INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Parkes, Josiah, on draining, vii. 249. 

 ■ , on the exhibition of implements at 



the Newcastle meeting, vii. 681. 

 Parsnip, on the culture of, in Jersey, by 



Colonel Le Couteur, i. 419. 

 in Guernsey, 4^0 ; drill-husbandry, 



421 ; thrives in deep soils, 419 ; quan- 

 tity of seed, 420 ; its housing, usual 

 ■weight per acre, 421 ; its leaves used, 



422 ; parsnips used to fatten oxen and 

 pigs, il>. ; and, when boiled, poultry, ib. ; 

 how it keeps, ib. 



, the insects which affect, by J. 



Curtis, ix. 174. 



, on the composition of, by A. 



Voelcker, xiii. 385 ; analysis of, .390 : 

 ammoniacal salts in, 389 ; their advan- 

 tages for field cultivation, 396. 



— — , analysis of, xiii. 4,58. 



, on the finger and toe in, xv. 12.5 



(Buckman) ; experiments with the wild 

 parsnip, ib. 



Partridges great destroyers of the wire- 

 worm (Curtis), V. 208. 



Pastinaca sativa, sec " Wild parsnip." 



Pasture-land of Cheshire, see "Grass- 

 lands." 



, on the breaking up of cold, by J. 



Bravendar, vii. 167. 



, on fairy-rings in, by J. T. Way, vii. 



549 ; the fungi of, 550 ; analysis of the 

 ash of the grass of, 551. 



, on amethodof breaking up inferior, 



by F. Woodward, ix. 54. 



■ of Cumberland (W. Dickinson), xiii. 



271. 



, analysis of a barren pasture-soil at 



Braydon in North Wiltshire, xiii. 552. 



Pawlett, T. E., on the breeding, feed- 

 ing, and general management of sheep, 

 vi. 361. 



Paxton, W., practical statement of the 

 formation of an economical water- 

 meadow, i. 346. 



Payne, S. H., on a novel di-ain-level, vi. 

 247. 



Paynter, J., on the employment of gas- 

 water as a manure for barley, i. 45. 



Pearlash, analysis of, xiii. 490. See 

 " Carbonate of potash." 



Pears, on the cultivation of orchards and 

 the making of cider and perry, by F. 

 Falkener, iv. 380 ; on pears, 390 ; fruit 

 on certain soils, ib. (see " Apples") ; in 

 the counties of Worcester, Hereford, 

 and Gloucester, ib. ; the best perry 

 pears, 391 ; the mode of raising pear- 

 trees, j7). ; the principal perry pears, ib. • 

 the best eating pears, ib. ; planting out 

 the trees, 392 ; preparing the soil, ma- 

 nuring, 394 ; pruning, 396 ; • manage- 



ment of store fruit, 398 ; mode of mak- 

 ing cider, 406. 



Pears, analysis of the wood and leaves 

 of, xiii. 530. 



of Herefordshire (Rowlandson), xiv. 



440 ; juice obtained from a given 



,7 weight of, 446 ; analysis of, 447 ; arti- 

 ficial preparation of the oil of pears, 

 448. 



Peas, the average produce per acre in 

 Essex (Baker), v. 39. 



, on the insects affecting, by J. 



Curtis, vii. 404. 



, on a weevil which affects, by J. 



Curtis, viii. 399. 



, the fungi of, by the Rev. E. Sidney, 



X. 391. 



, the blight in (Sidney), x. 391. 



, on the double culture of turnips 



between, by C. Hannam, vii. 589. 



, on the analysis of the ashes of, by 



J. T. Way, viii. 167, ix. 147. 



, on the analysis of the seeds of 



(Way), X. 494. 



, analysis of a soil where peas rotted 



at Lancaster, xiii. 552. 



and beans, on the cultivation of, a 



prize essay, by R. Vallentine, xv. 478 ; 

 how to make them cleansing crops, 

 481 ; varieties of seed, 485 ; their dis- 

 eases, 486. 



■ , growth of, in Buckinghamshire 



(Read), xvi. 291. 



Peat-ashes, burning of, by taskwork, 

 the cost of, by H. Raynbird, vii. 136. 



, analysis of, xiii. 490. 



Peat-charcoal as a manure for turnips, 

 by W. Uppleby, v. 507 ; the precau- 

 tions necessary in charring the peat, 

 ib. ; the turnips manured with this 

 dressing, 508. 



, as a manure for turnips and other 



crops, by H. Raynbird, a prize essay, 

 vii. 5.'^9. 



, analysis of, xiii. 490. 



, as a deodorizer of town sewage 



(Way), XV. 157. 



Peat-soils, on the improvement of, a 

 prize essay, by C. W. Johnson, ii. 390 ; 

 where commonly situated, ib. ; level 

 and deep, ib. ; saturated with water, 

 colour when dried, ib. ; inflammable, 

 »■'). ; its origin and gradual formation, 

 391 ; the ordinary plants which are in- 

 digenous to bog-soils, ib. • Dutch ashes, 

 their analysis, 392 ; the composition of 

 the liquid in which peat-soils are soak- 

 ing, 392 ; analysis of two barren peat- 

 moss soils, 393; erroneous modes of 

 reclaiming peat-soils, ib.; without drain- 

 ing them, ib. ; and yet attempting to 



