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GENERAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



" Molkenrost," or steeping in sour 

 •whey, 199 ; M. Claussen's alkaline so- 

 lution, ih. ; cottonizing of flax, ih. ; 

 steaming, 201 ; steep liquor, analysis of, 

 203; steeping flax in its green state, 

 207 ; imports of, 208 ; manut'actvires of, 

 ib. 



Flax, growth of, in Oxfordsliire (Read), 

 XV. 21G. 



, growth of, in Dorsetshire (Ruegg), 



XV. 421. 



■ , cultivation of, on clay-land, xvii. 



573. 



, explanation of the exhausting na- 

 ture of this crop (Rnssell^, xx. 484 ; its 

 culture in Ireland, 485 ; in Belgium, 

 •S). ; in Lincolnshire, 48G. 



• , report on that shown at Leeds, 



18G1 (H. Ludolf ), xxii. 232. 



Flax-cotton, Claussen's, E. Macdermott 

 on, xii. 235, xiv. 199. 



Fi^x-uoDDEU, C. C. Babington on, ii. 63. 



Flax-mill shown at Lincoln (1854), xv. 

 374. 



, Pye's method of preparing the 



fibre, at the Chelmsford meeting, xvii. 

 573. 



Flax-puhgixg (Linum catharticum), its 

 effect on cattle when it abounds in their 

 pastures (Playfair), iv. 251. 



Flax-straav, analyses and feeding value 

 of (Dr. Voclcker), xxii. 410. 



Fleas of animals difl'er in species (Hens- 

 law), ii. 3. 



in hops (Rutley), ix. 5G4. 



Flegme, the um-cetified spirit of beet 

 (Trchonnais), xx. 77. 



Flesu of the ox, analysis of, iv. 216 ; xi. 

 389. See " Food of live stock." 



and blood of the ox analysed (Play- 

 fair), xii. 584. 



— — , amount of meat annually consumed 

 by an adult, xii. 585. 



• , the flesh-forming principles in the 



natural and artificial grasses, by J. T. 

 Way, xiv. 176, 179, 180. 



Fletcher, L. JE. (Manchester Associ- 

 ation), on the cause of steam-boiler ex- 

 plosions, xxiii. 440. 



Flint, its composition, xvii. 460. 



FLOATrxG foxtail-grass (Buckman), xv. 

 465, xvii. 514. 



meadow-grass (Buckman), xv. 465, 



xvii. 530. 



Flood-waters increased by mill-dams, 

 xiv. 130-7; reduced by their removal, 

 140 (J. Henderson). 



, effect of, on grass-lands (J. A. 



Clarke), xv. 9 ; instances of great floods, 

 4 ; eflect of upon arable lands, 13. 



Flora, the, of Gloucestershire, xi. 126. 



Flour, the proportion of gluten influx 

 enced by the emploj'ment of different 

 azotised maiim-es, iv. 179, 545. See 

 " Nitrogen," Food of live stock." 



Flour, proportion of, and bran in seeds of 

 wheat (Dr. Fo\vnes), iv. 545. 



Floweuing process delayed by excess of 

 ammonia or by heat (R. Russell), xx- 

 166. 



Fluke in sheep (J. B. Simonds), xv. 277. 



Fly in sheep (H. Cleeve), i. 326. 



Fly-galls in sheep (R. Smith), viii. 24. 



Fodder, on the comjjarative value of dif- 

 ferent kinds in feeding cattle, by the 

 late Rev. W. Rhain, iii. 78. 



Fogs, N. Wiiitlcy on, xi. 27. 



, B. Simpson on, xi. 632. 



Folding of sheep, Sprengel, i. 485. 



, R. Smith on, viii. 9. 



Food for cottagers, on, by F. Bmke, iii. 

 83. 



for live stock, amount required by 



an ox, a milch-cow, a fattening ox, a 

 sheep (Rev. W. Rham), iii. 82. 

 • , Mr. Riedesel on, iii. 225 ; the quan- 

 tity requisite to keep a beast in store 

 condition, ib. ; or to produce either milk 

 or meat, ib. 



, on modes of comparing the nutri- 

 tive values of difterent crops, by W. 

 H. Hyett, iv. 139 ; Von Timer's and 

 Professor Johnston's tables of equivalent 

 nutritive substances, 146. 



, Lyon Playfair's lecture on the ap- 

 plications of physiology to the rearing 

 and feeding of cattle, iv. 215 ; analysis of 

 gluten from flour, 216; the temperature 

 of the bodies of animals, ib. ; how sus- 

 tained, ib. ; the carbon a man consumes 

 daily, 218 ; the carbon a cow expires 

 in her breath, ib. ; the quantity of food 

 necessarj' to support the animal heat, 

 ib. ; the fruits on which the natives of 

 warm countries feed, ib. ; the train-oil 

 used in the arctic regions, ib. ; the use 

 of clothes, 219 ; warmth is an equivalent, 

 222 ; experiments at Whitfield farm on 

 tlie effects of shelter and wai-mth in the 

 fatting of sheep, ib. ; manifestation of 

 force is accompanied by a change of 

 matter in the body, 225; poultry- 

 feeders keep them quiet, ib. ; experi- 

 ments with some pigs to j^rove the 

 advantages of quiet, ib. ; Sir. Childers' 

 experiments on, 226; other instances 

 of the effects of quietude, ib. ; the diet 

 allowed to prisoners in the Scotch 

 prisons, 227; amount of food allowed 

 to a cavalry horse, Hj. ; loss of 

 weight from exercise, ib. ; Cornish 

 miners, ib. ; uric acid, formation of, 228 ; 



