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INDEX. 



" Aberdeenshire, Agriculture of," 59 

 Aberdeenshire farmers, meeting of, 



5,233 

 Abbotaley experiments, 120, 169, 170 

 Achillea MiUefolium, see Yarrow 

 Afforestation, 138 

 After-growth of grasses, 67 

 Aftermath must be lightly grazed, 175 



of Cocksfoot, 80 



Agreement of plants and trees, 190 

 Agricultural chemistry, 7, 22 



chemists, 117-118, 244 



schools, 9, 10, 36-38, 112-126 



Agriculture, Board of, 41, 115, 



200-202 



definition of, 135 



"Elements and Practice of," 



41-43 



present day, 135, 136 



rise of British, 5 



Agrostographia, Lawson's, 78, 79 



Alfalfa, see Lucerne 



Alghope field experiments, 166-168 



cropping of, 219 



holcus in, 168 



seed mixture used, 166 



spread of Cocksfoot in, 174 



Alluvial flats, 27, 69, 83, 92 

 Alopecurus pratensis, see Meadow 



Foxtail 

 Alsike clover, 106, 107 

 American Constitution, 127 

 Anderson, Professor, 25 



on Eyegrass, 59 



Anthoxanthum odoratum, see Sweet 



Vernal 

 Anthyllis vulneraria, see Kidney 



Vetch 

 Arable land, proportion of, 3 

 Artificial manures at Cockle Park, 120 

 detrimental use of, 6, 118, 



197 



Artificial manures entail heavy ex- 

 penditure, 118 



reduction of bill for, 123 



risk of loss of, from wash, 



246 

 Atmospheric nitrogen, see Nitrogen 

 Avena elatior, see Tall Oat grass 

 Avena flavescens, see Golden Oat 

 grass 



Balderston potato experiments, 171, 



242 ^ 



Bankfield alternative mixture, 162 



analysis of soil from, 208 



cropping of, 219 



— — '- description of, 162, 231 



experiments, 84, 162-165 



fine pasture with large grasses, 



74 



full of White clover, 194 



great grazing value of, 165 



seed mixture used, 74, 162 



stock carried by, 164, 165, 231 



seems too good to plough up, 165 



unafEected by drought, 164, 235 



weight of hay crop, 163, 164 



Bare spaces, bad eflect of, 89, 90, 180, 



235, 236 

 render field liable to 



drought, 89, 180, 235, 236 



reseeding, 68, 88, 180 



Barnes, Professor, on forage plants, 



198 

 Bengal weavers' petition, 184 

 Big-Countridge field, cropping of, 219 



hay crop, 107 



Big-Haugh, cropping of, 219 



grass after turnips and potatoes, 



121 

 permanence of deep-rooters, 46, 



107 



turnips without manvire, 35, 171 



Bi-metalUsm, 12, 13 



