VOLUMES ONE TO EIGHT, 



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Sheep, growth of, 1. 408; iv, 275 ; vi.243; 

 viii. 488. 



Leicester, i. 107, 333; vii. 295; 



viii. 2. 

 — ; — — Lincoln, viii. 1 1. 



long-woolled, viii. 11. 



Merino, i. 127, 265. 



on the feeding properties of, vii. 



294. 



Norfolk, V. 351. 



North Wales, vii. 583. 



Nottingham, vi. 17. 



pox, viii. 489. 



South Down, viii. 7. 



Suftblk, viii. 305. 



Shell lime, iii. 34; vi. 440. 

 Shelly, J., on selecled wheats, iv. 584. 

 Shelter, advantages of, i. 163, 169, 407, 

 Sheppey, isle of, vi. 257. 

 Shirreti", P., on the Hopeton wheat, ii. 

 344. 



Short-horns, i. 26, 108 ; ii. 176 ; vii. 201. 

 Shrewsbury exhibition of implements, vi. 

 303. 



Sickle versus Scythe, i. 447. 



Size of animals affecting the food they re- 

 quire, viii. 487. 



Size of stiort-horns, vii. 205, 



Sloe as fence-wood, vi. 215. 



Slugs on wheat, remedy fur, v. 355. 



Smith of Deanston, J., his evidence before 

 Agricultural Committee, 1835, i. 29. 



Smith, R., on the management of sheep, 

 viii. 1. 



"Smut," ii. 6,220 ; v. 329. 

 Smut balls, ii. 4. 

 Societies, friendly, vi. 459. 



of agriculture in England, i. 89. 



France, i. 



269. 



. ■ Scotland, i, 



61. 



Socket drain-pipes, v. 603. 



Sod-drainii!g, iii. 167. 



Soda, nitrate of, see Nitrates. 



Soils, absorbing powers of, i. 32, 48, 195. 



adhesiveness of, i. 188. 



admixture of, i. 4 ; ii. 67 ; iii. 32, 



162. 



alluvial, i. 373. 



analysis of, i. 46, 274; iv. 547 ; v. 



614. 



classification of, iii. 139. 



■ composition of, i. 59, 178, 215 ; ii. 



28, 30, 35, 110; iii. 131, 328, 435, 

 437 ; V. 607 ; vi. 447, 577 ; vii. 170, 

 237, 258; viii. 368, 434. 



consistence of, i. 185 ; v, 563. 



indicated by their peculiar vegeta- 

 tion, iii. 30. 



influence of drought on, i. 193. 



influence of frost on, i. 190. 



influence of colour on, i. 202. 



Soils, influence of inclination on, i. 201. 



influence of moisture on, i. 203. 



meaning of adjectives applied to, i. 



192. 



of Anglesey, vii. 564. 



of North Wales, vii. 553. 



of Sulfolk, viii. 262. 



of the chalk, i. 7. 



of the fen district, viii. 90. 



on the useful part of, vii. 237. 



origin of, iv. 498. 



physical properties of, i. 177. 



■ structure of, i. 57. 



Sjlly, S., on claying moor-land, iii. 427. 

 Somersetshire culture of flax, viii. 470. 

 Soot as a manure, i. 394. 

 Sources of the food of plants, iv. 509. 

 Southampton exhibition of implements, v. 

 361. 



South-Down sheep, viii. 7. 

 Spain, agriculture of, iv. 344. 

 Spanish chesnut, iii. 269. 

 Spencer, Earl, on breeding, i. 22. 

 on swedes and mangold- 



wurzel, ii. 296. 

 on the average produce of 



calves, ii, 112, 

 on the gestation of cows, i. 



165. 



on the improvements in 



W. Norfolk, iii. 1. 

 Spooner, W. C., on bones and acid, vi. 71. 

 Sporting versus Farming, iv. 309; viii. 



320. 



Sprengel, Dr., on animal manures, i. 

 455. 



Spring food, early, ii. 215. 



Spurry, cultivation of, iii. 418. 



Stable ventilation, iv. 278. 



Stace, W., on rotations of crop for heavy 



land, iv. 169. 

 Stall-feeding, v. 27, 319; vi. 237. 

 Stallion, points desirable in the, v. 516. 

 Stanliope, J. S., on arboriculture, vii. 



679. 



Statistics of British agriculture, vii. 195. 



■ Cornish agriculture, vi 401. 



Cambridgeshire agriculture, 



vii. 35. 



English agriculture, i. 1,413. 



French agriculture, i. 4il. 



■ North Wales agriculture, vii. 



553. 



Roxburghshire agriculture, i. 



106. 



Scottish agriculture, i. 101. 



Suffolk aj^riculture, viii. 26!. 



Steam-engines, iv. 306, 484; v. 385; vi. 



323 ; viii. 336. 

 Steaming apparatus, v. 283; vi. 317; 



vii. 402 ; viii. 349. 



Steam power applied to drainage, vii. 67 ; 



viii. 93. 



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