mr)£X. 



Cumming, A. experiment on wheels, 215 



Curwen, J. C. Esq. M. P, on supplying milk 

 to the poor, 126 ; mode of feeding cows in 

 "winter, 126; expense of feeding one per 

 day, 127 ; quantity of hay necessary for 

 one, and objections to giving hay, 127 ; ap- 

 propriates 22 acres, for 22 milch cows, and 

 9 heifers, 128; mode of management, /(^. ; 

 food given, 129 ; time cows supplied milk, 

 ib.; advantages of green food, 129, 130; 

 mode of calculating his profits, 130 ; ex- 

 pense of feeding, and profits, 131, 132, 

 133 ; quantity of milk and butter produced, 

 133 ; superiority of stock, ib.; computation 

 of produce of green crops, 134 ; advantages 

 of feeding with green crops ib.; superiority 

 of potatoes and carrots, over hay, 135 ; on 

 great advantages of summer soiling,;'/^, et seq. 

 andi46; on the corn laws, 138 ; on the neces- 

 sity of a fair price being given for grain, 140 ; 

 on the increased population of the country, 

 141; recommends a register in every parish 

 of the appropriation of each acre , 142; 

 causes of deficiency of corn for consump- 

 tion, 143 ; sales at Smithfield market, 144 ; 

 number of horses, and quantity of land to 

 feed them, 145 ; benefits derivable from the 

 general use of the drill, ih.; on the wisdom 

 of exportation bounties, 147 ; and on la- 

 bourer's wages, 148 ; chaff and bran, useful 

 in feeding cows, 150 ; weekly receipts for 

 milk, ih.; plan of managing his dairy, ih.\ 

 early planting of cabbages desirable, ih.; 

 weight of an acre of drilled turnips, 151; 

 stock kept, and produce, ib.; food given and 

 treatment, 152 ; profit from each cow, 153; 

 expense of steaming chaff per week, ib.; 

 expense of feeding, and produce of four 

 milch cows, 154; quantity of milk requi- 

 red to a pound of butter, 155; tstitnate of 

 expense and profit of the experiment of 

 1805, 157 ; saving of lib. of oil cake per 



day, per cow, effected by erection of a mill 

 to grind the cake, 159 ; cost of food per 

 cow ,< I c'cA, ib.; profit, 160; benefit of 

 using cole-seed, ib.; recommends that far- 

 mers should supply milk to the poor, 160 ; 

 benefits arising to the publick from large 

 supplies of milk, - _ ""161 



Curwen, on feeding horses upon steamed pota- 

 toes, and cut straw, - 209 



C iicula Europaa, (dodder), a parasitical 

 weed, - - 243 



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Dairy, produce, advanced price of, 59, 92 

 Darwin, Dr. opinion of, - 326 



Daucus carota, (wild carrot), properties of, 



244 

 Davis, Tliomas, Esq. on arable land in 1790 

 and 1804, 73 ; on the necessity of abolish- 

 ing the assize of bread, - 116 

 Denmark, law in, for the destruction of weeds, 



251, 257 



Dibblir-g, advantages of, - 182, 183 



Distilleries, Irish, effects of, on growth of 



English barley, - 86 



, English, encourage the growth of 



grain, - - " 3°9 



Docking-irons, description of, - 256 



Douglas, Robert, on arable land in 1790 and 



1804, - - 90 



Draha verna, (whitlow grass), account of, 



247 



Drains, description of, at Castlehead moss 



improvements, - - 3, 4 



Drill, advantages derivable from general use 



of, - 146, 255 



Duckefs drill marker, use of, - 223 



Dung, raw, improper to be used in gardens, 



240 i should undergo fermentation before 



being spread to prevent vegetation of seeds 



of weeds, 256; more efficacious without 



undergoing fermentation, - 301 



