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INDEX TO EOYAL xiGRICULTURAL JOURXAL. 



and pulse produced, ib. ; the pork, ih. ; 

 the pastures, the merino sheep, ih. ; the 

 harros or clays of Estremadura, Avheat 

 grown for years in succession, 348 ; 

 barren common lands of this kingdom, 

 %}>. ; their 'vvines, 349 ; the olive cul- 

 tivated, ih. ; the butter of Oviedo, ih. ; 

 their roads, ih. ; their implements of 

 agriculture, 350 ; the grape or digging 

 fork of the Basque Provinces, ih. ; the 

 four great divisions of landed property 

 — 1, that of the Church ; 2, the great 

 landed proprietors ; 3, that of the lesser 

 nobles and small freeholders ; 4, the 

 common lands belonging to towns and 

 ■villages, 351 ; the agricultural labour- 

 ers, ih. ; size of the farms, ih. ; the 

 Spanish cattle, 352 ; no turnips are cul- 

 tivated, 353 ; the laws respecting the 

 Mesta or Merinos, ih. ; the locusts in 

 Estremadura, 354 ; potatoes, ih. ; the 

 growth of tobacco forbidden, 355. 

 Spain, her inertness, holds the three great 

 manure deposits, phosphate of lime, 

 guano, cubic petre (P. Pusey), xiii. 356. 

 Spartina alternifolia, sea " iVIany-spiked 



cord-grass." 

 stricta, sec " TAvin-spiked cord- 

 grass." 

 Spavin, bone, in horses (F. Dun\ xiv. 114. 

 Specific gravity explained (Hemming), 



xiii. 432. 

 Speedwell, the procumbent (Buckman), 

 xvi. 364. 



, the corn, xvi. 364. 



, buxbaums, xvi. 364. 



, the ivy-leaved, xvi. 3G4 ; analysis 



of, 370. 



, the field, xvi. 364. 



Spencek, Earl of, on the means of cal- 

 culating the number of calves whic'i 

 "will probably be produced by a herd of 

 cows, ii. 112. 



, on the comparative feeding pro- 

 perties of mangold-wurtzel and turnip, 

 ii. 296. Sec "Mangold-wurtzel" and 

 " Turnip." 



, on the improvements which have 



taken place in West Norfolk, ii, 1. See 

 " Norfolk." 



, on the selection of male animals in 



the breeding of cattle and sheep, ii. 22. 



, on the gestation of cows, i. 165. See 



" Cows." 



, on prize white wheat, selected for 



trial at Southampton, vi. .572. 

 Spergula arvensis, see " Spurrey," 

 Spiked fescue-grass, its growth in dif- 

 ferent situations (Buckman), xv. 4C8. 

 SrooNER, W. C, on bones aud sulphuric- 

 ^cid, vi. 71. 



Spooner, W. C, on the use of superphos- 

 phate of lime produced with acid and 

 bones, for manure, vii. 143. 



, on the management of farm-horses, 



a prize essay, ix. 249. 



(with John Elliott), on the con- 

 struction of farm-buildings, xi. 270. 



Sprain, in horses, of the tendons of the 

 back (F. Dun), xiv. 115. 



Sprats, on the analysis of, by J, T. Way, 

 X. 610, xiii. 498. 



Sprengel, Dr. C, on animal manures, 

 i. 455. 



Spring Park farm, some account of, by 

 H. Davis, vii. 524. 



Springs, intermittent, see " Bournes." 



Spring-water, analysis of, xiii. 506. 



Spurge, the sun, its soil and habits 

 (Buckman), xvi. 366. 



, the dwarf, xvi. 366. 



. , the petty, xvi. 366. 



Spurrey, grown for winter-feed in Jut- 

 land (J. F. Johnston), iii. 418; may be 

 regarded as the clover of sandy soils, 

 ih. ; sown in April and ready for feed- 

 ing oft' in June, ih. 



■ , its soils and habits (Buckman), xvi. 



360. 



Spring-feed, early, M. M, Milburn on, 

 ii. 215. 



Spruce-fir, the, of Norway, its planting 

 and management (Falkener), iii. 277. . 



Sqoitch, its soils and habits (Buckman), 

 xvi. 366. 



Stables, on purifying the air of, by a 

 mixture of gypsum or sawdust -with 

 sidphuric acid, by H. Reece, iv. 278. 



, management of horses in (F. Burke), 



V. 533. 



, on the construction of, for farm- 

 horses (Tancred), xi. 200 ; (Ewart), 

 236. 



for nag-horses (Tancred), xi. 205. 



, ventilation of (Sturgess), xi. 294. 



Stallion, on the choice of, for breeding 

 purposes (J. Burke), v. 510-518. 



Stage, W., on the rotations of crops on 

 heavy lands (prize essay), iv. 169. See 

 "Clay-soils." 



Stachys arvensis, see "Corn wound- 

 wort." 



Stackyards, arrangement of (Tancred), 



xi. 195, 196; (Tebbutt), 307. 

 Stall-feeding, on, by J. H. Leigh, vi. 

 237. 



Stanhope, J. S., on arboriculture, vii. 



679. 

 Starch, the, found in plants (Fownes), 

 iv. 504. 



, refuse (potato) of starch-makers, 



analysis of, xiii. 498. 



