VOLUMES ONE TO TWEXTY-FIVE. 



Ill 



jManuees, earthy matters of soils, how 

 derived, ii. 241. 



, every kuown phxnt contains an al- 



kaU, ii. 243. 



, phosi^liatc of lime generally difilised 



in rocks, ii. 244. 



, the amoimt of bases in a plant, ii. 



245. 



, the alkalies and earth in the fir, ii. 



245. 



, oxygen added to the air, ii. 24G. 



, the carbon which plants contain, ii. 



251. 



, the carbon in ligneous bodies, ii. 



253. 



, hydrogen, ih, 



, oxygen, •ib. 



, the niiti-itive qualities of different 



articles of food, ii. 255. 



, ammonia in rain-water, ih. 



, eflect of germination as to the pro- 

 portion of nitrogen in seeds, ii. 257. 



, experiments on, with turnips, by W. 



Mdes, ii. 2(J4. 



, on glue-di-op for tiunips, -ib. 



, Boussingault on the addition of sub- 

 stances containing nitrogen, ii. 309. 



• , on the necessity of compounding 



mineral manures, by F. Falkener, i. 

 418 ; the sea-sand of Cornwall, iii. 34. 



, the vraic or kelp-ashes of Jersey, 



Colonel le Couteur on, 45. 



, on different, as a substitute for 



bones, by W. Marshall, iii. 165. 



, on the use and application of rape- 

 dust, by J. Hannam, iv. 177. 



, the proportion of gluten, in vrheat 



varies with the manure employed, iv. 

 179. See " Nitrogen." 



, that of stall-fed animals compared 



with that of the farmyard, iv. 246. 



, experiments on, by F. Clowes, iv. 



281. 



, the action of, by Dr. Fownes, iv. 



535. 



, farmyard horsedtmg analysed by Dr. 



Fownes, iv. 539. See " Horsedung." 



■ , two classes of maniu-es, iv. 540. 



, bones, fish, guano, Dr. Fownes on, 



iv. 542. 



employed in Cheshire (Palin), v. 89 ; 



marl, 90 ; lime, ib. ; guano, 91 ; nitrate 

 of soda, ib. 



, experiments on, by Sir" W. Heath- 

 cote, V. 277. 



, trial of several artificial, by W. 



jMiles, V. 394 ; Daniel's manure, farm- 

 yard dvmg, guano, 5-inch bones, and 

 Stott's salts, 395. 



■ , on making compost-heaps from li- 



qiuds and other substances, by James 



Dixon, a prize essay, i. 135. See 

 " Farmyard manure." 



Mantres, animal, on, by Dr. C. Sprengel, 

 i. 455 ; the age and kind of the animal 

 producing it, and the kind of food used, 

 458; the water used by cattle, influ- 

 ence of, 459 ; the excrements of neat 

 cattle, ib. ; solid, 460 ; liquid, 464 ; rape- 

 cake mixed with urine in Belgium, 

 471 ; guile described, 475 ; ahl or dung- 

 hill di-ainage, 479 ; the excrements of 

 sheep, 481 ; folding, effect of, 485 ; 

 excrements of the horse, 488 ; excre- 

 ments of pigs, 491 ; excrements of 

 poultry, 493 ; on nightsoil, 494. 



employed in Nottinghamshire (Cor- 



ringham), vi. 34. 



• , on nitrate of soda as a top-dressing 



for grass-land in Windsor Park, xiii. 

 347 ; for barley, by P. Pusey, 349 ; for 

 wheat, by H. M. Kcaiy, 366 ; and by 

 T. Garnett, 368. 



, the cultivation of a farm in SUesia 



by artificial manure alone for 14 years, 

 by Mr. Piotschke, xiii. 564. 



, the number of sheep required to 



manm-e an acre of land (Morton), i. 404. 



, experiments with, on barley, by 



Mr. Sim, i. 418. 



employed in Cornwall (Ivarkeek), vi. 



438. 



, use of the white-mustard plant as, 



by T. C. Burroughes, vii. 33. 



for turnips, on, by E. "Wagstaff, 



viii. 225. 



, their influence on the quaUty of 



wheat, by J. B. Lawes, viii. 235. 



, mineral, the general result of their 



employment, by J. B. Lawes, viii. 259. 



, management of, in Suffolk, de- 

 scribed by H. Eaynbu'd, viii. 303. 



, management of, in Devonshire 



(Tanner), ix. 466 ; lime, 468 ; sea-sand, 

 469 ; seaweed, ib. 



for hops, S. Eutley on, ix. 561. 



used in South Wales (Eead\ x. 142 ; 



seaweed, sea-sand, ib ; lime, 143 ; marl, 

 ib. ; Coal-ashes, 144 ; paring and bm-n- 

 ing, ib. 



adapted for hemp (Eowlandson), x. 



173 ; nightsoil, ib. 



, on sheep-feeding and maum'e, by J. 



B. Lawes, part I., x. 276. 



, on the power of the soil to retain, 



by H. S. Thompson, xi. 68. 



, on the i^ower of soils to absorb, by 



J. T. Way, xi. 323 ; second paper, xiii. 

 123. See " SoUs." 



• , management of, by P. Pusey, xi.[414. 



■ used in Somcrsetshu-e ('Acland), vii. 



740; silt or mud, 741. 



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