INDEX 511? 



Plantations, obfervations on the beft: mode of making them, 323. 



Poor-laius in Scotland, their advantages explained, 20. 



remarks upon them, 497. Stenting or afTcfling for the fup- 



port of the poor thought neceffary, ib. Parochial friendly focietic* 

 recommended, 460. 



(England), curfory remarks thereon, 461. 



Potatoes^ obfervations on the bell and mod economical method of boil- 

 ing them, 191, 503. 



/•o/rf/o hufbandry, advantages of, 192. Condudors remark thereupon, 

 196. 



Potatoes^ fcooping the feed fuccefsfully praftifed, 287. 



introduced into Britain by Sir John Hawkins, 395. Not 



more than twenty years fince they were commonly cultivated in the 

 fields, ib. Obfervations on their cultivation in the Highlands, 413.- 



PotatOy an excellent plant for bringing friable mofs or muir into cultiva- 

 tion, 417. 



Property-tax bill, its confufion and inaccuracy pointed out, 96. 



(Commiffioners of), an attempt made to remove them '\ti 



Eaft Lothian, 241. Review of Mr Hunter's letter on that fubjedt, 



^eries by a Buchan Crofter, 203. On the advantage of encloGng 

 land, 292. Anfwered by Lieutenant Colonel Vavafour, 464. 



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Rcvieiu of agricultural publications. Of letters to a Noble Lord on the 

 manufaftures, agriculture, and apparent profperity of Scotland, 208. 

 Of hints to agriculturirts, 212. O^ \.\iQ JiatjUcal furvey of the county 

 of Cat) an, 219. 01 Dr Gardiner's ejfays, 353. Of Mr Hunter's 

 letter to the county of Haddington, 361. 



Report of the committee appointed to confider the corn-trade, 334. 



RiJges, confiderations on Itraighting them, 447. Difficult to execute 

 upon wet foils, but eafily accompliflied on dry ones, 448. 



Roails and harbours in Caithnefs, the neceffity of making new ones 

 pointed out, 7. 



Road a^Sy thoughts concerning them, 283. 



i^i?/}/?)//-*? quarterly reports, 104, 232, 480. 



Rotation of crops, an important part of huibandry, 279. Some judi- 

 cious rotations defcribed, 280. 



Ruta-baga, cuUure of, increafmg in Tweeddale, 15. Complaints as to 

 the uncertainty of its growth, 17. 



obfervations on the culture of, 200. Tranfplanting from 



the feed-bed recommended, 202. Inferior to yams as a fuccedanewm 

 for turnip, 204. 



obfervations on the culture and ufe of, 421. Tranfplanting 



this root not thought advantageous, 422. The beil article as fpring 

 food for' ftock of all kinds, 423. Horf^s very fond of it, i(\ 

 14,400 ftone raifed on three acres, 424. 

 Rye grafs, perennial, account of its difcovery and propagation in ClydcC- 

 dale, 305. 



