VOLUMES OXE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



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DACTYLIS. 



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. 37G; their 

 vessels, 380. 



, the Netherlands described (Kham), 



iii. 259 ; their butter, tlieir cheese, 2G0. 



of Chesliire (H. White), vi. 104; 



implements of, 124. 



of South Wales (Read), x. 140. 



, the fungi which infest, by E. Sidney, 



X. 395. 



, on the construction of (Tancred), xi. 



205; (Ewart), 257. 



, letting of, in Dorsetshire (Euegg), 



xiv. 74. 



of Dorsetshire (Ruegg), xv. 423. 



of Buckinghamshire (C. Read), xvi. 



298 ; their produce, ib. 



, on the production and composition 



of milk, by Lyon Playfair, iv. 240. See 

 "Milk," "Butter," "Cheese," &c. 



■ , in Warwickshire, xvii. 483. 



Dairy, Mr. Horsfall's described, xvii. 

 275 ; coolness maintained by a flow of 

 water and the use of a draw-well, 27G. 



Dairy cows, Mr. Horsfall's manage- 

 ment of, xvii. 200 ; cows in milk need 

 more liberal diet than store cows : 

 gives rape-cake, bran, and bean straw, 

 steamed (262), and occasionally bean- 

 meal extra (263), followed by green 

 food, ib. ; summer treatment of cows, 

 264 ; weighing cows a test of their 

 dietary, ib. ; sufficient roots and hay 

 should be given to support the frame, 

 and extra food to provide for milk 

 and cream, 265 ; milch cows re- 

 quire nitrogenous food, 266 ; richness 

 of milk and cream, ib. ; proportions of 

 milk, cream, and butter, with autho- 

 I'ities quoted, 267 ; winter diet (1856), 

 271 ; weight of milch cows, 272 ; Ger- 

 man cows, their yield of milk and 

 butter, 274 ; results of H.s dietary 

 when adopted hj Mr. Simpson, 275 ; 

 steaming food, 278 ; advantages of 

 weigliing cattle, ib. ; relation of live to 

 dead weight, ib. ; importance of main- 

 taining condition, 279 ; to effect this, 

 give bean-meal, green clover, and 

 beans, ib. 



, methods of feeding (T. Horsfall), 



xviii. 152 ; comparative experiments, 

 ib. ; and table of yield of milk, 153 ; 

 diet described, 155 ; its quantity and 

 cliemical composition, 156 ; composition 

 of food producing milk and tlesh, ib. ; 

 relation of milk, flesh, manure, and 



waste, 157, 165 ; ascending values of 

 manure, cattle food, and human food, 

 158 ; loss of nitrogen by perspiration 

 (Boussingault), 159 ; composition of 

 ordinary food to maintain a cow, 100 ; 

 why milch cows drink more water than 

 fattening cattle, 160 ; food to be appor- 

 tioned to the activity of the animal 

 functions, 161 ; need of albumen to form 

 casein, 164; experiments on the weights 

 and milk-yield of 6 cattle, 174 ; results 

 of mangold and hay feeding, 175; 

 Alderney cows, their feeding and pro- 

 duce, 176 ; Mr. Alcock's trial of Mr. 

 Horsfall's mode of feeding, 178 ; com- 

 IDosition and quality of his butter, 178 ; 

 see " Rape-cake ; " hay and swedes 

 compared. 184 ; treatment of milk fever, 

 187. 



Dairy cows, M. Bella's trials of mangolds 

 and of pulji for dairy cows, xx. 85. 



Dairy management. Mi-. Horsfall's de- 

 scribed, xvii. 277; winter management, 

 ib. ; mode of chmning, ib. 



, on (T. Horsfall), xviii. 150; see 



"Dairy cows, method of feeding;" re- 

 lation of margarine and oleiu in summer 

 and winter, 179. 



, in Shropshire (H. Tanner), xix. 



26. 



, in the Cheddar district (J. Harding), 



xxi. 83 ; in Leicestershire, 84. 



, statistics of produce (E. Harding), 



xxiv. 553. 



utensils used by Mr. Horsfall, xvii. 



269; thick calico to cover milk cans, 

 276. 



Dairy practice, improvements in, a prize 

 essay (J. Fulton), xxi. 73 ; quality of 

 modem English cheese, ib. ; Mr. Gre- 

 gory on Keevil's ajDjiaratus, ib; the 

 Clieddar practice, 75 ; slip-scalding, ib. ; 

 Mr. Harding, of Marksbury, ib. ; the 

 siphon apjjaratus, ib. ; improved co- 

 agulating tub, 76; cheese press, 77; 

 Strutfs apparatus for turning cheese 

 (diagram), ib. ; Fulton's acetometer, ib. ; 

 Fulton's register, 78, 80; recapitula- 

 tion, 79 ; list of approved dairy utensils 

 and apparatus, tiote, 81. 



, improvements in (Joseph Harding), 



xxi. 82 ; the author's Somersetshire 

 experience, ib. ; Cheddar cheese, ib. ; 

 improved management of dairy farms, 

 83, winter shelter of cattle, 84 ; use of 

 bones in Cheshire, ib. ; economy of 

 labour, the old barrel churn, 85 ; im- 

 proved utensils, tubs and presses, 86 ; 

 Stokes's press and expanding vat, 92 ; 

 M' Adam's whey separator, 87 ; the 

 curd-breaker, 88; Keevil's apparatus, 



