100 GENERAL INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



IKRIGATION. 



Irrigation, on the conversion of a hilly 

 moor-side into catch-meadow, by J. 

 Roals, vi. 518. 



, on the Audley End water-meadows, 



by Lord Braybrooke, vi. 522. 



first introduced into England at 



Babraham (Jonas), vii. 59. 



in North Wales (Rowlandson), vii. 



579. 



in Lancashire (Garnett), x. 42. 



, P. Pusey on, xi. 411. 



in Switzerland, on, by H. T. Jen- 



kinson, xi. 607. 



, on the foi-mation of hillside catch- 

 meadows on Exmoor, by R. Smith, xii. 

 139. 



, on an improved system, by John 



Bickford, xiii. 1(52 ; observations on this, 

 by E. Archer, xiv. 153. 



, on an improved and cheaper system 



of laj-ing out catch-meadows, by Sir S. 

 Northcflte, xiii. 172. 



, on tlie theory of, by P. Pusey, xiii.177. 



on the Cumberland hillsides (Dick- 

 inson), xiii. 291. 



, saltpetre used in, in Bengal fPusey), 



xiii. 359. 



, the difference of the waters of the 



rivers Wey and ^lole of Surrey for 

 (Evershed), xiv. 403. 



— — , J. Druce on Bickford's system of, 

 xiv. 432. 



, effect of upon various grasses (Buck- 

 man), XV. 4G7 ; and upon the herbs 

 found with tlie grasses, 470. 



, a.s practised Ijy the Earl of Essex at 



Watford, xxiv. G7 ; and ]Mr. Campbell 

 at Rugby, 07-8; proceedings of the 

 Royal Sewage Commissioners. G9. See 

 " Sewage (town), utilisation of." 



, Italian, review of Captain R. B. 



Smith's work on (P. H. Frere), xxiv. 

 173 ; biographical sketch of the autlior, 

 note, tb. ; extent and money value, 174 ; 

 climate and natiiral advantages, 170 ; 

 lakes, lb.; liistory of irrigation. 177; 

 the Naviglio Grande, 178 ; cost of canal 

 and works, 181 ; canal of Pavia, 182 ; 

 management of irrigated land, 183; 

 comparative statement of expenses and 

 returns, 184 ; laying out water-mea- 

 dows, 187; diagram of a marcite field, 

 188 ; tenure of land, and the consegna 

 or lease, 189; the school of engineers, 

 191 ; springs, 193; price of water, 194 ; 

 measm-emeut, 195 ; Soldati"s modulo 

 IMilanese, diagram, 198 ; law and legis- 

 lation respecting water, 201 ; conclu- 

 sion, 204 ; the code of Sardinia, 205. 



— — , lessons derivable from the analysis 

 of Nile water (Dr. Voelcker), xxv. 238. 



Isaac, T. W. P., on the construction of 

 labourers' cottages, a prize essay, xvii. 

 494. 



Isle of Wight, the farming of (Rev. J. 

 Wilkinson), geological map, xxii. 348 ; 

 area, population, and jx)or-rates, tb. ; 

 areas and distribution of geological 

 formations, 351 ; drainage and water- 

 slied, 352 ; soils, 355 ; chalk in the south 

 useless as manure, ib. ; size and manage- 

 ment of farms, ih. ; rotations, ih. ; Lord 

 Yarborough's improvements, 354'; the 

 bowl of the island, ib. ; peat destroyed 

 by drainage, ib. ; gravel downs, ib. ; 

 tares on wheat stubble as a catch-crop, 

 i1). ; wheat soil overlying weald clay, 

 355 ; native sheep, ib. ; dairy, working, 

 and grazing cattle, ib. ; cheese, ib. ; 

 farm buildings and wages, 356; grass 

 and aral)le land, 357 ; Bembridge lime- 

 stone, ib. ; costlj' ploughings on wet 

 land, 358; bouglit ewes fatted for tho 

 butcher after early lambing, 359 ; stall- 

 ing sheep, il). ; tlie Prince Consort's 

 farm, soils, buildings, and stock manage- 

 ment, 360 ; utilisation of steam power, 

 361 ; implements, preparation of soil, 

 and management of stock, 362 ; crops 

 in 1860, 363 ; Mr. Young's introduction 

 of steam ploughing, manufacture of 

 bricks and tiles, and sawing machinery, 

 ib. ; his cattle and sheep management 

 and distribution and yield of crops, 364 ; 

 Sir R. Simeon's improvements, 365 ; 

 IVIr. Barrington's Devon cattle, ib. ; Mr. 

 Hughes's management at Tliomess, 

 366 ; chalking, its effect and cost, 367 ; 

 defective ploughs and waste of horse 

 power, ib. ; wages and treatment of 

 the labourer, 368 : introduction of the 

 " parlour " (note), ib. ; agricultural 

 association, 369 ; steam cultivation, ib. ; 

 relief of the poor and management of 

 highways, 370. 



of Ely, 62. See " Fens." 



Italian rye-grass, on its culture and use- 

 fulness, by J. Rodwell, ii. 214, v. 285. 



suitable for irrigation (Lord Bray- 

 brooke), vi. 522. 



, on the application of liquid manure 



to, by W. Dickinson, vi. 575. 



, on a variety of, by W. Dickinson, 



viii. 572. 



, analysis of (Way), xiv. 177. 



, analysis of ashes of, by J. T. Way, 



ix. 144. 



, growth of, in Cumberland (W. Dick- 

 inson), xiii. 274. 



, lolium Italicum (Buckman), xvii. 



525. 



