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INDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



cattle, 249; the wild breeds of Chil- 

 linghams, &o., ib.^ the Lamplugh breed, 

 thickness of their hides, 250 ; " more 

 depends upon the rearing of stock than 

 the kinds of stock," 253 ; a cow which 

 gave lo quarts of milk yielding 26 oz. 

 of butter at each meal, 255; mode of 

 keeping and slaughtering cattle in for- 

 mer days, 256 ; agistment of cattle, 

 259 ; the disease called " Crobbek " or 

 " Crovek," 259 ; cattle - dealing and 

 fairs, 260 ; sheep of, 260 ; the Herd- 

 wick breed, 264 ; the change of colour 

 in their wool by hard weather, ih. ; the 

 other mountain sheep, ib. ; the shep- 

 herds, 265, 270; the lioble shepherd's 

 dog, 266, 269 : his sagacity in snow- 

 storms, the great snow-storm of 1807, 

 267 ; " the laziest shepherd has always 

 the best dog," 270 ; pigs, ib. ; poultry, 

 ib. ; pastures and grasses, 271 ; the old 

 bad farmer's saying, " Switch is the 

 mother of grass," 273; Italian rye- 

 grass, ib. ; grass-seeds not sown in 1 752, 

 ib.; lucerne, 274 ; farmhouses, 275; 

 former primitive modes of winnowing 

 corn, 276 ; fuel and peat mosses, 278 ; 

 Solway moss, its irruption, ib. ; woods 

 and plantations, 280 ; salt spray car- 

 ried to Kendal in the storm of 

 1839, 281; the Scotch fir, 282; on 

 preserving sawn larch timber, 283 ; 

 draining, 284 ; on the Abbey Holme, 

 289 ; the unenclosed wastes, their ex- 



.. tent, ib. ; hill-side irrigation, 291 ; lime 

 tried in irrigation, 293 ; hay-mak- 

 ing, 294 ; hay-barns, 297 ; improve- 

 ments since the report of Bailey and 

 Culley in 1805, ib. 



Cdrb, the, in horses (Dun), xiv. 115. 



Curd-breaker, sketch of one used in 

 Cheshire, v. 111. 



Curd-mill, sketch of one used in Che- 

 shire, V. 111. 



Curl in potatoes, on the prevention of, 

 by H. S. Thompson, vi. 161. 



Curtis, J., observations on the insects 

 which affect the turnip crop, ii. 193. 

 See " Insects." 



, on the turnip saw-fly and its black 



caterpillar, ii. 364. 



, on the plant-lice, maggots of flies, 



caterpillars of moths, &c., iii. 49. See 

 " Insects." 



, on the insects aifecting the turnip 



crop, including the white cabbage 

 butterflies, the turnip-seed weevil, &c., 

 iii. 306. See " Insects." 



, on the various insects infesting the 



turnip crop, including the surface cater- 

 pillars, the turnip gall weevil, the dep- 



DAIRIES. 



terous flies, and rove beetles infesting 

 anbury, iv. 100. 



Curtis, J., observations on the natural 

 history of the insects called wireworms, 

 aifecting the turnips, corn crops, &c., 

 also of their parents the elators or 

 beetles, called skipjacks, click beetles, 

 &c., V. 180. See " Wireworms." 



• , on the natural history and economy 



of various insects affecting the com 

 crops, many of them improperly called 

 wireworms, including ground beetles, 

 chaff"ers or May-bugs, also the cater- 

 pillars of a moth and saw-fly, and the 

 larvai of some minute flies, v. 469. 



, observations on the natural history 



and economy of various insects affect- 

 ing the corn crops, including a saw-fly, 

 the Hessian fly, the wheat midge, and 

 the barley midge, vi. 131. 



, the same continued, including the 



wheat midge, the thrips, the wheat 

 louse, the wheat bug, the vibrio, vi. 493. 



, on the insects aff'ecting the corn 



crops and the granary, including moths, 

 weevils, and other beetles, vii. 78 ; the 

 corn weevils, 95. 



, on the insects affecting peas and 



beaus, including weevils, maggots, bees, 

 &c., vii. 404. 



■ , on a weevil which affects the pea 



crop, and various insects which injure 

 or destroy the mangel-wurzel or beet, 

 viii. 399. 



• , on the various insects affecting 



carrots and parsnips, ix. 174. 



, on the various insects affecting the 



potato crops, x. 70. 



Cascuta epilinum, see " Dodder, the 

 flax." 



europaea, see "■ Dodder, the." 



Cyanite, the, analysis of, xiii. 532. 



Cynosurus cristatus, see "Crested dogs- 

 tail grass." 



D. 



Dacre, Lord, on the use of saltpetre and 



cubic petre as manures, i. 278. 

 Dactylis glomerata, see " Cocksfoot 



grass." 

 Daddy-long-legs, not the parents of the 



wireworm, v. 227. 

 Dahlias attacked by wireworms, v. 196. 

 Dairies, those of Holstein, i. 376 ; their 



vessels, 380. 

 , the Netherlands described (Rha"m), 



iii. 259 ; their butter, their cheese, 260. 

 • of Cheshire (H. White), vi. 104 ; 



implements of, 124. 



