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GENEEAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Dbcce. 



Drlte, Joseph, on Beckford's system of 

 irrigation, xiv. 432. 



■ , Samuel, on the comparative profit 



realised with diSerent breeds of sheep, 

 xiv. 211. 



Dry-rot in potatoes, on the prevention of, 

 by H. S. Thompson, vi. IGl. 



■ in wood, on, by the Rev. E. Sidney, 



X. 394. 



Dky-warping, cost of, on IVIr. Wells's 

 estate, Wliittlesea Mere, xxi. 143. 



DrciE, Lord, on the early horn carrot, ii. 

 42. 



, cultivator described, with a sketch, 



by J. Morton, iii. 122. 



• , his bi-ccding stock sold in poor con- 

 dition, xix, 147 ; sale of in 1853, xix. 

 360. 



Ducks, on the rearing and management 

 of, by W. Trotter, xii. 195. 



of Ayksbury (C. Read), xvi. 301. 



Dudgeon, J., an account of the improve- 

 ment in the agriculture of Scotland 

 since the formation of the Highland 

 Societj-, a prize essay, i. 50. 



Dun, Finlay, on the mismanagement of 

 tarm-horses, a prize essay, xii. 512. 



, on the hereditary diseases of horses, 



a prize essay, xiv. 106. 



, on the hereditary diseases of cattle, 



a prize essay, xv. 76. 



, on the hereditary diseases of sheep 



and pigs, xvi. 16. 



, on lameness of sheep and lambs, 



xvi. 381. 



Dung-heaps, see " Farmyard manure." 



, drainings of, on (Dr. Voeleker), 



xviii. 131 ; on boiling tlay give oft" 

 ammonia and carbonic acid, 132 ; their 

 brown colour due to compounds of 

 himiic and ulmic acid, 132 ; effect of 

 temperature on chemical affinities, 133; 

 analyses of drainings from heaps of 

 difierent ages, 137 ; presence of nitric 

 acid in, 138; fermentation of manure 

 succeeded by eremacausis, ih. ; drain- 

 lugs from fresh dung have most organic 

 matter, ib. ; experiments with com- 

 pound drainings, 140 ; composition of 

 drainings from rotten dung, 143. 



, cost of London, xxv. 285. 



Dunn, Robert, on hollow-brick roofs, xv. 

 181. 



, General, his improved homesteads 



in Berks (Spearing), xxi. 34. 



DuNSTONE, the local name of the trappean 

 rocks in Cornwall, iii. 28. 



DuFLAT, Colonel, on the potato disease in 

 Poland, vii. 678. 



Durham, on the farming of, a prize report 

 (Dr. Bell), xvii. 86 ; its geological cha- 



DYNAMOMETER. 



racter, tb. ; climate, 87 ; population, 

 ib. ; area and rental, 88 ; character of 

 the soil, 89; on the sea-coast, a fair 

 wheat-soil, ib. ; Hardwick park di-ained 

 and improved, 90 ; IMurden Carrs stiU 

 imreclaimed, ib. ; the Raby estates, 91, 

 102 ; Streatlam, ib. ; Cockfield, a poor 

 district, ih. ; acreage and population of 

 various townships, ib. ; tlie lead-mine 

 district and its low rental, 92 : extent 

 of enclosures, 93 ; common lands di- 

 vided, ib. ; improved value of allot- 

 ments, 94 ; price sold at, ib. ; good 

 effects of drainage and its depth, ib. ; 

 agriculture sacrificed to mining, 95 ; 

 payment of " double drainage," a pre- 

 miimi on negligence, ib. ; size and 

 tenure of estates, 96 ; extent and value 

 of Church property, ib. ; lands at South 

 Shields and Gatesliead, 97 ; tenure by 

 fine and renewal, a bar to improvement, 

 ib., 119; act for enfranchising lease- 

 liolds, 98, 119 ; size of farms, small, 

 ib. ; obstacles to improvement, 99 ; 

 conditions of letting, ib. ; rotation of 

 crops, 100 ; green crops dependant on 

 drainage, lOl ; precarious natiu-e of a 

 second years clover-crop, 102 ; defici- 

 ency of permanent pasture, 104 ; glass 

 seeds usually sown, ib. ; seeds recom- 

 mended, 105 ; cows tidvcn in to feed on 

 " stints," 104 ; live stock, see " Cattle," 

 " Horses," " Sheep ;" pigs very gene- 

 rally bred and fed, 107 ; farm-build- 

 ings need improvement, 108 ; cattle 

 boxes, 109; stable ventilation, 110; 

 use of manure, ('6. ; liming. 111 ; fences 

 and size of enclosmes, ib. ; imple- 

 ments m use, 112; the swing plougii, 

 ib. ; a cheap clod-crusher needed, ib. ; 

 tithes, how distributed, 113 ; poor-rates, 

 their increase, ib. ; highway rates, ib. ; 

 prices of labom- and piece work. ib. ; 

 see " Drainage ;" large outlay on Lord 

 Durham's estates, 114; ditto on Sir T. 

 J. Claverings, ib. ; on Mr. Bowes's, 

 115; eostof draining, 117 ; obstruction 

 of arterial drains connected with a tidal 

 river, ib. ; improvements effected, 118 ; 

 ditto still required, ib. ; leasehold lauds 

 never drained, 119 ; mismanagement of 

 Crown lands (Chapwell Wood;, 120; 

 suggestions for forming plantations, 

 ib. ; larch-tree suited to the soil and 

 climate, 121 ; estimate of profit from 

 its growth, 122. 



Dutch cheeses, how made (Rham),iii. 261. 



Dykes in Sleswig and Holstein (diagram), 

 xxi. 270. 



Dynamometer (Bentall's), trials reported 

 by P. Pusey, xii. 580. 



