VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



159 



Salt, aiialj\sis of bay and sca-watcr, from 

 Cheshire, xiii. 490. 



, used in Derhysliire as a dressuig for 



wheat (Rowley), xiv. GO ; and in Surrey 

 (Evershed), 91. 



, used for grass-land, with bones and 



guano, by R. Milward, xiv. 430. 



, a solvent (Way), xvii. 443 ; its effect 



on straw, 444 ; (Buekmau), 188 ; on 

 silicates, ih, ; not a fixer of ammonia 

 (Voelcker), xviii. 122 ; Burrall s view 

 on this point not confirmed by Dr. 

 Voelckei's experiments, ih. 

 may be useful for swedes (Dr. Voelc- 

 ker), xix. 175. 



, its use m West Norfolk, xix. 279. 



, its addition to nitrate of soda as a 



top dressing for wheat, beneficial (Dr. 

 Voelcker), xx. 395. 



experiments on mangolds (Dr. 



Voelcker), xxv. 240 ; chemical and 

 physical properties of the soil, 241 ; 

 results on eiay land not favom-able, 242. 

 Saltpetre (see "Nitrate of potash)," on 

 its use as a mamu-e, by G. Kimberley, 

 i. 275. 



and nitrate of soda, as manures, by 



Lord Dacre, i. 278. 

 Salvetat, on water-meadows and the 



virtue of springs, xvii. 325. 

 Sampling, on, of guano, by J. T. AVay, x. 



227. 

 Sand, sea, used as manure in Cornwall 

 (Karkeek), vi. 440. 



, used as a manure in Devonshire 



(Tanner), ix. 469. 



, from Devon, Isla, and Normandy, 



analysis of, xiii. 53G. 

 Sands, on the best method of di-aining 

 running sands, by W. Linton, a prize 

 essay, vii. 115. 



, influence of sandy soils upon the 



temperature of the atmosi^here (Whit- 

 ley), xi. 9. 



, on their power to absorb certain 



manures, by J. T. Way, xi. 31 G. 



, analysis of a soil from Mid-Lothian 



and the valley of the Trent, xiii. 544. 



, the farming of the stiudy or silicious 



soils (Haxton), xv. 91 ; of the Hastings 

 sand, 92. 



, on the fertility or barrenness of sandy 



soils, by J. Coleman, xvi. 173, 17G ; 

 analysis of a barren and a fertUe soil, 194. 



of Buckinghamshire (Read), vi. 273. 



, the weeds of (Buekmau), xvi. 368. 



Sandwort, the three-leaved, its soils and 

 habits (Buekmau, xvi. 360. 



, the thyme-leaved, ib. 



Sanitary eifects of land-drainage, on, by 

 E, Chadwick, iv. 151 



Sark, on the agriculture of the island of 

 (C. P. Lo Cornu), xx, 66; the feudal 

 teniu-e prevents subdivision of property, 

 ■ih. ; richness of the island in minerals, 

 ih. ; use of sea-weed as manure, 67. 



Savory and Son's double engine system 

 of steam cultivation (J. A. Clarke), xxiv. 

 375 ; diagrams, 376 ; report of judges, 

 481; receives 2nd prize, ih.; their im- 

 provements in double engines highly 

 commended at Newcastle meeting, 18G4, 

 xxv. 403 ; their cultivator, ih., 4i5. 



Saavdust, wetted, and placed in oxygen 



- gas, emits carbonic acid gas, iv. 514. 



, its use in the preparation of compost, 



by J. Dixon, i. 135. 



, of no avail on meadows (Lawes and 



Gilbert), xix. 561. 



, its effect on grass land when mixed 



with mineral manure and ammonia 

 salts, xxiv. 145. 



Scab in sheep (Cleeve), i. 323, 325 ; (E. 

 Smith), viii. 22. 



ScAWosA columbaria, or small scabious 

 (Buckman), xvi. 361. 



ScANDix pecten, see "Shepherd's needle." 



Scarifier, or grubber, J. Morton on, iii. 

 119. 



, Biddel's on the use of, by H. Case, 



i. 357. See " Biddels scarifier." 



, report on those sho^vn at the Great 



Exhibition (in 1851), by P. Pusey, xii. 

 595. 



, those shown at the Lewes meeting 



(1852), xiii.315.; 



, at the Gloucester meetmg (1853), 



xiv. 357. 



, at the Lincoln meeting (1854), xv. 



373. 



, at the Carlisle meeting (1855), xvi. 



507, 524. 



, at the Chelmsford meeting (1856;, 



xvii. 568. 



Sca.\LTERMANN's experiments on wheat 

 with salts of ammonia, xvii. 305. 



ScHLEiDEN, on tho usc of Vegetable soil, 

 xxiv. 428. 



SciiLESwiG, the rural economy of, by J. S. 

 Carr, i. 371. See " Holstein." 



Schools, the agricultural, of France, i. 

 264, iii. 365. 



of Germany, iii. 370. 



of Mr. Davies Gilbert, iii. 377. 



, the Royal veterinary and agricul- 

 tural school, Copenhagen, xxi. 324. 



ScHi"BLER, Professor, on tlio piiysical 

 properties of soils, and the means of 

 improving them, translated by J. Hud- 

 son, i. 177. >See" Soils." 



, experiments on the tcuipcraturo of 



soils, xvii. 410. 



