128 GENERAL INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTUEAL JOURNAL. 



NETHEKLANDS. 



soil, ih, ; mud used as a mairare, ?7). ; 

 mode of trenching their soils, 44 ; of re- 

 claiming barren lands, ib. ; the molle- 

 hart, -ib. ; broom sown, ih. ; their crops, 

 clover, wliite carrots, lye, ih. ; use of 

 Dutch ashes for clover, ih. ; maxim of 

 tlie Flemish, 4G ; the land never idle, 

 ib. ; different seeds sown amongst 

 growing crops, il). ; liqtiid maniu-e, 47 ; 

 the stiiTing, pulverising, and mixing of 

 poor land, 50 ; few meadows, 5(3 ; the 

 cows lie on smooth bricks, 57 ; im- 

 plements of tillage, ih. • figures of old 

 FIcmisliplougli, 58 ; of double-breasted 

 plough, 50 ; of the tmineau, ih. ; of the 

 roddcd hurdle, CO ; of the moUcbart, Gl ; 

 the ploughing, G2 ; rotation of crops, iji. 

 240 ; on a poor sandy soil, 241 ; growth 

 of carrots amongst growing crops, 243 ; 

 spurrey as a green crop, 244 ; rotation 

 of crops on ricii light soil, 245; appli- 

 cations of manure, ih. ; manure for 

 ■wheat after potatoes, 246 ; hops grown 

 near Alost, 251 ; growth of flax. ib. ; 

 rotation of crops for a good strong 

 loam, 247; beans, how sown, ib. • 

 carrots groA\ni in deep Avell- stirred 

 loams, 248 ; quantity of seed employed, 

 ib. ; a mixture of rye and wheat is 

 sown, 249 ; growtli of chicory, 251, see 

 "Chicoiy;" the oily seeds cultivated 

 by the Flemish, 251 ; growth of colza, 

 252 ; crop described, ih. ; their imple- 

 ment called a plantoir, with a sketch, 

 253 ; the cidtivation of the pojipy, 254 ; 

 tlie growth of flax, ib. ; the cultivation 

 of hemp, 257 ; the way in which tlieir 

 cows are fed, 258 ; tlieir dairies, 259 ; 

 the cows, 2G1 ; cheese, ih. ; Gouda or 

 new-milk cheese, 2G1 ; Dutch cheese, 

 ib.; oxen, 2G2; sheep,??).; horses, )■?>. ; 

 roads paved, 2G3 ; the chief excellences 

 of the husbandry of the Netherlands, 

 ih. 



Nethehlaxps, on the growth of beetroot 

 in, for sugar, by J. AVilson, xiii. 144. 



, the import of butter, salted and 



fresh, from (Eucgg\ xiv. 75. 77. 



Nets, for folding, used in Norti.iuuber- 

 land, ii. 109. 



Nettle, the white dead (Buckman), svi. 

 3G4. 



• , the henbit, xvi. 3G4. 



, the red dead, xvi. 3G4. 



, tlie common stinging, xvi. 3G6. 



, the small .stinging, xvi. 3GG. 



Newbekey's dibbling-machine, report on, 

 by J. H. Langston, iii. 316. 



Newcastle meeting (1846;, the imple- 

 ments exhibited there, on. bv J. Parkes, 

 vii. 681. 



New Forest, on the improvement of the 

 soils of, by J. Trimmer, xvi. 138 ; cul- 

 tivation of furze on, ?7). ; its history and 

 customs (Rev. J. Wilkinson), xxii. 331 ; 

 existing rights and limitations, 337 ; 

 area and distribution, ih. 

 Newman, C, trials with cubic petre, ii. 



2G0. 

 NicHOLLS, G., on the cultivation of flux, 

 V. 547, viii. 438. 



, on the condition of the agricultural 



labourer, witli suggestions for its im- 

 provement, vii. 1. 

 , on box-feeding with linseed com- 

 pounds, viii. 473. 

 NicoL, J. D., experiments with nitrate of 

 soda and guano on a peat bog, xv. 185. 

 NioiiTSOiL, see " Sewage." 

 Nile river, analysis of tlio deposit or mud 

 of (RegTiaidt and Ija.si<iigne), xi. 112. 



water, analysis of (Dr. Yoelcker), 



XXV. 236. 

 Niitlewort, the, its soils and habits 



(Buckman), xvi. 361. 

 Nitrate of potash. Dr. Fo\Ynes on, iv. 

 544. 



, experiments with, upon oats, barley, 



and wlieat, by J. Hannam, v. 267. 



, Lord Zetland's trials with, i. 280. 



described by Sir Kenelin Digby and 



by Evelyn as a manure, xiii. 350. 



, analysis of, xiii. 490. 



, J. C. Nesbit on the preparation of 



artificial nitre beds, xiv. 392 ; analysis 

 of one at Kennington. ih. 

 of soda, or cubic petre, experi- 

 ment and communications on its ap- 

 jilication as a manure, by D. Barclav, 

 ii. 117, 129. 



Trials by P. Pusev, ii. 118. 



the Earl of Zetland, ii. 124. 



J. Alderson, ii. 125. 



W. Calvert, ii. 126. 



Drewitt and Son, ii. 127. 



G. Dewdney, ib. 



J. Burgess, li. 131. 



J. R. Barker, ii. 133. 



J. (irev, ii. 134. 



J. C. Jobling. ii. 136. 



^W (ireaves, ii. 137. 



W. L Rham. ii. 139. 



W. H. Hvett, ;/). 



W. S. Stratford, ii. 259. 



J. Iludwell, ii. 260. 



C. Newman, ib. 



W. Claike, iv. 276. 



, Dr. I"'ownes on. iv. 544. 



, experiments with, upon oats, barley, 



and wheat, by J. Hannam, v. 267. 



, Lord Dacre on, i. 278. 



, I-ord Zetland on, i. 280. 



