114 GENERAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



MAXGOLU-WUBTZEL. 



ing for it, ib. ; dunging, ih ; ploughs 

 and subsoUs, ib. ; sows on tlie ridge, ib. ; 

 setting out the rows, ib. ; suhsoiling a 

 second time, ib. ; taking up of the root, 

 22 ; the succeeding crop, ib. ; the rota- 

 tions on his farm at Ockham, ib.; tlic 

 weight of the root - crops, mangolil, 

 swedes, and carrots, gi-own, 1831 to 

 3842, at Ockham, 23; on the feeding 

 properties of, contrastetl with swedes, 

 by C. Hilyard, an experiment in favour 

 of swedes, iv. 274. 



Mangold-wtrtzel, estimate of the ex- 

 pense of, in Essex, by R. Baker, v. 23. 



■ , growth of, iu Cambridgeshire 



(Jonas), vii. 45. 



, on the analysis of the ashes of, by 



J. T. Way, viii. l.")7. 



, on the cultivation of, by G. E. Rayn- 



bird, a prize essay, viii. 209 ; the soils 

 best adapted for, ib. ; the prcparatioii of 

 the land for, 210 ; trial on steeping the 

 seeds of, 215 ; varieties of Held beet, 

 217; mode and expense of taking up 

 the crop, 218 ; mode of storing, 220 ; 

 its advantages for f(M>ding stock, 222. 



, gi'owth of, in SuftbUc, viii. 271. 



• , on the insects which affect, by J. 



Curtis, viii. 3'.»D. 



• , amount of dry matter in the crop 



gi'own at Rothamsted in 1847 

 (Lawcs\ viii. 5G3. 



• , of the funguses of, by the Kev. E. 



Sidney, x. 394. 



, on the cultivation of, Avith carrots in 



alternate rows, by P. Pusey, xii. 580. 



' , Colonel JlacDoiKiU's experiments 



with, and bcanmeal, iu feeding cattle, 

 xiii. 113. 



, on the manufacture of sugar from 



beet, by J. "Wilson, xiii. 144. 



■ , on the growth of lx?etroot m Franco, 



Germany, and Russia, for sugar, iii. 

 144. 



— — , plants transplanted from seed-beds 

 in Belgium and Germany, xiii. 14G. 



, section of a beetroot, xiii. 150. 



— — , disposal on the contment of refuse 

 of makers of beet sugar for feeding 

 purposes, xiii. 159. 



, analysis of (Way^, xiii. 160. 



, analysis of, xiii. 458. 



• , growth of, on light flinty chalk soils, 



XV. 101 ; on the light sandy soils of 

 Norfolk, 120. 



■ , growth of, in Oxfordshire (Read), 



XV. 208. 



* , Manure for (J. Caird), xvli. 400. 



, cultivation of (C. Paget>, xvii. 403 ; 



produce per acre and feeding quantities, 

 ib. ; roots, 404 ; manure for, 405 ; 



leaves not to be stripped till after 

 October, 406. 



JIaxgold-wvktzel root, two years old, its 

 composition (Dr. Voelckcr), xx. 131 ; its 

 analysis, large percentage of water, 

 small of sugar, »S:c., and much salt, 

 132. 



, with a high temperature and a rich 



.soil, is a true biennial (Russell), xx. 

 490 ; its tendency to run to stalk and 

 flower, ib. 



, effects of salt on (Voelcker), xxv. 



242. 



]\L\NGOLD pulp (distillery refuse) its com- 

 position and nutritive properties (Dr. A. 

 Voelcker), xxi. 97 ; methods of distil- 

 lation adopted by Lei)lay and Cliam- 

 ponnois, ib. ; beetroot ilistillery in 

 ^Vilts, ib. ; composition of pulp, 97-8 ; 

 cause of its acidity, 98 ; eagerly eaten 

 by pigs, ib. ; composition of mangold 

 root, and changes effected by distilla- 

 tion, 99 ; analyses of dry roots and dried 

 pulp, 100-1; pectinous compounds, i6. ; 

 percentage of fattening materials and 

 cmde fibre, 102 ; eft'ect of nitrogenous 

 food on butcher's meat, ib.; feeding 

 experiments with Cotswold sheep on 

 roots and on pidp, 103; results in fa- 

 vour of roots, 104; feeding value of 

 pulp, 105. 



, on the growth of, P. D. (P. H. 



Frcre), xxiii. 441 ; experiments with 

 artificial against Peruvian guano, ib.; 

 character of the season and previous 

 crop, 442 ; preparation of the land, 443 ; 

 statement of experiments on Sir E. 

 Kerrison's farm, 444 ; Discussion — Mr. 

 Holland on the autumn application of 

 manure, 445 ; ^Ir. Holland, Mr. Can- 

 trcll, and Mr. Peel on the possibility of 

 growing consecutive crops of mangold, 

 446 ; Sir E. Kerrison and IMr. Frere on 

 the use of salt, 447 ; IMr. AVeUs, lilr. 

 Holland, and Mr. Frere, on the proper 

 width for drilling, 447. 



, experiments on transplanting (W. 



Gurdon), xxiv. 221 ; care of tap-roots 

 essential, 222 ; management and results, 

 223 ; implement for dibbling seed, ib. ; 

 formation of seed-bed, 224; cost and 

 mode of transplanting, ib. 



, on the cultivation of, with swedes 



(C. Lawrence), xxv. 248. 



INIangox, H., on obstructions in draining- 

 tiles (translated by J. E. Denison), xvii. 

 625. 



]\L4:n-ufactcred cattle food, see " Food." 



3L\xrr.ES, Dr. Daubeny on the scientific 

 principles by which the applications of 

 manures should be regulated, ii. 232. 



