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■ib. ; the different parts described and 

 illustrated, 168-9. 



Grasses, their feeding properties (Hors- 

 fall;, xvii. 282 ; analyses by Prof. Way, 

 xviii. 168 ; gi-ass of rapid growth more 

 digestible than old grass, 169 ; but has 

 no greater percentage of albuminous 

 matter, ih. ; its quality improved by an 

 increased percentage of sugar and 

 starch, ib, 



, collection of, at Kew, xxiv. 134. 



, their flowering time (Rev. W. R. 



Bowditch), xix. 2i{5. 



Geass-land, on grafting tm-f, B. Baker 

 on, V. 600. 



, on the advantages and disadvan- 

 tages of breaking up, a prize essay, by 

 J. Bravondar, vii. 161 ; down land, 

 163; cold pastures, 167; grazing- 

 ground, 176 ; practice of breaking up, 

 185 ; on tlie choice of land to be broken 

 up, 191 ; the advantages to tlie labourer 

 in employment, and to country in food, 

 197. 



, on the advantages and disadvan- 

 tages of breaking up, by J. Clarke, vii. 

 500 ; on clays or clay soils, 513 ; on 

 peat moorland, bogs, mosses, heaths, 

 &c., 517 ; good meadow or grazing 

 ground, 519. 



, on the management of, a prize 

 essay, by R. iSniitli, ix. 1 ; extent of 

 grass-lands in England, 2 ; ox -lands, 

 ■ib. ; resting on clay subsoils, 4 ; winter 

 management of, 5 ; the downs and in- 

 ferior pastures, 8 ; the hilly pastmes, 

 9 ; illustration of effects of warmth, ib. ; 

 pastures liable to be burnt up improved 

 by draining, 11 ; inoculation of turf, 

 15; upland meadows, 16; water-mea- 

 dows, 17 ; soils best adapted for water- 

 meadows, 18 ; quality of water best 

 adapted for, 19 ; warping, 20 ; hay- 

 making, 20 ; eradication of weeds in, 

 22 ; hassocks, 24 ; anthills, 25 ; moss, 

 ib. ; fences of, 26. 



■ , on breaking up by paring and burn- 

 ing, by P. Pusey, ix. 422. 



of Devonshire (Tanner), ix. 476. 



• , on the appUcation of pond-mud and 



guano to, by E. S. Bearne, x. .S99. 



• , effect of climate on the produce of, 



by N. Whitley, xi. 42. 



■ ■, on boning, by P. Pusey, xi. 409. 



• of Northamptonshire, by W. Beam, 



xiii. 76. 



• , trials in top-di-essing gi-ass-land in 



Windsor Park, by F. H. Seymour, xiii. 



347. See " Guano," " Nitrate of soda." 



, trials with nitrate of soda, nitric 



acid, and the carbonates of potash, Boda, 



GRASS-LAND. 



and ammonia, by P. Pusey, xiv. 376 ; 

 by G. Hope, of Fenton Barns, 385 ; by 

 Main of Midlothian, 386. 



Grass-land, on improving, by R. Milward 

 (draining and manuring), xiv. 430. 



, effect of flood-waters upon (J. A. 



Clarke), xv. 9. 



, management of, on light soils in 



moist climates (Haxton), xv. 111. 



, experiment on, with guano and 



nitrate of soda, on a peat bog, by J. D, 

 Nicol, XV. 185. 



, on the breaking Tip of, in Dorset- 

 shire (Ruegg ), XV. 447. 



of Buckinghamshire (Read), xiv. 



292. 



, the weeds of meadows, J. Buckman 



on, xiv. 379. 



, on those of Durham (Dr. Bell), 



xvii. 104. 



■ , the manuring of, a prize essay (J. 



Dixon) xix. 204 ; use of bones in York- 

 bhhc, Lancashire, and Cheshire, ib. ; 

 raw bones best, 205 ; marked effect of 

 an old dressing perceptible after drain- 

 age, ib. ; Capt. De Hollenworth's expe- 

 rience, rent nearly doubled, ib.; examples 

 of increase of stock, after use of bonea 

 on various fiinns, 206, 210; increase in 

 the Crewe and Nantwich dairy district 

 fi-om 30 to 50 per cent., 207 ; a dressing 

 of 12 to 15 cwts. enough for the better 

 kind of strong soils, 208 ; their action 

 less beneficial on sandy soils and highly 

 manined fields near towns, ib. ; Lord 

 Leicester's experience in Nottingham- 

 shire unfavourable, ib. ; instance of their 

 beneficial use after lime, ib. ; bone 

 sawings hable to adulteration, 209; 

 price of bones, 211 ; lime of use on hot, 

 sandy, ferruginous pasture, ib. ; its cost, 

 ib. ; return from a park of 280 acrea 

 raised from 120/. to 600/., by dressings 

 of 8 or 10 tons per acre, at 128. per ton, 

 212 ; trial of Derbyshire, Clithero, and 

 Kuottingley hme, ib. ; lime mixed with 

 soil from drains a very effective dress- 

 ing, 213 ; an increased rent of 10s. to 

 15s. per acre obtained after its use, ib. ; 

 gas lime, impregnated with sulphur, 

 used rashly destroys clover and grasses, 

 214 ; 2 tons per acre enough for grass- 

 land, December the best time for using 

 it, ib. ; objections to it (iiote), ib. ; farm- 

 yard manure best applied in Sept. or 

 Oct., 215 ; guano better suited for feed- 

 ing-grass than for hay-crop, 215; its 

 action on young layers, 216; a large 

 dressing destroys clovers, ib. ; marling, 

 the stone marl at Alvanley near Dela- 

 mere forest, greatly improves pasture. 



