INDEX. 



D 



Diseases of wheat, _ . , . 122 



of sheep, - > . . 133 



of peach trees, . _ - , 21 



Dogs, their destructive qualities, and mode of killing 



sheep described, - - - - 3 



Draining, on, by Samuel Dickey, - - - 262 



Dundonald, Lord, his book on the connection between 



chemistry and agriculture, quoted, &c, 173-4 

 See selections, - . _ -27 



Dung and Muck, stercorary for, - - 153, 281 



should not be trodden or poached by 

 cattle, - - - - 28S 



should be considered as a means of 

 impregnating other matter, and not 

 a chief dependance, - , - ib. 

 great benefit of returning the drain- 

 ings on the heap, _ - _ 282 

 plaister of Paris preferable to lime 

 for dung and compost heaps, - 283. 

 too old, its efficacy doubted, - 284 



hot and fresh, produces smutty crops, 

 much straw, and small ears, - ib. 



kept in confined places dries, moulds, 

 and becomes a caput mortuurn^ - ib. 

 E 

 Esculents, force of habit respecting them instanced, 233-4 



F 

 Farming, concise directions for beginners in this art, 193-4 

 Fences, on live, and mode of planting and treating 



those of cedar, - - - 102 



of hemlock, - . -■. - 249 



pruning and manure, _ _ _ 280 



Fermentation, remarks on, - r - 112 



Fires of the woods, reprobated, - - - 38 



