VOLOIES ONE TO SIXTEEN. 



clays, 174; sandy or siliceous soils, 

 170; calcareous, 179; peaty or vege- 

 table soils, 181 ; aualyi-is of soils, I'JS ; 

 clay, i6. ; calcareous, ih. ; of fertile and 

 barren sauds, 194 ; effect of depth of 

 soil on vegetation, 195 ; warmth or 

 coldness of soils, 198 ; suitableness 

 of different soils to different crops, 

 200 ; barley, 202 ; oats, ih. ; beans, /6. ; 

 joot-crops, 204 ; necessity or not for 

 the presence of vegetable matter in, 

 205. 



Soils, influence of, upon the growth of 

 wool, J. Wilson on, xvi. 240. 



of Buckinghamshire (Read), xvi. 



272, 280. 



, influence of, upon weeds (Buck- 

 man), xvi. 308. 



, of weeds dormant in (Buckman), 



xvi. .374. 



Solly, S., on the application of clay to 

 moorland, viii. 427. 



SoLWAv moss, its irruptions and present 

 state (W. Dickinson I, xiii. 278. 



SoMER.SETSHiRE, West, ou the connection 

 between its geology and its agriculture, 

 by Sir II. T. De la Beche, iii. 21. See 

 " Geology." 



— — , its water-meadows described (P. 

 Pusey), iv. .312. 



—— , on the farming of, by T. D. Acland, 

 a prize report, xi. 0G6 ; western district, 

 6C7 ; farming of the western hill 

 country, OfiS ; the alternate system of 

 arable and grass, G70 ; the formation of 

 catch-meadows, G75 ; the turnip crop, 

 070 ; management of stock on the hills, 

 677; cattle, ih. ; sheep, 078 ; breeds and 

 breeders, 08o ; Mr. Francis Quartley, his 

 merits as a breeder, ih. ; sheep, 082 ; 

 the moorlands, 083 ; liillfences, 687 ; 

 improvements in Exmoor, 088 ; tiie 

 Quantock Hills, 093 ; the Vale of Taun- 

 ton, 695 ; the l{ri<lgewater and other 

 Levels, 098 ; water-sewer, 7Uu- marsh 

 farming, gnuss-lauds, 703 ; Ciieddar 

 cheese, 705; dairy - lands, i''*. ; peat 

 moors, 707 ; lias formation, stonel)rash, 

 and chiy, 711 ; oolite sands, 718 ; east- 

 ern district, 725 ; clouted cream and 

 butter, 735; cider, 730 ; planting, 738 ; 

 implements, 739 ; manures, 740 ; silt or 

 mud, 741 ; draining, ih. ; furm-build- 

 jngs, 74-3 ; linhays, 740 ; hedgerow 

 timber, 748 ; the labourers, 7.')i' ; allot- 

 ments, 753 ; green crops and meat pro- 

 diiceil, 75';. 



SoNCUt's arvensis, lec "Sow-thistle, the 

 corn." 



i oloraceus, sec " Sow-thibtle, tlie 

 common." 



Soot, experiments on, as a dressing for 

 wheat, by J. Hannam, v. 275. 



, successful application of, to wheat 



and potatoes, at Stinchcombe in Glou- 

 cestershire (J. Morton), i. 401. 



, anal} bis of, xiii. 498. 



, trials with, and other manures for 



wheat, by Sir J. M. Tylden, xiv. 15. 



SoRE-HEAUs and fly-galls in sheep (R. 

 Smith , viii. 24. 



Southampton' meeting, report of the 

 exhibition of implements at, by J. 

 I'arkes, v. 301. 



SouTHDowx sheep, the breed of (R. 

 Smith), viii. 7. Sec " Sheep." 



, comparative profit realised with, by 



S. Druce, xiv. 210. 



, J. Wilson on, xvi. 2.33 ; the Sussex, 



ill. ; the Hampshire, 234 ; the Norfolk, 

 235 ; the Shropshire, 230. 



South Holland, drainage of (J. A. Clarke), 

 xii. 292. 



Sow-thistle, if eaten by cows, gives a 

 bitter taste to their milk (Euegg;, xiv. 

 69. 



, the common, its soils and habits 



(Buckman), xvi. 301. 



, the corn (Buckman), xvi. 361 ; the 



number of its seeds, 377. 



Spain', on the agriculture of, by Captain 

 Widdrington, iv. 344 ; its three great 

 zones or divisions — First : that of tlie 

 territory lyingalong the Mediterranean, 

 from the western extremity of Spain to 

 the Pyrenees, ih. ; the soil of this, i''). ; 

 the irrigation system of the moors, iV>. ; 

 sugar-grounds of Motril and Almune- 

 car, i''. ; the Vega of Malaga, ih. ; its 

 soil, M'heat, extensive cultivation, i'>. 

 other productions, ih. ; oil, wine, silk, 

 pulse, lucerne, il>. ; red pepper, cotton, 

 coffee grown, ih. ; the cochineal insect 

 at Malaga, ih. ; de>erts, 345 ; the chief 

 food of the animals tlie algarroba or 

 locust-tree, U). ; dried cod, ih. ; the wheat 

 harvest, rt.— The second region: the 

 two Castiles, Arragon, Estremadura, the 

 greater part of Catalonia. Upper Anda- 

 lusia, and part of Navarre and Leon, 

 ih.: the wlu-at produced here, i"'. ; tiie 

 Castiles, tlieir timber, ih. ; soils, i'>. — 

 The third region is that of the north, 

 Galicia, Asturias, the Jias<iue Pro- 

 vinces, and the greater part of Navarre, 

 340 ; moisture of its climate, ih. ; maize 

 or Indian corn, cultivation of, it. — In 

 tlu; first region work is chiefly done 

 by muniuil labour, .'U7; domestic ani- 

 maU, I''. ; its horses, mules, and ashos, 

 ib. ; food used in the secimd region — 

 wheat, i'. : barley, rye, ih. ; wine, oil. 



