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INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



SEA. 



Sea embankments in Lincolnshire 



(Clarke), xii. 312. 

 , Roman embankments in that countv. 



xii. 279. 

 . , inundations by the giving way of, 



xii. 312. 

 Seaman, Isaac, on parturient fever in 



ewes, a prize essay, xv. 383. 

 , on lameness in sheep and lambs, a 



prize essay, xvi. 1. 

 Sea-reed, or matweed (Buckman), xv. 



4G6. 

 Sea-sand used as a manure in Cornwall 



(De la Beche), iii. 34. See " Geology 



of Cornwall." 



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



, grasses which grow on (Buckman), 



XV. 466. 

 Sea-side or marine grasses, J. Buckman 



on, XV. 465, 4f;6. 

 Seaweeds used extensively as manure 

 , in the Isle of Thanet (Buckland), vi. 



261. 

 used as a manure in Devonshire 



(Tanner), ix. 469. 



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



recommended as a manure for the 



tussac-grass (Scobie), x. 183. 



, ashes of, their analysis, xiii. 490. 



Sedge, its soils and habits (Buckman), 



xvi. 366. 

 Seeds, on the steeping of (as fertilizers), 



by J. Campbell, iv. 557. 

 , on tlie advantage of thick sowing, 



by D. Barclay, vi. 192. 

 , on thick and thin sowing, by Sir 



W. Heathcote, vii. 535. 

 , on thin sowing, by J. J. Mechi, vii. 



537. 



, a trial on the steeping of mangel- 

 wurzel seeds, by G. E. Raynbii'd, viii. 



215. 

 , grass, growth of, in Suifolk, by H. 



Eayubird, viii. 297. 

 , on the advantages of thick sowing, 



by W. Loft, ix. 281. 

 , on the comparative merits of thick 



and thin sowing, by J. B.Wolfe, ix, 453. 

 , quantity of seed-wheat used in the 



N. R. of Yorkshire (Milburn), ix. 501. 

 for hemp, choice of, and quantity em- 

 ployed (Rowlandson), x. 172, 181. 

 , barley, on the advantages and risks 



of early sowing, by H. W. Keary, x. 



460. 

 ■ , on tlie proper quantity of seed for 



wheat, by R. B. Wolfe, xi. 184. 

 , of grasses, not sown in Cumberland 



in 1752 (Dickinson), xiii. 273. 

 , grass crops in Surrey (Evershed), 



xiv. 81, 87. 



Seeds, growth of, in East Lothian (Ste- 

 venson), xiv. 285. 



of weeds (Buckman), xvi. 377; of 



the store dormant in soils, 374. 



Self-heal (Buckman), xvi. 364. 



Senecio Jacobaea, see " Ragwort, the 

 common." 



■ tenuifolius, sec " Ragwort, the 



hoary." 



vulgaris, see " Groundsel, the com- 

 mon." 



Serpentine, the, soils of the Lizard are 

 not fertile, viii. 29. Sec " Geology." 



of Cornwall, by W. F. Karkeek, vi. 



419. 



, analysis of, xiii. 532. 



rock, analysis of, xiii. 534. 



Setfast, the, in sheep (Seaman), xvi. 13. 



Sewell, W., professor, on a peculiar 

 disease in ewes, ii. 117. 



, report on the epidemic amongst 



cattle in 1841, ii. cxix. 



Sewer-water, analysis of, by J. T. Way, 

 xi. 369, 769, xiii. 506. 



■ ; on the mode of extracting manure 



from, as practised at Cardift' gaol, by 

 T. J. Herepath, xiii. 197 : the process 

 (by milk of lime) described, 198 ; ana- 

 lysis of the manure, ib. 



, C. W. Johnson on the use of, i. 158. 



, on the use of town sewage as manure, 



by J. T. Way, xv. 135 ; the nature of 

 sewage, 137 ; the plans proposed for its 

 employment in agriculture, ib. ; amount 

 of faeces produced by each individual, 

 140; analysis of, 143; and of urine,. 

 lb.; analysis of, 141, 142; amount of 

 water mixed with this, 146 ; amount of 

 water pumped into the metropolis, ib. ; 

 analysis of street-drainage water, 149 ; 

 appearance of sewage at the mouth of 

 a London sewer, 152 ; analysis of spe- 

 cimens from, 153; of specimens froai 

 the pipe-sewers of Croydon and Rugby, 

 155,156; on deodorisers, 157; animal and 

 peat charcoal, ib.; lime, 159; analysis 

 of lime precipitate, 160; on gypsum, 

 161; analysis of substance precipitated 

 by sulphate of alumina, lime, and char- 

 coal, ib. ; clays, ib. ; the salts of alumina, 

 162; the salts of zinc and iron, ib.^ 

 magnesia, 163; magnesian limestone, 

 163; compounds of silica, 164. 



Seymour, F. H., on experiments on top- 

 dressing grass-land in Windsor Park, 

 xiii. 347. 



Shackel, George, comparison of the con- 

 sumption of food by large and small 

 animals, viii. 487. 



Shale, blue, its application to the surface 

 of land, by C. Charnock, iii. 161. 



