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INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTUEAL JOURX.iL. 



Food of plants, the excreta of plants, the 

 experiments of M. Macaire, iv. 536 ; the 

 theory he propounded, 537 ; analysis 

 of ashes of farmyard horse-dung, see 

 " Horse-dung," 539 ; prevention of the 

 escape of ammonia from fei-menting 

 dung, ib. ; the use of sulphuric acid 

 for this purpose, ib. ; two classes of 

 manures, 540 ; ammoniacal liquor from 

 gas-works, 541 ; analysis of coal and 

 coke ashes, 541 ; bones, fish, guano, 542. 



Food of plants, analysis of guano by 

 Voelkel, iv. 543. 



, nitrates of potash and soda, iv. 544. 



, the proportion of gluten in flour 



varies, this variation influenced by the 

 employment of azotised manures, iv. 

 545 ; proportion of flour and bran in 

 seeds of wheat, ib. ; coal contains nitro- 

 gen, 547 ; the ammonia wasted in the 

 sewage of Loudon, ib, ; on the analysis 

 of soils, ib. ; analysis of ashes of plants, 

 552 ; on the determination of gluten 

 in grain, 554. 



, how plants obtain their mineral 



food, by J. T. Way, xiii. 135 ; the sili- 

 ceous covering of wheat-straw, 137. 



Fool's parsley, its soils and habits (Buck- 

 man), xvi. 3G2 ; number of its seeds, 

 377. 



FooT-ROT in sheep (Cleeve), i. 318. 



, J. Seaman on, xvi. 4-8. 



— — , F. Dun on, xvi. 395, 396. 



Ford, W., account by, of Irvine's tile- 

 making machine, iii. 398. 



Forest - TREES, on their planting and 

 management, by C. Falkeuer, iii. 263 ; 

 soils adapted to various trees, 267 ; 

 climate, ib. ; the oak, its varieties, 2G8 ; 

 the Spanish chesnut, 269 ; the elm, 270 ; 

 the ash, 271 ; the hornbeam, ib. ; the 

 beech, ib. ; the sycamore, ib. • the plane, 

 ib. ; the acacia, ib. ; the poplar, ib. ; the 

 abele, 273 ; the willow, ib. ; the alder, 

 ib. ; the lime, ib. ; the birch, 274 ; the 

 horse-chesuut, ib, • resinous or cone- 

 bearing trees, ib. ; the larch, 275 ; the 

 Scotch fir, 276 ; the Norway spruce, 

 277 ; the silver fir, ib. ; nursery manage- 



* ment, 278 ; on planting, 281 ; on thin- 

 ning, pruning, and management of 

 plantations, 28 G ; estimate of the ex- 

 pense and profit from an acre of land 

 planted with larch during 60 years, 295. 



• , analysis of their wood, bark, and 



leaves, xiii. 530. 



, effect of soil on the growth of 



(H. Evershed), xiv. 416 ; (T. Rowland- 

 son), 451. 



of Dorsetshire (Ruegg), xv. 420. 



Forks, digging, on those of steel shown 

 at theLewes meeting (in 1852), xiii. 32S. 



FUNGUSES. 



Fowler's draining-plough, at the Lin- 

 coln meeting (1854), XV. 367. 'i^ 

 Fossil manures of Norfolk, on, by J. 

 Trimmer, vii. 478. 



• 'bones, analysis of(Herepath),xii. 100. 



, analysis of those from the iipper 



and lower greensands of Farnham 

 (Way), xiii. 53G, 



remains of Dorsetshire (Ruegg), xv. 



390 ; fossil trees, 394. • 



Fox-HUNTERS, cffcct of OH young wheat 

 on light soils, and on heavy, iii. 305. 



Foxtail-grass, on some varieties of, by 

 W. P. Taunton, iv. 271. 



, black, on, by W.P. Taunton, iv. 270, 



Fowls, account of various breeds, by W. 

 Trotter, xii. 169. 



FowNES, Dr., on the food of plants, iv. 

 498. See " Food of plants." 



Fox-EARTH soil In Derbyshire, analysis 

 of, xiv. 41. 



Foxglove, the, analysis of, xiii. 528. 



France, on its agriculture and state es- 

 tablishments, by J. C. Uenison, i. 257 ; 

 one vast field, 263 ; divided into small 

 plots, ib. ; sheep-farms, 2G5 ; model 

 farms, ib. ; veterinary schools, ib. ;, 

 haras or studs, 266 ; food allowed in 

 these to the horses, 267 ; their agricul- 

 tural societies, 269 ; expense of these 

 studs, 270. 



, agricultural statistics of, by Sir C. 



Lemon, i. 411. 



, its breeds of sheep (M. Nouel), xiv. 



214 ; its merinos, 215 ; crossings of, ib. ; 

 no pure English race of, thrives in, 

 219 ; the Charmoise breed of, 221 ; 

 preferred weight of, is 56 lbs., 222. 



, on the species of asgilops of the 



South of, and their conversion inta 

 wheat (E. Fabre), xv. 167. 



Fractures in sheep (Seaman), xvi. 15; 

 (Dun), 386. 



Fraxkish, Mr., his farming at Temple 

 Bruer in Lincolnshire, iv. 303. 



French, J., on the advantage of ooe- 

 horse carts, vi. 375. 



Frost, on the influence of, upon soils,, 

 by Schubler, i. 190. 



, its effect upon red clover, by the 



Rev. W. Thorp, iii. 331. 



Fruit, the funguses on stored, by E. Sid- 

 ney, X. 397. 



Fruit-trees, analysis of the wood and 

 leaves of the common English, xiii. 530. 



Fulton, Hamilton, on the drainage of 

 Hethel Wood farm, xii. 149. 



FuMARiA capriolata, see " Fumitory."" 



Fumitory, its soils and habits (Buck- 

 man), xvi. 360. 



Funguses of wheat, Professor Henslow 

 on, ii. 4. 



