INDEX. 



D 



Diseases of wheat, _ . - - 122 



of sheep, - - t - 133 



of peach trees, , _ _ - 21 



Dogs, their destructive qualities, and mode of killing 



sheep described, - - - - 5 



Draining, on, by Samuel Dickey, - - - 262 



Dundonald, Lord, his book on the connection between 



chemistry and agricultm-e, quoted, &c. 173-4 

 See selections, _ _ - - 27 



Dung and Muck, stercorary for, - - 153, 281 



should not be trodden or poached by 

 cattle, - - - - 283 



should be considered as a means of 

 impregnating other matter, and not 

 a chief dependance, - - - ib. 



great benefit of returning the drain- 

 ings on the heap, _ . _ 282 



plaister of Paris preferable to lime 

 for dung and compost heaps, - 283 



too old, its efficacy doubted, - 284 



hot and fresh, produces smutty crops, 

 much straw, and small ears, - ib. 



kept in confined places dries, moulds, 

 and becomes a caput mortuumy - ib. 

 E 

 Esculents, force of habit respecting them instanced, 233-4 



F 

 Farming, concise directions for beginners in this art, 193-4 

 Fences, on live, and mode of planting and treating 



those of cedar, - - - 102 



of hemlock, ... - 249 



pruning and manure, ... 280 



Fermentation, remarks on, - - - 112 



Fires of the woods, reprobated, - - - 38 



