VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



AGRICTLTURE. 



of prodiictiou, ih. ; consumption stimn- 

 lated by tree trade, 35 ; combined stock 

 and corn farming, ih. ; tenure of land ; 

 tlie lease system, ih. ; obstacles to its 

 jjrogress ; objections considered, 3(] ; 

 customs and covenants, allowance for 

 recent improvement, notice to tenants, 

 and option as to mode of cropping, 37 ; 

 rotation of crops, simplitication of agree- 

 ments, 38 ; imj^rovemeuts in cultivation 

 and farm management, 39 ; Mr. Lawes 

 on the natm-al standard of fertility of 

 soils, ih. ; application of manm-es, 40 ; 

 researches of Boussingault and Liebig, 

 ih. ; experiments of Lawes and Gilbert 

 at Kothamsted, 41 ; the author and 

 Prof. Way on the absorbent power of 

 soils, ih. ; principles of land drainage, 

 ih.; rise and jn'ogress of the trade in 

 guano, 42 ; management of a clay farm, 

 43 ; hillside and fiuTow drains, ih. ; 

 effect of stagnant water, ih. ; proper 

 dejitli and distance of drains, ih. ; size of 

 pipes and use of collars, 45 ; vegetation 

 as aflected by air and water in the soil, 

 ih. ; sheep fanning, consumption of 

 green crops, and economy of horse 

 labour, 46 ; growth of roots after com, 

 ih. ; advantages, 47 ; work of the dung- 

 cai't performed by sheep, ih. ; improve- 

 ments in making and keeping manure, 

 48 ; tlie horse-hoe, ih. ; stocking and 

 management of grass-land, ih. ; results 

 from forcing young stock to early 

 maturity, 49 ; cost and advantages of 

 covered farmyards, 50 ; topics for 

 future consideration, 51 ; improved 

 knowledge, resources, and education of 

 agrieultmists, ih. ; their present posi- 

 tion, 52. 



Agricultuee, on the climate of the British 

 islands, in its eiiect on cultivation, by 

 N. Whitley, xi. 1. 



, the aiiphcation of science to, by 



C. Daubeny, a lecture, iii. 13G. 



, connection between, and geology, in 



Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset, 

 by Sir H. T. De la Beeche, viii. 21. See 

 '■ Geology.'' 



, the board of, i. 89. 



of the Netherlands, Rev. W. Eham 



on, ii. 43, iii. 240. See " Nether- 

 lands." 



• of Northumberland, a view of its 



jmst and present state, by J. Grey of 

 Dilston, ii. 151. See Northumber- 

 land. 



Agrostemma-githago, see "Corn- 

 cockle." 



Agrostis stolonifera, .^ee " Marsh bent." 



vulgaris, see '■ Fine bent." 



ALEXANDER. 



Agrostis vulgaris, var. alba, see " Marsh 

 bent." 



vulgaris, var. stolonifera, see '• Agra- 

 rian bent." 



AnL, the, or drainage water from dung, 

 described by Dr. C. Sprengel, i. 479. 



Air drainage of land (Hutchinson), ix. 

 340. 



, its influence on the soil (J. T. Way), 



xvii. 123; the great resei-voir of fertilis-- 

 ing agents, 145. 



AiRA csespitosa, or turfy hair grass, see 

 " Hassock grass." 



Albite, the, analysis of, xiii. 532. 



Albumen from eggs, analysis of (Jones), 

 iv. 216. See Food of live stock. 



, proportion of, in various kinds of 



ordinary food of live stock (L. Play- 

 fair), iv. 232. 



, chemical properties of (Hemming), 



xiii. 426. 



, its plastic power, see "Vegetable 



physiology" (Henfrey), xviti. 412. 



, vegetable (Dr. Voelcker), xxii. 385. 



Alblminoes matter, defined (Dr. Voelc- 

 ker), xxii. 385. 



Alchemilla arvensis, see "Corn ladies' 

 mantle." 



Alcock, Mr., description of the grubbing 

 of a Surrey down at Kingswood, by, 

 iv. 307. 



, his trial of Mr. Horsfall's plan of 



steaming food, xviii. 178. 



Alcohol, production of, from inorganic 

 matter (Berkeley), xxiv. 428. 



Alder-tree, the, its planting and ma- 

 nagement (Falkener), iii. 273. 



for hedges, J. Grigor on, vi. 225. 



Alderney, the agriculture of, a prize 

 essay (C. P. Le Cornu), xx. 32. 



, the agriculture of, (C. P. Le Cornu), 



XX. 64 ; the island described, ih. ; the 

 tillage similar to that in Guernsey, 65 ; 

 the Alderney cow, ih. ; great weight of 

 pigs, ih. 



cow, milk from, compared with that 



from Kerry (Irish) cows, by E. White, 

 ii. 420. See " Milk." 



cow, on the Jersey, misnamed 



Alderney cow, by Col. Le Couteur, v. 

 43. See " Cow." 



, results from feeding with rape- 

 cake, bean-meal, bran, and maltcombs 

 (Mr. Stansfield), xviii. 175. 



cow, on the yellow pigment peculiar 



to its organism (Simonds), xix. 97. 



Alderson, J., on nitrate of soda as a 

 manure, ii. 125. 



Alexander, Captain, account of the dis- 

 covery of the fertilizing power of the 

 Suffolk crag, by, iii. 183. 



