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An Encyclopaedia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property ; and the cultivation and economy of the animal an vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements ; a general history of agriculture in all countries ... / by J. C. Loudon . Illustrated ... by Branston
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Wark, Dr. David, his work on agriculture, page 1164. A. D. 1761.

Warp, a slimy deposit let fall upon land by the sea tides in particular situations. The term is also sometimes applied to the ooze or slimy matter thrown up by the sea, 2148.

Warping, theory of its effects on soils, 2148.

Warping,#117; history and theory,"44 18; effects, 4119; season, 4121.

Warrens, rabbit, extent, stocking,&c., 6593.

Warts, 5821.

Warwickshire, agricultural survey of, 7012.

Wash, medicines used by veterinary practitioners, 5919.

Washing of sheep, 6441.

WWashington, General George, his works on agricul- ture, page 1168. A. D. 1800.

Wasp, bee, and ant insects, 6904.

Waste lands, to improve,41! 59; mountainous and hilly grounds, 4160; rocky surfac es, 4163; woody wastes, 4172; moors, 4181; peat mosses, bogs and morasses, 4183; marshes, 4197; downs and shore lands, 4203.

Water, its component parts, 2263; state of, in the atmosphere, 2266.

Water meadows of the Romans, 142.

Water meadows of Orcheston, 7031.

Water, to procure for live stock, 4127

Water, boring for, 4148.

Water, its decomposition by plants, 1532.

Water, its influence on the distribution of veget- ables, 1702.

Water, as an article of vegetable food, 1510.

Water for farm yard and domestic purposes, 4157.

Water melon(figured), of Egypt, 1057.

Water, to filtrate, 4158,

Waterford, agric ultural survey of, 7088.

Watering, 2911.

Watering arable lands, 4124.

Watering land by machinery, 4111; by sea water, 4112.

Watering machine for roads, 3494

Watery head in sheep, 6524.

Wax, from what plants obtained, manufactured, and used, 1420; butter of cacao, 1422; butter of cocoa, 1423; butter of nutmeg, 1424; tallow of croton, 1425; wax of myrtle, 1426.

Wax tree of the Chinese, 969.

Ww Seine a foal, 5977

Weasel, to destroy, 6852.

Weather and climate, their influence on veget- ation, 2245.

Weather, art of prognosticating, 2331; by the moon, 2334; barometer, 2340; hygrometer, 2354; pluviometer, 2360; thermometer, 2365; prece- dent, 2367.

Weather of Britain, study of, 2369,

Lee F. Bd., his work on agriculture, page 1176.

D. 1803.

Weider sheep, acastrated male, 6413

Weeding tools, 2593; pincers, or thistle drawers, 2394.

Weeding among the Romans, 139.

Weeding, 2904.

Weeds or plants relative weeds, rennial weeds, 55

Weighing mac Wns 2461; Weirs, 2463; for sacks, 2464.

Weighing cage, 2461.

Weirs improved cultivator, 25

Weirs expanding bean dr il,

Weirs manuring one row ee drill, 2560.

Weirs improved hay or corn rake, 2 506.

Weld, or dyers wood, its culture and use, 5377. Wells, 4140; digging, 4141; steining, 4142; use

of the auger in welldigging, 4144; raising water from, 41

Wells of China, 987.

Wells of Persia, Be.

Nelsh cattle, 61

West coast of ea ic ca, agriculture of, 1077.

West India islands, agriculture of, 1172; Cuba, 1173; Jamaica, 1174; other West India islands, 1200.

West Lothian, or Linlithgowshire, agricultural survey of, 7059.

West Riding of Yorkshire, agricultural survey of, 7020.

Western, C. C. Esq., M. P., his work on agriculture, page 171. A. D. 1824.

Westmeath, agricultural survey of, 70895.

Westmoreland, agricultural survey of, 7026

injurious in agriculture, 5538; re absolute weeds, 5540; pe-

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Weston, Richard, Esq., his works on agriculture page 1165. A. D. 1769. 3

Wexford, agricultural survey of, 7078.

Wheat, culture of, 4599; species and varieties, 4601; soils, 4612; sowing, 4626; dibbling, 4630; har- vesting, 4636; produce, 4641; uses, 4644.

Wheat, culture of,in Flande rs, 454.

Wheat, culture of, in Egypt, 1053.

Wheat, dibbling of, in Norfolk, 7003.

Wheel barrow Sa 5, 2449,

Wheel ploughs, 2506; Scotch plough with wheels, 2507; Wilkies single horse wheel plough, 2 508 5 Beverston plough, 2512; Hampshire plough, 251. 3 Norfolk wheel plough, 2516; paring plough, 2517; draining ploughs, 2518.

Wheels, relatively to the wear of roads, 3474.

Whey, 6380.

Whim, a flow moss so called, improvement of, 7052.

Whin, or furze, culture of, 5076.

WwW hinstone,; 3 3390.

Whipping out grain, 2965.

Whirlbone strains, 5830.

White, Stephen, M. A., his work on bees, page 1164 ALD 156:

White, Rev. Andrew, and Duncan Macfarlane, De their work on agriculture, page 1170. A. D

811.

White beet, culture of, in Flanders, 469,

White beet, or mangold wiirzel, culture of, 4

Wicket gates, 2869; see Gates.

Wicklow, agricultural survey of, 7077.

Wiegaud, J., his work on agriculture, page 1176.

AMD 1162s Wight, Andrew, his work on agriculture, page 1165. A. D. 1778

Wild boar, 6531.

Wild breed of cattle, 6130.

Wild men and women of Malacca, 938.

Wild pine apple, a hedge plant of the West Indies, 1196.

Wildman, Thomas, his treatise on bees, page 1165. A. D. 1768. Wilkies horse hoe and drill plough, 25 Wilkies horse hoe and drill harrow, 2543, Wilkies wheel plough, 2508. Willey, Andrew, professional turnip sower in Northumberland, 7024. Williams, T. W., his farmers law book, page 1170. A. D. 1819. Williamson, Captain ena, his work on agricul- ture, page 1170. A. D. 1810. Wiltshire, agricultural survey of, 7030; South Wiltshire, 7331; North W iltshire, 7 1032. Wind, theory of, 9313. WwW ind broken in pneumonia, 5789. Wind colic in sheep, 6511. Winnowing corn among the Romans, 137. Winnowing machine, 9459, Winter, George, his w york on agriculture, page 1166. Ave reli Sic Wire worm, or crane fly, Tipula, 6907. 6921. Visset Robert, Esq., his treatise on hemp, page 1169. A. D. 1804 Woad, culture of, in Flanders, 483. Woburn dairy, 6999, fig. 775. Wood or w oody fibre, physiologically considered, 1466. Wood, its culture and management, 5364. Wood louse, Oniscus, 6919. Woodlands, 3627. 3629. Woodlands and forests of Flanders Woods and forests in Switzerland, 33° Woods and plantations of Dumbartonshire, 7057. Woods and plantations, judicious management_of, in Derbyshire, 7014. Woods and plantations of Cheshire, 7028. Woods and plantations of Aberdeenshire, 7066. Woods and plantations of Perthshire, 7063. Woodward, or land reeve, 4276. Woody wastes, to improve, 4172. Wool, its nature and properties, 1815. Nool shears, 2409. Wore estershire, agricultural survey of, 7007. Working horne a cattle, 6125. Working classes, amelioration of, in Sutherland, 7070. Working classes, education of, in Devonshire, 7038. Worlidge, John, his work on agriculture, page 1169. A. D. 1669. Worm tribes injurious in agriculture, 6921; slug, 6922; snail, 6922. Worm under the horn, a disease in sheep, 6524.

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