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IXDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



KAKEW. 



N. 



Nareav, or wild rape, its soils and habits 

 (Bucknian), xvi. 360. 



Narrow-leaved oat-grass (Buckman), 

 XV. 464 ; its growth in difi'erent situa- 

 tions (Buckman), xv. 468, xvi. 366. 



Navicular diseases in horses (Dun), xiv. 

 116. 



Nene valley, W. Beam on the drainage 

 of, xiii. 109. 



• , J. A. Clarke on the drainage of, xv. 



42 ; varying levels of the tide of the 

 Nene, 53-55 ; the upper valley of, 60 ; 

 obstructive mills of, 61 ; encroachments 

 of its millers, 62 ; analysis of its water,G7. 



Nesbit, J. C, analysis of the mineral in- 

 gredients of the hop, vii. 210. 



, on the conditions necessary for the 



formation of nitrates, xiv. 391 ; the pre- 

 paration of artificial nitre beds, 392. 



Nethehbv, the estate of, in Cumberland, 

 its farming (Dickinson), xiii. 221. 



Netherlands, the agriculture of, theRev. 

 W. L. Rham on, ii. 43 ; its climate, Hl ; 

 Boil, ib. ; mud used as a maniire, ib. ; 

 mode of trenching their soils, 44 ; of re- 

 claiming barren lands, ib. ; the molle- 

 bart, ib. ; broom sown, ib. ; their crops : 

 clover, white carrots, rye, ib, ; use of 

 Dutch ashes for clover, ib. ; maxim 

 of the Flemish, 46 ; the land never 

 idle, ib. ; different seeds sown amongst 

 growing crops, ib, ; liquid manure, 47 ; 

 the stirring, pulverizing, and mixing of 

 poor land, 5U ; few meadows, 56 ; the 

 cows lie on smooth bricks, 57 ; im- 

 plements of tillage, 57 ; figures of old 

 Flemish plough, 58 ; of double-breasted 

 plough, 59 ; of the traineau, ib. ; of the 

 rodded hurdle, 60 ; of the moUebart, 61 ; 

 the ploughing, 02 ; rotation of crops, iii. 

 240 ; on a poor sandy soil, 241 ; growth 

 of carrots amongst gi-owing crops, 243 ; 

 spurrey as a green crop, 244 ; rotation 

 of crops on rich light soil, 245 ; appli- 

 cations of manure, ib. ; manure for 

 wheat after potatoes, 246 ; hops grown 

 near Alost, ib. ; growth of fiax, ib. ; 

 rotation of crops for a good strong 

 loam, 247 ; beans, how sown, ib. ; 

 carrots grown in deep well - stirred 

 loams, 248 ; quantity of seed employed, 

 ib, ; a mixture of rye and wheat is 

 sown, 249 ; growth of chicory, 251, see 

 " Chicory ;" the oily seeds cultivated 

 by the Flemish, 251 ; growth of colza, 

 252 ; crop described, ib, ; their imple- 

 ment called a plantoir, with a sketch, 

 253 ; the cultivation of the poppy, 254 ; 



KITKATK. 



the growth of flax, ib. ; the cultivation 

 of hemp, 257 ; the way in which their 

 cows are fed, 258 ; their dairies, 259 ; 

 the cows, 261 ; cheese, ib. ; Gouda or 

 new-milk cheese, 261 ; Dutch cheese, 

 ib. ; oxen, 262 ; sheep, ib. ; horses, ib^ ; 

 roads paved, 263 ; the chief excellences 

 of the husbandry of the Netherlands, 

 ib. 



Netherlands, on the growth of beetroot 

 in, for sugar, by J. Wilson, xiii. 144.. 



, the import of butter, salted and 



fresh, from (Euegg), xiv. 75, 77. 



Nets for folding, used in Northumber- 

 land, ii. 169. 



Nettle, the white dead (Buckman), xvi, 

 364. 



, the henbit, xvi. 3G4. 



, the red dead, xvi. 364. 



, the common stinging, xvi. 366. 



, the small stinging, xvi. 366. 



Newcastle meeting, the implements ex- 

 hibited there, on, by J. Parkes, vii. 681. 



Newberry's dibbling-machine, report on, 

 by J. H. Langston, iii. 316. 



New Forest, on the improvement of the 

 soils of, by J. Trimmer, xvi. 138 ; cul- 

 tivation of furze on, ib. 



Newman, C, trials with cubic petre,ii.2G0. 



NiCHOLLS, G., on the cultivation of flax, 

 v. 547, viii. 438. 



, on the condition of the agricultural 



labourer, with suggestions for its im- 

 provement, vii. 1. 



, on box-feeding with linseed com- 

 pounds, viii. 473. 



NicoL, J. D., experiment with nitrate of 

 soda and guano on a peat-bog, xv. 185. 



NiGHTSOiL, Dr. C. Sprengel on, i. 494. 



, the best manure for hemp (Row- 



landson), x. 173. 



, analysis offices of man, xiii. 482. 



, amount of the faeces and urine pro- 

 duced by an individual (Way), xv. 140 ; 

 analysis of these, 141, 142, 143. 



, commercial, dried, trials with, as a 



manure for swedes, by Dr. A. Voelcker, 

 xvi. 95. 



Nile river, analysis of the deposit or mud 



of (Regnault and LassaigneJ, xi. 1 1 2. 

 Nipplewort, the, its soils and liabi'ts 



(Buckman), xvi. 361. 

 Nitrate of potash, Dr. Fownes on, iv. 

 544. 



, experiments with, upon oats, barley, 



and wheat, by J. Hannam, v. 267. 



, Lord Zetland's trials with, i. 280. 



described by Sir Kenehu Digby and 



by Evelyn as a manure, xiii. 350. - 



, analysis of, xiii. 490. 



, J. C. Nesbit on the preparation of 



