GENERAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Gtjano, on the substitution of nitrate of 

 soda for, by P. Pusey, xiv. 377-383 ; the 

 amount of, remaining in Peru (1852), 

 383. 



■ used for grass-land, by R. Milward, 



xvi. 430 ; witii salt, ib. 



used for grass on a peat bog (J. Ni- 



col), XV. 185. 



, trials with, simple, and mixed 



with dissolved coprolites, Ijy Dr. A. 

 Voelcker, xvi. !)5. 



, analysis of, 78; siiecimens (J. T. 



Way), xvi. 549. 



, sales of, in three years, by one finn, 



xvii. 59. 



, best used in a state of compost 



(Way), xvii. 150. 



contains but little volatile ammonia 



(Dr. Voelcker), xviii. 121; effect of 

 mixing salt with, /7>. ; Barrall's view 

 not confirmed I)y liis (Dr. Voelcker s) 

 experiment, 122 ; damaged guano sub- 

 ject to waste, 123. 



accelerates decomposition of fresh 



dung, xviii. 18G. 



, its use for grass-land (Dixon), xix. 



215. 



, Peruvian, its use for wheat (Dr. 



Voelcker), xx. 390. 



, the first cargo of, imported to Eng- 

 land, XXV. 42. 



, Peruvian, on the means of increasing 



its efficacy as manure (Dr. Voelcker), 

 XXV. 186; commercial and agricultural 

 value. ih. ; composition, ih. ; economical 

 uses, 187 ; precautions against adulter- 

 ations, ib. ; efficacious combinations, ib. ; 

 nitrogen and ammonia siilts, ib. ; me- 

 chanical preparation of guano, 188 ; 

 analyses, 189 ; organic matter and salts 

 of ammonia, 190; ready formed am- 

 monia in guano, 191 ; results of ana- 

 lyses, ih. ; percentage of free ammonia 

 in dift'erent samples, 192 ; solubility of 

 phosphates in guano, 193; salt not a 

 fixer, ib. ; M. Banal s experiments, 194 ; 

 effects of exposure to air, 195 ; table of 

 guano and salt experiments, 196 ; cause 

 of peculiar smell of dry guano, 197; treat- 

 ment of damaged or wet samples, ib. ; 

 water as a solvent, 198 ; experiments 

 showing its effects in definite and large 

 quantities, ib. ; table of results, 199 ; 

 conclusions, ih. ; analyses of guano 

 treated with different proportions of 

 water, 200 ; combined action of sulphate 

 and oxalate of ammonia, 201 ; experi- 

 ments and analyses, 202 ; use of sul- 

 phuric acid, 204 ; experiments as to its 

 effect in different proportions, 205; 

 practical directions, 208. 



Guano, Egyptian, analysis of (Dr. Voelc- 

 ker),'xxv. 236. 



Guernsey, on the agriculture of, a prize 

 essay (C. P. Le Corner), xx. 56 ; its 

 physical geography, 57; the law of 

 succession, extreme subdivision of pro- 

 perty, 58 ; freeholds witii reserved com 

 rents, ib. ; rotations, 59 ; management 

 of wheat, parsnips, &c., 60 ; barley 

 pulled up by the roots, 61 ; size of farms 

 and fields, (7). ; the cow jjrized as in 

 Jersey, 62 ; the dairy, 63 ; practice of 

 cliurning milk instead of cream, ?6. ; ex- 

 port of cows, ib.; the inhabitants, ib.; 

 mildness and evenness of the climate, 64. 



cow, the (Rueggi, xiv. 71; its su- 

 perior butter-producing properties, ib. 



Guinea fowl, on the rearing and manage- 

 ment of, by W. Trotter, xii. 192. 



yam, see " Yam." 



Gulf stream, tlie, its effect on the climate 

 of our islands (Whitley), xi. 19-21. 



GuLLE, the liquid manure of Germany, 

 described by Dr. 0. Hprengel, i. 475. 



Gulliver on the size of blood-cells, xxi. 

 212. 



Gum found in plants, iv. 504 ; its origin 

 explained by Henfrey, xviii. 407. 



GuRDON, J., on co-operative farms at As- 

 sington, Suffolk, xxiv. 165. 



, W., experuuents on transplanting 



mangold, xxiv. 221. 



Gussanuer's milk-pan and strainer, de- 

 scription and diagram, xxiv. 294. 



G'in^uji, an account of tlie ajiplication of 

 gj^isum as a manure to the artificial 

 grasses, by C. W. Johnson, a prize 

 essay, 11 106; composition of, 107; the 

 cultivated crops which contain gypsum, 

 ib. ; does not promote putrefaction or 

 absorb moistm-e, ib. ; how and when 

 best applied, 108 ; many soils contain 

 gypsum, 109; the Berkshire peat-ash, 

 ib.; coal-ashes, 110; the trials of Mr. 

 J. Barnard of Little Bordcan \s-ith 

 gypsum on sainfoin, ib. ; tiiose of Mr. 

 J. Smith of Highstead on clover, 111 ; 

 its use in Germany described by H. 

 Handley. iii. 224 ; the soils it is there 

 used for, ib. ; as to repeated applications, 

 ib. ; use of peat as a manure, ih. 



how applied in Mecklenburg to rape, 



to red clover, and to peas, i. 125. 



, analysis of sulphate of lime, xiii. 



490. 



, rock, analysis of, xiii. 534. 



, trials vrith guano, nitrate of soda, 



soot, &c., by Sir J. M. Tylden, xiv. 1.5. 



, roads in Derbyshire mended with. 



scrapings used to prevent clover sick- 

 ness (J. Rowley), xiv. 60. 



