VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



105 



Lawes, J. B., on Prof. Hofmann's repre- 

 sentation of their controversy with 

 Liebig, xxv. 101, note. 



, on the action of common salt as 



manure, P. D., xxv, 516. 



, and the mineral theory, remarks on 



(Baron Liebig), xxv. 502. 



, Mr., his cart stabling (P. H. Frere), 



xxv. 368. 



Laavkence, Charles, on diminishing the 

 quantity of roots used m tatteuiug 

 cattle, XV. 488. 



, on the relative value of cattle-box 



manure and farmyard manure, xviii. 

 368. 



, on pulping roots for cattle-food, xx. 



453. 



, on the management of clover layers, 



the proper distance for drilling Avheat, 

 and the ravages of insects in pines, xxii. 

 447. 



, on the cultivation of carrots and 



cabbages for the feeding of stock, xxiv. 

 216. 



, extract from his ' Handy Book for 



Young Farmers,' xxiv. 221. 



, on swedes, mangold, and the steam- 

 plough, xxv. 248. 



Laws and bye-laws of the Eoyal Agri- 

 cultural Society, xxii., viii. and ix. 



Lawson, p. and Son, on Kohl-rabi, xx. 

 497. 



Lazy-bed system, the, of growing potatoes 

 described (Dr. Lang), xix. 65. 



Lead mines in Dvu-ham, xvii. 92. 



Leaden pipes, action of water on (Voelc- 

 ker), xxv. 567. 



Leases, covenants in, P. Pusey on, xi. 

 420. 



in Cumberland not very common, 



xiii. 225. 



, covenants of, in restraint of certain 



croppings, often too stringent (J. B. 



Lawes), xvi. 221. 



in Scotland, i. 63. 



in Norfolk, of Lord Leicester, iii, 6, 



8 ; of the county in general, v. 345. 

 Leather-jackets, the larva; of gnats 



(tipula), attack eveiy kind of garden 



crop (Curtis), xviii. 74. 

 Leaves, analysis of those of some of the 



common English fruit and forest trees, 



xui. 530. 

 , on then- use (Way), vui. 135. 



of can-ots, analysis of (Way), viii. 



194. 



of tm-nips (Lawes), viii. 545. 



of potatoes (G. PhiUips), vu. 304 ; 



xvii. 185. 

 of wheat, xvii. 185 ; in sunshine 



they evaporate moisture di'awu up by 



roots, 186; they also cU'aw food from 



the air, ib. 

 Lecog's definition of the horse's gallop, 



xxiv. 360. 

 Le Coenu, on the agricultiu'e of the Chan- 

 nel islands, a prize essay, xx. 32. 

 Le Couteur, Colonel, on the use of the 



great or Jersey trench-plough, iii. 40. 

 , on the Jersey, misnamed Alderucy 



cow, V. 43. See " Cow." 

 , on pure and improved varieties of 



wheat lately introduced into England, 



a prize essay, i. 113. See " Wheat." 

 , on the culture of the parsnip, i. 



419. 

 Legard, George, on the farming of tho 



East Kiding of Yorkshire, a prize report, 



ix. 85. 

 Legumine, its plastic power, see Henfrey, 



on vegetable physiology, xviii. 412. 

 Lehmann's physiological chemistry, its 



value (Horsfall), xviii. 196. 

 Leicester sheep, the, or Dishley, viii. 2. 



See " Sheep." 

 , comparative profit realised with, by 



S. Druce, xiv. 210. 

 , experiments on the comparative 



fattening qualities of different breeds — 



Leicesters and cross-breds — by J. B. 



Lawes, xvi. 45 ; general results, 71. 



See " Food of live stock." 

 , J. Wilson on, xvi. 223 ; Bakewell of 



Dishley, ih. 



(new), J. Wilson on, xvi. 225. 



, account of (E. Smith), xix. 378 ; see 



" Dishley Society." 

 Leicester, Earl of, his improvements in 



W. Norfolk described by Earl Spencer, 



iii. 1. See " Norfolk." 

 Leicestershire, the geology and system 



of drainage of Keythorpe (Trimmer), 



xiv. 96. 

 Leigh, J. H., some experiments on stall- 

 feeding, vi. 237. 

 Lemon, Sir Charles, on a disease in 



potatoes — the bobbin-joan, iv. 431. 

 * , on the agricultural statistics of 



France, i. 411. 

 Leontodon taraxicum, see "Dandelion." 

 LEPiDruM campestre, see " Peppcrwort." 

 Leplay's method of distillation, xxi. 97. 

 Leporide, a hybrid between the hare and 



rabbit, on (P. H. Frere), xxv. 265 ; ex- 



jieriments of E. Koux, ib. • M. P. 



Broca's treatise on hybridising, ib. ; 



examples of hybrids, ib. ; M. Roux's 



object in cross-breeding from hares and 



rabbits, 266 ; increased value of i^ro- 



duce, ib. ; character of the flesh and 



coat, 267 ; principles of cross-breeding 



as applied to cattle and sheep, ib. ; 



