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objectionable, ib. — Box-feeding cattle, 

 introduced by S. Bennett, 24. — La- 

 bourers' wages, 25 ; the allotment 

 system, 27 ; coatrast between tlie past 

 and present state of farming, Francis 

 Duke of Bedford, 28; establishment 

 of the Woburn sheepshearing and 

 results, ih. 

 Beech, the, its planting and management 

 (Falkener), iii. 271. 



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



221. 



, analysis of its wood, bark, and 



leaves, xiii. 5.30. 



woods of the Chiltem Hills in 



Oxfordshire (Read), xv. 253. 



, the sheep's fescue-grass grows 



under, in the Cotteswolds (Read), xv. 

 464. 



woods of Buckinghamshire (Read), 



xvi. 307. 



Beef, analysis of fL. Playfair), xii. 584. 



Bees, on the management of (T. \V. 

 Jeston , i. 503. 



Beetles, the elators, skipjacks, click- 

 beetles, &c., the parents of the wire- 

 worm, J. Curtis on, v. ISO. See " Wire- 

 worm," "Insects." 



Beetling flax, J. MacAdam on, viii. 377, 

 453. 



Beetroot, the action of dung and some 

 artificial manures on, by P. Pusey, vi. 

 528. See " Mangold." 



, on the manufactiire of sugar from, 



by J. Wilson, xiii. 144. See "Sugar." 



, section of a root, xiii. 150. 



, refuse matter of Ixsetroot sugar- 

 makers analysed, xiii. 498. 



distillery, on (F. R. de la Trehon- 



nais), XX. G8 ; difference l)etween the 

 meat markets of France and England, 

 69 ; industrial crops, ib. ; beetroot 

 sugar due to the Empcrf)r Xajx)leon, 

 ib.; beetroot spirit to tlie vine disease, 

 70 ; diflerent uses of beet in different 

 departments of France, il>. ; cultivation 

 for sugar costly on foul land, 71 ; 

 season of pulling, ib. : yield of crops, 

 •and value per ton, 72 ; pro])ortion of 

 pulp to roots, ib. ; origin of distilla- 

 tion, 73 ; prohibition to use corn, ib. ; 

 imports and high prices, ib. ; Champon- 

 nois' process of distillation, 74 ; con- 

 tinuous fermentation an important 

 feature of the system, ib. ; product of 

 alcohol, and cost of process per ton of 

 roots, 75 ; proportionate value of jiulp 

 and root, 76 ; conflict of opinions, ib. ; 

 cost of rectifying the " flegme,' 77 ; 

 value of pulp per ton (Baudement ib. ; 

 management of stock fed on pulps ; 



Bella's experiments, 78 ; Delafond on 

 fermented food for stock, 79 ; varieties 

 of beet, percentage of sugar, and 

 bulk of crops, 80 ; analysis of Engli.sh 

 and French roots, 81 ; French roots 

 much richer tlian English, 82 ; Lo 

 Play and Pluchart's experiments, ib. ; 

 analysis of pulp by Baudement, 83 ; 

 at the price of spirits in 1859, no profit 

 can attend distillation of roots in 

 England, ib. ; balance-sheets of two 

 distilleries in France, 84 ; M. Bella's 

 experiments witii dairy cows, tables, 

 analyses, and results, 85 ; Messrs. War- 

 telle and Delouprt's experimental 

 feeding of sheep with pulp, 88 ; table 

 of prices of wine and beetroot alcohol, 

 89; number of French distilleries, 90; 

 Mr. Hibbcrd's experience in Wiltshire, 

 the spirit undrinkable fi'om the presence 

 of an acrid oil, //). ; his adojjtion of 

 Le Play's method of distilling, 90 ; 

 tho pul[), with hay, suited for dairy 

 cows, 91 ; excise regulations, ib. 



Beetuuot distillery at Minety, Wilts (Dr. 

 Voeleker), xxi. 97. 



, as an industrial crop in France (P. 



H. Frere), xxiv. 25. 



Beevei!, Rev. W. H., on the time of entrj' 

 on farms, xviii. 311. 



Beh.\qie, ]\I. de, his prize farm and 

 management (P. H. Fnre), xxiv. 20. 



Belcher, C , on the reclaiming of waste 

 lands (Wichwood Forest), Prize Essay, 

 xxiv. 271. 



Belgium, see " Netherlands." 



Bell, Dr., prize report on the farming 

 of Durham, xvii. 80. 



Bell's (ilr. E. L.) farm in Kent, xxi. 

 385. 



Bell's reaping machine, date of its in- 

 vention, xvii. 44. 



Bella, ]\I., his trials of mangold and of 

 pulp for dairy cows, xx. 85. 



Bellairs, Mr., on the want of schools 

 for farmers in Gloucestershire, Wor- 

 cestershire, and Warwickshire, xxv. 

 540. 



Bellis perennis, see " Daisy." 



Benefit societies in E. R. of Yorkshire, 

 ix. 127. 



Bengal, water holding cubic petre and 

 other salts used for irrigation (B. 

 Wood \ xiii. 359. 



Bennett, S., on the growth of oats, xii. 

 113. 



■ , W., prize report on the farming of 



Bedfordshire, xviii. 1. 



, on the cultivation of kohlrabi, xx. 



4G7. 



Ben YON, Mr.R., his chalk-pit farm build- 



