INDEX 



477 



DAIRIES, inspectors of, 369, 370 



Danish butter, importation of, 190 



Darwin, quoted, 91, 373 



De Gournays, the, 5 



Denton Farm and its aged tenants, 



290, 291 



Denton parish register, 244 

 Depwade Union Workhouse : attempt 



by the poor to prevent its erection, 



43 2 



Di and Dan, terriers, anecdotes of, 

 92, 115,405 



Dilapidations, 10 



Diphtheria, outbreak of in ' the 

 Parishes,' 135 



Ditchingham, description of village 

 and parish, 17-9; origin of name, 

 17-8 



Ditchingham Church, 17, 232, 258 



Ditchingham farms, 3, 17 ; damage 

 caused by floods, 30 ; nature and 

 condition of soil, 31-3; acreage 

 of separate holdings, 32 ; stock 

 and hired labour, 32 ; commence- 

 ment of farming, 32 ; taking over 

 of All Hallows and Baker's Farms : 

 their condition, 35 ; plan of the 

 farms, 36 ; details of pasture, 

 arable, crops, and rentals of each 

 farm, 37 ; cash and profit and loss 

 accounts, 38-39 ; financial results 

 and the causes thereof, 40-44 ; 

 draining, 43 ; the hay crop, 288 ; 

 the harvest agreement, 294, 295 ; 

 balance-sheet, 441 ; see All Hal- 

 lows, Baker's, and Home Farm 



Ditchingham Habitation of the 

 Primrose League, 292 



Ditchingham Hall, 261 



Ditchingham Lodge, 19, 20, 27, 28, 

 29, 30, 212, 221, 234, 248, 421 



Ditchingham Parish Council, 118-9 



Ditchingham Park, 318 



Divining-rod for finding water, 359 



Dock weed, vitality of, 81, 199, 248, 

 277 ; varieties of, 198, 230 ; pos- 

 sible use for, 230 



Dogs, anecdotes of, 92, 352, 404 ; 

 hunting fowls, II5J attacking 

 lambs and sheep, 142-3, 245, 404-5 



Donkeys, damage to trees by, 276 



' Dowser ' (water finder), failure of 



attempt by, 360 

 Dowsing, William ('visitor,' 1643), 



damage done to Suffolk Churches 



b y> 257 



Draining, 8, 12, 14, 31, 43, 65, 66, 



76, 78-9, 94, 97, 109, 133, 420 

 Drinking-water of farms and villages, 



135-6 



Drovers, cruelty of, 83, 109, 410 

 Dunwich, washing away of churches 



by the sea, 31 

 Dyke-drawing, 48-9 



EARLHAM HALL, 368 



'Earl's Vineyard,' the, see Bath Hills 



Earsham, 18, 222 



Earth-worms, useful work of, 91 



East Coast, encroachment of sea on, 

 30, 31, 447 ; absence of concerted 

 efforts at protection, 30-31 



Easter Monday Vestries, 144 



Eastern Counties, condition of agri- 

 culture in, 34, 41, 43, 48, 129-31, 

 417, 418, 445-6, 457 



Education of agricultural labourers' 

 children, 67, 73; School Board 

 prosecutions, 202-3 5 necessity of 

 change of system of, in country dis- 

 tricts, 204 ; effect of on agriculture, 

 463, 464 



Edward I., 24 



Edwards, Rev. Mr., rector of Ashill, 

 244 



Egg-stealing, 227 ; systematic trade 

 in stolen eggs, 228 



Egyptians, trial of character of dead 

 persons by jury, 236 



Elizabeth, Queen, 26, 31 



Ellingham Park, Primrose League 

 fete at, 292 



Elliot, Mr., 14, 15, 263 



Emigration of farm hands, 74 ; their 

 objections to change and the un- 

 known, 74-5 



Employers insuring their labourers, 69 



English Farmers' Association, 193, 

 194 



English meat, effect of foreign com- 

 petition on prices, 42, 411, 440, 

 456, 470 



