VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



13v 



roiuls, 1(J0; the Diike of Portland's iin- 

 ])rove'mcnts, ih. ; cnclo.siu'c of Selwood 

 forest, and extension of arable culture, 

 161 ; embankment and drainage act, 

 ib. ; autumn cultivation, 16'2 ; turnips, 

 ib. ; boarding of fami -labourers, ih. ; 

 cattle management, 1G3 ; labourer's 

 wages and rent of cottages, Itil ; poor- 

 relief, -/?^. ; parochial rates, ltJ5; prepa- 

 ration of food for live-stock, ib. ; liquid 

 manure tanks, IGU ; equalisation of 

 management and prices, ib. 



NouKL, Malingie, on a method of obtain- 

 ing immediate fixity of type in forming 

 a new breed of sheep, translated by 1*. 

 Fusey, xiv. 214, xxii. 10. 



NowLSOX, J. S., statement of a new and 

 successful rotation of crops for heavy 

 clays, iv. 109. See " Rotation of crops," 

 " Clays." 



NrnsERiES of young timber-trees, on 

 (Falkener), iii. 278. 



Nlt-eefuse (probably cocoa-nut), experi- 

 ments witli, as a manure for swedes, by 

 Dr. A. Voelcker, xvi. 95. 



Ni TKiTiON, atmospheric, of plants, lecture 

 on (Dr. Voelcker), xxv. 5:-51. 



NuTKiTiYE value, see " Food." 



Oak, the, its planting and management 



(Falkener), iii. 2GS. 

 , analysis of its wood, bark, and 



leaves, xiii. 530. 

 , the growth of, in the Weald of Sur- 

 rey (Evershed), xiv. 41G. 

 in Herefordshire (Rowlandson), xiv. 



151. 

 Oakley's, Mr. R., description of his 



farm-management at Lawrence End, 



Herts, xxv. 291. 

 Oatjieal, the, of Cumberland, by W. 



Dickinson, xiii. 232. 



, analysis of, xiii. 522. 



Oats, their mode of harvesting in 



Northumberland (Grey), ii. 102. 

 , varieties cultivated in that county, 



ii. 161. 

 , the Dyock, on, by the Rev. R. W. 



Fisher, iii. 387; cultivation on con- 

 siderable elevations, ib. ; i\Ir. Pusey on, 



388. 

 , seed and straw analysed by Dr. 



Fowues, iii. 530. 

 , the average produce of Essex, per 



acre, is about 40 bushels (Baker), v. 



39. 

 , the ravages of llie wireworm ujiou 



(Cui-tis), V. 191, 



Oats, experiments on, with nitrates of 

 soda and potash, salt and rape-dust, by 

 John Hannam, v. 2()7. 



, little grown in Norfolk (Almack), 



V. 336. 



, toi3-dressed with saltpetre, by J. 



Everitt, i. 281. 



, analysis of the ashes of, by Way 



and Ogston, vii. ()45, xi. 498. 



, the cultivation of, in the E. R. of 



Yorkshire, by G. Legard, ix. 113. 



, grown on land after jjaring and 



burning (Pusey), ix. 423. 



, on the situations best adapted to 



the growth of, by N. Whitley, xi. 50. 



, analysis of, grown on warj) soils, by 



T. J. Herepath, xi. 107. 



, growth of, in Gloucestershire (Bra- 



vendar), xi. 138. 



, analysis of oat-straw, by J. T. Way, 



xi. 500. 



, effect of climate on the growth of, 



by B. Simpson, xi. 653. 



, on tlic cultivation of, a prize essay, 



• by J. Haxton, xii. 105; soils best 

 adapted for, 107; S. Bennett on, 113; 

 on early sowing, ib. ; varieties of, 114 ; 

 potato-oat, i5. ; sandy oat, 115 ; Sherriff 

 oat, 116; Hoptoun oat, ib.; late or 

 common white oats, 1 17 ; dun oat, 

 119; the kernel or groat, 122 ; general 

 management, 123 ; on ploughing lea 

 ground for, 125; sowing and harrow- 

 ing, 126 ; on manures for, 127 ; on 

 harvesting, cutting it not quite ripe, 

 129; the economical use of, 131. 



, growth of, in Cumberland (W. 



Dickinson), xiii. 232. 



, analysis of, by E. T. Ilemmiug, 



xiii. 450, 474. 



• , analysis of a soil where oats rotted, 



at PamiAerston, xiii. 552. 



, growth of, in East Lothian (Steven- 

 son), xiv. 2SG. 



, trials Avith nitrate of soda and sul- 

 phate of ammonia, by P. Pusey, xiv. 

 380. 



, growth of, on light llinty clialk 



soils (J. Haxton), xv. 101 ; on other 

 light soils, 113; on the sandy soils of 

 Norfolk, 121. 



, growth of, in Oxfordshire (C. Read), 



XV. 214. 



, growth of, on different soils (Cole- 

 man), xvi. 202. 



, growth of, in Buckinghamshire (C. 



Read), xvi. 289. 



, they require a moist climate, xx. 



174 ; the latest varieties preferred, 

 ib. 



Oat-stkaw, analyses of, iu different stages 



