192 GENERAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL, 



THRASHING. 



Thrashing by steam, its cost (0. S. Read), 



xix. 280. 

 Thrashing-machin-es, steam and two-hand, 



by Ransome and Co., report on, ii. 



ciii. 

 compared with thrashers (J. Grey), 



iv. 0. 

 , a report on those shown at the Great 



Exliibition (in 1851), by P. Pusey, xii. 



G25. 

 ■ , on those exhibited at tlio Lewes 



meeting (in 1852), xiii. .322. 

 , exhibited at the Gloucester meeting 



(1853), xiv. 351. 

 , exhibited at tlic Lincoln meeting 



(1851), XV. 3ti9. 

 , improvements in, between 1851 and 



I85(j, xvii. 54. 

 , exhibited at the Chester meeting 



(18.58), judges' report on, xbc. 328; 



award dcciilcd by a sy.stem of marks 



for points, 329 ; combined with report 



of engineers, and results from use of 



dynamometer, 334 ; coiumendutiou and 



criticism, ib. 

 , exliibited at Canterbury (18G0), 



judges' report on, xxi. 498 ; test de- 

 scribed, ih. ; table of results, 4ill). 

 , comparative advantage of fixed and 



niovciiblc (Ugiucs, and of single or 



double dressing machines, P. ]J. (R. 



A'allontine), see " Steam power and 



thrashing-machines, xxili. lUO. 

 , on the wear and tear of, fixed or 



portable (H. Evershed), xxiii. 323. 

 TniiocKiMonTON, Sir R., his Southdown 



sheep (Spearing), xxi. 37. 

 Thrush in sheep (Cleeve), i. 303. 

 THiiUrOW, T. L., on prevention of injury 



from the tumip-fiy, xvii. G24. 

 Till RNAL, H., on the rainfall at Koyston, 



Herts, XXV. 269. 

 Tin i;y, ]\I., on regrdating the sex of the 



ullspring of animals, xxv. 253. 

 Thyjie, tho common basil (Bucknian), 



xvi. 364. 

 Ticivs in sheep (Cleeve), i. 328. 

 Tiles, draining, R. Beart on, ii. 93. See 



" Draining-tiles." 

 , Irvines machuie for making, de- 

 scribed by "W. Ford, iii. 398. 

 , on the mode of making and using, 



for under-drainage, on the Stow Hall 



estate in Norfolk by J. Wiggins, i. 350. 

 , on the cheajx^st and best method of 



estabhshing a tile-yard, by F. W. 



Etheredge, vi. 463 ; machine for 



making, 467 ; sheds for drying, ih. ; 



construction of kiln, 468. 

 , on temporary tile-kilns, by T. L. 



Hodges, ix. 198. 



Tiles, a report by P. Pusey on the tile- 

 making machines shown at the Great 

 Exhibition (in 1851), xii. 638. 



, on tho tile machines at the Lewes 



meeting (in 1852), xiii. 327. 



, on the tile machines at Chelmsford 



meeting ('1856), xvii. 571. 



,on the tile-machines at Paris (1856), 



xvii. 43. 

 Tillage (J. A. Clarke) consists in apply- 

 ing a wedge to the soil with or without 

 lifting it, XX. 175. 

 Tillering of wheat, J. Morton on, i. 43 ; 



.J. Buckiruan on, xvii. 179. 

 Tlmher trees, see " Hedges," " Planta- 

 tions," Forest trees," " Oak," " Biicli," 

 &c. 



I and cf)ppicc in Warwicksliire, xvii. 



490 ; absence of in Durham, xvii. 

 97. 



I , report on the preservation of (Dr. 



Richards', xx. 2; wood, its nature and 

 composition, ih. ; cellulose and lignine, 

 j ib.; the structure of wood, illustrations, 

 3; decay or enieracansis dependent on 

 I the action of air and moisture on soluble 

 i .siccharine or albuminous substances, 

 I 4 ; object to convert soluble into un- 

 j soluble compounds, 5 ; list of processes 

 1 suggested, ib. ; coatings of j)aint dcfec- 

 1 five, 6 ; Kyan's use of corrosive sul> 

 i liinate, ib ; list of other like agents, ib. ; 

 I Champy"s process ; use of boiling oils 

 '■ and fat, 7 ; use of vapours from creosote, 

 ib. ; Moll's process, ib. ; Lang's use of 

 sulphurous acid gas, ib. ; use of pressure 

 in close vessc-ls, fhagram, 8 ; Boiiclierie's 

 l»roces.s, 9 ; modification of his plan by 

 Perrin and other inventors, 10; Barlow's 

 mode of dni'ing wood, ib. ; compression 

 of wood by Billington and Siovicr, 11 ; 

 chemical agents employed, ib. ; sub- 

 stances which give solidity, 13 ; Payne's 

 process, ib. ; Ransome 's ib. ; saline 

 solutions, 14 ; puncturing, il). ; charring, 

 ib.; external coatings, ib.; process of 

 staining wood adopted by Renard and 

 Perrui, 15 ; on rendering wood iu- 

 tlammable, 16; the author's experi- 

 ments at Gateshead, ib. ; use of im- 

 ]iroved cyliniler, 17 ; materials tried, 

 ib. ; hint txiken from the condition of 

 old sleepers, IS; creosote made by dry 

 distillation, 19 ; specification of patent 

 for effecting this, ib ; saline solutions 

 increasing the fluidity of tar, 20 ; pro- 

 ducts, ib.; wood gas used at Munich 

 for illuminating purposes, 21 ; tar, ib. ; 

 use of pjToligneous acid treated with 

 lime, ib. ; charcoal, ib. ; directions for 

 using the liquid, 22 ; summary, ib. 



