GENERAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Alkali waste, analysis of, by J. T. AVay, 

 X. 616; xiii. 498. 



Allium ursinum, see " Garlick, tlie liog's." 



vineale, see " Garlick, tlie crow's." 



Alltx, C., on the preservation of the 

 Swedish turnip, vii. 275. 



Allotment system, on the, by Sir N. E. 

 Buubury, v. 39L 



Allotments to cottages for spade hus- 

 bandry in Cheshire, v. 96. 



, those of Nottinghamshire (R. W. 



CoiTingham), vi. 3S ; of Kent (G. 

 Buckland), 301. 



— — , those of the East Eiding of York- 

 shire (G. Lcgard), ix. 126. 



in Nortlianii)tonshire, by W. Beam, 



xiii. 88. 



, on the (J. C. Morton), xx. 92 ; its 



benefits exceed its drawbacks, 93 ; 

 Lord Ducie's allotments, ib. ; drainage 

 of the land, ih. ; size of plots, ib. ; 

 rental, 5 per cent, on outlay, with rates 

 and taxes, added to previous rent. 9'1 ; 

 conditions of tenancy, ib. ; increase of 

 produce, ib. ; cotkiger's prize for best 

 management awarded by the allottees, 

 95 ; subsequent development of the 

 system, ib. ; Lord Ducie's remarks on 

 the working of the prize sy.stem, 96 ; 

 Mr. E. W. Baker's allotments at Coltes- 

 mere, Rutland, 97 ; Prof. Henslow's 

 experience, ib. ; Lord de Grey's allot- 

 ments near Ampthill, 98; surplus 

 labour, ib. ; Mr. Trethewy's remarks at 

 the Central Farmers' Club, 99 ; table 

 showing acreage, ])opidation, number 

 of allotments, and amount of jwor-rates, 

 100; plots first assigned larger than 

 those now held, il>. ; open field allot- 

 ments better than gardens, 101 ; con- 

 ditions of .success for allotments, ib. 



in Berkshire (spearing), xxi. 44. 



Alluvial soils of Holstein analysed 'J. 

 S. Can- , i. 372 ; of Norfolk, on the, by 

 J. Trinuner, vii. 472-474. 



■ of Lincolnshire, by* J. A. Clarke, 



xii. 279. 



analysed (Hemming), xiii. 536, 539, 



540. 



of the Trent and Dove (Haywood), 



xiv. 58 ; of the Dove analysed, ib. 



Almack, B., on drill husbandry of tur- 

 nips, a prize essay, iv. 49. ^e 

 " Turnips." 



on the agricidturc of Norfolk, v. 307. 



&e "Norfolk." 



, a form of memorandum on tenant 



right to be added to existing agree- 

 ments or leases, vii. 234. 



Alopecurus agrestis, see " Slender fox- 

 tail-grass." 



Alopecurus geniculatus, see " Floatitrg 

 foxtail-grass." 



pratensis, see " Meadow foxtail- 

 grass." 



Alujiina, chemical properties of, xiii. 

 430. 



Alumin'Ous soils, J. Trimmer on, xii. 455. 

 See " Clay soils." 



America, tlie relations of geology to agri- 

 culture in North-eastern America, by 

 J. F. W. Johnston, xiii. 1. 



American implements and methods of 

 economising labour (C. W. Eddy), xx. 

 109; public works in America, 110; 

 the scarcity of labour promotes machi- 

 nery, 111 ; English inventions susci- 

 tated in America, 112 ; English colonies 

 supplieil with American goods, ploughs, 

 axes, clocks, boots. Sec, 113; imple- 

 ments for clearing land — the axe, 

 stump-extractor, and root-puller, 115; 

 house-building — the faruK r puts up all 

 fittings, which are made and sold 

 wholesale, ib. ; roads — stone-breaking 

 machines (toothed cylinders), granite- 

 breaker, &c., 116; railway horse-power 

 acting as a treadmill, with illustration, 

 117; mechanical disadvantages of old 

 horse-walk system, 118 ; co.st of thrash- 

 ing by hor.se-power, ib. ; straw elevator 

 costing 3/., 119; the grain-scythe, 120; 

 light forks, ib. ; the ox-shovel — a scra- 

 per, 121 ; American ploughs, ib. ; Pre- 

 sident Jefferson's model, ib. ; large 

 furrows preferred, ib. ; their moderate 

 cost, 122; diagram of a_ tumwrest 

 plough, ib.; horses, 123; use of mules, 

 124 ; their economy, ib. ; sires pre- 

 sented to 'Washington by a king of 

 Spain, ib. ; light waggons, their wheels, 

 &c., ib.; substitute for springs, 125; 

 cost of transport of grain to New York, 

 iJ). ; harrows and horse-rakes, 126 ; 

 clover as green maniue. ib. ; Indian 

 corn cleans ground and feeds stock, ib. ; 

 corn- shellers, ib.; hay-stores, 127; 

 fences — earth-auger for boring pest- 

 holes, 128; boring machine for mor- 

 tises, diagram, ib. ; substitutes for quick 

 in live fences, 129 ; sower and per- 

 forated trough with revolving screw, 

 ib. ; potato plough costing 2/., ib. ; lifts 

 and other appliances, 13U ; Amo.s's re- 

 port on American and English horse- 

 works, ib. ; superiority of the American 

 machine, 131. 



Amherst, Lord, account of Hall Farm, 

 viii. S3. 



Ammonia, present in rain-water, ii. 255 ; 

 xiv. 379 (P. Pusey) ; xvi. 267 (various 

 chemists). 



