INDEX. 



Fanning without the Plough, 420, 51H 

 Flax, Hcn:|), prices of, 47o 



G. 



Game, Over-preservation of, 336, 501 

 Gardening, Calendar of, 89, 182, 273, 36(), 400, 

 55G 



H. 



Hay-markets, 282, 3/4, 468 



Hens. Why don't they Lay ? 225 



Herds of Great Britain, 13, 111, 196, 284, 484 



Hereford Steer, description and pedigree of, 190 



Herefords in Jamaica, 365 



Hide and Skin Markets, 3/5, 469 



Hop Market, 94, 188, 281, 3/4, 468, 564 . 



Horses from Australia, the Trade in, 322 



Horses, how to improve the breed of, 270 



Horses, our present breed of, 431 



Horses, Sandcracks in, 431 



Horses, the way to manage, 499 



Howard, Mr. James, Biographical Sketch of 1 



Hull, Trade of the Port of, 149 



I. 



Indian Agriculture, 2lG 



Irish Agriculture, progress of, 458 



Irish Butter Trade, 500 



Irrigation, use of Sewage in. By Cuthbert W. 



Johnson, Esq., F.R.S., 97 

 Irrigation, uses and qualities of water for, 230 



K. 



Kennington Agricultural and (Jhemical College. 



Lectures on Plants at the, 32, 129 

 Kent V. Sussex :— the Hop Duty, 234 



L. 



Labourers, Agricultural, wanted, 354 



Labourers and Agricultural Societies, on extending 



the usefulness of, 393 

 Leases, l^ong, v. open Covenants, 251 

 Leather Markets, 375 

 Leather Trade of 1859, 155 

 Linseed Oil and Cake Trade of 1859, 154 

 Louis Weedon system. Practical value of the, 505 

 Longbow, pedigree and performances of, 2S3 



M. 



Malt Duties, the change in the, 348 



Malt-tax, Repeal of the, 422, 429 



Manure Trade, 162 



Manures, Analyses of, 516 



Manures, Price of, 282, 376, 470, 564 



Manuring, Principles of, Lawes i\ Liebig, 432, 50G 



March Meetings, 335 



May Meetings of Agriculture, 475 



Meadows and Pastures. By James Buckman, 



F.G.S., 299, 435, 520 

 Mechi :— a Settler for, 407 

 Mechi's, Alderman, Agricultural Catechism, 320 

 Metropohtan Great Christmas Market, GS 

 Mole Catcher, the, 272 

 Myre-Mill and Cumming Park Failures, 27 



N. 

 Nettle Tribe-, utility of the, 327 



O. 



Oil Market, 374, 470 



P. 



Paint, Cattle killed by hcking, 552 

 Pastures, top-dressing for, 207 

 Petroffski, Baron, Biographical Sketch of, 189 

 Phosphatic Rocks in the Leeward Islands, Com- 

 mercial and Agricultural value of the, 145 

 Plant Food, on supplying it at the surface, 308 

 Plants, the Food of, and how they take it, 415 

 Pleuro Pneumonia as it has recently shown itself 



in America. By C. M. Wood, V.S., 526 

 Ploughing Match at Strathord, 332 

 Poetry : — The Labourer's welcome Home, 171 



God speed the Plough, 1 77 



Farmer Newstyle and Farmer Oldstyle, 298 



Invocation to Spring, 353 



Will Wood of the Farm, 405 

 Poissy Fat-Stock Shov, 555 

 Polydora, pedigree and performances of, 472 

 Potato, its cultivation and prevention from disease. 



By Professor Tanner, 487 

 Potato Market, 94, 188, 278, 374, 468, 564 

 Provision Trade, Annual Report, I61 



R. 



Rabbits, Arbritation case where farm produce was 



destroyed by, 175 

 Rainfall, the recent, 314 



Ram, Hampshire down, description of plate, 471 

 Ransoraes and Sims' Prize Plough, description &c. 



of, 283 

 Reaping Machines, Report of the French Judges 



on the general competition at Fouilleuse, in July, 



1859, 132 

 Red Clover, how to grow it on Clay Land, 406 

 Reviews — Handbook of Dairy Husbandry, 441 



Duties and Privileges of Landlords, &c., 553 



Reports on experiments with different Manures, 

 554 



Larch Disease, &c,, 554 



Hand-book of Mechanical Arts, 554 

 Root Crops, our. By Cuthbert W.Johnson, Esq., 



F.R.S., 378 

 Rosier v. Overman, the Outgoing Tenant, 271 

 Royal Agricultural College, 14G 

 Royal Conqueror, description and pedigree of, 377 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England, 49, 199, 



349, 390. 47G 



S. 



Season, a word in, 457 



Seeds, Price of, 94, 188, 281, 373, 4G8, 563 



Sewage its application to Lands, 226 



Sewage of Towns ;— Liebig to Mechi, 163 



Sewage, utilization of, l74, 356 



Sheep and Sheep-farming in New Zealand, 28 



Sheep Classes at the Royal Agricultural Society's 



Show, 38 

 Sheep Feeder, 391 



