18 INDEX TO THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Rope-lwister, vii. 69L 

 Rose-chafer, the green, iii. 317. 

 Rose, Sir G., on the Hainaul/ scythe, 

 V. 611. 



Rot removed from land, i. 369. 



in sheep, i. 307 ; viii. 23. 



Rotation of crops, i. 1-2, 63, 65, 79, 100, 

 125, 284, 292, 374, 388; ii. 45, 161, 

 182, 408; iii. 3, 232, 241, 245, 247, 

 410 ; iv. 22, 194, 342 ; v. 2, 20, 34, 

 162, 173, 322, 331, 598; vi. 7, 23, 254, 

 257, 260, 262, 264, 271. 275, 280, 

 282, 434; vii. 4a, 70, 502. 505, 514, 

 517, 530, 567; viii. 34, 64, 96, 101, 

 104, 107, 111, 1 19, 130, 132, 229, 

 265, 285, 318, 367, 424, 427, 469. 



Rotation of crops, considerations on, 

 283. 



De Candolle's theory 



of, i. 286. 



• experiments on, i. 150. 



French, i. 292. 



• forheavy land, iv. 194, 



409. 



manures used in, iii. 



245. 



• ■ Macaire's experi- 

 ments on, i. 287. 



theory of, as founded 



on exhaustion, i. 290. 



Rowlandson, T., on agriculture of North 

 Wales, vii. 553. 



• on burning land for ma- 



nure, viii. 46. 



Roxburghshire, agriculture of, i. 102. 



Running sands, vii. 115 



Rural economy abroad, i. 124. 



in Germany, i. 371. 



Rust in wheat, ii. 9. 



Rust and mildew caused by same fungus, 



ii. 220. 

 Rutland plough, i. 143. 

 Rye, as green fodder, vi. 179. 



as spring food, ii. 215. 



composition of, iv. 529 ; vii. 647. 



cultivation of, i. 14; iii. 242; viii. 



285. 



grass, Italian, ii. 214; v. 284; viii. 



572. 



grass, common, ii. 216. 



produce of, i. 412. 



St. Johns Day, vi. 177; vii. 334. 



seed, to clean, vii. 351. 



S. 



Sainfoin, cultivation of, v. 17; vii. 6l. 



— — management of, viii. 298. 



on stacking, v. 622. 



Salt as a manure, v. 267. 



as food, iv. 236 ; viii. 4. 



. for the dairy, i, 383. 



Saltpetre as a manure, see Nitrates. 



Sand as a top-dressing for peat, ii. 415. 



wasps, viii. 402. 



Sanatory etfects of drainage, iv. 151. 

 Sands, to drain running, vii. 115. 

 Sandy soils improved by marling, ii. 67 ; 



iii.'lSl, 216, 233. 

 Saw-dust as a manure in composts, i. 



135. 



Saw-fly, the, vi. 131. 

 " Scab" in sheep, the, i. 323 ; viii. 22. 

 Scarifier, Biddel's, i. 357, 65 App. ; viii. 

 434. 



Scarifiers, iii. 119, 345 ; vi. 311 ; vii. 687 ; 



viii. 343. 

 Schools in Germany, iii. 370. 



Industrial, iii. 377. 



of agriculture in France, i. 264 ; 



iii. 365. 



Science applied to agriculture, iii. 136. 

 *' Scientific bookkeeping," iii. 145. 

 Sciiubler, Professor, on the physical pro- 

 perties of soils, i. 177. 

 Scotland, agriculture of, i. 59, 101, 105 ; 



iv. 194. 



Scottish ploughs, i. 220. 

 " Scour " in lambs, the, v. 279. 

 Scutching flax, on, viii. 383, 457. 

 Scythe, Hainault, v. 616. 



Kentish corn, i. 444. 



Sea embankments, i. 372. 



Seeding of the flax crop, viii. 371, 449. 



turnip crop, iv. 61. 



wheat, i. 1 1, 1 13 ; ii. 162 ; 



V. 329, 353, 597; vii. 535; viii. 69. 

 Seedling potatoes, viii. 420. 

 Seeds, advantage of steeping, iv. 557; viii. 



215. 



Selection of males in breeding, i. 22, 29. 



Serpentine, composition of, vi. 419. 



Servants, management of farm, ii. 183. 



Sewage manure, i. 158. 



Shackel, G., on the food needed by dif- 

 ferent-sized animals, viii. 487. 



Sliale as a manure; iii. 161. 



Sliallow cultivation, vi. 187. 



ploughing, iii. 194. 



Shed-feeding sheep, on, i. 169, 129, 407; 

 vi. 371, 242. 



Sheep, breeding and management of, ii. 

 169, 174; vi. 361 ; viii. 1. 



Cheshire, v. 71. 



Cheviot, i. 77, 97, 107. 



Cornish, vi. 448. 



cost of the keep of, i. 409; ii. 171, 



174. 



Cotswold, vii. 299; viii. 16. 



diseases of, i. 295, 387; viii. 19. 



Down, viii. 7. 



excrements of the, i. 481, 484. 



food of the, i. 169; iii. 229; vi. 



388; viii. 487. 



washing, i. 128. 



Wiltshire, v. 169. 



