highest limit of, 248; 265, 266, 277-9.

Provender rents, 6.

Pruning fruit trees, 131, 136.

Pulverization of soil, 175.


Q

Quarter Sessions, assessment of wages by, 108.

Quartly, Francis, 341.

Quiet Emptores, statute of, 29.

Quinces, 15, 136.

Quit, notice to, 300, 301, 302.


R

Rabbits,
rearing, 174;
reserved to landlord, 115.

Railway rates, 295-6.

Rake, horse, 304.

Raleigh introduces potatoes, 106.

Rams,
ewes to, 126, 138;
price of, 202, 215, 235.

Ramsey, 72.

Raspberries, 331.

Rates, 229, 238, 241, 245, 247, 248, 249, 255, 269, 284, 295, 296,
307, 314.

Rathgib, Jacob, 104.,

Reaping,
cost of, 34, 44, 65, 71, 109, 110, 138, 177, 179, 180, 246, 348, 354;
machines, 303-4;
time for, 124;
versus mowing corn, 135.

Red Polled cattle, 343.

Reeve, 12;
duties of a, 17.

Reigate, Flaunchford near, 64.

Rents:
Twelfth century, 27.
Thirteenth century, 36, 57, 75, 348.
Fourteenth century, 40, 41, 46, 65, 75, 348.
Fifteenth century, 57, 58, 66, 348.
Sixteenth century, 66, 76, 95, 115, 116, 348.
Seventeenth century, 115, 116, 117, 127, 133, 139, 143, 155, 161,
348, 354.
Eighteenth century, 116, 177, 179, 183, 189, 193n., 224, 227, 328,
348.
Nineteenth century, 243, 246, 248, 264, 266, 278, 285-6, 287, 297,
304, 306-9, 310, 319n., 321-2.

Repairs, see Buildings, farm.

Restrictive covenants, see Cultivation clauses.

Revival, recent, in agriculture, 320.

Revolt, Peasants', 60.

Revolution, agricultural and industrial, 162.

Ridges, high, 129, 175.

Rinderpest, see Cattle plagues.

Riots, 185, 223, 262, 366,

Ripon, 147.

Roads, 21, 68, 105, 138, 171, 175, 182, 204, 210, 219, 220-3, 269,
274, 295.

Rock and Far Forest district, 318,

Rogers, Thorold, 107, 229.

Roller, farm, in seventeenth century, 135.

Rolling, 166, 194.

Romney Marsh sheep, 344.

Romsey Abbey, 15n.

Roots, few, used for cows, 200 (see Turnips).

Roscommon sheep, 343.

Roses, 143.

Ross, John, of Warwick, 76.

Rot, see Sheep rot.

Rotation of crops (see Four-course and Three-field system) 225, 275.

Rothamsted, 275.

Roundsman system, 239.

Royal Agrlctttonal Society, 273-4, 281, 308.

Royal Society, helps agriculture, 114.

Russia,
imports rom, 323-4;
wool from, 328.

Rutland, 22, 102, 109, 110, 120, 134, 143, 151, 255, 268, 306n.;
Dukes of, 115, 286.

Rye, 4, 16, 91, 125, 133, 138, 155;
in Norfolk, 182, 276;
produce, per acre, in 1770, 197.

Rye-grass, 178-9, 218, 276.

Ryeland sheep, 344, 345, 346.


S

Saffron, 62, 106, 143, 167;
Walden, 106, 167.

Sainfoin, 112, 115, 143, 191, 194, 225, 331.

Saint Paul's, manors of, 16, 29, 50, 57, 58.

Sales, famous, 234n., 235, 338, 339.

Salt, value of, 26.

Samford Hall, 190.

Scotland,
cattle of, 336, 343;
wheat crop in, 332n.

Scott, Reynold, 89, 151.

Scottish cattle, 168-9.

Scudamore, Lord, 132, 338.

Seasons,
bad, 20, 42n., 66, 69, 89, 115, 157, 179, 184, 185, 186, 210,
223, 224, 237, 239, 242, 243, 247, 262, 265, 277, 292, 293,
294, 295, 297, 305;
good, 239, 244, 262, 266, 287.

Seed,
amount of, for wheat, 33, 67n.,84, 177, 179, 180, 227, 246;
for clover, 112, 166, 176, 218;
clover, price of, 166.

Sefton, Lord, estate of, 320n.

Selions, 318.

Self-binding reaper, 304.

Seneschal, 12.

Settled Land Acts, 305.

Settlement, law of parochial, 157-8, 209, 238, 269n., 284.

Settlements, family, 123, 259-60.

Seventeenth century, characteristics of, 111.

Sheaf-binding apparatus, 237.

Shearing sheep, 125.

Sheep, 94, 104, 126, 137, 146, 161, 200, 225, 233, 236, 263, 274,
275, 288, 290;
diseases of, 84;
export of, 326, 330 (see Live stock);
improvement of, 37, 164, 202;
number of,
in 1867, 288;
in 1877 and 1907, 333-4;
price of, see Prices;
varieties of, 171, 172, 215-7, 233, 235, 275, 288, 343-6;
washing, cost of, 65, 125, 354.

Sheep-rot, 184, 242, 265n., 294.

Shepherd, wages of, 61, 71, 87, 109.

Shire horse, 35, 335;
Society, 335.

Shoeing, 36, 65, 84, 203.

Shorthorn cattle, 167, 225, 233-5, 274, 288, 336-8, 339, 342.

Shows, Agricultural, 233, 273-5, 341.

Shropshire, 11n., 16n., 159, 173, 219, 220, 225, 250, 339;
sheep, 275, 288, 344, 345, 346.

Siberian Railway, 324.

Sicks, uncultivated patches, 99n.

Sinclair, Sir J., 229, 230, 232.

Sittingboume, 128, 143.

Sixteenth century, character of, 89.

Slaves, 8, 11, 20.

Smith, Adam, 134, 210.

Smith of Deanston, 214, 271-2.

Smithfield, 168, 169;
cattle show, 218, 273, 339;
prices at, 239, 240, 241, 247, 265.

Smyth, John, 111.

Society, Royal Agricultural, 193.

Society for Encouragement of Arts, &c., 194, 227, 303.

Socmen, 7.

Somerset, 19, 58, 107, 168, 250, 309, 340;
sheep, 344.

Somerville, Loid, 231.

Southams cattle, 342.

Southdown sheep, 217, 225, 233, 236, 263, 274, 275, 344, 345.

Spade, prejudice against, 112, 143;
for hops, 150.

Spain,
exports to, 349;
imports from, 323.

Spanish wool, 38-9, 328.

Speculation,
in land, 243;
in produce, 305.

Speenhamland Act, 237-8.

Spencer, Earl, 273.

Sporting rights reserved, 115.

Spraying fruit, 136.

Squatters, 220, 256.

Squire, the, 103, 128, 137, 140, 193, 211-2.

Stafford, Marquis of, 219.

Staffordshire, 3, 44, 78, 122, 219, 286, 295, 309.

Statesmen, 311.

Statistics, agricultural, 230, 231, 232, 277, 288 (see King, Gregory),
331-2, 353.

Statute of labourers, 43.

Statutes quoted:
20 Hen. III. c. 4, 73.
25 Edw. III. 2. c. 1, 43.
34 Edw. III. c. 20, 63.
12 Ric. II. c. 4, 61.
12 Ric. II. c. 5, 64.
12 Ric. II. c. 6, 55.
13 Ric. II. c. 13, 55.
15 Ric. II. c. 5, 71.
17 Ric. II. c. 7, 63.
4 Hen. IV. c. 14, 67n.
7 Hen. IV. c. 17, 70.
9 Hen. V. c. 5, 68n.
3 Hen. VI. c. 2, 326.
3 Hen. VI. c. 4, 327.
4 Hen. VI. c. 5, 64.
15 Hen. VI. c. 2, 69.
23 Hen. VI. c. 12, 71, 87.
3 Edw. IV. c. 2, 70.
3 Edw. IV. c. 5, 71n.
22 Edw. IV. c. 1, 71n.
4 Hen. VII. c. 19, 79, 94, 117.
11 Hen. VII. c. 13, 325.
11 Hen. VII. c. 22, 87.
6 Hen. VIII. c. 3, 87.
6 Hen. VIII. c. 5, 79.
21 Hen. VIII. c. 8, 86.
22 Hen. VIII. c. 7, 326.
24 Hen. VIII c. 3, 102.
24 Hen. VIII. c. 4, 105.
24 Hen. VIII. c. 10, 82n.
25 Hen, VIII. c. 1, 86.
25 Hen. VIII. c. 13, 80.
27 Hen. VIII. c. 6, 85.
27 Hen. VIII. c. 22, 94.
32 Hen. VIII. c. 13, 85.
I Edw. VI. c. 5, 326.
3 and 4 Edw. VI. c. 19, 86.
5 Edw. VI. c. 14, 86.
2 and 3 Phil. and Mary, c. 3, 96.
5 Eliz. c. 4, 107.
5 Eliz. c. 5, 105.
8 Eliz. c. 3, 326.
8 Eliz. c. 15, 82n.
13 Eliz. c. 25, 96.
14 Eliz. c. 11, 82n.
31 Eliz. c. 7, 121n., 159.
39 Eliz. c. 1, 117.
39 Eliz, c. 2, 118.
39 Eliz. c. 18, 82n.
43 Eliz. c. 2, 296.
1 Jac. I. c. 18, 150.
21 Jac. I. c. 28, 118n.
12 Car. II. c. 4, 161.
13 and 14 Car. II. c. 18, 326, 327.
14 Car. II. c. 12, 157.
15 Car. II. c. 7, 134, 326.
18 Car. II. c. 2, 161, 326.
22 Car. II. c. 13, 326.
32 Car. II. c. 2, 161, 326.
3 W. and M. c. 2, 158.
8 and 9 W. and M. c. 30, 158.
7 and 8 Wm. III. c. 28, 327.
36 Geo. III. c. 23, 238.
41 Geo. III. c. 109, 231-2.
9 Geo. IV. c. 60, 278.
4 and 5 Wm. IV. c. 76, 269.
6 and 7 Wm. IV. c. 71, 270.
5 Vict. c. 14, 278.
9 and 10 Vict. c. 22, 280.
9 and 10 Vict. c. 23, 280.
14 and 15 Vict. c. 25, 301.
30 and 31 Vict. c. 130, 292.