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blowing saud, ib. ; its agricultural 

 value, ih. ; customary crops, 397 ; pre- 

 ])arations for lupines, ih. ; their growth, 

 398 ; feeding jjroperties, ib. ; produce 

 per acre, 399. 

 Llpines, r-^port of an unsuccessful experi- 

 ment in growing (P. H. Frere), xxi. 

 399 ; not adapted for drj' soils, ih. ; the 

 author's experience, ib. ; conditions of 

 the experiment, 400. 

 Lychnis dioica, see " Common campion." 

 Lycopsts arvensis, see " Bugloss, the 

 small." 



U. 



MacAdaji, J., on the cultivation of flax, 

 a prize essay, viii. 3G1. 



MacAdam's whey separator (Harding), 

 xxi. 87. 



Macaire, M., on the excreta of plants, i. 

 287, iv. 536, 537. 



MacCoemick's reaping machine, on, by 

 P. Pusey, xii. 160. 



, its performances at the Paris trials, 



1856, xvii. 47 ; improvements in, by 

 Burgess and Key, 48. 



Macdeemott, Edward, on Claussen's flax- 

 cotton, xii. 235. 



Macdonald's, Sir A. K., report on the 

 International Agricultural Meeting at 

 Lille, XXV. 209. 



, report on the implements and ma- 

 chinery at Chester, xix. 311. 



MacDouall, Colonel, experiments in fat- 

 tening cattle on difierent descriptions of 

 food, xiii. 113. 



MacDocgall's disinfecting powder (Dr, 

 Voelcker), xviii. 123 ; its composition, 

 124 ; its efficacy and defects, ib. ; ex- 

 periments with, in stables, 126 ; ditto 

 on farmyard manure, 127 ; ditto in 

 relation to liquid manure, 128. 



MAcnmEKY, accidents through, see " Acci- 

 dents," XXV. 352. 



, at Paris Agricultural Show (1856), 



xvii. 396. 



, land must be prepared for its use 



(W. Fairbairn), xvii. 50. 



Mackenzie, Sir F. A., account of Mr. 

 Sim"s experiments with manures, i. 

 418. 



, Sir G. S., on .sheep-rot, xxiii. 75. 



MacClintock, IMajor, on the rearing of 

 calves, xxii. 146. 



Macvicar, J. Y., on labourers' cottages, a 

 second-prize essay, x. 400. 



Magnesia, its affinity for water (Schubler), 

 xvii. 464 ; forms wet soil, ih. ; its sili- 

 cates, talc, steatite, and serpentine, ih. 

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mangold-wuktzel. 



SIagnesian limestone, see " Limestone." 

 IMagnxs, Prof., his analvses of soils, xxv. 



98. 

 Main, J., on cottage gardening, ii. 322. 

 , on the orobanche or broom-rape, and 



prunella vulgaris or self-heal, plants 



injurious to clover, i. 173. 

 IVIaize, see "Indian corn." 

 ]\Ialic acid, its presence in apples and 



chemical formula (Cadle), xxv. 84, 86. 

 IMalm, or grey marl, analysis of, by J. T. 



Way, xii. 551. 

 Malpighi's discovery of the red cells in 



blood, xxi. 212. 

 Malt, by malting barley a portion of its 



starch passes into sugar (Fownes), iv. 



505. 

 , the effect of feeding sheep on 



malted and umnalted barley (J. B. 



Lawes), x. 305, 317, 324, 326. 



, analysis of, xiii. 522. 



Malt-combs, analysis of (Way), xvii. 271. 



]VIalt-dust, analysis of, xiii. 522. 



, its composition (Stockhardt), xix. 



237. 

 Malva rotundifolia, see " Marshmallow, 



the round-leaved." 

 sylvestris, see " Marshmallow, the 



common." 

 Malvern springs, analysis of (Phillips) 



xvii. 441. 

 Mammary gland of cow, see " Cow." 

 Man, analysis of excreta of, see " Night- 

 soil." 



, analysis of, xiii. 506. 



Manby', Eev. E. F., on the cultivation of 



early potatoes, xviii. 98. 

 ]VL\NGOLD-wuRTZEL, ou the Comparative 



feeding qualities of, and tuinips, by 



Earl Spencer, 11. 296. 

 , on the cultivation of, by W. Miles, 



ii. 298. 

 , this root not attacked by fly, slug, or 



wlreworm ( Miles >, ii. 299. 

 , its seeds must not be buried too deep, 



ii. 299 ; dibbling, ib. ; the seed does not 



drill well, ib. ; steeping the seed, ib. ; 



analysis of Swedish turnips and white 



turnips compared with three varieties 



of mangold-wurtzel, by Davy and Here- 

 path, 298. 

 , grown on the ridge system (Miles), 



ii. 299. 

 , the after culture and storing, Mr. 



Bliles adopts the same as for swedes, ii. 



299. 



, exliausters of the .soil, il. 300. 



, of the orange globe, il. 300 : when 



the seed should be sown, ib. ; the tilth, 



ih. ; its use in feeding, ih. 

 , Earl Lovelace on, iv. 21 ; plough- 



