VOLUMES ONE TO SIXTEEN. 



ATMOSPHERE. 



Atmosphere the food of plants (Fo-n^ne), 

 iv. 509. 



, how the drainage of land facilitates 



the entrance of (Parkes), v. 132. 



, on the climate of the British Isles 



in its effects on cultivation, by N. Whit- 

 ley, xi. 1. Sec " Climate." 



as a source of nitrogen to plants, 



being an account of recent researches 

 on the subject, by J. T. Way, xvi. 249. 



AtJGiTE, the, analysis of, xiii. 532. 



AuRUM maculatum, sec " Cuckoo pint." 



Autumn cleansing of stubbles, on, by P. 

 Pusey, viii. 570. 



, by K. Milward, xiv. 431. 



— — , and manuring for beans, by R. 

 Vallentine, xv. 480. 



, advantage of doing so on dry turnip 



soils, by K. Vallentine, xvi. 347-352. 



Avena fatua, see " Wild-oat." 



havesceus, sea " Yellow oat-like 



grass." 



pratensis, see " Narrow-leaved oat- 

 grass." 



pubescens, see "Downy oat-grass." 



Average produce of corn in Dorsetshire, 

 (Kuegg), XV. 424. 



■ of P^ssex (Baker), v. 39. 



in E. Lothian (Stevenson), xiv. 296. 



of wheat in England (Hoskyns), 



xvi. 577 ; price, ib.; imports, 575; in- 

 crease of population, ib. 



Axholme, Isle of, described (P. Pusey), 



iv. 293. 

 , and by Arthur Young, iv. 294; its 



warping system described, 295. 

 A"WN of barley, the, analysis of the ashes 



of (Way and Ogston), vii. 644. 

 Aylesbury, the Vale of (C. S. Eead), 



xvi. 280; analysis of a soil from, 281 ; 



ducks, 301. 

 Aynesley, J. M., experiments on dif- 

 ferent manures for carrots, iv. 270. 

 Ayrshire cows, str " Cows," " Cattle." 

 , milk from, compared witli that of 



Galloway and Kerry cows (J. F.Burke), 



iv. 436. 



, milk from, compared with that 



from Irish cows (J. F. Burke), i. 442. 

 Azote, see " Nitrogen." 



B. 



Babisgton, C. C, on flax-dodder, ii. 63. 



Babkaham, J. Webb's farm at, vii. 60. 



Bacon, on the preparing of (T. Kow- 

 landson I, xi. 592. 



Bagshot series, the, on the improve- 

 ment of, in the New Forest, by J. 

 Trimmer, xvi. 138. 



Baker, B., on grafting turf, v. 600. 

 Baker, R., on Essex drainage, iv. 35. 

 , on the farming of Essex, prize re- 

 port, V. 1. See Essex. 

 ■ , on a variety of rye as green fodder, 



vi. 179. 



•, on the wheat-midge, vii. 273. 



Baker, R. W., an experiment with Aus- 

 tralian barley, ix. 236. 

 Baker, T. J. L., on the draught of single 



cart-horses, i. 429. 

 Balke, — , his break for fixed and portable 



steam-engines, xv. 379. 

 Bakewell, Robert, produced rot, to pro- 

 mote the fatting of his sheep, iv. 262. 

 • , his Dishley flock, described by R. 



Smith, viii. 2. 

 , the introduction of his sheep into 



Nottinghamshire (Corringham), vi. 17. 

 , his sheep described by J. Wilson, 



xvi. 223. 

 Balbier, T., a statement of the various 



systems of cropping in the South of 



Scotland on different kinds of laud, iv. 



194. See " Rotation of crops." 

 Bampton sheep, on the, by J. Wilson, 



xvi. 229. 

 Barclay, D., experiments with nitrate of 



soda, i. 423. 

 , comparison of guano with other 



manures, vi. 175. 

 , on the advantages of thick sowing, 



vi. 192. 

 Banks of tidal rivers, the best mode of 



repairing, by G. S. Poole, xi. 178. 

 Bark, the, analysis of the bark of some 



of the common English fruit and forest 



trees, xiii. 530. 

 Barker, J. R., on nitrate of soda as a 



manure, ii. 133. 

 Barley, the varieties usually sown in 



Northumberland, ii. 164. 



, harvest-time, (''. 



, origin of the chevalier, i. 11. 



, the produce per acre from 1831 to 



1842, on Lord Lovelace's farm at Ock- 



ham, iv. 23. 

 , growth of, in the Netherlands 



(Kham), iii. 249. 

 , malting, the chemistry of (Fownes), 



iv. 505 ; Seed and straw analysed, 529. 



, meal analysed, xiii. 522. 



, the ravages of the wireworm on 



(Curtis), V. 191. 

 , experiments on, with saltpetre, cubic 



petre, common salt, and rapedust and 



guano, by .1. Ilannain, v. ■J7o. 

 , cultivation of, in Norfolk uVlmack), 



V. 326. 

 , gas-water as a manure for, by J. 



Paynter, i. 45. 



