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DYNASIOJCETER. 



Dynamometer, on a, shown at the Lewes 



meeting (in 1852), xiii. 328. 



at Gloucester (1853), xiv. 859. 



, used in the trial of ploughs at the 



Paris meeting (1S5G), xvii. 39. 

 (Amos's), first used to test the 



draught of plouglis at the Clielmsford 



meeting (1856), xvii. 57-i. 

 Dyock oat, the, on, by the Kev. E. W. 



Fisher, iii. 387. See " Oats." 

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



(R. Smith), viii. 21 ; (J. Seaman), xvi. 



28. 

 Dzierzon's system of bee-keeping, xxi. 



322. 



E. 



Earcockle in wheat ^Henslow), ii. 19. 



Early harvesting, P. Pusey on, i. 15. 



, maturity, indications of, W. F. 



Karkeek on, v. 259. 



Ears, an animal with large, will not prove 

 a kindly feeder (Playfair), iv. 265. 



, coarse, a symptom of a coarse breed 



(Karkeek), v. 261. 



Earth-closets, on (Rev. H. Moule), xxiv. 

 3; principles of the system, 112; 

 deodorising power and repeated action 

 of dry sifted earth, ib. ; description 

 and diagrams of apparatus, 114 ; 

 kinds of earth most efficacious, 115; 

 trials of the system at Dorchester, 

 Portland, and Bradford-on-Avon, 115- 

 16; value of the manure, 116; applica- 

 tion of the system to cottages and 

 public institutions, 118; present con- 

 dition of towns, 119; sewage works 

 at Birmingham, ib. ; evidence of Messrs. 

 Stanbridge and Till, 120; pressine of 

 costly improvements on the working 

 classes, 121 ; application of tiie system 

 to large towns, ib. ; sources of supply 

 of earth or clay, 122 ; companies to 

 carry out the earth system, 123 ; 

 economy of apparatus, ib. 



Earth-worm, the (lumbricus terrestris), 

 its value to the farmer (Curtis), xviii. 19. 



Earwigs, account of (Curtis), xviii. 67 ; 

 their habits, 68 ; two species common 

 in England, Forficula auricularia and 

 F. borealis, 69; kejit in check by staphy- 

 linus olens, the fetid rove-beetle, 70. 



East Lothian, see " Lothian East. 



EcHimi vulgare, see " Bugloss, the 

 viper's." 



Economical manure, the, experiments 

 with, as a manure for swedes, by 

 Dr. A. Voelcker, xvi. 95 ; analysis of, 

 101. 



education. 



EcoNOJiY in tillage and harvesting (Deni- 

 son), xvii. 60. 



Eczema epizootica, see " Mouth and foot 

 disease." 



Eddington's steam draining plough at 

 Warwick (1859), xx. 326; his steam 

 tackle at Canterbury (I860), xxi. 492. 



Eddison, E., on the best means of getting 

 in tlie harvest in a bad season, xxiii. 

 210. 



Eddy, C. W., on American implements 

 and methods of economising labour, 

 XX. 109. 



Education, agricultural, Dr.Daubeny on, 

 iii. 152, 364 ; the Willingdon school, 

 377. 



in Sweden, iv. 204 ; the industrial 



school at Quatt, in Shropshire, xix. 63 ; 

 on the royal farms, xxi. 29. 



• , as connected with agriculture (Rev. 



J. L. Brereton), xxv. 59 ; sensitiveness 

 of the middle classes, ib. ; the future 

 farmer not always a farmers' son, 60 ; 

 difference between public, private, and 

 intermediate schools, ib. ; grammar 

 schools, 61 ; county organisation, 62 ; 

 the Devon county school, cost and 

 design, 63, 68 ; degrees and state 

 grants, ib. ; cause of the deficiencies 

 of middle class education, ib. ; want 

 of a fixed standard, 64 ; advantages of 

 an educational degree, 65 ; county or 

 middle class degrees, 66 ; element- 

 ary schools, 67 ; county colleges, 68 ; 

 the University middle class exami- 

 nations, ib. ; Lord Fortescue's pro- 

 posal as to a Royal County University, 

 with affiliated colleges and schools, 

 69 ; cost of elementary education, 70 ; 

 seleetiou of masters, ib. ; care of parish 

 schools, ib. ; balance-sheet of Devon 

 county school, 71. — Remarks by the 

 editor, 72 ; notice of the Devon school 

 from Lord Fortescue's pamphlet, 73 ; 

 cost of board, the educational staff, &c., 

 ib. ; establishment of county scholar- 

 ships, 74 ; exhibitions to the Universi- 

 ties of little practical value at the 

 present time, 75 ; importance of endow- 

 ments in real property, ib. ; pre- 

 liminary expenses in forming public 

 schools, 76. 



• , agricultural (P. D.) by Mr. Hol- 

 land, M.P., xxv. 539 ; proper basis, ib. ; 

 Mr. Bellairs and Mr. Brereton on the 

 want of suitable schools for tlie middle 

 and lower middle classes, 540 ; Mr. 

 Grey, of Ddston, on the responsibility 

 of parents, 541 ; Mr. Wilson on the 

 qualifications of a farmer, ib. ; Mr. J. 

 C. Morton on the same subject, 542 ; 



