178 GENERAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



oG5 ; illustrative diagrams, 3G6 ; expk- 

 natiou, ?>G7 ; imjirovement of old 

 stables, ib. ; Mr. Luwes's cart stabling, 

 368. 



Stage, W., on the rotations of crops on 

 heavy lands (prize essay), iv. 169. See 

 " Clay soils." 



Stachys arvensis, see " Com-woimd- 

 wort." 



Stack stands, furnishing store-room for 

 roots, description of (Bccvor\ x\iii. 

 338. 



Stackyaeus, aiTangement of (Tancrc<V, 

 xi. 195, 196 ; (Tebbutt), 307. 



Stall-feeding, on, by J. H. Leigh, vi. 

 237. 



Stalliox, on the choice of, for breeding 

 purposes (J. Burke), v. 510-.'il8. 



Stallions thoroughbred, at Chester 

 (1858), by R. Smith, xix. 377, 395. 



, agricultural, at Chester (R. Smith), 



xix. 394. 



Stanuoi'e, J. S., on arbo)icultnr.', vii. 

 679. 



, Mr., his mode of feeding Alderncy 



cows, xviii. 175. 



Starch, the, found in plants (Fowncs), 

 iv. 504. 



, refuse (potato) of starch-makers, 



anah'sis of, xiii. 498. 



, its composition aud_ relation to oil, 



xviii. 170. 



, its iirescnce in the seeds and tubers 



of plants, &c. (licnfrey), xviii. 395 ; in 

 Vvheat and oat grain, 397 ; in the jjotato, 

 ib. ; in maize and rice, 39S ; its change 

 into dextrine or sugar explained, 40U ; 

 its presence in the algae, 404. 



" Statesmen, the," of Cmnberlaud (Dick- 

 inson), xiii. 218. 



Statistics, agricultural, of France, by 

 Sir 0. Lemon, i. 411. 



, on agricultui-al, Ijy C. Wren Hos- 



Icyns, xvi. 554 ; its advantages to the 

 poorer holders of coiti, 557 ; evidence 

 of Mr. L. Levi, 559 ; the general ad- 

 vantages of statistics, 565 ; value of 

 tlio farm-))roduco of England, 569 ; the 

 acreage of England, 571 ; of Scotland 

 and L-elaud, ib. ; state of our cultivation 

 two centuries since, 573; number of 

 luclosure Bills since 1710, 575 ; in- 

 crease of population since 1800, ^vheat 

 imported, 575 ; prices of wheat, 577 ; 

 average annual produce of wheat, ib. ; 

 the poiJulation of Loudon, 595 ; a statis- 

 tical map, 597 ; the produce of Scotland, 

 1854, 1855, 598; statistical map of 

 Scotland, 600; statistical map of lie- 

 land, 602. 



■ , important facts brought out in Nor- 



folk in 1853-4 (C. S. Read), xix. 297 ; 

 ijicrcase in yield of corn in Norfolk and 

 of stock sold at Lynn, 300. 



Statisi'ICS of the corn trade. See '• Corn 

 trade." 



of live .stock for consumption in the 



metropolis, see "Live Stock for con- 

 sumi^tion, &c." 



Steam cultm-e, cost of in 1856, xvii. 581 ; 

 its economy (C. W. Hoskyns), 425-8; 

 the conditions on wliicli the 500/. prize 

 was ofl'creil by the Royal Agricultural 

 Society, xviii. 426 ; the revolution in 

 culture and crops on clay soils, 427 ; 

 mischievous eliects of tlio trampling of 

 horses' feet avoided, 428; the atmo- 

 sphere the true cultivator, ib. ; even the 

 stcam-plougii glazes and smears the 

 soil, 429; suggestion for getting rid of 

 tiiis, ib. 



, on tiie a|)plication of steam jwwer 



to the cultivation of the laud (J. A. 

 Clfirke, a prize cs.say), xx. 174 ; tillage 

 defined, 175; the glazing action of the 

 ]>lf)Ugh decreased by steam tillage, 176 ; 

 tlie revolving cutter expends less ix)wer 

 than the mould board, ib. ; steam 

 diggers with direct action, their advan- 

 tages and difficulties, ib. ; Bonsor and 

 Pettitt's drum cultivator for horse or 

 other power, working in dii'ection of mo- 

 tion, 177 ; the patents of Paid and of 

 Lillie, 178; Usher's patent; the pro- 

 polling power gained by the resistance 

 of tlie soil to tlic cui-ved ploughs at 

 work, ] 79 ; exhibited, but not worked 

 at Cai-lisle ; theoiy of its action, 180 ; 

 Bcthell's digger, draNvoi by liorses, 

 (hivcn by steam, with Boydell's rails 

 added, 181 ; Komaine's cultivator, 

 tlrawn by horses, ib. ; Hoskyns, C. W., 

 liis rasp, ib. ; progress too slow ; the 

 coinminution of soil left to natm-e, 182 ; 

 particles of weathered clod are inde- 

 l)endent and repelling, not so if parted 

 mechanically, 183 ; Malkett's commi- 

 nutor, lUce Norwegian han-ow, axis 

 parallel to line of motion, ib. ; Croskill's 

 improvements on Romaine's digger, 184 ; 

 its work veiy good, from 4 to 7 acres 

 per day, 185 ; objections to its weight 

 and complexity, ib. ; Nasli's digger de- 

 .scribcd, 186; seen working in Cam- 

 bridgeshire in 1859, 187 ; Ricketfs cul- 

 tivator ; the coulters move Ibnvard and 

 upwards with too mudi loss of jwwer, 

 188; its ti-ial at Chester, 190; Mr. 

 Rickett's remark in favom- of the uj)- 

 ward action, 191 ; Mr. Atkin's rotaiy 

 digger actuated by s-tationary engine, 

 192; Fiskcn's patents, 193. Jlacltinenj 



