GENERAL INDEX 



JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AaRICULTURAL^ 

 SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



VOLS. I. TO XXY. 



ExpLanation of contractions used in the body of this Index : — P. D., Paper followed by 

 Discussion ; B. D., Remarlcs in the course of Discussion at Meetings of Weelily Council. 



Abbey Holm, the, in Cumberland (W. 

 Dickinson), xiii. 289. 



Abele-tkee, the, its planting and manage- 

 ment (R. Falkener), iii. 273. 



Abortion in cows (W. Keary), ix. 445. 



, prize essay, by J. Barlow, xii. 62 ; 



the fcctus, 70; symptoms of abortion, 

 71 ; causes of, 74 ; high breeding, 76 ; 

 its contagions nature, 78 ; treatment of, 

 81-85 ; " cross bhths ' or false present- 

 ations, 89. 



, SEMI, in wheat, ii. 25. 



, in cows, caused by diseased herbage, 



ergot in i-ye-grass (H. Tanner), xis. 

 40 ; well-bred stock most susceptible, 

 ■ih. ; Earl Ducie's opinion, 152. 



Absorbent substances, moistui-e, by Pro- 

 fessor Leslie, v. 126 ; power of soils, by 

 Sir H. Davy, 129 ; mode of measm'ing 

 the extent of, by Eev. W. Eham, i. 48 ; 

 by Schubler, 195. 



power of soils for oxygen gas 



(Schubler), i. 197. See " Soils." 



power of soils, on (Dr. Voelcker), 



xviii. 111. See " Soils." 



Absorption of potash by soils of known 

 composition (Dr. Voelcker), xxv. .349. 



AcACiA-TREE, the, its planting and 

 management (Falkener), iii. 272. 



Accidents through farm machinery (F. 

 A. Paget), xxv. 352 ; their number, 

 353 ; classes in contact witli machinery, 

 ih. ; originating causes of accidents, 

 354 ; good and simple machines recom- 

 mended, ih. ; precautions, ih. ; neglected 

 repairs, 355 ; Mx. Colbm-n on steam- 

 boiler explosions, ih. ; self- feeding ar- 

 rangements for thrashing machines 



recommended, 356; accidents ii'om 

 carelessness, ignorance, and drink, ib. ; 

 insi^ection of ftxctories and steam-boilers 

 in Lancashire, 357 ; loss of hfe in 

 mines, at sea, and by boiler explo- 

 sions, ih. 



Acclimatization of Avheat (Buckman\ 

 xvii. 183. 



Accounts, Farm, on (J. Coleman), xix. 

 122 ; proof of their necessity, ih, ; bal- 

 ance at baidi no criterion of prosperity 

 apart from condition of the soil and 

 stock, ih. ; reference to article in Mor- 

 ton's ' Cyclopajdia of Agriculture,' 

 123 ; peculiarities of fixrmers' accounts, 

 ih. ; the system taught at Cirencester, 

 ih. ; Lady-day a good time for taking 

 stock, ih. ; record of acts of husbandly 

 and imijortance of memorandum-book, 

 124 ; " parole " contracts, ih. ; form of 

 inventory, 125 ; the jom-nal should be 

 neatly kept, 126 ; cash-book, and mean- 

 ing of I3r. and Cr., 127 ; form of 

 jomnal used at Cirencester, 129 ; the 

 journal the abiding record of cash 

 transactions, 130 ; bills should be kept 

 in a bundle and endorsed with refer- 

 ences, ih. ; the ledger described, 132 ; 

 a complete system of double entry not 

 ai^i^licable to farm accounts, 133; ex- 

 penditure not for the benefit of one 

 crop or object apart from rest, 135 ; 

 the turnip fallow, ih. ; Lord Meath's 

 system of accounts, ih. ; an account of 

 sales and purchases made up monthly, 

 a foundation for the balance-sheet, 

 136 ; the labour-jom-nal a mine of in- 

 formation, 135 ; description of the 

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