50 ' GENERAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



1»E SArSSURE. 



plements, 26; carts aiul waggons, 27; 

 the coal series, ib. ; analysis of a soil, 

 28 ; the gritstone soQ of the coal series, 

 ib. ; rotations on, ib. ; use of lime, 38 ; 

 mode of repairing roads, 39; the mil- 

 stone grit and shale series, ib. ; analysis 

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

 earth," 41 ; the farm at Chatsworth, 

 its annual sales of btock, 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, ib. ; the quarter-evil in calves, 

 the red water in cows, ib. ; tlie 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, ih. ; 

 rotation in the Dove valley, 59 ; use of 

 salt as a manure, 60; roads mended 

 with gypsum — scrapings used to pre- 

 vent clover-sicknesH, ilj. ; rotation on 

 the red marls, ib. ; in Apijletrce hun- 

 dred, 61 ; improvements in Derbyshire 

 fanning suice 1815, 62. 



De Sai ssure on Humus, xvii. 291. 



, his researches on vegetation (Lawcs 



and Gilbert), xxv. 96. 



, on organic and inorganic manmes 



(Liebig), xxv. 505. 



, on the small percentage of carbonic 



acid in the air (Voelcker), xxv. 533. 



Desmazieres, M., on the fungi of roots 

 of legiuninous plants, xxiv. 434. 



Devil's guts or dodder, xvi. 364. 



Devon cattle in Somerset, account of 

 (T. D. Aclund\ xi. 680; the Quartly 

 family, ib. 



, described (R. Smith), xix. 368 ; Mr. 



Quartly's efforts and success in im- 

 proving, 369. 



county school, account of (Rev. J. L. 



Brereton', xxv. 63, 68 ; balance-sheet 

 of, 71 ; remarks on (P. H. Frere), 72. 



, South Hams sheep (Wilson), xvi. 



229 ; the Bampton, ib. 



Devonshire, on the connexion between 

 its agricultiu'e and its geology, by 

 Sir H. T. de la Beche, iii. 2l'. See 

 ■ " Geology." 



, on the large hedges and small en- 

 closures of Devon and the adjoining 

 coimties, 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 

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



DICKINSON. 



preparation for corn crops — wheat, 465 ; 

 manures — farmyard, 466 ; lime, 468 ; 

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

 470 ; iini)lements, 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 laboui'er, 490. 



Devonshire, the management of water- 

 meadows, by P. Pusey, x. 473. " 



Dextrine, made from starch, iv, 505 ; it^ 

 nature (Henfrey), xviii. 406. 



Dew, the cause and physical action of, 

 J. Paikes on, v. 130. 



, the amount of, precipitated during 



the night varies with the soil and the 

 leaves of dirtVrent plants, v. 132, 133. 



, N. Whitley on, xi. 29. 



points, the monthly, by B. Simpson, 



xi. 632. 



rusts u-on (IVIallet), xvii. 444. 



Deavdney, G., on nitrate of soda as a 

 manure, ii. 127. 



Dhoora, analysis of the gi"ain of, xiii. 522. 



DiALLAGE rocks of Cornwall (Kurk(;ek\ 

 vi. 420. 



, analysis of, xiii. 532. 



rocks, analysis of, xiii. 534 ; xvii. 



465. 



DiAKUHCEA, 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. 



DranLiNG by task-work, on the prices 

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



machine, Newberry's, rejMrt on, by 



J. H. Langston and the other referees, 

 iv. 316. 



exiSbited at the Shrewsbury meet- 

 ing in 1845, vi. 314. 



wheel, on an improved, by W. 



Adams, with a sketch, iii. 163. 



Dickenson, W., on the breeding of horses ; 

 a letter to the Right Hon. J. E. Deni- 

 son, xxiv. 255. 



Dickinson, J., his observations on the 

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



, William (of North Mosses), on the 



farming of Cumljerland, a prize essay, 

 xiii. 207. See " Cumberland." 



, W., on the application of liquid 



manure to a new variety of Italian rye- 

 grass, vi. 575. 



