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INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



White, H., a detailed account of the 

 making of Cheshire cheese, a prize 

 essay, vi. 102. See " Cheese." 



, a detailed report of the drainage 



by steam-power of a portion of Martin 

 Mere, Lancashire, xiv. 156. 



White, K., a report of results obtained in 

 thorough-draining and subsoil-plough- 

 ing in the years 1840 and 1841, a report 



■ to the Hon. R. H. Clive, i. 33, ii. 346, 

 iv. 172, vi. 229. 



— — , statement of the comparative quality 

 of milk from Alderney and Kerry 

 (Irish) cows upon the farm of the Hon. 

 R. Clive at Oakley Park in 1840, ii. 

 420. See " Milk." 



, results of experiments on subsoil- 

 ploughing and thorough-draining at 

 Oakley Park, i. 248. 



Whitfield farm, experiments at, on the 

 effects of Marmth and shelter in econo- 

 mising the food of sheep, iv. 222. 



White goosefoot, the (Buckman), xvi. 

 364. 



White mustard, T. C. Burroughes on, a 

 prize essay, vii. 31 ; quality of land on 

 "which sown, ib. ; season of sowing, 32 ; 

 quantity of seed, ih. ; season of harvest, 

 ib. ; its use as a green manure or for 

 sheep, 33. 



Whitethorn hedges, J. Grigor on, vi. 

 203. 



Whitley, Nicholas, on the climate of the 

 British Islands in its effect on agricul- 

 ture, a prize essay, xi. 1. 



, on the advantage and use of the 



aneroid barometer in ascertaining 

 heights, xvi. 122. 



WiDr>RiNGTON,Captain, on the agriculture 

 of Spain, iv. 344. See " Spain." 



— — — , on the occurrence of phosphorite in 

 Estremadura (in conjunction with Dr. 

 Daubeny), v. 406. See " Phosphorite." 



Whitlow in sheep (J. Seaman), xvi. 8. 



Wiggins, J., on the mode of making and 

 using tiles for underdraining on the 

 Stow Hall estate in Norfolk, i. 350. 



Wild carrot, its soils and habits (Buck- 

 man), xvi. 361. 



oat, the (Buckman), xv. 471, xvi. 



366. 



pansy, its soils and habits, xvi. 360. 



parsnip, its soils and habits, xvi. 



361. 



radish, the, its soils and habits, xvi. 



360. 



teazle, xvi. 361. 



Williams, G. M., on the tenant's right to 



unexhausted improvements according 



to the custom of North Lincolnshire, 



vi. 44. 



■WILTSHIRir, 



Williams, W. J., on early vetches, iii. 



236. 



WiLLOW-HERn, the smooth-leaved, its 

 soils and habits (Buckman), xvi. 361. 



Willow-tree, the, its planting and 

 management, iii. 273. 



(the goat) for fences, J. Grigor on, 



vi. 226. 



Wilson, John, on the manufacture of 

 sugar from beetroot, xiii. 144. 



, on flax, its treatment, agricultural 



and technical, xiv. 187. 



, on the various breeds of sheep in 



Great Britain, especially with reference 

 to the character and value of their wool, 

 xvi. 222. 



Wiltshire, the farming of, by Edward 

 Little, of Sheldon Farm, Chippenham, 

 prize report, v. 161 ; North and South 

 Wiltshire, ib. ; the north or oolite dis- 

 trict, its enclosed pasture farms, its 

 dairies and cheese, ib. 



, South Wilts, or the chalk district, 



its arable and down land, its flocks, 

 its corn, v. 161 ; its hills of chalk, 

 ib. • its flinty loam soils, ib. ; its singular 

 sand-veins, ib. ; their course described, 

 ib. ; the strong clays and clayey loams, 

 162 ; size of farms, the down is at- 

 tached to the farms, ib. ■ rotation of 

 crops on flinty and chalky loams, ib.; 

 laud when sown with clover, 163; light 

 flinty soils, ib. ; rotations on, sainfoin, 

 163; heavy white land, 164; the rota- 

 tion on, ib. ; sand lands, ih. ; turnip 

 husbandry, ih. ; the course on the 

 poorer soils, ih. ; on the sandy loams, 

 165; the growth of green crops, ib.; 

 management of crops, ib. ; wheat, when 

 chiefly sown, ib. ; spring wheat, ih. ; 

 wheat, cost of reaping, 165; barley, 

 when sown, drilled, mown, ih. ; cow- 

 grass and marl-grass as substitutes for 

 red clover, 166 ; the pastures, 167 ; the 

 water-meadows, ib. ; an important part 

 of its husbandry, ib. ; their course of 

 management, ib. ; manures employed, 

 168; the sheepfold, ih.; muckle and 

 folding, ib. ; farmyard - manure, 26. ; 

 bones, the use of, to the district, ib. ; 

 chalk, ib. ; paring and burning, 169 ; 

 breed of cattle, ih. ; the Berkshire 

 spotted-pig, ih. ; sheep stock, ih. ; kept 

 for breeding, ib.; Southdowns, 170; 

 horses, »6. ; the implements, 171 ; drain- 

 age little needed, 172. 



, North Wiltshire, or the oolite dis- 

 trict, V. 172 ; the soils of the cornbrash, 

 ih. ; within the Oxford clay, ib. ; the 

 coral rag and the Kimmeridge clay, 

 ib. ; sandy soil, ib. ; size of the farms. 



