VOLUMES ONE TO SIXTEEN. 



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SOFT. 



Soft meadow-grass, its growth in different 

 situations (Huckuian), xv. 4C8. 



Soils, on their transposition and mixture, 

 by W. Linton, of Sherritt' Hinton, near 

 York, prize essay, ii. 67 ; claying, io. • 

 kind of marl or clay used, ih. ■ the 

 quantity used, 68 ; way in which done, 

 «6. ; expense of 150 yards per acre, 69 ; 

 a windlass used economically, ib. ; eco- 

 nomical results, good, 70. 



, on their classification, by M. 



Schubler and C. Daubeny, iii. 156. 



,on the quantity of minute ingredients 



contained in an acre of land, by J. Hall, 

 iii. 434. 



, on the mixture of, the chalk, the 



crag-clay, &c., by P. Pusey, iii. 183. 



, their origin and composition 



(Fownes), iv. 499. 



, analysis of the Sevres clay, iv. 500. 



, origin of the calcareous, i'>. 



, limestone, iv. 501. 



, humus of, iv. 502. 



. large proportion of nitrogen in a 



soil in Alsace, iv. 522. 



, the analysis of, iv. 547. 



, on the influence of water on the 



temperature of CParkes), v. 119. iScc 

 " Rainwater," " Drainage." 



, on tiic indications of fertility or 



barrenness of, whether of colour, con- 

 sistence, or vegetation, by John Arkell, 

 V. 429. 



, on the indications which are prac- 

 tical guides in judging of the fertility 

 or barrennesss of the soil, by J. Hra- 

 vendar, prize report, v. 559 ; colour,- 

 .560: indications of fertility, 561 ; in- 

 dications of barrenness, 563 ; consis- 

 tency, I'l'. ; plants, &c., which indicate 

 barrenness, 571. 



, on the simplest and easiest mode of 



analysing, a prize essay, by Rev. W. L. 

 Kham, i. 46. 



, on their physical properties, and the 

 means of investigating them, by Pro- 

 fessor Sciuibler, translated by .lames 

 Hudson, i. 177; mode of examining, 

 178; weight of difl'erent earths, 180; 

 weiglit of mixtures of, 181 ; their power 

 to contain water, 182 ; to retain it, 190; 

 their firmness and consistency, 185 ; 

 when wet, and when drj-, l!<8; their 

 loss of bulk by drying, 193; their 

 power of absorbing moisture from the 

 atmosphere, 195; their power of ab- 

 sorbing nitrogen gas, 197 ; their power 

 to retain heat, 200 ; the warming of 

 soil by the sun, 202; influence of co- 

 lour, i''. ; and of moisture as to this 

 warming, 203; influence of the iucliua- 



SOILS. 



tion of the ground on the amount of 

 warmth it receives from the sun, 204 ; 

 capacity of soils when moistened to 

 develop heat, 207 ; galvanic and elec- 

 tric relations of the earth, 207 ; power 

 of exciting electricity, 208; synoptical 

 view of, 210; on the employment of 

 the power of containing water in the 

 examination of the constituents of a 

 soil, 213. 



Soils, analysis of soil and subsoil of a 

 very productive field at Sutton in Nor- 

 folk (Playfair), vi. 577, xii. 552. 



, on the distinction between the active 



and dormant ingredients of, by Dr. C. 

 Daubeny, vii. 237. 



, on a method of restoring to soils 



the mineral ingredients of the wheat 

 crop, vii. 676. 



of Suffolk, by H. Raynbird, viii. 



262; its heavy loam, 263; its sands, 

 265 ; its heavy lands, 267. 



of N. R. of Yorkshire, by M. M. 



Milbnrn, ix. 499. 



of Lancashire (Garnett), x. 2, 5, 7. 



best adapted for hemp (Rowlandson), 



x. 172, 181. 



, on the absorbent power of, by H. 



S. Thompson, xi. 68, as regards ma- 

 nure, 69 ; ammonia, silica, &c., 70 ; of 

 a strong clay soil, 72; of a black soil, 

 71 ; their power to absorb and retain 

 farmyard manure 73; to retain com- 

 mon salt, 74. 



, on the power of, to absorb manure, 



by J. T. Way, xi. 323, 373; power of 

 sand, 316; of clay, 317; of the absorp- 

 tion of ammonia, 321 : salts of am- 

 monia, 331 ; salts of potash, 333; of 

 lime, 334, 361 ; of magnesia, 336 ; of 

 organic matters, 363 ; sewer-water, 369 ; 

 sweetening of putrid substances by 

 burying them in the earth, 376 ; on the 

 theoiy of clay-burning, 377. 



, on drainage, under certain condi- 

 tions, of. and climate, by Lord Wharn-. 

 clifle, xii. 41. 



of Lincolnshire, their character, 



especially of its marsh and fenland. by 

 .J. .\. Clarke, xii. 261 ; strata, 263 to 

 285. 



, on the agricultural geology of Eng- 

 land and Wales, by J. Triiniiier, a prize 

 report, xii. 445; of the .soils of the 

 plastic clay, 454; the aluminous, 455; 

 the calcareous, i''>. ; the siliceous. 456 ; 

 the erratics, 463; of soils in general, 

 as laid down by agricultural writers, 

 477; the strong' land of Sutfolk, by A. 

 Young, 47B ; tlie Wolds of Yorkshire, 

 by Legard, 479; the chalks of Norfolk 



