184 GENERAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



STOCK-FEEDING. 



iiiflucnoecl by tlie breed of s]icep, 244 ; 

 disappointing expcrimontii with the 

 Norfolk and Leicester cross, 245 ; sell- 

 ing prices of cull lambs, 240 ; tables of 

 live* and dead weights, 247-S ; state- 

 ■ luent of cost and profit, 249 ; com- 

 parative cost of breeding and dry flocks, 

 249-50 ; weekly cost of spring keep, 

 250; land compens;ited for use of in- 

 ferior roots by exti'a supplies of arti- 

 ficials, 251 ; over-succulent food in- 

 jurious to breeding owes, 252 ; detiuled 

 calculation of cost and profit, 253 ; 

 preparation of wethers for the butcher, 

 and shearling ewes for the flock, 254 ; 

 superior value of ewe lambs, ih. ; 

 Avoekly cost of food, 254-5 ; di'litnr and 

 creditor account, 255-7 ; recapitidation, 

 257-8. 

 SrocK-FKEDiNG, cxpcriments on, by M. J. 

 lleiset (1*. H. Frere , xxiv. 43G ; bis posi- 

 tion as an agriculturist, ib. ; sheep man- 

 ngcment, 437 ; utilisation of the sewage 

 of I)iei)]X', ih. ; growth of mangold for 

 distillation and use of pulj), /6. ; inocula- 

 tion of cows for pleuro-iiuiumouia, ib. ; 

 skill in marketing, 4158 ; weight and 

 feeding quality of wheat, 439 ; specilic 

 gravity, how determined. Hi. ; rule for 

 measuring grain, ih. ; density and jier- 

 centage of water of difll'rent varietiis, 

 ■//). ; etlects of moisture, 440 ; nutriti\e 

 value of grain, as taught by Boussin- 

 gault, 441; variable percentage of 

 nitrogen in dift'erent kinds of wheat, 

 lb. ; and at difterent stages of growth, 

 442 ; Dr. Yoelckei-, on a superabund- 

 ance of nitrogen, ib. ; nitrogen a stimu- 

 lant and moulding power. 443 ; Eeiset's 

 adoption of nitrogen as the standard of 

 value for meat and bread food, ih. ; the 

 standard criticised, 444 ; sale of coru 

 by weight, 445 ; experiments on the 

 feeding of stock, ih. ; his preference for 

 sheep, 446; account of his flock and 

 experimental weighings, 447 ; waste of 

 nitrogen in food, ib. ; straw a stay to 

 the stomach, ib. ; mode of feeding, and 

 management, and conduct of experi- 

 ments, 448 ; cost of feeding per lb. of 

 live weight, 449 ; proportion of nitrogen 

 in food recovered in maume, 450 ; pro- 

 jiortion of useful products to that of 

 live weight, ib. ; variable amount of 

 nitrogen in wool, 451 ; wa.ste in re- 

 spiration, ib. ; table of results of experi- 

 ments, 452 ; daily value of manme 

 per head, ib. ; percentage of water in 

 excrements, ih. ; his system of stall- 

 feeding, 453 ; value of mangold steamed, 

 raw, or as pulp, ib. ; table of results. 



454; analyses of mangold and pulp, 

 ib. 



Stock Stewards' reports, see "Reports." 



Stokes, Mr., of Dean, his improvet! 

 cheese-press and expanding vat (J. 

 Harding), xxi. 92. 



Sto-aiata, or pores of wheat, diagram of 

 (Buckman), xvii. 185. 



Stuxebuash, the, in Somcrsetsliire (Ac- 

 land), xi. 711. 



, the soils of Oxfordshire (Read), xv. 



197. 



STuNEnREAKERs, Ameiicau, xx. 116. 



Stuxis, removal of, in ceitain cases 

 injurious; curious illustration of, at 

 Luton (K. Smith), xvii. 392. 



Storing turaips, mangold, potatoes, and 

 carrots on, prize essay ((J. Jonas), xxv. 

 358 ; time and mode of performing the 

 work, ib. ; storing and cleaning turnips 

 for immediate ust', ib. ; triangular heaps, 

 359 ; cost of cleaning, ib. ; storing for 

 field-consumption, ih. ; furrow stores, 

 360 ; packing, ib. ; mangold heaps, 

 361 ; harvesting and storing pot;itoes, 

 362; treatment of the haulm, ib.; pits 

 and house.s, 363 ; time and mode of 

 harvesting carrots, i'>. 



Sthacev, Sir E., on Kacklieath .snb-lurf 

 plough, i. 253, ii. 37. 



SrrtADiiROKE, Earl of, on the cost of fixed 

 and jiortable steam thra.shiug machines, 

 xxiii. 325, 327. 



Sthatpord, W. S., on cubic petre, ii. 259. 



Stratton, E., experiments with nitrate 

 of soda as a top-dressing for wheat on 

 inferior clay, xxiv. 109. 



Straw, its proper oflice on a fai-m, prize 

 es.siiy (H. Evershed), xxi. 153; its 

 relation to dung, 154 ; litter indispen- 

 sable to animals in sheds and yards. 

 i'l. ; use of covered yards, 155 ; saturated 

 straw expeiLsive to cart, ib. ; weight of 

 water iu dung (P. H. F.), 156 ; average 

 consumption of straw as litter, and 

 yield of manure in ojxin and covered 

 yards, ib. ; nutritious qualities of stiiiw, 

 157 ; bidk iu food, ih. ; feeding with 

 straw and roots, and straw ami bean- 

 meal, 158 ; feeding with whole roots, 

 ib. ; storing straw, ih. ; asphalte floors 

 for chafl'-houses, ^'6. ; cost of chafi"- 

 cutting, steaming, and fermenting, 159 : 

 the author's practice, 160 ; value of 

 difl'erent kinds of stiaw as food for 

 cattle and horses, ib. ; analyses of oat, 

 l)ea, and rye straw (Boussingault), 161- 

 2; wheat and barley straw (Slorton's 

 Cyc. , ib. ; bean-straw (Way). «7>. ; com- 

 position of turnips, swedes, and mart- 

 golds (Voelcker), 162. Note P. H. F. , 



