VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



MICEOSCOPE. 



Microscope, the, its use in physiology 

 (Henfrey), xvii. 70. 



Microscopic illusti-ations of minute organs 

 of i^lants, seeds, &c. (Henirey), xvii. 

 74-82, 2Mssim ; xviii. 376-402, passim. 



Midge in wlieat (Henslow), ii. 22, 



, precautious against, ii. 23. 



, observations on, by J. S. Henslow, 



iii. 36. 



, observations on, by J. Ciutis, vi. 



131. 



, observations on, by E. Baker, vii. 



273. 



■ in Oxfordshii-e (Eead), xv. 213. 



Milburn, M. M., on early spring feed, 

 ii. 215. 



, on the farming of the North 



Riding of Yorkshu-e, a prize report, 

 ix. 496. 



Milch cows, weighings of (Horsfall), 

 xvii. 264, 272. 



Mildew in wheat, Professor Henslow on, 

 ii. 9. 



, on the precautions to be taken 



against, ii. 9. 



■ , supposed influence of berberiy-bush 



in producing, ii. 13. 



, J. S. Henslow on the specific iden- 

 tity of the fungi producing rust and 

 mildew, ii. 220. 



■ , engraving of the fungi, ii. 220. 



, the Eev. E. Sidney on, x. 384. 



in Oxfordshire (Eead), xv. 212. 



Miles (now Sir W)., on manures and the 

 growth of turnips, ii. 264. 



, on the cultivation of maugold-wurt- 



zel, ii. 296. 



, report on the wheat selected for 



trial at Cambridge and on other wheats, 

 iii. 391. 



, on the growth of swedes, iii. 423. 



, trial of several artificial manm-es, 



v. 394. 



, experiments with Poittevin's ma- 

 nure, i. 410. 



on the wheat selected for trial at 



Southampton, vi. 566. 



• , trial of seedUng potatoes, viii. 420. 



, W. (Exeter), on horseshoeing, xviii. 



270, 



Milk, on the comparative quality of the 

 milk from Alderney and Keriy (Irish) 

 cows in 1840 on the farm of E. Ciive, 

 by E. White, ii. 421. 



• , on (Playfair) that of a woman, 



cow, ass, iv. 238 ; what is found in 

 milk, ib. ; injmious effects to yomig 

 animals by feeding them with skim- 

 milk, iv. 239 ; substitute for new milk 

 in the feeding of young animals, 240 ; 

 Lord Spencer's practice, ih. ; the Duke 



of Northumberland's practice, ih. ; 

 potash necessary to the formation of 

 milk, 247; the milk of a cow in a 

 meadow and of a stall-fed cow, ih. ; the 

 milk of the evening and that of the 

 morning, ih. ; the millv of a cow before 

 the calf has sucked, ih. ; sugar of milk, 

 248 ; on keeping animals which give 

 milk tranquil, ih. ; produce of poor 

 lauds, 250 ; Stilton, Chedder, and 

 Cheshii'e cheeses, composition of, 251 ; 

 different plants impart peculiar fla- 

 vours to milk, ih. ; the stall-fed cows 

 of Edinbiu-gh, 252 ; beans, effect of, on 

 milk, 253; the milk of a meadow-fed 

 cow, 252 ; the milk of a consumptive 

 cow, 253. 



IMiLK, that from Irish and Ayrshii-c cows 

 compared, i. 442. 



, one gallon of, in Chcsliire, its esti- 

 mated produce (Palin), vi. 114. 



, the mould in milk a fungus (Sidney), 



X. 397. 



, the production of butter from, by 



T. Eowlandson, xiii. 23; analysis of 

 skimmed milk, by Berzehus, ih. ; of 

 cream, ih. ; of new milk, 26 ; from cows 

 fed on thfferent food, ih. ; quantity of 

 butter yielded by new milk by baud 

 and by machine chiu'niugs, 38 ; in 

 Cheshire that from cows fed on clover 

 or vetches does not, it is thought, pro- 

 duce first-class cheese, 29. 



■ , large produce of a Cumberland 



cow (Dickinson), xiii. 255. 



, rendered bitter by cows feeding on 



certain plants (Euegg), xiv. 69 ; re- 

 moval of tm-nipy taste from, 72. 



, annual produce of (Horsfall), and 



its relation to ci'eam and butter, xvii. 

 267; summer milk poorer but more 

 abundant, 270 ; constituents of food 

 and milk compared, 273. 



, illustration of its microscopical 



appearance (J. B. Simonds), xix. 95 ; 

 formation of cream globules, butter- 

 milk and lactic acid, ih. ; separation 

 of curd from whey, and formation of 

 cheese, 96 ; causes affecting the quality 

 and quantity of milk, ib. 



, analysis of (HaiiUen), xviii. 156, 



, a lecture on (Dr. Voelcker), xxiii. 



410 ; its constituents, ib. ; cause of its 

 wliite colour, 411 ; comi)osition of new 

 milk, ib.; quantity and quality, how 

 influenced, ih. ; composition of tho 

 milk of various animals, 412 ; analysis 

 of ewe's milk, 413; poverty of cow's 

 milk after repeated calving, ib. ; eflects 

 of climate and time of millcing, ib. ; 

 influence of race and breed, 414 ; 



