158 GENERAL INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Eye, on the St. .John's clay, by W. P. 



Taunton, vii. 335. 

 , analysis of the asli of the seeds 



(Way), vii. 647. 

 , on a variety of Italian rye-grass, by 



W. Dickinson, viii. 572. 

 • , analysis of the ashes of Italian rye- 

 grass, by J. T. Way, ix. 144. 

 • , analysis of rye grown on warp soils, 



by T. J. Herepath, xi. 108. 

 and rj'c-straw analysed, xiii. 454, 



474. 

 . wliy siiccially suited to dry sandy 



soils (11. liusscU •, XX. 482. 

 , rye-grass, and rye-grass hay, ana- 

 lysis of, xiii. 4GG, 

 sometimes ploughed in as a green 



manure for root crops in Hun-ey (Ever- 

 shed;, xiv. 85. 

 , annual rye-grass, analysis of (Way), 



xiv. 177. 

 , rye-grass, and clover, growth of on 



light flinty chalk soils (Haxton), xv. 



101 ; on tlie sandy soils of Norfolk, 



120. 

 , the ergot of, on, by J. Buckman, 



XV. 477. 

 , on the saving of rye-grass seeds 



(Buckman), xv. 472. 

 and Derwent drainage, a report on, 



by J. Anderson, xiv. 129. 

 Ryk-gkass, how afl'ected by maniu'es 



(Lawes), xx. 252 ; SIi-. Telfers crops 



(Morton), xx. 452. 

 Ryelaxds, the, of Herefordshire (Row- 



landson), xiv. 43tl. 

 sheep, the, J. Wilson on, xvi. 237. 



S. 



y.VDDLER, avei-age bUls of, on a farm (Mor- 

 ton), xix. 454. 

 tSAiNFoix, analysis of the ashes of, by J. 



T. Way, ix. 142 ; of the organic matters 



of, xiv. 179. 

 , on the giant sainfoin, by T. Hine, 



X. 54. 

 , cultivation of, in Gloucestershire 



(Bravcndar', xii. 139. 



plant and its hay analysed, xiii. 466. 



, gio\\'th of, in Oxfordshire (Read), 



XV. 217; paring and burning after, 219, 



dressed with wood-ashes, 245. 

 , growth of, in Dorsetsliue (Ruegg), 



XV. 413 ; giant sainfoin, its superiority 



to the common variety, 407. 

 , growth of, in Berkshire (Spearing), 



xxi. 20. 

 ' , mown, a cooling summer food (P, H, 



Frere), xxi. 220. 



Sal ammoniac, see " Muriate of ammonia." 



Salics of shortliom cattle, xix. 358, 360. 



SALiSBriiv, meeting of the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society atXlS57). See " Meetings," 

 "Prcmiiuus," &c. 



Salicounka herbacea. the quellcr ]ilaut 

 used for embankments in Sleswig and 

 Holstein, xxi. 269. 



Saliva, its use in the mastication of food 

 (Playfair), iv. 234. 



Sai,t, common, ex])eriment3 with, upon 

 mangolds (Dr. Yoclcker), xxv. 385; 

 injurious effects of salt on stiff clays in 

 cold seasons, 386; Mr. Kimbcr's ex- 

 periments on jioor .simdy soil, ib. ; 

 analysis of nitro-ijhosphate used in 

 oxperinientsi, ;J87 ; table of results 

 from use of salt on different plots, ib. ; 

 its utility on light sandy soils, 389 ; 

 projxirtion of blighted and sound roota 

 on different plots, ib. ; tendency of salt 

 to promote the development of leaves, 

 390. 



, its action as manure, P. D. (J. B. 



Lawes), xxv. 512; average yield of 

 wheat year after year on tiio Siuno 

 land, with mixed mineral and ammonia 

 salts, with and without salt, 513 ; no 

 improvement in quantity or quality 

 from use of salt, ib. ; yield of straw not 

 appreciably affected, 514 ; relation of 

 corn to .straw, ib. ; action of salt on 

 mangold not always beneficial, 515; 

 ISIr. Mdnc Edwards's report to the 

 French government, Vb.; M. Burral's opi- 

 nion of .salt as a manure, 516 ; presence 

 of salt in plants, animals, and rainfall, 

 ib. ; conclusions, ib. ; Discussion, 517 ; 

 Hobbs, F., his experience of the bene- 

 ficial effects of salt, ib. ; Dtnt, Mr., on 

 the application of salt to mangold, 

 518; Hooker, J., ditto, 519; Hobbs, 

 v., on salt as a cattle medicine, 521. 



, common, its use to live stock (Play- 

 fair;, iv. 236 ; too large a proportion in- 

 jurious, 237 ; effect upon a fatting goose, 

 ib. ; its use for sheep, ib. 



, common, destroys the wireworm, 



(Curtis), V. 205. 



, experiments with, upon oats, barley, 



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



and charcoal, experiment with, on 



turnips, by the Earl of Essex, v. 280. 



, the large quautitj' present in a soil 



in which the wheat-plant will vegetate 

 (Parkes). vii. 268. 



, on the power of soils to retain, by 



H. S. Thompson, xi. 68, 74. 



, spray of tlie sea, distance earned by 



the wind in Cumberland, xiii. 281. 



, chemistry of (Hemming), xiii. 430. 



