Rape, culture of, in Flanders, 457.

Rat, domestic, to destroy, 6855; field rat, 6859.

Rat traps, 2475.

Rauch, F. A., his work on agriculture, page 1174. A. D. 1802.

Rawson, Thomas James, Esq., his work on agricul- ture, page 1169. A. D. 1807.

Ray, or rubbers in sheep, 6522.

he, Filippo, his works on agriculture, page 1177. A. D. 1808.

Reaping, 2937; bagging, 2938; shaving and stacking, 2939; gaiting, 2940; pulling, 2044.

Reaping among the Romans, 132.

Reaping hooks, 2406; Hutton’s hook, 2407.

Reaping machine of the Romans, 133.

Reaping machines, history of, 2599; Boyce’s‘ma- chine, 2600; Plucknet’s, 2601; Gladstone’s, 2602; Salmon’s, 2603; Smith’s, 2604; clover pods reap- ing machine, 2605; clover mowing machine, 2606.

Rearing animals, principles of, 2020.

Rearing of horned cattle, 6152.

Réaumur, Réné Antoine Ferchault, sieur de, his work on agriculture, page 1171. A. D. 1749.

Red clover, culture of, in Flanders, 463.

Red water, or inflammation of the kidnies in cattle, 6262.

Red water in sheep, 6504.

Redolfi, Cosimo, his work on agriculture, page 1178. A. D. 1818.

Reed, mode of thatching with, 2953.

Reeve, Gabriel, his work on agriculture, page 1163. A. D. 1670.

Rein deer moss(figured), 675.

Rein deer, C. tarandus, 6623.

Rennet, its kinds and uses, 6337.

Rennet of Dutch cheese, 6340.

Rennie, George, Esq., his work on agriculture, page 1167. A. D. 1794.

Rent of land in Ireland, 813.

fenton, George, his work on agriculture, page 1168. A. D. 1801.

Reports on improvements or valuations, 3121.

Reproductive system of animals, 1936.

Resinous trees, season of pruning, 3695.

Resins, what, from what plants obtained, and how used, 1427; rosin, 1428; pitch and tar, 1429; mastick, 1430; sandarach, 1431;"elemi, 1432 5 tacambac, 1433; labdanum, 1434; opobalsamum,

or balm of Gilead, 1435; copaiva, 1436; dragon’s blood, 1437; guaiac, 1438; Botany Bay resin, 1459; green resin, 1440; copal, 1441; animé, 1442; lac, 1443; bloom, 1444; use of resins, 1445; gum resins, 1446.

Retiring houses of China, 999.

Rhomboidal harrow, 2571.

Rhubarb, 5518.

Ribwort plantain, culture of, 5070.

Ricci, Jacopo, his works on agriculture, page 1178. A. D. 1816.

Rice, its culture, 4735.

Rice, culture of, in Egypt, 1052.

Rice in Hindustan, 881.

Richards, John, his work on stewards and tenants, page 1164. A. D. 1730.

Richter, K. F., his work on agriculture, page 1176. A. D. 1804.

Ricinus communis(figured), the castor oil plant, 849; cultivated by the Chinese, 970.

Rick yard, 2744.

Ridging, 2891.

Riem, his work on agriculture, page 1172. A. D. 1770.

Riem, J., his work on agriculture, page 1176. A. D. 1792.

Rigaud, de V Isle, his work on agriculture, page 1172. A. D. 1769.

Rigby, Edward, M.D. F.L.S., his work on agricul- ture, page 1170. A. D. 1820.

Ring bone, 5840.

diingsted, Josiah, Esq., his works on agriculture,

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Rippling, 2966. i

Rising of the lights in sheep, 6508.

Rivers, to change their course, 4045,*

Rivers, guarding of their banks, 4038,~

bare his work on agriculture, page 1176. A. D.

786.

Rood one onan inclined plane near Warrington, 7027.

Roads, concave, in Derbyshire, 7014.

Roads of Sutherland, 7070.

Roads, their different kinds, 3286; national or high- ways, 3287; parochial, 3288; lanes, 3289; estate roads, 5290; farm roads, 3291 3; horse roads, 3292; foot paths, 3293; railroads, 3294; paved roads, 3295; planked roads, 3296; approach roads, 3297.

Roads, their formation, 3280; kinds, 3286; direc. tion, or laying out of roads, 3299; form and materials, 3317; wear or injury of roads, 3318; M‘ Adam’s theory, 3333 3; paved roads, 3439; rail- roads, 3459; preservation and repair, 3473.

Hons origin of their improvement in Scotland, (30,

Roads of Java, 937.

Roaring, or pneumonia, 5787.

Robertson, James, D. D., his work on agriculture, page 1168. A. D. 1799:

Robertson, Rey. George, his work on agriculture, page 1167. A. D. 1795.

Robson, James, his work on agricultur A. D. 1794.”. ses ae

Rocca, Abbé Della, his work on bees, page 1177. A. D. 1790.

Rocks, how convertéd into soils, 2061.|

Rocky surfaces, to improve, 4163.

Hocque, Bartholomew, his works on agriculture, page 1164. A. D. 1761.

Roe deer, C. capreolus, 6618.

Rollers, 2578; common, 2579 3 parted cast iron roller, 2580; spiky, 2581; roller and water box, 2582; furrow roller, 2583; Norfolk drilling roller, 2584; pressing plough or roller, 2585.

Rolling, 3028; grass lands, 3029.

Roman agriculture, profits of, 166.

Roman agricultural writers, 44.

Roman agriculture as a science, 170; its extent in other countries, 174; in Germany, 175; in Britain, 176; its decline, 178,

Roman farmers, 60.

Roman plough, 110.

Roman ploughmen, their qualities, 85.

Roman servants, 88; their wages, 89; their food, 91

Romans, landed property among, 53.

Romans, their agriculture, 42.

Romans, their villas, 75.

Romans, their maxims of farm management, 157.

Romans, their farms and farmeries, 72.

Romans, their farm management, 71.

Romans, their agricultural implements, 109. 7

Romans, their agricultural operations, 126; plough- ing, 127; fallowing, 128; manuring, 129; sowing, 131; reaping, 132; threshing, 135; hay making, 138; weeding, 139; harrowing, 140; watering, 141.

Romans, their agricultural animals, 93; bulls, 95; cows, 96; oxen, 101; asses, 105; mules, 106; horses, 107; dog, 108; sheep, 108.

Romans, their beasts of labor, 93.

Ronconi, Ignazio, his work on agriculture, page 1177. A. D. 1804.

Rood’s convertible waggon, 2624.

Root breaker or bruiser, 2474,

Root house, 2704.

Rope twister, 2396.

Rope twisting machine, 2457.

Rope twisting, 2947.

Roscommon, agricultural survey of, 7094.*

Rosin, from what plants obtained, and how manufac- tured and used, 1428.

Ross, Nairn, and Cromarty, agricultural survey of the shires of, 7068.

Rossig, Karl Glo, his work on agriculture, page 1176. A. D. 1781.

Rossore, agricultural establishment of, in Tuscany, 297.

Rot in sheep, 6502. 6518,

Rotation of crops, theory of its beneficial effects, 2154; by Sir H. Davy, 2155; by Yvart and Pictet, 2158; influence in destroying insects by Olivier, 2160.

Rotation of crops in Saxony, 599,

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Rotations of crops in Lombardy, 272; in Tuscany, 282, f

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