VOLUMES ONE TO SIXTEEN. 



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SITPEKPHOSPHATE. 



"great discovery," 164; the first ex- 

 periments (made in 1842) recorded, 

 165; Mr. M. Williams's experiments, 

 164; Mr. Geddes"s experiments on, 

 166 ; applied in the first instance as a 

 liquid manure, 167. 



Superphosphate of lime, on the solution 

 of bones in sulphuric acid for the pur- 

 poses of manure, by the Duke of Rich- 

 mond, iv. 4(18. 



, note by Mr. Pusey on the foregoing, 



iv. 408. iS't'<? " Boues." 



' hitherto (1843) only used in solution 



or as liquid manure, its use with dry 

 ashes by the drill suggested, iv. 409. 



■ , on the use of bones and sulphuric 



acid, V. 44o. 



, experiments made on turnips with 



different manures at the home-farm of 

 Gordon Castle, Morayshire, in 1843, 

 ■with the effect on the succeeding crop 

 in 1844, from the president the Duke 

 of Richmond, v. 443. 



• , on the use of bones with sulphuric 



acid, by E. Wagstaff, v. 444. 



, on bones with sulphuric acid and 



other manures, by I{.\V.Purchas,v.44r). 



, report 1 y the committee appointed 



by the Morayshire Farmers' Club 

 to examine the experiments on the 

 growth of turnips by new manures, v. 

 447 ; communicated by the Duke of 

 Richmond, rt. 



• , the trials at Gordon Castle de- 

 scribed by T. Bell, v. 448. 



, the trials by D. D. Manson, v. 449. 



, the trials by G. M. Williams, v. 



452. 



■ , on the action and application of 



dissolved bones, by John ilannam, v. 

 452. 



, Mr. Lawes' process of making, v. 



468. 



——, on bones and sulphuric acid, by 

 W. C. Spooner, vi. 71. 



■ , trials on, by P. Davis, vi. 244. 



, trials on, with turnips, by R. W. 



Purcha.**, vi. 244. 



, P. Pusiy on, vi. .124. 



compared with guano for turnips, 



by H. D. Drewitt, vi. 581. 



, W. C. Spooner on, vii. 143 ; weight 



of bones, 148; mode of mixing, 152. 



, on its action three years after its 



application, by U. W. I'urchus, vii. 

 273. 



, J. B. Lawes, his trials with, viii. 243. 



, on a drill for distributing, in a 



liquid state, by C'. Chandler, ix. 521. 



, triiils with, as a manure for wheat, 



by J. B. Lawes, xii. 10, 26. 



Superphosphate, its composition and 

 the methods of making and using it, 

 by J. T. Way, xii. 204 ; from bones, 

 214; from boneash or animal char- 

 coal, 217; from coprolites, 218 ; from 

 the phosphorite, 219; from guano, 

 221 ; composition of the commercial, 

 222; mode of applying, 231. 



, analysis of, made with burnt and 



unburnt bones, xiii. 490. 



, use of, in Oxfordshire (Read), xv, 



242. 



, trials with, for swedes, by Dr. A. 



Voelcker, xvi. 95. 



, analysis of (Hodges), xvi. 171; 



specimens, xvi. 553. 



Surrey, on the chalks of, by Stevenson, 

 xii. 480, 488. 



, the course of cropping on the chalks, 



loams, and light sandy soils of, de- 

 scribed by Sydney Evershed, a prize 

 essay, xiv. 79 ; fallows, 80, 83 ; turnips, 

 81; barley, 81, 86; seeds, 8i, 87; 

 wheat, 81, 88, 89; cleansing of soils, 

 83; the farm of Mr. Drewitt, 84; rye 

 sometimes ploughed in for root crops, 

 85 ; growth of turnips, ih. ; beans, 87 ; 

 clover, 88 ; drilling, 90 : use of salt for 

 wheat, 91 ; use of guano as a top-dress- 

 ing, 93 ; of nitrate of soila, ih. ; used 

 for fifteen years as the only manure on 

 a plot of land, 93. 



, on the farming of, a prize report, 



by Henry Evershed, xiv. 395 ; geology 

 of, 396 ; the tertiary, the cretaceous, 

 the Wealden, ib. ; its soils and sub- 

 soils, 398 ; the London clay, 402 ; ror 

 tatioiis on, ib. ; irrigation, the waters of 

 the Mole and Wey compared, 403 ; nia- 

 uui'es employed, 404 ; the chalk dis- 

 trict, 405 ; the hop di>trict of Farn^ 

 ham, 406 ; the greensaud district, 410 ; 

 the weald, 412; lime as a manure, 

 415 ; enclosures, size of, ib. ; the effect 

 of soil on the growth of timbertrees» 

 4l() ; farm-liuikiings, ib.; draining, 

 417 ; the improvements in Surrey 

 farming since 1813, 419 ; sheep, 40(», 

 411, 41.;; game, injurj- from, 4I(I; 

 heaths and waste lands, 414. 



Sussex, on the farming of, by John Farn- 

 eomlie, a prize report, xi. 75 ; tin- .south 

 and Wfst downs, i'^. ; rotations »)f cioj)*, 

 I'l. ; the Southdown sheej), 76 ; on shee|> 

 breeding, the system of the late John 

 Ellman of (Jljnde, 77; the district 

 No. 2, ortlie Eastern District, rotation 

 of crops, 80 ; district No. 3, or the 

 Weald of Sussex, 81 ; the system of 

 taking lambs to keep, ib. ; the extiqia- 

 tion of charlock, 86; the improvenRiit 

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