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INDEX 



Damsons, 15, 136. 



Danegeld, 6. 



Dartmoor sheep, 344, 346. 



Davenant, 115, 117, 120, 260, 354. 



Daventry, common fields at, 1 1 8. 



Davy, Sir H., 232, 276; T. T., 342. 



Dealers, legislation against, 86, 93, 134 ; 



complaints against, 237. 

 Defoe, Daniel, 166, 168, 169, 171, 174, 



220, 259. 



Degge, Simon, 122. 

 Demesne, 7, 15, 30, 45, 56, 58, 65, 74, 



97, 99- 



Denmark, imports from, 241, 262, 323- 



4 ; livestock in, 334 ; wheat crops in, 



Depression, agricultural, 163, 183, 184, 

 223, 228, 242, 248, 262-70, 281, 292, 



293-6, 305-14- 

 Derby, Lord, estate of, 320 n. 

 Derbyshire, 44, 167, 309, 343. 

 Devon cattle, 168, 217, 225, 233, 274, 



288, 336, 339,340-3. (See Southams.) 

 Devon sheep, 343, 344. 

 Devonshire, 37, 73, 107, 113, 128, 132, 



136, 186, 187, 244, 245, 269, 272, 



295, 306, 309, 338. 

 Devonshiring, 141. 

 D'Ewes, Sir S., quoted, 117, 133. 

 Dexters, 343. 

 Dibbling wheat, 135. 

 Digging for wheat, 135. 

 Diseases of Animals Act (1890), 290. 

 Dishley, 214-6. 

 Distress, law of, 296, 301 ; periods of, 



42, 68 (see Depression, agricultural), 



237, 242. 



Divining rod, 232. 



Domesday, 5, 14, 16, 19, 60, 79, 144. 

 Doncaster, roads near, 221. 

 Dorking, manor of, 65. 

 Dorset, 3, 263, 285, 291, 312, 318; 



sheep, 344, 346. 

 Dovecotes, see Pigeons. 

 Drainage, 16, 32, 113, 128, 129, 137, 



154, 163, 201,202, 213-4, 219, 230, 



271, 273, 279, 282, 288, 299, 300. 



305, 307, 3io. 

 Drills, 113, 152, 175-7,180,183, 200-2, 



226, 227, 271, 274. 



Drinking habits, 207-8, 269. 

 Drying hops, 151. 

 Duchesses, the, 234, 274, 338. 

 Duckham, Mr., 339. 

 Ducks, 170 (see Poultry). 



Dugdale, 77. 



Du-Hamel, 202. 



Durham, 119,337. 



Durham ox, 234, 235. 



Dutch breed of cattle, see Shorthorns. 



Eakring, common meadows at, 22. 



Eardisley, 5. 



East Indies, wool from, 328. 



Eden, account of potatoes, 106, 207, 238, 

 256. 



Education Acts, 292, 297. 



Egypt, imports from, 323. 



Eighteenth century, general character- 

 istics of, 162. 



Electricity applied to vegetables, 236. 



Elevator, hay and straw. 304. 



Elkington of Princethorpe, 213-4, 230, 

 271. 



Ellis, Chiltem and Vale Farming, 180. 



Ellman, John, 217, 345. 



Enclosers prosecuted in Star Chamber, 

 120. 



Enclosure, 74-82, 85, 92, 96, 97, 119, 

 T 73> X 82, 194, 228, 252-261 ; agree- 

 ment as to, 98 ; acts of, 1 19, 163, 196, 

 231, 233, 252, 253, 258; amount of, 

 exaggerated, 121; different kinds of, 

 73, 1 19, 165, 196 ; eighteenth century, 

 163, 165, 173, 182, 183, 194, 196, 

 253; evils of, 194,195,252-3,254-61, 

 316; expense of, 196, 252 ; non-parlia- 

 mentary, 165, 253; a deed of, 75 ; a 

 sign of progress, 76, 114, 139, 145-8, 

 253 ; legislation against, 79, 80, 120; 

 checked, 120. 



England, appearance of, in fifteenth 

 century,78; in the seventeenth, 120-1. 



English invaders, i. 



Entails, barred, 122. 



Essex, 62, 78, 106, 128, 173, 190, 225, 

 286, 295, 306, 309, 319. 



Estates, great, accumulation of, 123; 

 advantages of, 322 ; often a loss, 321. 



Evelyn, John, 127, 149. 



Evesham, Vale of, 318. 



Ewes, milking ol, 33, 64, 200. 



Exhibition. Great, 287, 304. 



Exmoor sheep, 344, 346. 



Exporting country, England ceases to be 



an, 161, 163. 



Exports of butter and cheese, 326-7. 

 Exports of corn, 63n., 64, 70, 159-161, 

 J 83, 185, 242, 267, 348-9; reaches 



