INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



AGRICULTURAL. 



phosphate of lime and other salts, 16; 

 general effect of mineral manures on 

 the growth of wheat, 26 ; fairy rings, 

 33 ; effect of superphosphate of lime 

 on turnips, ib, (J. B. Lawes.) 



Agricultural chemistry, on the com- 

 parative feeding qualities of diff'erent 

 breeds of sheep, by J. B. Lawes, xii. 

 414, xiii. 178, xvi. 45. 



chemistry, on pig-feeding, by J. B. 



Lawes, xvi. 45. 



chemistry, on some points connected 



■with, by J. B. Lawes, and Dr. J. H. 

 Gilbert, xvi. 411 ; services of Baron 

 Liebig, ib. • remarks on his conclusions, 

 414 ; quotations from his works, 419 ; 

 quotations from the works of various 

 foreign chemists on the theories of 

 Liebig, 426. 



' College, the Royal, report of a com- 



mittee appointed by, on the reaping 

 machines shown at Lewes, xiii. 332. 



implements, see " Implements." 



■ Institutions for the advancement 



of Agricultural Science, on, by Dr. C. 

 Daubeny, iii. 364 ; in foreign countries, 

 ib. ; on those of Grignon, near Paris, 

 365 ; of Germany, 370 ; at Mogelin 

 in Brandenburgh, ib. ; at Hohenheim 

 in Wirtemberg, 372 ; at Schleissheim, 

 near Munich, 373 ; at Keszthely, in 

 Hungary, 374; near Pavia, ib.; near 

 Florence, 374 ; in Ireland, 374 ; the 

 model farm of Royal Agricultural 

 Society of Ireland, 375. 



Institutions, Lord Ducie's model 



farm, ib. 376. 



Institutions, Mrs. D. Gilbert's Agri- 

 cultural Schools, ib. 377. 



Institutions, Royal Academy of Agri- 

 culture of Sweden, iv. 199. 



Statistics, see " Statistics." 



Agriculture of England, its state as a 

 science in 1839, by Philip Pusey, i. 1 ; 

 statistics of, ib. ; ravages of the turnip- 

 fly, 2 ; the spade-husbandy of Belgium, 

 and of the fens of Lincolnshire, 5 ; 

 mauvires suggested, 10 ; period of 

 wheat-sowiug, 1 1 ; origin of the che- 

 valier barley, ib. ; the clover plant, its 

 failure, ib. ; the orobanche disease, ih. ; 

 the growth of carrots and parsnips, 1 3 ; 

 the turnip-cutter, 16; the domestic, 

 animals of England, 1 7 ; expense of 

 maintaining cart-horses, 19. 



, its progress during the four years 



preceding October, 1842, by P. Pusey, 

 iii. 169 ; di-ainage, i6. ; manufacture of 

 drainiug-tiles, 173; cost of thorough- 

 draining, 176; subsoil-ploughing, 179 ; 

 too great lightness of soil, 180; chalk- 



aldebney. 



ing, ib. ; marling, 181; " crag," use of 

 in Suff'olk, 183 ; the plough, 186 ; on 

 its draught, 191; one-horse carts, 193; 

 drilling, 195; selection of seed, 195; 

 wheat-barley, 196 ; chevalier barley, 

 ib.; the Dyokand other oats, 197 ; green 

 crops, «6.; root crops, 198; the white 

 Belgian carrot, 202 ; vetches, 203 j 

 sheep, 204 ; cattle, 205 ; shed-feeding 

 sheep, 206 ; on spreading manure on 

 grass - lands, 209 ; use of bone-dust as 

 a manure, 210 ; rape-dust, ib. ; woollen 

 rags, 211 ; nitrate of soda, ib. ; guano, 

 211 ; marling, 216. 



Agriculture, on the climate of the Bri- 

 tish islands, in its eff'ect on cultivation, 

 by N. Whitley, xi. 1. 



• , the application of science to, by 



C. Daubeny, a lecture, iii. 1 36. 



, connection between, and geology, 



in Cornwall, Devon, and West Somer- 

 set, by Sir H. T. De la Beche, viii. 2U 

 See " Geology." 



, the board of, i. 89. 



of the Netherlands, Rev. W. Rham 



on, ii. 43, , iii. 240. See " Nether- 

 lands." 



of Northumberland, a view .of its 



past and present state, by J. Grey of 

 Dilston, ii. 151. See Northumberland. 



Agrostemma-githago, see " Corn- 

 cockle." 



Agrostis stolonifera, see " Marsh bent." 



Ahl, the, or drainage water from dung, 

 described by Dr. C. Sprengel, i. 479. 



Air drainage of land (Hutchinson), ix. 

 340. 



AiRA coespitosa, or turfy hair grass, see 

 " Hassock grass." 



Albite, the, analysis of, xiii. 532. 



Albumen from eggs, analysis of (Jones), 

 iv. 216. Sec Food of live stock. 



, proportion of, in various kinds of- 



ordinary food of live stock (L. Play- 

 air), iv. 232. 



, chemical properties of (Hemming), 



xiii. 426. 



Alchemilla arvensis, see " Corn ladies' 

 mantle." 



Alcock, Mr., description of the grubbing 

 of a Surrey down, at Kiugswood, by, 

 iv. 307. 



Alder-tree, the, its planting and ma- 

 nagement (Falkener), iii. 273. 



for hedges, J. Grigor on, vi. 225. 



Alderney cow, milk from, compared with 

 that from Kerry ( Irish) cows, by R. 

 White, ii. 420. See " Milk." 



cow, on the Jersey, misnamed 



Alderney cow, by Col. Le Couteur, v. 

 43, See " Cow." 



