GENEEAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Diseases, on the hereditaiy diseases of sheep 

 and pigs, by F. Dun, xvi. IG ; the otter- 

 shaped sheep of Massacliusets, 17 ; 

 peculiar breed of pigs, 18 ; resem- 

 blance of oftspring to parents, 21 ; 

 Orton's theory, 48 ; for breeding jmr- 

 poses animals subject to curtain dis- 

 eases, ib. 



, liereditary diseases of sheep, 24 ; 



of the brain and nervous system, 25 ; 

 epilepsy or fits, 2G ; diseases of tlie re- 

 spiratory organs, 28 ; diseases of the 

 digestive organs, ib. ; diarrhoea and 

 dysenteiy, ib. ; rliemnatism, 30 ; scro- 

 fula, 81 ; liydroceplialus or water-in- 

 the-head, 88 ; tabes mesenterica, ib. ; 

 phthisis pulmonalis, 34. 



, hereditary diseases and defects of 



pigs, 37 ; tlxc ill crtect of breeding in 

 and in, 38 ; epilepsy, 8'J ; lung dis- 

 eases, //). ; rheumatism, 40 ; scrofuhi, 

 ib. ; scrofulous and cancerous ttniiours, 

 41 ; the mule, 43; various hybrids, 44. 



, homa'opathic treatment, examples 



of (P. H. Frere), xxiv. 554. 



of grasses (Buckman), xv. 474 ; 



the smut, ib. ; fungi, (7). ; fau'V-riugs, 

 474-47(J ; ergot of rye, 477. 



of root crops, on tlie finger and 



toe in, by J. Buckman, xv. 125. See 

 " Finger and toe." 



of wheat, Prof. Henslow on, ii. 1 ; 



remarks on parasitic fungi in, 2. 



DiSHLEV Slu'op Society, accoimt of CR. 

 Smith;, xix. 37S ; documents relating 

 to, ib. ; names of members and account 

 of restrictions imposed, 379. 



Disinfecting powder (M'Dougall's), a good 

 sanitarj- agent, but not a fixer of am- 

 monia rV(K'lcker , xviii. 123. See 

 '• M'Dougall.' 



Distillers' refuse, analysis of, xiii. 522. 



DisTOMA hepaticum, the liver fluke, xxiii. 

 96. 



DisTHiBUTOR for Hquid manure (P. 

 Love's, diagram of, xx. 26. 



Ditching by task-work, how paid, by 

 H. Kaynbird, vii. 131 ; cost of, 520. 



Dixon, James, prize essay on making 

 compost-lieaps from liipiids and otlier 

 substances, i. 135 ; on manuring grass- 

 land, a prize essay, xLx. 204. 



DoBiTO, G., on fattening cattle, a jirizc 

 essay, vi. 74. 



Dock, the cm-led ('Buckman), xvi. 364. 



, the round-leaved, xvi. 364. 



, the round-leaved meadow, xvi. 364. 



, the water, xvi. 366. 



, how affected by manure (Lawes), 



XX. 265. 



Dodder, the flax, a parasitical plant 



DORSETSHIRE. 



(Babington), ii. 63; its habits (Buck- 

 man), xvi. 364. 



Dodder or " Devil's-guts " (Buckman), 

 xvi. 364. 



, its varieties ("W. and H. Eajaibird), 



xxii. 16, 18; described by Dr. Luulley, 

 16 ; diagram of flax dodder {Cuscuta 

 epilinum), 18; clover dodder (C tri- 

 folii), 20. 



Dogs, the shepherd's of Cumberland, xiii. 

 266-269. 



DoMviLLE, Su- C.'s, prize for essay on tlie 

 management of a suburban farm, xxv, 

 827. 



Donne's lactoscope described, xxiv. 315. 



Dorset slieep, tiie, by J. Wilson, xvi. 230 ; 

 L. H. Ituegg on, xv. 430. 



homed sheej) (W. C. Spooner), xx. 



306. 



Dorsetshire, the clialk soils of described, 

 by Stevenson, xii. 486. 



, butter-making in, by L. H. Euegg, 



xiv. 68. 



, the fanning of, a prize report, by 



Louis H. Ruegg, xv. 389; geology of, 

 ib. ; the Portland stone, 390 ; tlie Pur- 

 beck marble, ib. ; its jK)tter's-clays, 

 shale, and fossil remains, ib. ; clay-pits 

 of Purbeck, 394 ; fossil trees, ib. ; tho 

 shale, ib. ; analysis of, 395 ; the occa- 

 sional diflcrence of soils, and the I'ocks 

 on which they rest, 897 ; the chalk 

 formation, 398; its fanning, 399; ro- 

 tations of, 400 ; tho superiority of tho 

 giant .sainfoin, 407 ; plan of improved 

 farm-buildings, 409 ; the Rev. A. 

 Huxtiible's farms at Sutton Waldron, 

 410; the growth of turnips, 413; of 

 sainfoin, ib.; the woods, 414; the water- 

 meadows, ib. ; the int(>rmitting bournes, 

 416; the clays, 417; the Vale of 

 Blackmore, ib. ; rotations of, ib. ; 

 cattle - feeding, 418; the Vale of 

 ^larshwood, 420 ; fineness of the 

 timber-trees, ib. ; flax, 421 ; the heath 

 district, 422-453 ; the dairy system, 

 423 ; average produce of corn, 424 ; 

 furze on old jiastures indicates profit- 

 able barley and turnip land, ib. ; elm- 

 trees good dairy-land, ib. ; draining, 

 425; injuries from brooks and rivers, 

 427 ; sheep, 430 ; the Dorset horns, ib. ; 

 the Portland mutton, 431 ; wool, 432 ; 

 manures, 433 ; climate, 434 ; tcmiie- 

 rature, 435 ; wind, ib. ; rain, ib. ; 486 ; 

 breaking up of the dowus, 437; tho 

 different qualities of the chalk, 438 ; 

 enclosure of wastes, 439; extent of, 

 440 ; cottages, 441 ; plans of, 442 ; 

 breaking up of pastures, 447 ; Cran- 

 borne Chacc, 448; the extinction of 



