VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



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ings at Englefiekl, Berks (Spearing), 

 xxi. 31. 



Berard, on the chemical power of solar 

 radiations, xvii. 421. 



Berberry-bush, supposed influence of, 

 in producing mildew in wheat, ii, 13 ; 

 J. S. Henslow on, 223. 



, the parasitic fungus of, by the Eev. 



E. Sidney, x. 388. 



Berkeley, Eev. M. J., on the develop- 

 ment and action of the roots of agri- 

 cultural plants, xxiv. 419. 



Berkshire, the chalk soils of, described 

 by Mavor, xii. 482. 



, on the farming of, a prize essay 



(J. B. Spearing), xxi. 1. Geological 

 map, ib. ; Mavors report (1809) as to 

 enclosures, tithe.s,; leases, poor-rates, 

 timber, 2 ; recent improvements, ih. ; 

 arable and timber culture incompatible, 

 3 ; area, ib. ; population and rates, 4 ; 

 physical features, ib. ; rainfall, 5 ; the 

 average fall no criterion for the farm, 

 6 ; rivers, 7 ; geological features, ib. ; 

 Mr. Gibson's treatment of "Bagshot 

 sand," ib. ; liis crops, 8 ; size and rent 

 of farms, ib. ; the London and plastic 

 clay, ib. ; Windsor forest partly enclosed 

 (1813), 9; the chalk, 10; chalking the 

 clay from beneath, 11 ; rents, 11 ; the 

 Vale, 12 ; chalk, marl, and greensand 

 combined, ib. ; hops and orchards, 13 ; 

 Kimmeridge clay, &c., ib. ; cropping, 14, 

 roots, 16 ; the water-drill, 17 ; training- 

 grounds near Isley, ib.; kohlrabi, 18; 

 spring corn and layers, 19 ; St. Foin, 

 Mavor's account, change in practice, 

 a 3 yrs. crop, 20 ; grass seeds manured 

 early, 21 ; cost of Loudon manure at 

 Slough and Reading, 22 ; wheat shocks 

 facing east and west, ib. ; cost of 

 drainage near Windsor, 23 ; the Buscot 

 estxite, 24 ; grass land and water 

 meadows, 24-5; the Prince Consort's 

 farms, plans, and elevations, 2(3 ; the 

 Flemish farm, 27 ; IVIr. TurnbuU's 

 design, ib. ; Norfolk and Home or Shaw 

 farms, 28 ; provision made for labourers, 

 29; Earl Radnor's iarra at Oolcshill, 

 ■ib. ; lalxturers' cottages and prizes for 

 skill, 30 ; Mr. Benyon's farm buildings 

 at Englefield, 31 ; his treatment of 

 manure, 32 ; homesteads, 33 ; those on 

 .sheep farms remote and inconvenient, 

 ib. ; Mr. Garth's improvements, 34 ; 

 General Dunn's ditto, ib. ; rick sheds, 

 ib. ; farm horses, 35 ; neat cattle, 36 ; 

 pigs and sheep, 37; Sir R. Throck- 

 morton's southdowns, ib. ; his manage- 

 ment of ewes and lambs, 38 ; ram 

 breeders, 39 ; dry flocks, ib ; improve- 

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ment in sheep since Mavor's time, 40 ; 

 Berkshire poll sheep now extinct, 

 ib. ; implements and machinery, ib. ; 

 improved harvest-carts, ib. ; steam 

 thrashing machines, single dressers 

 preferred, 41 ; steam cultivation, 42 ; 

 mowers and reapers, ib. ; labourers' 

 wages, 43 ; piece-work and payment on 

 Fridays, ib. ; cottages and garden 

 allotments, 44 ; statute fairs, 45. 



Berlin, the analysis of soils, as quoted by 

 Liebig, show great discrepancies (Lawes 

 and Gilbert), xvii. 599 ; Professor 

 Magnus's caution as to this, 600 ; table 

 of discrepancies, 601. 



Berners, Lord, remarks on steam cultiva- 

 tion, see " Discussion," xxv. 531. 



Berzelil's, on humus, xvii. 291. 



, chemical formula of bone earth, 



xxi. 368-9. 



Bethell's steam digger (Clarke"), xx. 181. 



Bichat's distinction between relative and 

 organic life, (P. H. Frere), xxv. 268. 



BiCKFORD, John, his improved system of 

 u-rigation, xiii. 162. 



, observations thereon, by E. Archer, 



xiv. 153. 



, Joseph Druce on, xiv. 432. 



Biddel's scarifier, practical experience in 

 the use of, by H. Case, i. 357 (and 

 see Ixv.). 



Bile, the, its action and uses (Playfair\ 

 iv. 236-261. 



Billixgton's method of compressing 

 wood, XX. 11. 



BiLLY'SE, E., on the application of bones 

 to grass-land, ii. 91. 



Bindweed, the small, its soils and habits 

 (Buckman), xvi. 364. 



, the great, xvi. 364. 



BiNEAU, M., on the amount of ammonia 

 in atmospheric air (Voelcker;, xxv. 

 534. 



Binn's patent manure for turnips (Dr. 

 Voelcker\ xix. 170 ; its analysis, 174 ; 

 its poverty in fertilishig matters, 175 ; 

 example of its beneficial effects, ib. 



BiRCii-TREE, the, on its planting antlf 

 management (Falkener), iii. 274. 



, analysis of its wootl, xiii. 530. 



Bird, Mr. (Wolverhampton), his steam 

 culture with Fowlers plough (J. A. 

 Clarke), xx. 221. 



Birds, gizzards oT, xv. 278. 



, tlieir utility in destroying the insect 



pests of the farm, by F. de Tschudi i tr. 

 by H. L. B. Ibbetson), xxiii. 231 ; 

 classification of birds, ib. ; distribution 

 and mvages of insects and caterpillars, 

 232, 237 ; office of birds, 233 ; utili.sa- 

 tiou of cockchafers, ib. : destructive 

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