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INDEX. 



faction of urine, 277. His theory of the 

 operation of gypsum, 3'2'J ; and of the 

 application to the land of green manure, 

 406. His definition of soils, -138, n. 



Day-house farm in Shropshire, homestead 

 of, i. 104. 



Dawson, of Frogden, his improvements 

 on Scottish farming, i. 5. His account 

 of the ajiplication of lime, 298. 



•Deer, ii. SOG. 



Denshiring. — ,Siee Paring and Burning. 



Devonshire oxen, i. 214. 



cream, ii. 413. 



Dibbling, mode of sowing and cost of, ii. 

 82. Saving of seed by means of, 83. 

 Observations ou the practice of, 84. 

 Process of, 88. Comparative experi- 

 ment on sowing broad-cast, and by the 

 dibble, 89. — See Drilling. 



Dill, ii. 222. 



Dishlty breeds of live-stock, i. 5. Obser- 

 vations on, 28. Distinguishing points 

 of the neat cattle; the sheep; appear- 

 ance and qualities of the I'lgs, ii. 510. 

 Crosses with and observations on, ib. 

 and n. 



Dogs, shepherds', ii. 479. Duties on, Ap- 

 pendix, No. I. 



Doncaster Association, report of, on bone 

 manure, i. 402, 403. 



Donnington, in Shropshire, homestead of, 

 i, 10.3. 



Doomsday Book, i. 12. Agricultural state 

 of England, as pictured in, 13. 



Double-iurrow ploughs, work performed 

 by, i. 183. Description of, ii. 15. 



. breasted plough, ii. 17. 



Douglass's mode of calculating the weight 

 of cattle by measurement, ii. 394, n. 



Drainage, of the Bedford Level, i. 25. Of 

 f.irms, 112. Elkington's system of, 449. 

 Mode of draining land-sinings, 4.)0 ; 

 and main-springs, 451. Catch-drains, 



452. Drainage of a dead level, 4.V2, 

 4.i5. Oi>en drains, 452. Under-drains, 

 with description of various draining or 

 m,de ploughs, 4.')3, 454, 455, and 460. 

 Hollow draining, 456. Mode of its ojier- 



• ation and tools, 455. Tile draining, 

 458. Size of tiles, their average cost, 

 and labour of the drainage, per acre, 



453. Stone-draining and its expense 

 per acre, ib. Plug-draining, description 

 and cost of, 459. Flemish draining, 

 with description of the Muuldebaert, 

 460. Summary, 461. — See Bogs. 



Drilling, introduction of, li. 72. Advan- 

 tages of, and objections to the practice 

 of, 75 and n. 78. Operation of, 79. 

 Description of drill barrows, 80 ; and of 

 horse-drills, 81. Wiuk and cost of 

 horse-drills, 82. Drill roller, ib. Ma- 

 nagement under the drill system, and 

 comparison of crojis under that and 

 broad-cast sowing, 85 to 87. Observa- 

 tions on, 88. 



Dropsy, in sheep. — S>ee Red-water. 



Drummond's Agricultural Museum, at 

 Stirling, exhibition of turnips at, ii. 241. 



Dublin Society for the Encouragement of 

 Agriculture, i. 30. 



Dudgeon, JMr., of Spye-Law, his expevi- 

 ment on tiie feeding of pigs with raw 

 and steamed food, ii. 522. 



, Mr., of Prora, in East Lothian, 



trial of the absorption of water by dry 

 straw, i. 253. 



Dung, nature and qualities of that of dif- 

 ferent animal-;, i. 225 ; of horses, 226 ; 

 of horned cattle, 227 ; of sheep, 227 : 

 of swine, 228. Quantify of, voided by 

 cavalrv horses, 254 ; by cows ami cattle 

 generally, 255. Effects of, when fed 

 on oil-cake, 256. — See Farm-yard Ma- 

 nure. 



Dung-heaps, site of, i. 234. 



, modes recommended for the making 



up of, 241, 243, n. Treatment of, 

 248. 



pot, gamboe, or gurry-buft, i. 167. 



Dunlop cheese, qualities of, i. 432. Man- 

 ner of making it, ib. Quantity of milk 

 to the manufacture of a pound of, 433. 

 Differences tietween the mode of making 

 Dunlop and Cheshire cheese, 434. 



Dunrohin Castle, and homestead, at the 

 mains of Dunrohin, i. 106. 



Dunt, or sturdy, a disease of sheep, de- 

 scription of, and operation for, ii. 495. 



Dutch ashes, employment of, in the Ne- 

 therlands, and effects of, i. 336. Price 

 at which they can be imported into Eng- 

 land, 337. 



barn, i. 93. 



clover, ii. 299. 



madder, ii. 233 ;and woad, 336. 



paring plough, i. 345. 



pauper colonies, ii. 567. 



Duties ou hcnses and do:,'S, and ou corn 

 imj;orted from abroad, Appendix, No. I. 



Dwarf kiilney-beans, ii. 574. 



Dyke, for the washing of sheep, descrip- 

 tion of a, ii. 471. 



Egremont, experiments by the Earl of 

 upon the feeding of pigs -with rice, ii. 

 520 ; and on cooping porkers in close 

 single styes, 529. Plan of the piggery 

 at Petworth, 527. 



Eiryptian wheat, ii. 138. 



Ellman, Mr., of Giynde, his standing 

 sheep-fold, ii. 467. His mode of ascer- 

 taining the age of slaughtered sheep, 

 486, n. Inside fat of sheep, slaughtered 

 by, 490, n. 



Embankment of rivers, observations on 

 the, i. 447. Advantages, when prac- 

 tised, of straightening their course, 448. 

 Descrijition and cost of an operation of 

 that kind, 449. 



Enclosure Act, abstract from the^ Append., 

 No. I. 



Endive, as 'a garden plant, ii. 575. 



England, agriculture of, at the Norman 



