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GENERAL IXDEX TO IIOTAL AGKICCLTURAL JOURXAL. 



suijerioritj^ of mangold to swedes, ih. ; 

 and of oat-straw fodder to hay, 481 ; 

 the old-established breeds of cattle 

 most profitalde to keep, ib. ; crosses 

 from pure breeds not to be despised, ib. ; 

 objectioas to pulping and to cutting 

 straw into chalF, 482 ; advantages of 

 box feeding iiud use of stiaw as litter, 

 lb. Discussion — Lord Powis, Mr. 

 Elliot, and Mr. Spooner, ib. ; note by 

 P. H. F. on the cost of cutting straw 

 into cliaff, 483. 



Fatty matter in hay (Segclcke), xx. 42G. 



Flatheu dust, analysis of (Way), xi. 76(J. 



Fecundation of cereal crops, by artificial 

 means (M. Hooibrenk), xxv. 258. 



Fecundity in cows, how to ensure (Mr. 

 Pegler's pLiii;, xix. 151. 



FjiDiA olitoria, sec " Laml)'s lettuce." 



Fekding of slu-f]), see " Sheej)-fceding" 

 (J. ]J. Lawesand Dr. Gilbert , xxii. 181). 



—— of stock, on (Ilev. W. Tliorp\ iii. 

 430. 



• of stock (P. H. Frerc), see " Stock 



fL-eduig," xxi. 218. 



value of articles of food (Horsfall), 



xviii. 171 ; tables of composition and 

 cost, 172. 



Fehlings volumetrical copper-test, as ap- 

 plied by M. Poggialc, xxiv. 315. 



Felsfar, analysis of (Karkeek;, vi. 410, 

 xiii. .")30 ; decomposed by rain-water, 

 xvii. 459 : its varic-ties, 4(.)d ; its decom- 

 position, 4(;i : rich in jiotash, 4(j5. 



rocks, analysis of, xiii. 534. 



FENCiis of X'orfoik, v. 309. 



, on, by J. G rigor, a prize essay, vi. 



194; evils of tlie present system of, 

 195 ; hedges for the generality of arable 

 and pasture districts, 202 ; tiie white- 

 thorn, 203; tiie sloe, 215; tiie crab, 

 ib.; the holly, 210; the beech, 221 ; 

 the hornbeam, 222 ; tiie Scotcii pine, 

 223 ; the fiuze, 224 ; the elder, 225 ; 

 Die poplar, ib. ; the alder, ib. ; tlie goat 

 willow, 226. 



of furze (Roberts), vi. 385. 



iu Lancashire (Garnett), x. 43. 



in Lincolnshii'e on first enclosure f E. 



iSmith), xvii. 306. 



for moorland farm (K. Smith", xvii. 



362. 



, for sheepfolds (Greening's), at the 



h-'ahsbuiy meeting (1857 ;, xviii. 440. 



of Norfolk, on the present mode of 



malving and trimming (C. S. Read), xix. 

 274. 



of America, economy of labour in 



making, xx. 128. 



, portable for sheep (T. Bowick), xxiv. 



044 ; the Forfarshh-e system described, 



ib. ; use of cotton or hemp netting, 545 : 

 stakes, 546 ; weight and mode of fixing, 

 ib. ; objections to their use answered, 

 (Mr. Goodlet), 546 ; intervals between 

 the stakes, 547 ; cost per yard, ib. ; the 

 system specially adapted to Higliland 

 requirements, ib. ; permanent fencing 

 (Mr. Swan), 548; repf)rt on tiie use of 

 nets in Yorkshire, E. li., ib. ; objection- 

 able in tlie liuiiting-tield, 549. 



Fens of Lincolnsliu-e, tiie, report of, by 

 Arthur Young, iv. 291 ; by Mr. Stone, 

 ib. ; by Mr. Pusey, ib, 



■ , tko claymg of them, iv. 207 ; xvii. 



393. 



, tlic opposition of tlic fenmen to the 



drainage of, iv. 309; tiie reasons they 

 assigned, ib. ; then- dread of losing their 

 wild ducks, ib. 



, why cultivated (R. Smith), xvii. 351, 



of Cambridgeshire drscribed by S. 



Jonas, vii. 62 ; their hi.story, ib. ; the 

 Budford Level, 64 ; claying of, 71, and 

 xvii. 393 ; steam-engines for draining. 

 66. 



, on the great level of the fens, in- 

 cluding the fens of Soutli Lincolnshire, 

 by J. A. Clarke, a prize essay, viii. 80 ; 

 their early history, 81 ; Roman road 

 across, ib. ; the first eftbrts to ditiia 

 them, 83; the Bedford Level, 83, 93; 

 the soil of tlie fens described, 90 ; deep 

 beds of peat, 91 ; tlie substrata, the 

 gault, 92 ; drainage works, 93 ; south 

 lew], ib.; middle level, 97 ; Sir John 

 Eeunie's report on, 103; paring and 

 buruuig system of, 104; the Norfolk 

 fens, ib. ; the marsh district, 108 ; the 

 Lincolnshire fens, 114. 



, rotation of cioj>s in, viii. 119. 



. history of tlie drainage of (Clarke", 



XV. 19 ; the Bedford Level, 25. 



, Engli.sh (R. Smitli), xvii. 351. 



of Norfolk (C. S. Read), xix. 267 ; 



greatly improved by claying, marling, 

 &c., 268 ; tlie best water level for, ib. 



Fekmextation of farmyard manure, 

 whether attended witii a lo.ss of nitrogen 

 (Voelcker), xvii. 212. 



Fer3iented food for stock, on (Delafond , 

 IX. 29. 



Fekns, analysis of, xiii. 528. 



Festuca duriuscula, see "Hard fescue- 

 grass." 



elatior, see " Tall fescue-giass." 



loliacea, see " Spiked fuBcue-grass." 



ovina, see " Sheep's fescue." 



pratensis, see 'Meadow fescue." 



rubra, see " Creeping fescue-grass." 



, varieties of (Buckman), xvii. 632.. 



Fevers in cattle (J. Dun), xv. 86, 



