204 GENERAL INDEX TO llOYAL AGKICULTURAL JOURNAL, 



AVkktw, andvsis of tliu ma^t common, xiii. 

 528. 



, analy.-iis of all the weeJa from an 



inferior turnip-soU, xiii. .'328. 



, efttict of extirpatinj?. from a farm, 



the absence of wireworms on a clean 

 fiinn in Surrey (Evershed i, xiv. 84. 



of Oxfordshire (Head), xv. 20G. 



, on agricultural weedd, by J. Buck- 

 man, a prize essay, xvi. i}.")'.) ; various 

 definitions of the word weed, ib. ; a list 

 of, 360 ; influence of soils upon, 'MS ; 

 certain weeds never found on imbrokeu 

 ground, .'7*. ; clny-land is subject to the 

 ifewcdt weeds, ib. ; the weeds of sandy 

 soils, ib. ; of calcareous .soils, if>. ; of 

 loamy soils, 'MQ ; agmrian weed.x, ib. ; 

 analysis of the ashes of five weeds, 370 ; 

 annual weeds, (7>. ; biennials, 371; pe- 

 remiials, their modes of increase, ib. ; 

 habit of growth, 372; panisitic wcK.'ds, 

 373; the extirj)ation of weeds, 374; of 

 the seeds dorumnt in soils, ib. ; the i)re- 

 vention of weed-sowing, 37G ; weeds in 

 manure, 377 ; seeding of wt>eds, ib. ; 

 estimate of the number of flowera and 

 seed.s, ib. ; dissemination of seeds from 

 wastes, 378 ; weeds of meadows, 379'; 

 which impede watercourses, 380 ; of 

 liedge-banks and fences, Hi. 



, burnt, analysis of (Voelcker), xviii, 



351. 



"\Vi;kvil, on the, and otlier insects which 

 aflect corn in the granary and tlie field, 

 by J. Curtis, vii. 9 j ; in peas, 405. 



, on a, which aftects the pea-crops, by 



J. Curtis, viii. 399. 



, on the turnip, by J. Curtis, v. 119. 



, on the, wiiich aifect clover (Curtis,;, 



xviii. 43. 



WEUiHixG-M.\(iiiXES, ou tliosc at Shrews- 

 bury in 1845, vi. 317 ; at Newcastle in 

 184(3 'Parkcs, vii. 691 ; at the Lewes 

 meeting in 1852, xiii. 327. 



AVEUiHT, carcass and live weight of cattle 

 i^IIorsfally, their proportion, xvii. 278. 



WelbI'X'K, system of planting and manage- 

 ment of plantations at, ix. 36'J. 



Welles, E. ¥., on the Argvlesliire cattle, 

 i. 348. 



■\Veu>-, Mr. (Booth Ferry House), on 

 .steam cultivation (P, H. Frere), xxi. 

 401. 



, Mr. W., Ins semces to agriculture 



P. H. Frere ,xxi. 153. 



, ou the drainage of Whittlesea Mere, 



xxi. 134. 



Welsh or Radnor sheep, the, J. Wilson 

 on, xvi. 2:32 ; \\<h)\ of, 241. 



cattle at the Chester meeting ^1858), 



by It. Smith, xix. 391. 



"Welsh ponies at Chester, xix. 395. 



sheep at Chester meeting (R. Smith), 



xix. 39(5 ; hints for tlieir improvement, 

 ib. ; the Cheviot ram, invaluable as a 

 cross, 398. 



Wexsleydale, its farming (Milbum), ix. 

 516. 



"West of England drainage and Inelosurc 

 Company (Wells), xxi. 146. 



Westminster, the Marquis of, on a dress 

 for drainers, x. 51. 



Whakncliefe, Lord, on draining under 

 certain conditions of soil and climates 

 xii.41. 



Wheat, Professor Henslow on disea.ses of, 

 ii. 1 ; its parasitic fungi, 2 ; on the 

 bmit-snuit balls or pepj>erbrand, 4 ; on 

 the smut or dust-bmud, 6 ; elVect of diii- 

 fereiit steeps in jjreventing smut, 8 ; on 

 rust in, 9; on re<l-rag in, ib.; on rcdr 

 robin in, //*. ; on rcd-gmn in, ib. ; on 

 mildew in, ib.; on the j)rrcautions to be 

 taken against rust and mildew, 12 ; ou 

 the sn])i)o.>;cd influence of tlie berberry 

 in producing mildew, 13; on the ergot 

 on, 15; on tlie jirevention of ergot on, 

 19; on the ear-ciK-kie, purples, or 

 IK'ppercorn. lb.; on tlio prevention of 

 the ear-cockle, 21 ; on the wheat-midge, 

 22 ; on the precautions to be taken 

 against tlie whcat-midge, 23. 



, on the jjroductivi-ne.ss of certaiu 



wheats, by C. Ilillyard, ii. 265. 



, on some varieties of, by Sir C. Bmv 



rell, ii. 147 ; Browne's prolific. Hunters 

 wliite, and three of Colonel Le Couteur'a, 

 ib. 



, on a productive variety of, by R. B. 



Harvey, ii. 148. 



, ufitice of several sjiecimens of, con- 

 tributed to the museum of the Society, 

 by J. S. Henslow, ii. 271. 



, the Hoptoun wheat, P. Shirreff's 



iwcount of, ii. 344 ; when fir.st noticed, 

 ib.; sold for the fir.st time in lfi39, ib.; 

 de.s<"ril>es its ears, ib. ; comparative trials 

 with the chevalier wheat, ib. ; and with 

 the Hunter and Chidham wheat, ib. ; 

 the prec<iutions necessary in comparative 

 trials of wheats, 345; rotation of, in 

 Scotland, 344. 



, f>bser\-ations on the wheat-midge, by 



Profes.sor J. S. Henslow, iii. 36, see 

 " Inset^ts ; " in the Netherlands, how 

 they manure for wheat, 246 ; C. Hilyard 

 on, 297 ; on the cultivation of wheat 

 every other vear, ib. ; on clover leys, 

 298 ; use of the drill-presser, 299 ; tlie 

 Egyptian wheat, 300 ; trial of several 

 wlieats, 301 ; brown Lammas wheat, its 

 soQs, 301 ; of the grub, 303 : the steep- 



