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Wool of Shropshire, famous m the four- 

 teenth century (H. Tanner), xix. GO. 



, imports of, in 1855-6, xix. 220. 



, report on that shown at Leeds, 



1S61 (H. Ludolf), xxii. 232. 



, importation and prices of, in 1862 



(Herbert), xxv. 247. 



WooL-FAiKS of Germany in 1856, report 

 on, xvii. 335. 



Woollens, manufactm-es of, J. Wilson 

 on, xvi. 242. 



rags, as a manure for beeti-oot, by 



P. Pusey, vi. 529. 



, the analysis of, by J. T. Way, x. 



617, xiii. 498 ; rich in sulphmic acid 

 (Bowditch) xviii. 305. 



, prennings, cuttings, shoddy ana- 

 lysed, xiii. 498. 



, wooUen refuse used as a manure in 



Oxfordshii-e (Read), xv. 244. 



or shoddy, a refuse of the flock- 

 works, its use as a manure, by Dr. A. 

 Voelcker, xvi. 94 ; its composition, xix. 

 180. 



Worcester showyard, report on, xxiv. 

 487 ; inadequacy of railway arrange- 

 ments, 492. 



Work, measiu:e, on, by H. Rajnibird, vii. 

 119. 



Worms, earth, the way in which they 

 aid in di-aining land, by J. Beart, iv. 

 413. 



, the depth to which they penetrate, 



by J. Parkes, vii. 266. 



, then- fondness for hemp (Eowland- 



sou), X. 178. 



, theii' holes filled and the worms 



killed by irrigation (P. Pusey), x. 476. 



, theii- action on jjasture as described 



by Wedgwood and Darwin, xix. 225 ; 

 foreign worms at Thirsk, 277 ; their 

 dislike to coal ashes, ih. ; their number 

 increased by manure (H. S. Thompson), 

 xix. 260 : their operations slow but 

 effectual, ib. 



Wormwood, if eaten by cows, gives a 

 bitter taste to then- milk (Euegg), xiv. 

 69. 



Worsteds, the manufactories of, J. Wil- 

 son on, xvi. 243. 



WoszicKE, Count, on the utility of the 

 titmouse in devouring caterpillars, 

 xxiii. 238. 



WoL^NDS of sheep (Cleeve), 1. 321. 



WitATisLAW, C., on the capital required 

 for a mixed arable and pasture farm in 

 a midland county, a prize essay, xxii. 

 167. 



Wright, J., on shorthorn cattle, vii. 201. 



, W., on the management of breed- 

 ing cattle, xix. 500. 



Wright, W., on improvements in the 

 farming of Yorkshire since the date of 

 former reports, xxii. 87. 



Y. 



Ya^t, the water, its tuber analysed, xiii, 

 522. 



, the guinea, its tuber analysed, xiii. 



522. 



Yarrow-grass, the, analysis of (Way), 

 xiv. 179. 



Yeast-plant, description of (Mulder), 

 xvii. 82. 



, its growth due to nitrogen, 83. 



Yellow oat-like grass, analysis of (Way), 

 xiv. 177. 



■ , its growth in different situations 



(Buckman), xv. 468 ; xvii. 542. 



York meeting, report of the exliibition 

 and trials of implements at, by H. S. 

 Thompson, is. 377. 



Yorkshire, on the farming of the East 

 Richng, by G. Legard, a prize report, 

 ix. 85 ; of the wolds, ib. ; soils resting 

 on tlic chalk, their origin, and defici- 

 ency in calcareous matter, 87 ; analysis, 

 of wold soils, ib. ; Holdcrncss, 89, 101 ; 

 the Carrs, ib. ; soils of, ib. ; vale of 

 l'"ork, 90, 99 ; the wold husbandry in 

 1770, Arthur Young and Sir Digby 

 Legard on, 92, 103 ; the failure of the 

 clover-ijlant, 106; the turnip cultiva- 

 tion of, 107; growth of oats, 113; 

 wheat-sowing, 116; sainfoin, 118; the 

 wold-23onds, 119 ; chalking, 121 ; sheep 

 of, ib. ; cattle of, 123 ; horses of, 125 ; 

 labourers, ib. ; cottage allotments, 126 ; 

 benefit societies, 127 ; cultivation of an 

 East Riding farm, by Mr. F. Shawe, 129. 



, on the wold soils, by G. Legard, 



xii. 479. 



— — , West Riding of, on the farming of, 

 by J. C. Charuock, a prize report, ix. 

 284 ; character of soils, ib. ; its great 

 coal formation, 287; the magnesian 

 limestone soils, 289 ; the new red sand- 

 stone, 290 ; the Eipon gravel, 291 ; 

 peculiarities of agricultural manage- 

 ment, 293 ; the continued cropping 

 with wheat, 294; licorice, growth of, 

 near Pontefract, 297; potatoes grown 

 on the warp soils, 298 ; the size of the 

 holdings, 301 ; improvements in the 

 farming of, since 1799, the extent of 

 land contained in it, 303 ; the sewage 

 of its large towns, 308. 



, the North Riding, on tlie farming 



of, a prize report, by M. M. Milburn, 

 ix. 496 ; its soils, ib. ; the sand and 

 gravel district, 499 ; wheat crops, ib. ; 



