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INDEX 1:0 ROy^VL AGRICULTUEAL JOURNAL. 



Wheat, flie Hoptonn wheat, P. Sliiireff's 

 account of, ii. 344 ; when first noticed, 

 ib. ; sold for the first time in 1839, ib. ; 

 describes its ears, ib. ; comparative 

 trials with the chevalier wheat, ib. ; 

 and with the Hunter and Chidham 

 wheat, ib. ; the precautions necessary 

 in comparative trials of wheats, 345 ; 

 rotation of, in Scotland, 344. 



• , observations on the wheat-midge, 



by Professor J. S. Henslow, iii. 3G, 

 see "Insects;" in the Netherlands, 

 how they manure for wheat, 246 ; C. 

 Hilyard on, 297 ; on the cultivation of 

 "wheat every other year, ib. ; on clover 

 leys, 298 ; use of the drill-presser, 299 ; 

 the Egyptian wheat, 300 ; trial of 

 several wheats, 301 ; brown Lammas 

 wheat, its soils, 301 ; of the grub, 303 ; 

 the steeping of the seed to prevent 

 smut, ib. ; the importance of fine 

 weather when the wheat is in bloom, 

 304 ; on light soils and fox-hunters, 

 305 ; report on the wheats selected for 

 trial at Cambridge, and on other 

 wheats, by W. Miles, 391; account of 

 Jonas's prolific wheat, 394 ; report on 

 prize wheats from Liverpool, by G. 

 Kimberley, 395 ; report on the Liver- 

 pool prize wheats, by H. Handley, 397. 



• , the produce per acre on Lord Love- 

 lace's farm at Ockham from 1831 to 

 1842, iv. 23. 



» , the nitrogen in the seeds of, varies 



in amount according to the manure em- 

 ployed in the soil (J.Hannara), iv. 179. 



■ , the superior wheats produced in 



the central portions of Spain (Wid- 

 drington), iv. 345. Sec " Spain." 



• , the seed and straw analysed by 



Dr. Fownes, iv. 526. 



• , reports on wheats selected for trial 



at the Bristol meeting, from P. Pusey, 

 iv. 583 ; from J. V.Shelley, 584 ; from 

 Dr. W. Webb, 586. 



• , the average produce of Essex about 



28 bushels per acre, v. 39. 



. , on the preparation for the wheat 



crop in Cornwall, by J. H. Tremayne, 

 V. 158. 



• , when sown in S. Wiltshire (Little), 



v. 165. 



• , the ravages of the wireworm upon, 



by J. Curtis, v. 191. 



• , experiments on the best distances 



of the rows in drilling wheat, by Mr. 

 Blyth, of Burnham, in Norfolk, v. 



• 352 ; dibbling of, 355. 



• , experiments on, with the nitrates of 



soda and potash, sulphate of soda, soot, 

 and salt, by J. Haunam, v. 275. 



Wheat, an account of an experiment on 



the relative values of several varieties 



of wheat, by J. Morton, i. 39. 

 , on pure and improved varieties 



of, lately introduced into England, by. 



Colonel Le Couteur, a prize essay, i. 



113; the white downy described, /6. ; 



the Jersey Dantzic, 115; the Whit- 



tington, 117; the Bellevue Talavera, 



119; comparative statement of results 



of trials with, 123. 

 , top-dressed with saltpetre, by J. 



Everitt, i. 281. 

 • , on the narrow and wide drilling of, 



by T. W. Bramston, i. 294. 

 , its cultivation at Stinchcombe in 



Gloucestershire (J. Morton), i. 399. 



, application of soil to, i. 4U1. 



, on the comparative uses of the 



sickle and scythe in harvesting (J» 



Rodwell), i. 447. 

 , a trial of different manures for, by 



Pemberton Leigh, vi. 328. 

 , cultivation of, in Cornwall (Kar-^ 



keek), vi. 423. 

 , effect of burnt clay upon a crop 



growing on a heavy clay soil, by P. 



Pusey, vi. 477. 

 , on the insects which attack (J. 



Curtis), vi. 493. 

 , on, and on the wheat selected for 



trial at Southampton, bv W. Miles, vi. 



566. 

 , on the prize white wheat selected 



for trial at Southampton, by Earl 



Spencer, vi. 572. 

 , cultivation of, in Cambridgeshire 



(Jonas), vii. 48. 

 , mowing, prices of taskwork, by H. 



Rayubird, vii. 125; hoeing, the prices 



of, 127 ; harvesting, the prices of, 128 ; 



dibbling, the prices of, ib. ; haulming, 



the prices of, 129; threshing, the 



prices of, 137. 

 , on the wheat-midge, by E. Baker, 



vii. 273. 

 • , on thick and thin sowing, by Sir 



W. Heathcote, vii. 535. 

 , on thin sowing, by J. J. Mechi, 



vii. 537. 

 , report on the analysis of the ashes 



of, by Way and Ogston, vii. 598 ; by 



other chemists, xiii. 450. 

 , on the management of, a prize 



essay, by E. Roberts, viii. 60 ; its 



growth after clover, 61 ; modes of 



sowing, 62 ; time of sowing, ib., 69 ; 



after beans, 64 ; after potatoes, 65;. on 



peat soils, 66 ; the application of dung 



or artificial manures, 67 ; the quantity 



of seed, 69 ; varieties of, and change 



