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INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



TURNIPS. 



Turnips, swedes, an experiment in favour 

 of, contrasted with mangold-wurzel, by 

 C. Hilyard, iv. 274. 



, analysis of, by Dr. Fownes, iv. 532 ; 



swedes, 534. 



, estimate of the expense of a crop of, 



in Essex, by R. Baker, v. 25. 



, observations on the natural history 



and economy of the insects called wire- 

 worms affecting the turnips, corn-crops, 

 &c., also of their parents, the elators 

 or beetles, called skipjacks, click- 

 beetles, &c. (Curtis), v. 180. &e "Wire- 

 worms." 



■ , the cultivation of, in Norfolk, de- 

 scribed (B. Almack), v. 322. 



, on drawing, a prize essay, by R. 



Hopper, i. 160. 



, the growth of, at Stinchcombe in 



Gloucestershire (Morton)," i. 390. 



■ , report of the crop on strong land, 



by W. Linton, i. 451. 



, an inquiry as to the action of bones 



on, by J. Hannam, vi. 49. 



, on bones and sulphuric acid as a 



manure for (W. C. Spoouer), vi. 71. 



, on bones and sulphuric acid as a 



manure for, by P. Davis, vi. 244. 



, on the same, by R. W. Purchas, vi. 

 244, 



, on the use of bones and sulphuric 



acid for, by P. Pusey, vi. 324. 



, growth of, in Cornwall (Karkeek), 



vi. 427. 



■ , growth of, in Cambridgeshire 



(Jonas), vii. 42. 



, on the advantage of drilling maiden 



earth for, by R. S. Graburn, vi. 488. 



, trials with guano and superphos- 

 phate of lime, by R. D. Drewitt, vi. 

 581. 



, on the preservation of Swedish, by 

 C. AUix, vii. 275. 



, experiments on the growth of, with 

 different manures, by the Duke of 

 Richmond, vii. 297. 



' , on peat-chai'coal, as a manure for, 



by H. Raynbird, vii. 539. 



, on the double culture of, between 



peas, by C. Hannam, vii. 589. 



', report of an experiment with spe- 

 cial manures (bones, guano, turf-ashes, 

 the nitrates, &c.), (Barclay), viii. 57. 



, the analysis of the ashes of, by 



J. T. Way, viii. 143 ; the lbs. of mineral 

 matter in one ton of the bulbs of, 179 ; 

 an artificial manure for, suggested, 205. 



manure, on (dung, bones), by E. 



Wagstaff, viii. 225. 



, growth of, in Suffolk (Raynbird), 



viii. 271. 



Turnips, grazing sheep on, in Suffolk, 

 viii. 295. 



, a new method of preparing bones 



as manure, by P. Pusey, viii. 417 ; 

 trials with bones, bones fermented and 

 decomposed, and sulphated bones, viii. 

 419. 



■ , agricultural chemistry, turnip cul- 

 ture, by J. B. Lawes, viii. 494 ; effect 

 of seasons upon the growth of, 497 ; 

 power of the plant to collect food from 

 the atmosphere, 501 ; effect of vai'ious 

 manures on in 1843, 503; number of 

 plants and average weight of bulbs per 

 acre, 505 ; result of the trials in 1844, 

 511 ; table of the amount of bulbs per 

 acre produced by different manures, 



517 ; table of the amount of leaves, 



518 ; table of the average weight of 

 the bulbs, 519 ; table of the number of 

 plants per acre ; 520 ; table of the pro- 

 portion of leaf to bulb, 521 ; effect of 

 free phosphoric acid on the productioa 

 of bulbs, 525 ; mean produce by the 

 use of various mineral, alkaline, and 

 superphosphate of lime manures, 528 ; 

 effect of ammoniacal manures on the 

 production of leaves, 530 ; unprofitable 

 effect of an excess of nitrogen in the 

 manure, 531; loss of weight of, when 

 drawn and exposed to the air, 537 ; 

 effect of washing turnips for drying 

 and burning, 538 ; dry matter in bulbs 

 grown by different manures, 540 ; 

 amount of nitrogen in dry turnip- 

 bulbs grown by different manures, 

 549 ; in the turnip-leaf, 551 ; the 

 amount of ash in turnips produced by 

 different manures, 554 ; analysis of the 

 ash of the bulbs and of the leaf, 558 ; 

 amount of matters contained in a fair 

 crop of turnips, 561 ; table of the 

 amount of dry matter in various root- 

 crops grown at Rothamstead in 1847, 

 563. 



, cultivation of, in theE. R. of York- 

 shire (Legard), ix. 107. 

 crops of Devonshire (Tanner), ix.. 



461. 

 crops of the N. R. of Yorkshire ( IMil- 



burn), ix. 502; the turnip-hack, 509. 

 , P. Pusey's trials with putrefied. 



bones, ix. 530. 

 , on the funguses of, by the Rev. E. 



Sidney, x. 394. 

 , effect of climate on the growth of, 



by N. Whitley, xi. 42. 

 , on the oolites in Gloucestershire 



(Bravendar), xi. 135. 

 , on the effect of climate on the- 



growth of, by B. Simpson, xi. 655. 



