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INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



of a soil from, 40 ; analysis of the " fox 

 earth," 41; the farm at Chatsworth, 

 its annual sales of stock, 44 ; ill effects 

 of high breeding in cattle, 45 ; analy- 

 sis of a shale soil, 47 ; rotation on 

 peaty soils, 49 ; the native woodland 

 sheep, 50 ; the carboniferous-marine or 

 mountain lime, ib. ; analysis of a soil 

 of, 52 ; rotation on, 53; chiefly grass- 

 land, ih.\ the quarter-evil in calves, 

 the red water in cows, ih. ; the clays 

 and gravels of the new marl and new 

 red sandstone, and the alluvium of the 

 Trent and Dove, 58 ; analysis of allu- 

 vium soil from the Dove meadows, ib. ; 

 rotation in the Dove valley, 59; use of 

 salt as a manure, GO ; roads mended 

 with gypsum — scrapings used to pre- 

 vent clover sickness, ib. ; rotation on 

 the red marls, ib. ; in Appletree hun- 

 dred, 61 ; improvements in Derbyshire 

 farming since 1815, 62. 



Derby meeting of the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society, report on the exhibition 

 of implements at, in 1843, iv, 453. 



Devil's gate or dodder, xvi. 364. 



Devonshire, on the connection between 

 its agriculture and its geology, by 

 Sir H. T. de la Beche, iii. '21. See 

 " Geology." 



• , on the large hedges and small en- 

 closures of Devon and the adjoining 

 counties, by J. Grant, v. 420. 



— — , on the farming of, a prize report, 

 by Henry Tanner, ix. 454 ; its climate, 

 455 ; meteorology of, 456 ; soils, 458 ; 

 tillage, 461 ; preparation for root crops 

 — turnips, ib.; the potato crops, 463; 

 preparation for corn crops — 'wheat, 465 ; 

 manures — farmyard, 466; lime, 468; 

 sea-sand, 469 ; seaweed, ib. ; draining, 

 470; implements, 471; orchards, ib.; 

 the apples, 472 ; its cider, 473 ; water- 

 cider, ib. ; its grass-land, 476 ; the 

 Devon cattle, 478; the sheep, 481 ; its 

 horses, 482 ; its pigs, ib. ; its poultry, 

 483 ; enclosures, ib. ; its woods and 

 plantations, 484 ; its waste land, 485 ; 

 management of landed property in, 

 486; farm-buildings, 488; the agricul- 

 tural labourer, 490. 



, the management of water-meadows, 



by P. Pusey, x. 473. 



Devon, South Hams sheep (Wilson), xvi. 

 229 ; the Bampton, ib. 



Dextrine, made from starch, iv. 505. 



Dew, the cause and physical action of, 

 J. Parkes on, v. 130. 



• , the amount of. precipitated during 



the night varies with the soil and the 

 leaves of different plants, v. 132, 133. 



DISEASES. 



Dew, N. Whitley on, xi. 29. 



points, the monthly, by B. Simpson, 



xi. 632. 

 Dewdney, G., on nitrate of soda as a 



manure, ii. 127. 

 Dhoora, analysis of the grain of, xiii. 



522. 

 Diallage rocks of Cornwall (Karkeek), 



vi. 420. 

 , analysis of, xiii. 532. 



rocks, analysis of, xiii. 534. 



Diarrhoea, its origin (Lyon Playfair),. 



iv. 254. 

 in sheep (H. Cleeve), i. 306 ; (F. 



Dun), xvi. 28. 

 and colic in horses (F. Dun), xiv. 



121. 



in cattle (F. Dun.), xv. 77. 



Dibbling by task-work, on the prices 



paid for, by N. Raynbird, vii. 129. 

 Dibbling machine, Newberry's, report 



on, by J. H. Langston and the other 



referees, iv. 316. 

 exhibited at the Shrewsbury meet- 

 ing in 1845, vi. 314. 

 DiBBLiNG-wheel, on an improved, by W. 



Adams, with a sketch, iii. 163. 

 Dickinson, J., his observations on the 



rain-gausfe at King's Langley, v. 146. 

 Dickinson, William (of North Mosses), 



on the farming of Cumberland, a prize 



essay, xiii. 207. See "Cumberland." 

 Dickinson, W., on the application of 



liquid manure to a new variety of 



Italian rye-grass, vi. 575. 

 , on a variety of Italian rye-grass, 



viii. 572. 

 Digestion : on the digestive organs of 



the ox and sheep, by J. B. Simonds, 



ix. 27. 

 DiGGiNG-forks (of steel), those shown at 



the Lewes meeting (in 1852), xiii. 



328. 

 DiGGiNG-machine exhibited at the Glou- 

 cester meeting (1853), xiv. 359. 

 Digitalis purpurea, see " Foxglove." 

 Diluvium, the, or drift of Lincolnshire 



(J. A. Clarke), xii. 275 ; of Norfolk 



(Trimmer^ vii. 448. 

 Diopside, the, analysis of, xiii. 532. 

 Dipsacus sylvestris, see " Wild teasel." 

 Disease in potatoes, on, by Lord Pox*t- 



man, vi. 343. 



in hops (S. Rutley), ix. 563, 



Diseases of animals, hereditary predis- 

 position to (J. B. Siaionds), x. 250. 

 , the, of cattle and sheep caused by 



mismaugement, by W.F. Karkeek,. xi. 



541. 



of poultry, by W. Trotter, xii. 202. 



, hereditary, of horses, by F. Dun, 



