VOLUMES OXE TO SIXTEEN. 



65 



Maxims, " substances strengthen vegeta- 

 tion mainly by their contents of ni- 

 trogen," P. Pusey, xiv. 377. 



, " like produces like," the breeder's 



axiom, on, by F. Uun, xvi. 40. 



Meadows, see " Grass-lands." 



• in Oxlbrdshire subject to floods 



(Read), xv. 219. 



, the weeds of (Buckman), xvi. 



379. 



Meadow barley-grass, analysis of (Way), 

 xiv. 177 ; its growth in different situa- 

 tions, XV. 468. 



■ catstail-grass, analysis of (Way), 



xiv. 177. 



' colchicum (Buckman), xvi. 3GG. 



— — fescue-grass, its growth in ditferent 

 situations (Buckman), xv. 468. 



foxtail-grass, analysis of (Way), xiv. 



177 ; its relative growth in diti'erent 

 situations (Buckmauj, xv. 468. 



Meadow grasses, analysis of, xiii. 4G<;. 



— — , J. Buckman on, xv. 466; effect of 

 irrigation upon, 467. 



Meal, of oat, barley, maize, turnip, and 

 plantain analysed, xiii. 522. 



Measuue work, on, a prize essaj', by Hugh 

 Kaynbird, vii. 119. — Land measure, 

 124; mowing grasses, ib. • mowing 

 wheat, 125 ; reaping, ih. ; harvest 

 work, 126; hoeing, ih. ; carrots, beets, 

 wheat, 127 ; harvesting, 128 ; root- 

 crops, i'l. ; dibbling, ih. ; haulming, 129 ; 

 paring and burning, ih. ; ploughing, 

 130; .thatching, 131 ; ditching and 

 fencing, ih. ; lineal measure, table of, ih. ; 

 drainiug, 132 ; cubic measure, table of, 

 133; filling farmyard dung, 134; turn- 

 ing over manure-heaps, 135; burning 

 peat-ashes, 136 ; threshing wheat and 

 barley, 137 ; table of corn-measure, 

 136 ; trussing hay, 138; shearing sheep, 

 tfj. 



——, Lord Portman on, vii. 140. 



Measuring cattle, the method of, by 

 C. Hilyard, iii. 337. 



Meat, annual consumption of, by an 

 adult person ( AN'ayj, xii. 585. 



, Sir C Lemon on the consumption 



of, in France, i. 414; in England, 

 415. 



Mechi, J. J., on burning clay, vii. 297 ; 

 on its sitl>se(iuent manuring eil'ects, 

 xiv. 224. 



, on thin sowing, vii. 537. 



MFXrKi,KNiii;ii<;ii, rural economy of, by 

 J. S. (!arr, i. 121 ; size of its farms, its 

 climate, tlie liaken, i'>. ; wooden-teetheil 

 harrows, ih. ; its system of cultivation, 

 125 ; rape grown, use of gypsum, 125 ; 

 rape-oil used for lamps, »'.'. ; a re- 

 VuLS. I. — XVI. 



MIDGE, 



munerating crop, ih. ; rotation of crops, 

 ih. ■ manures, marl, use of, 126 ; pond- 

 mud and peat, ih. • breed of horses, ib. ; 

 oxen employed, ih. ; dairy cows, 127 ; 

 Saxon or Merino sheep, ih. • first intro- 

 duced into Germany, ih. ; calculation 

 of the profit of a farm, 129 ; farm 

 serA'ants, rt.; their wages, ib. ; valuation 

 of different fleeces of wool, 131. 



Medicago lupulina, see " Black medick." 



sativa, sec " Lucerne." 



^Meetings of I\6yal Agricultural Society, 

 report on the exhibition of implements 

 at Liverpool, ii. ciii. 



Bristol, ii. 338. 



Derby, iv. 453. 



Southampton, v. 361. 



Shrewsbury, vi. 303. 



Newcastle, vii. 681. 



Northampton, viii. 33C. 



York, ix. 377. 



Norwich, x. 526. 



Exeter, xi. 452. 



(the works of all nations, 1851), xii. 



587. 



Lewes (1852), xiii. 301. 



Gloucester (1853), xiv. 343. 



Lincoln (1854), xv. 363. 



Carlisle (1855), xvi. 505. 



^Ielami'yrum arvense, see " Purple cow- 

 wheat." 



Mellowness of feel explained, iv. 263. 



Mentkath, Sir J. S., on Scotch fir and 

 larch, ix. 372. 



Mentha arvensis, see " Corn mint." 



Merino sheep, the, of Germany, i. 127 ; 

 their wool, 131. 



, of France, xiv. 215; crossing of, 



ib. 



, .1. Wilson on, xvi. 238. 



Meslin, the "metail" of Flanders (rye 

 and wheat), sometimes sown together 

 (Hhani), iii. 249. 



Meteouology of Devonshire (Tanner), 

 ix. 456. 



in connection with agriculture (Lord 



Lovelace), ix. 311. 



, on the climate of the British islands 



in its effects on cultivation, by N. 

 Whitley, xi. 1. .Sec" Climate." 



, P. i'usey on, xi. 392. 



, B. Simpson on, xi. 617. 



Mica, analysis of, xiii. 532. 



.Mice and rats, mode of destroying, by 

 J. S. Carr, iii. 428. 



Midge in wheat (llenslow), ii. 22. 



, precautions against, ii. 23. 



, observations <fn, t>y J, S. Ileuslow, 



iii. 36. 



, observations ou, by J. Curtis, vi. 



131. 



