1G8 GENERAL INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



SHEEP-FEEDING. 



ing of ■ sheep, ib. ; roots and straw 

 as food, tb. ; straw as a substitute fur 

 Lay, ib. ; analyses of turnips and oat- 

 straw, 626-7 ; nut-meal, 628 ; metliod of 

 using sti-aw, 629 ; pulping, ib. ; marking 

 rams, 683 ; the wasli-i^ool, ib. ; Ibod 

 after lambing, ib. ; Mr. Ridley's farm- 

 management, 632; weaning and dip- 

 jjing, ib. ; Discussion — Criticisms and 

 commendations (Lord Berners), 634 ; 

 use of chaff and cut-hay with roots 

 (Mr. Holland, M.P.), 635; remarks (Sir 

 W. Miles), 636 ; sheep-nianagcment in 

 Yorkshire (Mr. Dent, M.P.), 636; at 

 Duugato (P. H. Frere), 637 ; manage- 

 ment of a Southdown flock, use of 

 dwarf rape (F. Hobbs), 638 ; deleterious 

 remedies for sheep diseases (Mr. Hol- 

 land, ]\r.P.), 638; reply (Prof. Cole- 

 man), ib. 



Sheep-feeding, portable fencing for, see 

 "Fencing." 



Sheep's fcscue-gi-ass (Buckman), xv. 464 ; 

 glows under the beech-trees of the 

 Cotswolds, ib. 



, its growth in different situations 



(Bnckman), xv. 46S ; xvii. 533-.5. 



Hh ELL-SAND IVom Dt,'von, Isla, and Nor- 

 mandy, analysis of, xiii. .536. 



Shelly, J. V., rcjiort on the wheats se- 

 lected for trial at the Biistol meeting, 

 iv. 584. 



Shelter, ill effects to horses of iusufli- 

 cient, by F. Dun, xii. 530. 



, advantage of, to cattle (Hopper), 



i. 163. 



, to sheep (Childers), i. 169, 407. 



, R. Smith .and H. S. Thompson on, 



viii. 30. 



Siiei'Hekd's Comer fai-m, in Dorsetsliire, 

 an account of, by Lord Portman, iv. 

 88. 



, expcnditm-e and returns from 182G-7 



to 1842, iv. 99, viii. 565. 



dogs, those of Cimiberland (Dickin- 

 son), xiii. 266, 269 ; their sagacity in 

 snowstorms, 267. 



needle, its soils and habits (Buck- 

 man), xvi. 361. 



purse, its soils and habits, xvi. 



360. 



Sheppy, the Isle of, on its agriculture, by 



G. Buckland, vi. 257. 

 Sheraiuha aiwensis, see " Field madder." 

 Shetland sheep, the, (J. Wilson), xvi. 



238. 

 ShipvReff, p., on Hoptoun wheat, ii. 344. 

 Shoddy, on the analysis of, by J. T. Way, 



X. 617, xiii. 498. 

 , on the action of, as a manure, by 



Dr. A. Yoclckcr, xvi. 94. 



SHROPSHIRE. 



Shorthorn breed, the, of C. Colling, 

 described by J. Wright, see "Cattle," 

 vii. 201, described by Dr. Bell, xvii. 

 106. See " Cattle," ""Cattle of Dur- 

 ham," " Cows." 



, description of a model .siiorthorn 



(Major Eudd), xix. 144. 



, celebrated sales of (R. Smith), xix. 



35S-9. 



Shorthorns and their breeders (R. 

 Smith), xix. 358. 



Suort-woolled sheep, account of (R. 

 Smith), xix. 387. 



Shp.oi>shire Down shecj), the, J. Wilson 

 on, xvi. 236. 



, their origin, not a ])ure breed (H, 



Tanner), xix. 42 ; successful flock- 

 masters, 58; account of (R. Smith\ 

 386; (W. Spooner\ xx. 308; their 

 histnrj' (R. Smith), 359. 



Shroi^shhie, on the agriculture of, a 

 prize essay (H. Tanner), xix. 1 ; its 

 geolog)', see " Geology of Slu'opshire ; " 

 its climate, 2 ; tables of temi)erature, 

 3 ; the eastern side most dry and warm, 

 G ; influence of hills, ib. District I. or 

 irheat district, 7 ; strong loams with 

 much poor clay, ib. ; nld-fashioned 

 fallows, 8 ; their suitableness for 

 certain soils, 9 ; prescribed quantity of 

 lime and dung per acre, 9 ; fallow 

 crop, vetches and rape, ill suited for 

 sheep in A\nnter, 12; culture of root 

 crop on fallow ground, 13; no increase 

 in the area of such crops, ib. ; mangold 

 cultivation, 14 ; average yield of 

 wheat so\vn broadcast, 22 to 24 b., 16 ; 

 small field stacks recommended for 

 lickle climates, 17 ; peas and beans, ib. ; 

 clover, 18; mixture of seeds recom- 

 mended for lajer, ib. ; oats sown broad- 

 cast after clover, 19 ; the jiracticc 

 excused by the natiue of the climate, 

 ib. ; \-ield per acre, 20 ; growth of 

 barley, ib. ; grass-lands, how managed, 

 ib. ; use of superphosjihate and guano, 

 21 ; hay-maldng, 23 ; on lajing poor 

 tillage land down in grass after fallow, 

 24 ; orchards, their neglected state, 25 ; 

 the cider not racked soon enough, ilj. ; 

 frame for racking recommended, ib. ; 

 cattle, 25 ; Herefords the predominant 

 breed, but milch cows of any sort at a 

 low cost selected, it). ; dairy manage- 

 ment, 26; calves ill kept, 27; sug- 

 gested diet for young stock, ib. ; BIr. 

 Cliild's herd of Devons, 28 ; Highland 

 Scots adapted for hill-sides, ib. ; horses, 

 breeding and sale of, 29 ; implements, 

 ib. ; hedge-row timber, condenmed, 

 oO; draining, 31. District II. or Cor- 



