102 GENERAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



sioned by mismanagement, a prize essay, 

 xi. 541. ^ee " Diseases." 



Keaky, W., on the management of cattle, 

 a prize essay, ix. 424. 



■ , on the management of barley, a 



prize essay, x. 453. 



■ , on nitrate of soda and salt as a top- 

 dressing for -wheat at Holkham, xiii. 

 201. 



' , on experiments conducted by, at 



Holkham Park farm, on the growth of 

 ■wheat for fom* successive years upon 

 the same land, xvi. 207. 



Keep for cows and liorses in winter and 

 summer (Eev. W. H. Becvor), xviii. 

 340. 



Keevil's cheese-making apparatus iTul- 

 tou), xxi. 73 ; ^Ir. Gregory's testimony, 

 ib. ; Mr. J. Singleton's, 74 ; Mr. Hard- 

 ing of Marksbury, 88; Dr. Voclcker, 

 xxii. 56. 



Kelp-ashes used as a manure for wheat 

 in Jersey (Le Couteur\ i. 123. 



Kent, on the forming of, by George Buck- 

 land, a prize essay, vi. 251 ; tlie chalk 

 formation of, 252 ; its rotation of crops. 

 254; the Isle of Sheppv, ils rotation of 

 crops, 257; the Isle "of Thanet, its 

 rotation, 259 ; seaweed extensively 

 employed as a manure, 261 ; the Can- 

 terbury hop-grounds, 262 ; the " im- 

 proved Kent" sheep, 263; rents, 265^ 

 wages, ib. ; the London or north-western 

 portion, 266; the Helmsdale valley, 

 268 ; the greensand formation, or Kent- 

 ish rag, 270 ; the gault, >b. ; mid Kent 

 district, 271 ; Lord Torrington's farm, 

 275 ; the favourite apples of Kent, 278 ; 

 the hop districts of mid Kent, 279 ; the 

 Weald, 281 ; its hops, 2S5 ; cost of cul- 

 tivation of, 286 ; hop-oasts, 289 ; wood- 

 lands of the Weald, 291 ; breeds of 

 cattle, 292 ; its hedges too close, 294 ; 

 its ftirms, 296 ; Romney-marsh, 299. 



, on the chalks of, by Boys, 487. 



Kentish, the, corn-rake and com-scythe 

 described, i. 444. 



Kerrisox, Sir E., on middle class educa- 

 tion, see " Discussion," xxv. 543. 



Kerry, the (Irish) cow, milk from, com- 

 pared by R. White in 1840, ii. 420, see 

 '^Milk;" iv. 436, see "Cow." 



Kettox, the, breed of shorthorns of C. 

 Collings described (J. Wright), vii. 

 202. 



Keythorpe estate, notes on its geology 

 and its relations to the Keythorpe 

 system of drainage, by J. Trimnier, xiv. 

 96. 



Kidxey vetch, infested by a vellow but- 

 terfly, P. hyale (Curtis), xviii. 49. 



KOHL-RABI. 



KiENZi's locomotive cultivator at Lillo 

 International meeting, xxv. 213. 



KniBER's (T.) letter on lupine cultivation, 

 xxi. 396. 



KmnERLEY,G., report on the prize wheats 

 from the Livcr^jool meeting, iii. 395. 



, on the use of saltpetre as manure, i. 



275. 



KiJiMERiDGE clay, the, of Lincolnshire (J. 

 A. Clarke), xii. 269. 



of the vale of Pickering (J. Render^ 



sou), xiv. 133. 



of Oxfordshire (0. Read\ xv. 196. 



of Buckinghamshire (Read), xvi. 



280. 



of Berkshire (Spearing), xxi. 13. 



Kixr., E.. on the cause of the rot in sheep, 

 xxiii. 78. 



KixGswoon, in Surrey, the clearing of a 

 down at ( Pusey), iv. 307. 



KiXNAfRD, Lord, on agricultural buildings, 

 xii. 151. 



, on covered farm-steadings, xiv. 336. 



IvxAi'WEED, or blaclchcad (Buckman), 

 xvi. 361. 



, the great, or hardhead, x\-i. 361. 



KsAiTi.v arvensis, see " Com scabious." 



KxoTORAss, the (I3uckman), xvi. 364. 



KoHL-RABi, on, by T. Towers, xi. 495. 



, analysis of, by J. T. Way and G. 



Ogston, xi. 511 ; by Horsford, xiii. 

 458. 



, its introduction into Bedfordshire 



(W. Bennett), xviii. 13 ; its fattening 

 qualities, ib. ; how grown by Mr. Hors- 

 fall, xviii. 185. 



, on the cultivation of (W. Bennett), 



XX. 467 ; grown 30 years back by Mr. 

 Foster, near Bedford, 468 ; it may bo 

 drilled in IVLny — 2 lbs. of seed per 

 acre on ridge, 469; thus providing- 

 plants for transplanting after tares, 

 &c., ib. ; manure, ib. ; may follow rye- 

 grass and precede wheat, 470; cost of 

 planting, Ss. to 10s. per acre, ib. ; ob- 

 jections answered — if it draws land, it 

 makes compensation, 471 ; the stalk 

 should be severed below the bulb, and 

 the stems again pecked over before tho 

 field is ploughed, ib. 



(P. Lawson and Son), xx., 497; its 



histon,-, 499 ; botanical description, 501 ; 

 synonjTus, ib. ; varieties, ilhistrated, 502- 

 508 ; tiie soil and its preparation, 508 ; 

 manuring, 509; sowing and quantity 

 of seed, 510 ; preparation of the seed- 

 bed and time of sowing, 512 ; cultivation 

 by drilling the seed, 513 ; management 

 of crop, 514; storing, ?7). ; weight nf 

 produce, ib. ; consumption of crop by 

 live stock, 518 ; analysis of Kohl-rabi, 



