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INDEX. 



D. 



Danbury, Connecticut, sickness 

 and death of Judge Buel at, xix. 



Danish pound weight, 286. 



Darlington, on lime, as a manure, 

 81. 



Davy, Sir H.,on the warmth of dif- 

 erent soils, 37. On the use of 

 terms applied to soils, 40, On 

 the bones of the ox, 70. On horn 

 shavings, 71. On gypsum, 88. 

 On the fertility of soils, 121. 



Dean, Amos, Eulogy by, on Jesse 

 Buel, vii. On the Farmer's 

 Companion, and School Libra- 

 ry, xxii. 



Dearborn, on ornamental tree 

 planting, 255. Direclious of,256. 



Decomposition of bodies by the 

 application of heat, 288. 



Degrees, various estimates of, 285. 



Delaware, increased value of a 

 farm in, near Dover, 25. Im- 

 provements in, 272. 



Denmark, value of the dollar of, 

 296. 



Depth, of roots, 114, 117. For 

 ploughing, 130. 



Diamonds, 292. 



Dickson, on Tall Oat-grass, 229. 

 On Meadow Foxtail, 230. Clas- 

 sification of grasses by, for dif- 

 ferent soils in Great Britain, 232. 



Diluted sulphuric acid, added to 

 chalk and water, 287. 



Distilled water, the cubic inch of, 

 the standard of weights, 286. 



Dollar, weight and value of the 

 Spanish, Swedish, and Danish, 

 296. 



Donovan, philosophical facts from, 

 291. 



Doubloon, weight and value of the, 

 296. 



Dover, increased value of a farm 

 near, 25. 



Downing, A. J., on ornamental 

 trees, 257. 



Draining, improvement of the soil 

 by, 92, 245. Surface, 98. 

 Soil, 99. Subsoil, 103. Pits 



recommended before, 108. For 

 root crops, 165. Wet lands» 

 245. In Scotland, 267. 



Drains, materials for making, 99. 

 Width of, 109. 



Draught, on the attachment of the, 

 to ploughs, 128, 143. 



Drill-barrows, 123, Remarks on, 

 151. 



Drought, guards against, 204, 245, 

 288. 



Dry bushel, the imperial, 287. 



Ducket, on the management of 

 sandy soils, 40. 



Ductility, caused by heat, 289. 



Dutchess county. New York, in- 

 creased value of farms in, 25, 

 272. 



Dwellings, sites for, and construc- 

 tion of, 243. Trees and shrubs 

 about, 244, 254. 



E. 



Earth, effects of the convexity of 

 the, 283. 



Earths, the productions of rocks, 

 35. 



Eclipses, 284. 



Edinburgh Quarterly Journal of 

 Agriculture, cited, 266, 267. 

 Commended, 267, 



Education, Buel's early, xxi. Mas- 

 sachusetts Board of, xxii. Value 

 of, to a farmer, 3, 14, 15, 54, 

 237. On agricultural schools 

 for, 277-280. See 3Iind. 



Egg and seed compared, 59. 



Elasticity of gases and vapors, 

 288. Of air and steam, 289, 

 291. 



Elm, specific gravity of the, 284. 



Emmons, on the object in the ap- 

 plication of clays and clay-marl, 

 41. On conjoining vegetable 

 or animal substances with marl, 

 42. 



Engineers, civil, 279. 



English, Agricultural Society, 268. 

 Mile, 285. Guinea, 296. 

 Crown, 296. Shilling, 296. 

 See Great Britain. 



