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GENERAL INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Food, late sowing a substitute for manure, 

 XX. 171. 



• of plants, whether soluble or in- 

 soluble (Russell), XX. 482. 



Fool's parsley, its soils and habits (Buck- 

 man), xvi. 362 ; number of its seeds, 

 377. 



FooT-KOT in sheep (Cleeve), i. 318. 



, J. Seaman on, xvi. 4-8. 



, F. Dun on, xvi. 395, 3G6. 



— — , H. Tanner on, xix. 01. 



FoRiiES on the tempci-ature of soil, xvii. 

 417. 



FoBD, W., account by, of Irvine's tile- 

 making machine, iii. 398. 



FuUEST laws and custunis, demesne and 

 prerogative i Rev. J. Wilkinson), xxii. 

 331. 



FouEST of Si'lwood, Northamptonshire, 

 xxii. 101; WoolniLr, Hampshire, xxii. 

 255; Ayles Holt, Hants, xxii. 255; 

 New Forest, Hants, xxii. 278. 



■ of Delamerc, Clieshire, description 



of works for reclaiuung and marling 

 parts of (R. 13. Grantham), xxv. 309 ; 

 plans and sections, tb. ; geology of the 

 district, ih. ; sectifm of marl-pit at 

 Honslough, 370; analysis of marl and 

 cost of working, 371 ; constniction of 

 railway, 372 ; treatment of Longridge 

 and Plover's moss, ib. ; excavation and 

 distribution of marl, 373 ; analysis, ih. ; 

 description of jjlant and cost of the 

 work, 374 ; improvements at Organs- 

 dale, 375 ; iucreaKtl value of laud, 370; 

 general remarks, 377 ; value of vegetable 

 crops near large towns, ib. ; railw ay and 

 rolling stock, 378; utilisation of engine- 

 tracks, 379 ; comparative cost of horse 

 and steam traction, ih. ; duration of the 

 efficiency of mail, ib. ; ISIr. Thompson 

 on marling light lamls, ib- Supplement 

 (P. H. Frerc), 380; account of sub- 

 sequent treatment and cropping, ib. ; 

 Mr. Leather's exiKn-ience and proposed 

 management, 381. 



Forests of Demnark (Rainals), xxi. 316. 



FoREST-TKEES, on their planting and 

 management, by C. Falkiner, iii. 203 ; 

 soils adapted to various trees, 207 ; 

 climate, ib. ; the oak, its varieties, 268 ; 

 the Spanish chesnut, 209 ; the elm, 270 ; 

 the ash, 271 ; the hornbeam, ib. ; the 

 beech, ib. ; the sycamore, ib. ; the plane, 

 ih. ; the acacia, ih. ; the poplar, ib. ; the 

 abele, 273 ; the AvUlow, ib. ; thf alder, 

 ib. ; the lime, ib. ; the birch, 274 ; the 

 horse-chesnut, ib. ; resinous or cone- 

 bearing trees, ih. ; the larch, 275 ; tlie 

 Scotch fir, 270 ; the Norway spruce, 277 ; 

 the silver fir, ih. ; niu'sery management, 



278 ; on planting, 281 ; on thinning, 

 pruning, and management of planta- 

 tions, 280 ; estunate of the expense and 

 profit from an acre of land planted with 

 larcli dm-ing 00 years. 295. 



FoREST-TKEES, analysis of then- wood, bark, 

 and leaves, xiii. 530. 



, eflect of soil on the growth of (H. 



Evershed), xiv. 416 ; (T. Rowlandson), 

 451. 



, of Dorsetshire (Rucgg), xv. 420. 



, New Forest, Hampshire (Rev. J. 



Wilkinson), xxii. 279 ; varieties of oak, 

 Quercus pedunculata, and Q. sessiflora, 

 ib. ; pruning not suited to oaks, ib. 



Forks, digging, on those of .steel shown 

 at the Ll'Wcs meeting (in 1852), xiii. 

 328. 



FoRTESCTE, Earl, on public schools for the 

 middle classes, xxv. 09. 



Fossil manm-es of Norfolk, on, by J. 

 Trinuner, vii. 478. 



'bones, analysis of (Herepath), xii. 



100. 



, analysis of those from the upper and 



lower greensands of Faruiiam (Way), 

 xiii. 530. 



remains of Dorsetshire (Ruegg), xv. 



390 ; fo.ssil trees, 394. 



Fowler's draining-plough, at the Lincoln 

 meeting (1854), xv. 307. 



steam-plough, at Colchester (1856), 



xvii. 504 ; report of judges on, 580. 



, at Salisbury (1857), report of the 



judges on, xviii. 440 ; the best system 

 but " not an economical substitute for 

 tlie plough or spade," ib. ; its excellent 

 work, 447. 



, at Chester (1858), prize of 500?. 



awarded to, xix. 313 ; illustrations of 

 plough, engine, and self-moving wind- 

 lass and anchor pulley, 325 ; cost of 

 working, 324 ; character of work done, ib. 



, account of (J. A. Clarke), xx. 194 ; 



xxiv. 373. 



, at Warwick (185 6), adjudged to be the 



" best aj)plication of steam-power to the 

 cidtivation of the land," and entitled 

 to 50?. prize, xx. 317. 



, at Canterbury (1860), prize of 90?. 



awarded to, xxi. 492, 497. 



, at Leeds (1861), xxii. 477; state- 

 ments of prime and working cost, 469, 

 475. 



, at Farningham ("1802), xxiii. 399. 



, at WoroL^ter (1863), xxiv. 480. 



, at Newcastlu (1864), ib. 



, experience with (C. Lawrence), 



xxv. 249. 

 Fowls, account of various breeds, by W. 

 Trotter, xii. 169. 



