VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



151 



ILVIN-WATER. 



quantity of nitrogen in rainfall, per 



acre per anniuii, 144. 

 Rain-water, the quantity of nitric acid 



and ammonia in (J. T. Way), xvii. G18 ; 



ditto, per acre, 620. 

 Eakes, horse, see " Horse-rakes." ' 

 Rasi-breedeks of Oxfordshii-e (Read), xv. 



230. 

 Randall, Mr., his report on the Shrop- 

 shire sheep at the Leeds meeting, sxii. 



227. 

 Randell, Charles, on the improvement 



of cold and heavy soils liy the applica- 

 tion of bui'ut clay, v. 113. See " Clay, 



bui'nt." 

 , his experiment Avith the Woolston 



grubber, xx. 216. 

 , on the bm'nuig of clay land, xxiv. 



540. 

 Eansome and Sims, directions by, for 



working portable steam-engines, xix. 



430. 

 Eansome's process of filliug the pores of 



wood, XX. 13. 

 , J., his farm practice in Hcrtford- 



shu-e (Evershed), xxv. 284. 

 Ranunculus acris, see " Upright meadow- 

 crowfoot." 



arvensis, see " Corn crowfoot." 



bulbosus, see " Bulbous crowfoot." 



ficaria, see " Pilewort crowfoot." 



repens, see " Creepmg crowfoot." 



Rape grown extensively in Germany (S. 



Carr), i. 124 ; dressed with 100 lbs. of 



gypsmn per acre in the spring, ih. 

 , growth of, in Cornwall (Karkeek), 



vi. 430. 

 , analysis of, by J. T. Way and G. 



Ogston, xi. 513. 

 , on the eifect of climate on the 



growth of, by B. Simpson, xi. 657. 

 , on the comparative merit of, and 



turnips (Lawes), xii. 401. 



, analysis of xiii. 474. 



, green, recommended for milch cows 



(Horsfall), x\ai. 279 ; its properties, 



xviii. 185. 

 , when best sown (Horsfall), xviii. 



184. 

 Rape-c.^ke, on, as food for stock, by P. 



Puscy, X. 247, 49G. 



, the analysis, by J. T. Way, x. 493. 



as food for sheep (P. Pusey), x. 496. 



, on tlie advantages of using a pro- 

 portion as food for stock (sheep), by 



J. H. Cliarnock, xi. 612. 

 , on feeding cattle on, combined with 



roots, cooked and uncooked, by Colonel 



Macdouall, xiii. 115. 



, analyses of, xiii. 522 ; xviii. 180. 



, used for dairy cows (Horsfall), xvii. 



reaping. 



262 ; Mr. Horsfall's experience with 



dauy and fattening cows, xviii. 180 ; 



German cake, rich in quality but not 



always pine, 180 ; how to preserve from 



mould, ib. 

 Rape-cake, if containing mustard, should 



be mixed with boiUng water (C. Law- 

 rence), XX. 456. 

 Rape-dust, on the use and application of, 



as mamu-c, by J. Hannam, iv. 177 ; its 



effects upon poor arable soils, 180 ; in 



wet seasons, its effects upon winter- 

 sown wheat and on strong soils, ib. 

 , when a dressing of saline and earthy 



matters necessary, iv. 180. 

 , experiments with, as a manure for 



oats and barley, by J. Hannam, v. 



267. 

 , as a manure to the yellow globe 



beetroot, by P. Pusey, vi. 528. 

 , as a manm-e for wheat, by P. Pusey, 



vii. 49. 

 as a manme for wheat grown on a 



light soil for four successive years, by 



H. W. Keary, xvi. 212. 

 Rape-oil used imiversally in Germany for 



lamps (Rham), i. 125. 

 Eaphanus raphanistrum, see " Wild ra- 



cUsh." 

 Rats and mice, method of destroying, by 



J. S. Carr, iii. 428. 

 Rawlence, Mr., on tlic short-woolled sheep 



at the Leeds meeting, xxii. 229. 

 , his sheep of the Wilts and Hants 



breed, now extinct, xxii. 295. 

 Raulin, Prof, his experiments on tho 



action of manm-es on the must-plant, 



XXV. 258. 

 Raynbird, George E., on the cultivation 



of field-beet or mangold-wurzel, a prize 



essay, viii. 209. 

 , Hugh, on measure-work, a prize 



essay, vii. 119. 

 , on peat charcoal as a manure fur 



turnips and other crops, a prize essay, 



vii. 539. 

 , on the farming of Suffolk, a prize 



essay, viii. 261. 

 , W. and II., on the adulteration of 



seeds, xxii. 14. 

 Read, C. S., on the farming of South 



Wales, a prize report, x. 122. 

 , on the farming of Oxfordsliire, a 



prize essay, xv. 189. 

 , on the farming of Bucldnghamshire, 



a prize report, xvi. 269. 



, J., on pipe-tiles, iv. 273. 



, on improvements iu Norfolk farming, 



xix. 265. 

 Reaping, the prices of taskwork for, by 



H. Raynbird, vii. 125. 



