INDEX. 



227 



Geological, wolds, Yorkshire, 67 



position as an indication of 



fertility, 55 

 Grain crops, 132 

 Grass and clover crops, 132 

 Grass cultivation on heavy lands, 

 124 



IMPROVEMENT of soils, 91 128 

 Indications of fertility, 43 50 



LIME, functions of, 34 

 Lime in nitrification, 34 

 Limestones and marbles, 34 

 Limits of agriculture as a study, 3 



MANURES, farm-yard, 146 



general, 148 



nitrogeneous, 155 



phosphatic, 155 



- special, 163 

 Marbles and limestones, 34 

 Marls, their composition, 30 



their properties, 30 



PERMANENT pasture, expense of 

 making, 212 



from high-class seed, 211 



increase of, 208 



land fallen away to, 211 



laying down land to, 209 



213 



Mr. Faunce de Laune on, 



210 



Royal Agricultural Society 



on, 210 



seeded with "hay seeds," 



211 



- time required to make a, 



212 



ROOT crops, 132, 133, 134 



manures for, 135 



various, 198 



Rotation, a practical and scientific, 

 196 



a six course, 193 



East Lothian, 199 



Norfolk, 133, 186, 193 



modifications of Norfolk, 



195 



Northumberland, 196 



position of potatoes in, 199 



sainfoin, clovers in, 204 



suitable for heavy land, 



190, 201 



three field course, 183, 193 



the Holderness, 189 



theory of, 203 



cleaning land under, 206 



physiologically considered, 



206 

 maintains balance of work, 



207 

 maintains balance of live 



stock, 207 



purifies land for sheep, 208 



Rothamsted, results of experiments 



at, 166 



common salt on mangel, 



173 

 farm -yard manure on 



mangel, 173 



unmanured plots, 166 



leguminous crops at, 176 



mineral manures on mangel, 



173 



mixed mineral manures at, 



168, 171 



nitrate of soda on mangel, 



172 



