156 GENERAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



ROTATION. 



Rotation of crops in Gloucestersliiro 

 (IJnivendar), iu the Isis valley, 130 ; 

 iu " the Vale," 145. 



in Lincolnshire, by J. A. Clarke, 



xii. 364 ; on the waqi-lands, 0t!6 ; on 

 the clay loam, 367 ; on the sand loam, 

 3G8. 



in Northamptonshire, hy W. Beam, 



on its stony and sandy .soils, xiii. 52; 



on its heavy .soils, (>1 ; on its moory 



and peaty soils, 70. 

 , ingredients abstracted from the soil 



and the atmosphere by a rotatien of 



turnips, barley, clover, and wheat, xiii. 



5(iO ; and restored to the soil in manure, 



ih. 

 , the same, by a rotation of turnips, 



wheat, beans, wheat, mangolds, wheat, 



clover, and wheat, xiii. 502. 



in Derbyshire, by J. J. Rowley, 



xiv. ; on the soils of tiie magnesian 

 limestone, 20; on the gritstone of tlie 

 coal .series, 28; on the millstone grit 

 and shale, 39; on the carboniferous 

 limestone, 50 ; in tlie Dove valley, 59. 



, on the improved methods of crop- 

 ping and cultivating liglit land, liy 

 Sidney Eversiied, a prize essay, xiv. 

 7!). 



of crops in East Lothian (Steven- 

 son , xiv. 270. 



on the London clay of Surrey (Ever- 

 shed), xiv. 402 ; in utiier soils, 401 ; on 

 the chalks of, 405; on the greensand, 

 411 ; on the Weald, 413. 



on Ihe light trap or wliinstonc soils 



(Huxton), XV. 104. 



' on the light soils of Norfolk, xv. 

 IIG; the 4 and G course contrasted, 

 ib. 



on liglit peaty soils, xv. 123. 



in Oxfordshire (Read), xv. 201 ; in 



tlic Chiltem district, 203 ; mixed soils, 

 ■ih. ; on the stonebrash, ib. ; ou the red 

 .soils, 204 ; on stock-lauds, ib. 



in Dorsetshire, on tho chalk 



(Ruegg), XV. 400; on the clays, 417; 

 on the heath soils, 422. 



in Buckinghamshire (Read), xvi. 



284 ; on the plastic clay, ib. ; on the 

 Chilterns, ib. ; in the vale, 285 ; on 

 the gravelly soils, ib. ; on the clays, 

 ib. ; on the great oolite, 28G. 



• in Durham (Dr. Bell), xvii. 100. 



in Bedfordshire (Benett), ou clay 



lands, xviii. 7 ; on gi'avelly and sandy 



loams, 0. 



adopted by Mr. Horsfall, xviii. 185. 



, mflnence of, as illustrated by large 



crops of barley after poor turnips, un- 



mauured, drawn, (Lawes), XNiii. 505. 



KOXBUEnilSIiniK. 



Eotation iu crops, the five-course, pur- 

 sued at Castle Acre, Norfolk (C. S. 

 Read), xix. 284. 



, modifications of the four-course, 



rendered advisable by recent improve- 

 ments r. D. Tuckett ), xxi. 258 ; tho 

 Norfolk four-course, ib. ; clover sick- 

 ness its great dilBculty, ib. ; proposed 

 substitution of other crops iu the third 

 year, 259 ; failure of wheat after rye- 

 grass, ib. ; statement of counter ex- 

 perience (P. H. F.), note; wheat a 

 l)etter crop after mown clover than 

 grazed seeds, 259; the air a great 

 reservoir of fertilising matter, ib. ; on 

 folding clover layer, 2G0 ; trifolium 

 iiiearuatum an occasional .substitute 

 for cIovlt, ib. ; the opinion verified by 

 experience (P. H. F.), ib. ; substitution 

 of Siiinfoin for clover at Ilolkham and 

 •piantity of seed per acre, 201 ; alter- 

 nation of peas and beans witli clovt'r 

 on clay soils, ib. ; peas followed by 

 turnips at Ca.stle Acre, ih. ; failure of 

 turnips and ])roposed substitution of 

 rape, tares, and mangold, ib. ; analy.sis 

 of mangold (Prof. Johnston), ib. ; 

 jilougliiug iu green crops, <7>. ; winter 

 fallows, 2G3; partial substitution of 

 wheat for barley ami oats, ib. ; man- 

 golds followed by wheat, ib. ; the five- 

 course rotittion in Essex only sparingly 

 followed, tliougli l)eans t;ike the place 

 of clover, 2G4 ; the five-course rotation 

 iu hilly dibtriets, ib. ; tiie Scotch six- 

 coiu'se adapted to heavy soils, ib. ; fal- 

 low crops on light turnip soils, 2G5 ; 

 wheat growing on the clay, ib. ; lireak- 

 ing up of inferior grass land, ib. ; 

 successive growtii of wheat at Lois 

 AVeedon —six-course rotations in Lin- 

 colnshire, 2GG ; example of a ten years' 

 shift, ib. ; liability of wheat to run to 

 straw after two years' seeds, (P. H. 

 F.), ib. ; conclusions and recommenda- 

 tions, ib. 



RoTH;\5isTED, soil of, sce " Soils." 



Rotschke, M., some account of the 

 cultivation of a farm iu Silesiii by arti- 

 ficial manure alone for 14 years, xiii. 

 5G4. 



Eocgh-stalked meadow-grass, analysis 

 of (Way), xiv. 177. 



, its growth iu different situations 



(Buekman), xv. 4G8. 



, its soils and habits (Buekman), 



xvi. 3G6 ; xvii. 528. 



Rorxs hybrid, the leporide, xxv. 2G5. 



EowLET, J. J., on soluble food for stock, 

 xxi. 549. 



RoxBURGHSHiKE, the agricultural system 



