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INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



MANGOLD. 



Mangold-witrtzel, analysis of (Way), 



xiii. 160. 



, analysis of, xiii. 458. 



, growth of, on light flinty chalk soils, 



XV. 101 ; on the light sandy soils of 



Norfolk, 120. 

 , growth of, in Oxfordshire (Read), 



XV. 208. 

 Manures, Dr. Daubeny on the scientific 



principles by -which the applications 



of manures should be regulated, ii. 232. 

 , earthy matters of soils, how derived, 



ii. 241. 

 , every known plant contains an al- 

 kali, ii. 243. 

 •, phosphate of lime generally difPused 



in rocks, ii. 244. 

 , the amount of bases in a plant, ii. 



245. 

 ' , the alkalies and earth in the fir, ii. 



245. 



, oxygen added to the air, ii. 246. 



, the carbon which plants contain, ii. 



251. 

 — — , the carbon in ligneous bodies, ii. 



2.53. 



, hydrogen, ib, 



, oxygen, ib. 



, the nutritive qualities of different 



articles of food, ii. 255. 



, ammonia in rain-water, ib. 



, effect of germination as to the pro- 

 portion of nitrogen in seeds, ii. 257. 

 , experiments on, -vrith turnips, by W. 



Miles, ii. 264. 



, on glue-drop for turnips, ib. 



, Boussingault on the addition of sub- 

 stances containing nitrogen, ii. 309. 

 ■ , on the necessity of compounding 



mineral manures, by F. Falkener, i. 



418 ; the sea-sand of Cornwall, iii. 34. 

 , the vraic or kelp-ashes of Jersey, 



Colonel le Couteur on, 45. 

 , on different, as a substitute for 



bones, by W. Marshall, iii. 165. 

 ■ , on the use and application of rape- 

 dust, by J. Hannam, iv. 177. 

 ■ , the proportion of gluten in wheat 



varies with the manure employed, iv. 



179. See " Nitrogen." 

 • , that of stall-fed animals compared 



•with that of the farmyard, iv. 246. 

 , experiments on, by F. Clowes, iv. 



281. 

 , the action of, by Dr. Fownes, iv. 



535. 

 , farmyard horsedung analysed by 



Dr. Fownes, iv. 539. Sec " Horsedung." 



• , two classes of manures, iv. 540. 



, bones, fish, guano, Dr. Fownes on, 



iv. 542. 



Manures employed in Cheshire (Palin), 

 V. 89 ; marl, 90 ; lime, ib. ; guano, 91 ; 

 nitrate of soda, ib. 



, experiments on, by Sir W. Heath- 

 cote, V. 277. 



, trial of several artificial, by W. 



Miles, V. 394 ; Daniel's manure, farm- 

 yard dung, guano, 5-inch bones, and 

 Stott's salts, 395. 



, on making compost-heaps from li- 

 quids and other substances, by James 

 Dixon, a prize essay, i. 135. Sea 

 " Farmyard manure." 



■ , animal, on, by Dr. C. Sprengel, i. 



455 ; the age and kind of the animal 

 producing it, and the kind of food used, 

 458 ; the water used by cattle, influ- 

 ence of, 459; the excrements of neat 

 cattle, ib. ; solid, 460 ; liquid, 464 ; rape- 

 cake mixed with ui'ine in Belgium, 

 471 ; guile described, 475 ; ahl or dung- 

 hill drainage, 479 ; the excrements of 

 sheep, 481 ; folding, effect of, 485 ; 

 excrements of the horse, 488 ; excre- 

 ments of pigs, 491 ; excrements of 

 poultry, 493 ; on nightsoil, 494. 



employed in Nottinghamshire (Cor- 



ringham), vi. 34. 



, on nitrate of soda as a top-dressing 



for grass-land in Windsor Park, xiii. 

 347 ; for barley, by P. Pusey, 349 ; for 

 wheat, by H. M. Keary, 267 ; and by 

 T. Garnett, 368. 



, the cultivation of a farm in Silesia 



by artificial manure alone for 14 years, 

 by Mr. Rotschke, xiii. 564. 



• , the number of sheep required to 



manure au acre of land (Morton), i. 

 404. 



■ , experiments with, on barley, by 



Mr. Sim, i. 418. 



employed in Cornwall (Karkeek), vi. 



438. 



, use of the white-mustard plant as, 



by T. C. Burroughes, vii. 33. 



for turnips, on, by E. Wagstaff, 



viii. 225. 



, their influence on the quality of 



wheat, by J. B. Lawes, viii. 235. 



, mineral, the general result of their 



employment, by J. B, Lawes, viii. 259. 



• , management of, in Suffolk, de- 

 scribed by H. Raynbird, viii. 303. 



, management of, in Devonshire 



(Tanner), ix. 466 ; lime, 468 ; sea-sand, 

 469 ; seaweed, ib. 



for hops, S. Eutley on, ix. 561. 



used in South Wales (Read), x. 142 ; 



sea-weed, sea-sand, ib. ; lime, 143 ; marl, 

 ib. ; coal-ashes, 144 ; paring and burn- 

 ing, ib. 



