298 INDEX. 



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Dicotyledonous plants, . 48, 54 



Diseases of plants, . 214,215 



Digging, process of, . ..,..;. . * . .130,144 



Diluvial soils, . . ...... . . . . . 89, 90 



Disinfectants, the most common, 122 



Diversity of climate, . ... *t. . . . 33, 34 



Drainage, objects and&amp;lt;effect of, ... 41, 42, 43, 93, 95, 130, 137, 140, 141 

 Drains, construction of, . . . . . . . 42,43,137,139,140 



Drill sowing, advantages of, . ..... ... 155, 162, 1G5, 197 



Drought, mode of guarding against, . . . . . 40, 43, 140, 191 



Earth, elements of the, . . ... . . . .74,75,96,99 



Eight elements in the soil, . ..... ..... . . 124 



Electricity and its manifestations, . ..... . 16, 20, 22, 23, 38 



Elements of plants and soils, . . . . . . .- . 67,96,124 



Embryo of the plant, . . . . ... ... . 47, 48 



Endosmose, definition of, .......... 58 



Ergot found in rye and grasses, -. .. . . ..-.. .168,215,221 



Essential elements in the soil and plant, .... . . . 124, 203 



Evaporation, effect of, . ........ . . . 20, 40 



Excess of water in the soil, . . . . ... 40, 41, 43, 137, 141 



Exhaustion of the soil, . . .. .. .. .... . . .91,204 



Exosmose, . . ..... .... . 58 



Expansion by heat, . ... ...... . . . 24 



Fahrenheit s thermometer, ....... . . . . 25 



Fallow, object of, . . . . * 204, 205 



Farm, location of the, . . ... . ._ .- . . . 243 



Farm buildings, location of, . . . . . . . 243 



Farm stock, management of, . . . . . IT. . .232,235,247 



Fanning, profits of, . .242,245,255 



Families of plants, . . . . . . ... . . 51 



Feeding, for special purposes, . ... . . 181, 235, 236, 237, 240, 241 



Fee. ling, experiments in, . .. . . . .&quot; . . .236,240,241 



Fences, economy of, ........... 243, 244 



Fermentation, process of, . 117 



Fertility of the soil, 90,91,160,247 



Fertilizers, economy of, . . . . 96, 99, 104, 106, 109, 115, 125, 246 



Fibrin in the system, . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 71, 269 



Flax and its culture, . ........ . .52, 194, 195, 196 



Flesh, composition and uses of, &quot; ...... . . 112 



Flour, variations in quality of, . . . -. 264,267,268 



Flower, organs of the, .......... 46 



Fluorine, corrosive power of, 66, 67 



Fogs and clouds, . 37 



