172 INDEX. 



Domestic management, arrangement of, 69. 



productions, a preference should be given to, 500, 513. 



Double-furrow plough, 111. 



Downs, chalky, paring and burning peculiarly applicable to, 238. 



Drainage, how practised in the Carse of Gowrie, 187 ; when neces- 

 sary in orchards, 463 ; in woodlands, 472. 



Draining land, implements for, 125, 191 ; mole-plough, serviceable 

 in, 125 ; an important part of husbandry, 182 ; advantages of, ib. ; 

 mode of, discovered by accident, ib.; grass land, woods and plan- 

 tations, ib. 183; miscellaneous advantages derived from, 184; in- 

 struments employed in, 191 ; modes of, what applicable to different 

 soils, 193 ; concluding observations on, 196. 



Drains, open, of what shape, 186; covered, when preferable, 188, 

 189; materials for filling, 190; the sorts commonly used, 186; 

 duration and expense of, 190; arched, 191; vertical or pit, ib. 



Dressing grain, old and imperfect modes of, 358; winnowing ma- 

 chine for, where originated, 358 ; thorough, a most important ob- 

 ject, 359. 



Drills, manuring in, 198. 



Drill-barrow, improved mode of raising crops by means of, App. 39. 



system, introduction of, by whom considered as the most im- 

 portant of modern improvements, 337 ; upon what grounds defend- 

 ed, ib. ; its advantages over the broad-cast system, ib. 



Drilling system, 333. 



by machines no new discovery, 334 ; necessary distinctions 



on the subject of, ib. ; leguminous crops, ib. ; for turnips greatly to 

 be preferred, ib. ; potatoes, ib. ; of carrots, pease and tares, 335 ; 

 culrniferous crops, or the row culture for crops of grain, ib. ; argu- 

 ments against, 336 ; a peculiar advantage in, ib. ; its principal re- 

 commendations, 337 ; carried to perfection at Holkham, 339 ; ad- 

 ditional reason for recommending, 341 ; what the greatest improve- 

 ment in, 339. 



Dry stapled lands, paring and burning of, carried to excess in Devon- 

 shire and Cornwall, 239. 



Dung of quadrupeds, value of, 201 ; of the farm-yard, ib. ; which to 

 be preferred, ib. ; quality of, on what it depends, ib. ; from stables 

 and cows why preferred, 202 ; of various animals, propriety of 

 mixing, ib ; how to collect from the farm yard, use of, dependent 

 on the climate, 203 ; advantage of using fresh, ib. ; proper for po- 

 tatoes, ib. ; utility of fermenting, ib. ; when to be moved, early 

 or late in the season, 204 ; practice of stirring laid aside, ib. ; im- 

 proved method of preserving, ib. ; uses of rotten, ib. ; how used by 

 Mr Walker, ib. ; danger of using unfermented with corn crops, ib. ; 

 receptacles for, in the Netherlands, why paved and lined with brick, 

 205 ; singular mode of applying, in Switzerland, ib. ; quantity of, 

 to be applied, 206 ; how spread and divided, ib. ; at what depth 

 ought to be placed, ib. ; of the farm-yard and stable, or the farmer's 

 sheet anchor, its importance, 207. 



of sheep, 207 ; of rabbits, ib. ; of birds, 209 ; of domestic fowls, 

 ib. ; of sea-birds mobt valuable, ib. ; various sorts, ib. ; town, an 

 important article, ib. 



