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INDEX TO THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Arable land, maintenance of fertility in 

 new, vii. 283. 



Arachnides, natural history of, v. 226. 



Arboriculture, v. 606 ; vii. 679. 



Arbuthnot, Right Hon. C, on deep drain- 

 age, vi. 129, 573. 



Argyleshire cattle, i. 348. 



Arkell, J., on indications of fertility, v. 

 429. 



T., on land-drainage, iv. 318. 



Artichoke, Jerusalem, ii, 258 ; iii. 81 ; 

 vi. 578. 



• composition of 



ashes of, viii. 165, 200. 



Artificial manure. See manures for car- 

 rots, grass, iiops, tares, turnips, wheat. 



Ash-tree, the, iii. 271. 



Ashes of (see) analysis, artichoke, barley, 

 beans, carrots, flax, hop-plant, man- 

 gold-wurzel, oats, peas, peat, plants, 

 potatoes, rye, root-crop, turnips, wood. 



Aspect of land influences its fertility, v. 

 578. _ 



Australian reaping-machine, v. 284. 

 Autumn clearing of stubbles, viii. 570. 

 Aynesley, J. M., on manure for carrots, 

 IV. 270. 



Ayrshire, compared with the Kerry breed 

 of cattle, i. 441 ; iv. 436. 



cattle, produce of, iii. 225. 



Azote, in plants, ii. 254. 



B. 



Babington, C, on flax-dodder, ii. 63. 

 Baker, B., on grafting turf, v. 600. 



R., on agriculture of Essex, v. 1. 



• Essex draining, iv. 35. 



rye, as green fodder, vi. 



179. 



the wheat-midge, vii. 273. 



J. L., on the draught of horses, i. 



429. 



Bakewells improved Leicester sheep, viii. 

 2. 



Balmer, T., on rotation of crops in Scot- 

 land, iv. 194. 



Barclay, D., M.P., on guano as a manure, 

 iv. 175. 



on nitrate of soda, as a 



manure, i. 423; ii. 117. 



■ on thick and thin sow- 

 ing, vi. 192. 



Barker, J, R., on nitrate of soda, as a 

 manure, ii. 133. 



Barley, Chevalier, i. 11. 



composition of, iv. 529 ; v. 249 ; 



vii. 642, 674. 



cultivation of, ii. 164 ; iii. 249 ; 



V. 6, 326; vi. 11, 425 ; vii. 47 ; viii. 

 280. 



hummeller, v. 383. 



midge, vi. 151. 



Barley, produce of, i. 74, 88, 99, 373, 

 412, 418; ii. 129, 136, 158; iv. 23; 



v. 20, 39, 273, 444 ; vi.233, 271, 407, 

 413; vii. 173, 538, 567; viii. 14. 



Barrenness, indications of, v. 443, 567. 

 Barton, J., on sulphate of ammonia as a 



manure, v. 601. 

 on the successful industry of 



a labourer, iv. 587. 

 Bathing lambs, on, v. 279. 

 Beans and cabbages, culture of, v. 112. 

 composition of, v. 249 ; viii. 167, 



20L 



cultivation of, v. 29, 333, 339 ; 



vi. 28, 255 ; vii. 54 ; viii. 281. 



insect enemies of, vii. 404. 



— produce of, i. 260 ; v. 20, 36, 39 ; 



vi. 271, 285; viii. 425. 

 Beart, R,, on draining, iv. 411. 



■ on tile-making, ii. 93. 



Bedford Level, the, viii. 84, 93. 

 Bedfordshire wheel-plough, i. 142. 

 Bee, the humble, vii. 412. 

 Beech-tree, the, iii. 271. 



as fence-wood, vi. 221. 



Bees, management of, i. 503. 

 Beet carrion beetle, viii. 404. 



the field, see Mangold-wurzel. 



Beetle, the pea, vii. 418. 



the turnip, ii. 195. 



Beetling flax, on, viii. 377, 453. 

 Belgian carrot, ii. 40 ; iii. 243 ; v. 281. 



■ plough, ii. 58. 



Berberry on wheat blights, influence of 



the, ii. 13, 223. 

 Biddel's scarifier, i. 357 (65, App.) ; viii. 



343. 



■ extirpating harrow, ii. 110, App. 



Billyse, E., on bones for grass land, ii. 91. 

 Binding-rake, Kentish, i. 444. 

 Bituminous shale as a top-dressing, iv. 

 276. 



Black earth of Central Russia, the, iii. 

 125. 



Black fox-tail grass, iv. 270. 

 " Black muzzle" in sheep, the, i. 303. 

 " Black water" in sheep, the, i. 316. 

 Blackie's rotation of crops, i. 284. 

 Blacker, W., on the agriculture of Ire- 

 land, iv. 437. 

 Blight on apples, the, iv. 267. 

 " Blind" in sheep, the, viii. 24. 

 Blood, composition of, iv. 216. 

 Board of Agriculture, the, i. 89. 

 " Bobbin joans," iv. 431. 

 Bog-land, fences for, vi. 224. 



improvement of, vi. 182. 



Bone-mills, v. 384. 



Bones and acid as a manure, iv. 164, 408 ; 

 V. 443, 452, 594, 605; vi. 71, 244, 

 324. 



compared with 



guano, vi. 581; viii. 58. 



