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GEXEEAL IXDEX TO EOYAL AGEICULTURAL JOURXAL. 



Heeepath, T. J., on the improvement of 

 laud by waiting, clicmically considered, 

 xi. 93. 



, on the chemical composition and 



agricultui-al value of the fossil bones 

 and pseudo-coiJiolites of the crag, sii. 

 91. 



. , on the Jatropha manui-e, analysis of, 



xii. 25G. 



, on the mode of extracting manure 



fi-om sewage-water practised at Cardilf 

 gaol, xiii. 197. 



Hersiann's Parisian water-pipes and joints 

 (P. H. Frcre), xxiii. :345. 



Hekpix's account of the piu-plc clover 

 weevil, x^■iii. 40. 



Hertfordshire, the agriculture of, prize 

 essay (li. Evershed), xxv. 2G9; area, 

 population, and rainfall, ih. ; soil and 

 general aspect, 270 ; management oi' 

 light land, 271 ; the fallow crop, 272 ; 

 Mr. T. Smith's practice with the steam 

 plough, 27:5 ; barley, ib. ; destruction of 

 charlock, ib. ; clover and sainfoin, 27-1 ; 

 ■wheat, ib. ; oats, 27;"> ; fattening lambs 

 for the London market, 270 ; horned 

 Dorsets, i6. ; management of heavy land, 

 ib. ; the rotation, 277 ; stock keeping 

 and the growth of roots, ib. ; sheeji, 27S ; 

 fallow crops, ib. ; mangold, 279 ; barley, 

 280 ; clover, sainfoin, winter beans, &e., 

 280; chalking, 281; the thin chalk 

 (hill) district, 282 ; hay farms, ib. ; trade 

 in farm produce with London, 2815 ; 

 obligation of tenants selling hay and 

 straw, 284 ; Mr. J. Eansome's farm 

 management, ib. ; price of London dimg, 

 285 ; IMr. Lawes's farm at Rothamsted, 

 ib. ; state of crojiping for 14 j'ears, 

 286 ; number of acres in each crop, 290 ; 

 summaiy of cropping, 291 ; manage- 

 ment described, ib. ; corn found to be 

 more profitable than green crops on 

 strong land, 292 ; ]Mr. Prouts farm near 

 Sawbridgeworth, his (b-aining operations, 

 293; Lord Essex's home-farm and 

 •sewage experiments, ib. ; I\Ir. Oakley's 

 farm, 294 ; his stock management, 29.5 ; 

 mixed food for fattening oxen, 296; 

 examples from 'Mi: Humbert's experience 

 in di'aining, 297 ; landlords' charges on 

 the outlay, ib. ; Mr. John Smj-th's ex- 

 perience of steam ciiltivation, 298 ; 

 harvest work, 299 ; wages, ib. ; gift 

 ploughing, 300 ; tenure of land, ib. ; 

 Jiverage of crops, ib.; implements in 

 request, ib. ; economy of swung 

 mangers, 301 ; enclosures, farm build- 

 ings, covered homesteads, and cottages, 

 ib. ; recent and required improvements, 

 302. 



Hertford.«hire, agricultiu'al noteson (Ecv. 

 J. Clutterbuck), xxv. 302 ; agricidtural 

 literature, ib. ; early introduction of tur- 

 nips, 303 ; rainfall and percolation of 

 ■water, ib. ; area and population, 304 ; 

 markets and sales by auction, ib. ; physi- 

 cal gcograpliy, 305 ; swallow-holes in re- 

 lation to drainage and water supply, 306 ; 

 the water-level in the chalk, 307 ; illus- 

 trative diagram, 309 ; sheep-fanning at 

 Wheathanipstead, 308; the chalk dis- 

 trict, 310 ; irrigation, mills and meadows, 

 311; drainage of low meadows, ib.; 

 watercresses, 312 ; cherry orchards, 313 ; 

 woods and plantations, 314 ; straw plait, 

 ib. ; varieties of wheat, 315 ; Mr. Hain- 

 •worth's method of testing different sorts 

 on the Siunc ground, 316 ; sheep, ib. ; 

 implements, 317. 



drainage, by W. Flack, iv. 33. 



• , the chalk soils of, described by A. 



Young, xii. 481. 



Hertwig on the composition of the ash of 

 pea-straw, xxii. 407. 



Hetiiei.-woou farm, on its drainage, by 

 H. Fulton, xii. 149. 



HiiiRERD, I^Ir., bis manufacture of beet- 

 root spirit in AViltshire, xx. 90. 



Hide, thickness of, in tlie Cumberland. 

 Lamplugh breed (W. Dickinson), xiii. 

 250. 



HiGGixs, J., on bone and Poittevin's ma- 

 nures for tmTiii)S, ii. 268. 



Highland and Agricultural Society of 

 Scotland (Thompson, M. P.), xxv. 2. 



Hill, liev. C, on the Suffolk system of 

 draining, 423. See " Drainage." 



, on the construction of cottages, iv. 



356. See "Cottages." 



HiLLYARD, C, on tlic productivcnGSs of 

 certain wheats, ii. 67- 



, on wheat, iiL 297; on measuring 



cattle, 337. 



, experiment on the feeding properties 



of swedes and mangold-wurzcl, iv. 

 247. 



HiXDS, how paid in Northumberland ^.J. 

 Grey), ii. 183. See " X'orthumberland." 



Hixe,"T., on the giant sainfoin, x. 54. 



HoAR-FKOST is frozcn dew (J. Parkes), v. 

 131. 



, sheep passing over clover hoar- 

 frosted kill the leaves, v. 136. 



, X. Whitley on, xi. 29. 



HoBBS, W. Fisher, on covered homestallg, 

 xiv. 325. 



, report on the exhibition and trial 



of imidcments at the Carlisle meeting, 

 xvi. 505. 



, his improved breed of pigs (R. 



Smith;, xix. 389. 



