176 GENERAL INDEX TO EOTAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Professor Buckmau's directions for sow- 

 ing, ih. 



Sorghum, remarks on (II. S. Thompson), 

 XX. 384 ; probability of its making good 

 liay if fermented in the stiick, 385. 



, experience of its growth in Yorlv- 



shirc (W. Wright), xxii. IIG. 



SouTHAJiiTON meeting, report of the exhi- 

 bition of imiilements at, by J. Pai-kes, 

 V. 3G1. 



Southdown slieep, the breed of (R. 

 Smitli), viii. 7. See " Sheep." 



, comparative profit realilied with, by 



S. Druce, xiv. 210. 



, J. Wilson on, xvi. 233 ; tlic Su.s.sex, 



il). ; tlie Hampshire, 234 ; the Norfolk, 

 235 ; the Slirojishire, 23(;. 



, account of tlie l)recd (R. Smith), 



xix. 381 ; the Babmliam flocks (J. 

 Webb's), ih. 



South Holland, drainage of (J. A. Clarke), 

 xii. 292. 



Sow-nrisTLE, if eaten by cows, gives a 

 bitter taste to theij* milk (Euegg), xiv. 

 CD. 



, the common, its soils and habits 



(Buckman), xvi. 301. 



, the cfirn (Buckman), xvi. 3G1 ; tlio 



numlx'r of its seeds, 377. 



Sr.MN, on the agriculhn-c of, by Captain 

 Widdrington, iv. 3-14; its three grci^t 

 zones or di\isions — First : that of the 

 teriitoryljing along the Mediterranean, 

 from tiie western extremity of Spain to 

 the Pyrenees, -ih. ; the .soil of this, ih. ; 

 the irrigation system of the Bloor.s, ih. ; 

 sugar-grounds of Slotril and Alniune- 

 car, ih. ; the Vega of Jlalaga, ih. ; its 

 soil, wheat, extensive cultivation, ih. ; 

 otlier jiroductions, ih. ; oil, wine, silk, 

 ])nlse, Incern, ih. ; red pepper, cotton, 

 coii'ee grown, ih. ; the cochineal insect 

 at ISIalaga. il). ; deserts, 345 ; the chief 

 food of the animals the algarroba or 

 locust-h-ce, ih. ; (hied cod, ih. ; the wheat 

 harvest, ih. — The second region : the 

 two Castilcs, Anngon, Estramadura, tlie 

 gi'cater part of Catalonia, Upper Anda- 

 lusia, and j^art of Navarre and Leon, 

 ih. ; the wheat produced here, ih. ; tiie 

 Castiles, their tiiulier, ih. ; sods, ih. — 

 The third region is that of the nortli, 

 G.'dicia, Astiu-ias, the Basque Pro- 

 vinces, and the gi-eater part of Navarre, 

 346 ; moisture of its climate, ih. ; maize 

 or Indian com, cultivation of, ih. — In 

 the tirst region work is chiefly done 

 liy manual labom-, 347 ; domestic ani- 

 mals, ih. ; its horses, mules, and asses, 

 ih. ; food used in the .second region — 

 wheat, ih. ; barley, rj'c, ih. ; wine, oil, 



and pulse produced, ih. ; the pork, ih. ; 

 tlie i)astures, the IMerino sheep, ih. ; the 

 burros or clays of Estramadura, wheat 

 grown for years in succession, 348 ; 

 barren conmion lands of this kingdom, 

 ih. ; their wines, 349 ; tlie olive cul- 

 tivated, ih. ; the butter of Oviedo, ih. ; 

 their roails, ih. ; their implements of 

 agriculture, 350 ; tiie grape or digging 

 fork of the Basque Provinces, ih. ; the 

 four great divisions of landed property 

 — 1, that of the Church; 2, the great 

 landed jiroprietors ; 3, that of the lesser 

 nobles and small freeholders ; 4, the 

 conunon lands Ixlongiiig to towns and 

 villages, 351 ; the agricultural hdjour- 

 ers, ih. ; size of the farms, ih. ; the 

 Spanish cattle, 352 ; no turnips are cid- 

 tivated, 353 ; the laws respecting the 

 Blesta or IMcriiios, ih. ; the locusts in 

 Estramadura, 354 ; jiotatoes, ih. ; the 

 gi'owth of tobacco forbidden, 355. 



Spain, her inertness, holds the three great 

 manmo dejxisits, phosphate of lime, 

 guano, cubic petre (P. Puscy), xiii. 

 35G. 



Spauttna alternifolia, see " Many-spiked 

 cord-grass." 



stricta, see "Twin-spiked cord- 

 grass." 



Spavin, bone, in horses (F. Dun), xiv. 

 114. 



Speaking, J. B., prize report on the farm- 

 ing of Berkshire, xxi. 1. 



Specific gi-avity explained (Ilenmiing), 

 xiii. 432. 



Specifications for cottages (Isaacs), xvii, 

 505. 



Speedwell, the procumbent (Buckman), 

 xvi. 3G4. 



, the com, xvi. 3G4. 



, buxbamns, xvi. 3G4. 



, the ivy-leaved, x\i. 3G4; analysis 



of, 370. 



, the field, xvi. 3G4. 



Spencer, Earl of, on the means of cal- 

 culating the number of calves which 

 will iirobably be produced by a herd of 

 cows, ii. 112. 



, on the comparative feeding pro- 

 perties of man gold- wirrzel and turnip, 

 ii. 296. See " Mangold-wurzel " and 

 " Turnip." 



, on the improvements which have 



taken place in West Norfolk, ii. 1. See 

 " Norfolk." 



, on the selection of male animals in 



the breeding of cattle ami sheep, ii. 

 22. 



, on the gestation of cows, i. 1C5. 



See " Cows," 



