VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



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SrENCER, Earl, on prize white wheat, se- 

 lected for ti-ial at Southaniptou, vi. 572. 



SrERGCLA arvensis, see "Hpuircy." 



SriKED fescue-grass, its growth iu dif- 

 ferent situations (Buckman), xv. 468 ; 

 xvii. 533-5. 



Spiller, Mr. (Woolwich .li'seual), on pre- 

 venting the incrustation of steam-boilers, 

 xxiii. 431, 436. 



Splenic apoplexy in cattle and sheep, 

 report on (Prof. Simonds), xxiv. 228 ; 

 outbreak of the malady iu Somerset, 

 lb. ; pathology and cause of blood 

 diseases, 229 ; hismato-sepsis, hajmo- 

 albuminuria, and hasmostasia, ib. ; 

 efl'ects of food, ib. ; importance of good 

 water to cattle, 230 ; office of the sjjleen, 

 ib. ; sjjlenic ajjoplexy a misnomer, 231 ; 

 post-mortem appearances, ib. ; the dis- 

 order due to chemical changes in the 

 blood, 232 ; flesh of aflected animals 

 poisonous, ib. ; sjmiptoms and treat- 

 ment, ib. ; detailed report to the vete- 

 rinary committee; cause, symptoms, 

 and post-mortem ajjpearances, 233 ; 

 first outbreak and spread of ,the malady 

 ib. ; history of the fields liable to the 

 affection, ib. ; Mr. Wake's farm, 235 ; 

 Mr. Bradley's and Mr. Dyke's farms, 

 236 ; the water supply, 238 ; condition 

 of the herbage, 239 ; JIi-. Taylor's farm, 

 240; suggested remedies, 241; drain- 

 age, imjiroved cattle-yards, butter diet, 

 and medicines, ib. — Prof. Buekman's 

 report of the examination of the pas- 

 tures, 242 ; condition of the water and 

 herbage, 243 ; prevaihng grasses, 245 ; 

 Lord Portman on tart lands, ib. ; neces- 

 sity of drainage and improved cultiva- 

 tion, 24G ; list of plants on the farms 

 inspected by Prof Simonds, 246-249 ; 

 conclusions, 250 ; Dr. Voelcker's report 

 on the comi^osition of the water, 251-3 ; 

 water in the lias districts liable to cause 

 disease, 251 ; iujm-ious efll'cts of unrijie 

 herbage, 253 ; common origin of causes 

 producing scour and apoplexy, ib. ; eflect 

 of manuring, ib. ; Discussion — eflect 

 of water impregnated with farmyard 

 refuse, 254 ; remarks l)y the Earl of 

 Powis, as chahman, ib. 



Sfooner, W. C, on bones and suljihuric 

 acid, vi. 71. 



, on the use of superi)hosphato of 



lime produced with acid and bones, for 

 maniu-e, vLi. 143. 



, on the management of farm-horses, 



a prize essay, ix. 249. 



(with John Elliott), on the construc- 

 tion of farm-buildings, xi. 270. 



, on cross-breeding, xx. 294. 



VOLS. I. — XXV. 



Si'OONER, W. C, on the monthly rainfall at 

 Ehng, from 1848 to 1860, xxii. 342. 



— —, on the cause of the rot in sheep, 

 xxiii. 83. 



Sprain, in horses, of the tendons of the 

 back (F. Dun), xiv. 115. 



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

 X. 610, xiii. 498. 



Sprengel, Dr. C, on annual manures, i. 

 455. 



, on humus, xvii. 291. 



, on organic and inorganic manm'es 



(Liebig ), xxv. 505. 



Spring Park farm, some account of, by 

 II. Davis, vii. 524. 



Springs, intermittent. See " Bournes." 



, drainage connected with, xvii. 370. 



, Malvern, analysis of (Pliillips), xvii. 



421. 



, Iceland (Sandberger), xvii. 422. 



, Carlsbad (Berzelius), ib. 



, Trafalgar Square, artesian Avell 



(Playfair), xvii. 443. 



, on the virtue of (Chevaudier and 



Salvctat), xvii. 325. 



Spring-water, analysis of, xiii. 506. 



Spurge, the sun, its soil and habits 

 (Buckman), xvi. 366. 



, the dwarf, ib. 



, the petty, ib. 



Spureey, grown for winter-feed iu Jut- 

 land (J. F. Johnston), iii. 418 ; may be 

 regarded as the clover of sandy .soils, 

 ib. , .sown in April and ready for feed- 

 ing off in Jime, ib. 



, its soils and habits (Buckman), xvi. 



360. 



Spring-feed, early, M. M. Milburn on 

 h. 215. 



Spruce-fir the, of Norway, its planting 

 and management (Falkener), iii. 277. 



Squitch, its soils and habits (Buclouan), 

 xvi. 366 ; its natm-al history, xvii. 

 530. 



Stables, on purifying the air of, by a 

 mixture of gypsum or sawdust with 

 sulphuric acid, by H. Recce, iv. 278. 



, management of horses in (F. Burke), 



v. 533. 



, on the construction of, for fann- 



horses (Tancred), xi. 200; (Ewart), 

 236. 



for nag-horses (Tancred), xi. 205. 



, ventilation of (Stmgess), xi. 294. 



, ventilation of, as practised in Dur- 

 ham (Dr. BeU), xvii. 110. 



— r — , on the improved construction of 

 (P. H. Frere), xxv. 364 ; report of the 

 barracks' and hospitals' commissioners, 

 ib. ; defects in stable arrangements, ib. ; 

 improved principles of construction, 

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