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jFownes, Dr., 'on the food of plants, iv. 



498. -See " Food of plants." 

 Fox, Mr., president of the Parlington 

 Tenants' Club, report on two experi- 

 ments in feetling sheep, xxiii. 357. 

 Fox-EAETH soil In Derbyshire, analysis 



of, xiv. 41. 

 Foxglove, the, analysis of, xiii. 52 8. 

 JFox-HUNTEKS, effect of on young wheat on 



light soils, and on heavy, iii. 305. 

 Foxtail-grass, on some varieties of, by 

 W. P. Taunton, iv. 271. 



, black, on,by W. P. Taunton, iv. 270. 



Fkactuees in sheep (Seaman), xvi. 15 ; 



(Dun), 386. 

 Fkance, on its agriculture and state es- 

 tablishments, by J. C. Deuison, i. 257 ; 

 one vast field, 263 ; divided into small 

 plots, ih. ; sheep-farms, 265 ; model 

 farms, ib. ; veterinary schools, ib. ; 

 haras or studs, 266 ; food allowed in 

 these to the horses, 267 ; their agricul- 

 tural societies, 269 ; expense of these 

 studs, 270. 



, agricultural statistics of, by Sir C. 



Lemon, i. 411. 



, its breeds of sheep (M. Nouel), xiv. 



214 ; its merinos, 215 ; crossings of, ih. ; 

 no pure English race of, tlirives in, 

 219 ; the Charmoise breed preferred, 

 their weight 56 lbs., 222. 



, on the species of segilops of the 



South of, and their conversion into 

 wheat (E. Fabre), xv. 167. 



, the rural economy of, since 1789, 



by M. L. de Lavergue (F. R. de la Tre- 

 honnais), xxi. 521 ; abolition of the 

 feudal system, 522 ; introduction of 

 maize, potatoes, silkworms, and merino 

 sheep, 523 ; freedom of the land and 

 its produce, ib. ; effects of minute sub- 

 divisions, 525 ; small estates common in 

 old times, ib. ; equal divisions of inherit- 

 ance, 526 ; English law of primogeni- 

 ture, ib. ; waste parish lands, 527 ; the 

 laws of the maximum, ib. ; decree regu- 

 lating improvement of flocks, tb. ; sta- 

 tistics of national wealth in 1789 and 

 1815, 528; progress under the Bour- 

 bons, Jb. ; distribution of landed pro- 

 perty and number of proprietors, 530 ; 

 Arthur Young's statistics compared with 

 modern retm-ns, 530-1 ; tenant's profit, 

 532 ; taxation of land, ib. ; price of la- 

 bom-, ib. ; comparative view of farm ex- 

 penses, rent, taxes, laboiu', and profit, 

 533 ; the six agricultural divisions of 

 France compared, 534 ; statistics : 

 population and taxes, 535 ; roads, rail- 

 ways, and rivers, 536 ; the N. W. dis- 

 trict, ib. ; Flemish agriculture, ib. ; beet- 



root cultivation, 537; evils of over- 

 population, 538 ; N.E. division, the 

 province of Champagne, vine culture, 

 539; Burgundy and Franche Comte, 

 540 ; Western division, 541 ; valley of 

 the Loire, 542 ; S.E. division, valley of 

 the Rhone, 543 ; meres, ih. ; mulberry- 

 trees and silkworms, ib. ; olives, 544 ; 

 remarkable instances of fertility, ib. ; 

 Provence, palms and oranges, ih. ; S.W. 

 division, the Pyre'nees, Garonne, and 

 Canal du Midi, 545 ; system of me- 

 tayage, ib. ; neglect of drainage, 546 ; 

 vineyards of Bordeaux, Toulouse, and 

 Medoc, ib. ; Central division, 547 ; plain 

 of Sologne and iirovince of Berri, ih. ; 

 introduction of Southdown sheep, ib. 

 France, the water economy of, in its rela- 

 tion to agriculture (F. R. de la TreTion- 

 nais), xxii. 421 ; laws and regulations, 

 422; the N.E., N.W., W., and Loire 

 basins, 423 ; the Southern Oceanic and 

 Mediterranean basins, 424 ; the Rhine 

 and Mouse, ih. ; the Scheldt and its 

 afiQueuts, 425 ; volume and drainage 

 area of the Seine, ib. ; the mountains of 

 Auvergne, 426 ; the Loire, Maine, and 

 Gironde, ib, ; the Rhone, the outlet of 

 the Mediterranean basin, 427; effects 

 of rainfall on the Saone, 428 ; geology 

 and chemistry of the running waters, 

 ib. ; researches of the Administration 

 des Pouts et Chaussees, 429 ; composi- 

 tion of rain-water, ib. ; geological con- 

 ditions affecting the natm-e of river- 

 water, ib. ; researches of Baufron, 

 Henry, Girardin, and Preisser, 430 ; the 

 Scheldt and its tributaries, ib. ; source 

 of the Meusc, ib. ; affiuents of the Seine, 

 431 ; analyses of Seine water (Bau- 

 fron and Henry), 432 ; i^reciintation 

 of mineral salts taken up by the 

 Seine in its cour.se through Paris 

 (Girardin and Preisser), 432 ; Bobierre 

 and Me'rode, on the precipitation of 

 silicate of alumina by the Loire below 

 Nantes, and the increase of calcareous 

 salts, ib. ; geological features of the 

 Loire basin, ih. ; mean flow of the river 

 (M. Datie), 434; sources and channels 

 of the Dordogne and Garonne, ib. ; the 

 Rhone basin, ih. ; variable flow of the 

 Rhone and Saone, 435 ; stagnant waters, 

 swamps, and marshes, ih. ; insalubrity 

 of Dombes and Bresse, 436 ; pond cul- 

 tivation, ih. ; vital statistics in the de- 

 partments of Aigre, 437, and Charente 

 Infiirieure, 438 ; relation of stagnant 

 waters to the dui'ation of life (Bec- 

 querelj, 438; fatal effects of marsh 

 miasmata, 439 ; the law of waters, ib. ; 



