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INDEX TO EOYAL AGEICULTUEAL JOURNAL, 



guano and other manures on turnips, 

 iv. 2)1. 



Gbey, J., on the building of cottages for 

 farm-labourers, "v. 237. See " Cot- 

 tages." 



Grieve, J. H., on an improvement in the 

 mode of attaching horses to a waggon, 

 vi. 248. 



Grignon, the agricultural school at, iii. 

 365. 



Grigor, J., on fences, a prize essay, vi. 

 194. See " Fences." 



Gripes or spasms in horses and cattle, 

 on, by J. B. Siinonds, ix. 53. 



Grit, the carboniferous, of Gloucester- 

 shire (Bravendar), xi. 123. 



, the gritstone soils of the Derbyshire 



coal series (Rowley), xiv. 28. 



Ground beetle, the, described amongst 

 the insects affecting the corn-crops, by 

 J. Curtis, v, 471. 



Groundsell, the common, its soils and 

 habits (Buckman), xvi. 362 ; number 

 of its seeds, 377. 



Grubber, or scarifier, the, J. Morton on, 

 iii. 119. 



, report on those shown at the Great 



Exhibition in 1851, by P. Pusey, xii. 

 595. 



, those shown at the Lewes meeting 



(1852), xiii. 315. 



at the Gloucester meeting (1853), 



xiv. 357. 



■ at Lincoln (1854), xv. 373. 



at Carlisle (1855), xvi. 507-524. 



Grubbing woods, on, by J. E. Denison, 

 xvi. 352 ; expenses of, 354. 



of a Surrey down at Kingswood 



(P. Pusey), iv. 307. 



Guano, J. F. W. Johnston on, ii. 301 ; 

 it occui-s at various points along the 

 coast of Peru, ib. ; it forms deposits, 

 ih. ; whence derived, ib. ; the fresh 

 guano from the islands of Islay and 

 Jesus, 302 ; in the time of the Incas, 

 ih. ; punishment of destroyers of the 

 young birds on the guano islands, ib. ; 

 the early trials of guano as a manure 

 in this country, 303 ; by Mr. Pusey, *. ; 

 by Mr. Love of Castle farm, ih. ; by 

 Mr. Westcar of Barnwood, 304; by 

 Mr. Smith of Gunton Park, ih.; by 

 Mr. Skirving of Walton Nurseries, ib. ; 

 its chemical composition, 305 ; analysis 

 by Klaproth, ih. ; and by Fourcroy 

 and Vauquelin, 306 ; by Johnston, ih. ; 

 Boussingault on the value of nitrogen- 

 ous manures, 309 ; cause of the fer- 

 tilizing action of, 310; analysis of the 

 dung of birds which live upon fish, 

 such as the gannet, 311; original or- 



ganic matter remaining in the guano as 

 imported into England, ih. ; the reason 

 why the Peruvian farmers prefer the 

 recent guano, ih. ; the value of pigeons' 

 dung, ih. ; the cause of the accumula- 

 tion of guano on the coast of Peru, 314 ; 

 little or no rain there, ih. ; the country 

 a sterile desert, 315 ; where rain occurs 

 the best guano cannot exist, ih. ; in 

 districts where the dews are heavy and 

 rains are frequent the guano is no 

 longer accumulated, ih. ; sometimes 

 found in large masses under drifted 

 beds of sand, ih. ; of the money value 

 of, to the English farmer, ih. ; the pro- 

 fessor's recipe for an imitation manure 

 equal to guano, 317 ; experiments with 

 guano and other manures, 318. 



Guano, experiments with, on a highland 

 and a fen farm, by G. Pryme, iii. 437. 



■ , account of some experiments with, 



and other manures on turnips, by J. 

 Grey, iv. 211. 



, Dr. Fownes on, iv. 543 ; analysis of, 



ih. 



■ , experiments with, on barley, by J. 



Hannam, v. 270. 



■ , on the analysis of, by Dr. A. Ure, 



V. 287. 



compared with other manures, by 



D. Barclay, vi. 175. 



as a manure for beetroots, by P. 



Pusey, vi. 529. 



compared with superphosphate of 



lime for turnips, by R. D. Drewitt, vi. 

 581. 



, on the composition and money-value 



of the different varieties of guano, by 

 J. T. Way, X. 196 ; analysis of Peru- 

 vian, 202; of inferior guanos, 203; of 

 Ichaboe, 209 ; of Augamos, ih. ; of 

 Patagonian, 210 ; of Saldanha Bay, 

 211 ; coprolites, 215 ; bones, 217. 



• , ammonia, its money value, 218 ; 



sulphate of ammonia, 220 ; on the 

 sampling of guano, 227 ; on damaged 

 guano, 229. 



■ , on the application of, and other 



manures (to hay crops), by E. S. Bearne, 

 X. 399. 



, on trials with, as a top-dressing for 



the grass in Windsor Park, by F. H. 

 Seymour, xiii. 347. 



, analysis of various specimens, xiii. 



482. 



. , trials on wheat with, and nitrate of 



soda, soot, &c., by Sir J. M. Tylden, 

 xiv. 15. 



, prize offered by the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society of England for the dis- 

 covery of a substitute for, xiv. 4. 



