IXDEX TO EOYAL AGRICULTUPcAL JOURXAL. 



PoA pratensii=, sec '• Smcoth-stalked mea- 

 dow-grass." 



procumbens, see " Procumbent sea 



meadow-grass." 



trivialis, see " Eough-stalked mea- 

 dow-grass," 



Points, scale of, in Jersey cow (Le Cou- 

 teur), V. 44 ; (Jersey A. Soc), xii. .583. 



in Jersey bulls (Jersey A. Soc.), xii. 



.582. 



Poisons of sheep (Cleeve), i. 316. 



Poittevin's manure, and bones as a 

 manure, on trials with, by K. A. Chris- 

 topher, ii. 2G7. 



, trials on turnips, by H. C. Comp- 



ton, ii. 270. 



■ , trials with, by various persons, re- 

 ported by W. Miles, i. 416, iii. 423. 



Pollard, as food for pigs, by J. B. 

 Lawes, xiv. 461. 



Polygonum aviculare, see " Knot-giass." 



— — bistorta, see " Bistort." 



convolvulus, see " Buckwheat, the 



climbing." 



Ponds, construction of, on the wolds of the 

 E. E. of Yorkshire (Legard), ix. 119. 



Poole, G. S., on the best mode of re- 

 pairing the banks of tidal rivers flowing 

 through alluvial soils, xi. 178. 



Poor's - rates in Buckinghamshire 

 (Read), xvi. 311. 



Poplar-tree, the, its planting and man- 

 agement (Falkener), iii. 272. 



for hedges, J. Grigor on, vi. 225. 



, analysis of its wood, bark, and 



leaves, xiii. 530. 



Poppy, the cultivation of it in the Nether- 

 lands desci'ibed (Rham), iii. 254. 



— — , prickly-headed, its soils and habits 

 (Buckman), xvi. 360. 



, long smooth-headed, xvi. 360. 



, round rough-headed, xvi. 360. 



, common red, xvi. 360; the number 



ofits seeds, 377. 



Poppy, C, on burning clay, vii. 142. 



Porcelain clay analysed, xiii. 536. 



Pork, fattening for market (Rowland- 

 son), xi. 586. 



■ , quality of, obtained by feeding with 



different kinds of food, by J. B. Lawes, 

 xiv. 538. 



of Buckinghamshire (Read), xvi. 



301. 



Portland, the Duke of, on the effects of 

 hay from water-meadows upon horses, 

 i. 347. 



, his water-meadows described by 



J. E- Denison, Esq., i. 359. 



, observations by, on the property 



of water-meadows to give the rot to 

 sheep at certain seasons, i. 368. 



POTATOES. 



Portland stone of Dorsetshire (Ruegg) ^ 



XV. 390, 

 Portman, Lord, account of Shepherd's 



Corner farm, in Dorsetshire, iv. 88, 99 ; 



viii. 565. 



, on the disease in potatoes, vi. 343 ; 



vii. 498. 



, on taskwork, vii. 140. 



, experiments on the growth of pota- 

 toes, vii. 158. 



, on draining with fir-boughs, ix. 452. 



, on the stopping of drains by an 



earthy deposit, x. 119. 

 Potash, chemical properties of (Hem- 

 ming), xiii. 429. 

 , money value of, in different sub- 

 stances (Way), xvi. 539. 

 Potatoes, on a disease in, the bobbiu- 



joan, by Sir C. Lemon, iv. 431. 



, analysis of, by Dr. Fownes, iv. 532. 



grown in Cheshire (Palin), v. 102. 



, ravages of the wireworm upon (Cur- 

 tis), V. 192. 

 , the wireworm does not seem to 



attack them in some parts of the North 



of England (Curtis), v. 198. 

 , results of experiments on planting, 



by Sir James Graham, Bart., i. 244. 

 , the growth of, at Stinchcombe, in 



Gloucestershire, i. 391. 

 , successful application of soot to 



(J. Morton), i. 401. 

 , on the prevention of curl and drj- 



rot in, by H. S. Thompson, vi. 161. 

 , on the disease in, by Lord Portman, 



vi. 343. 

 , on the cultivation of, by H. Cox, 



vi. 345 ; time of planting, 347 ; various 



kinds, 352. 

 , on the cultivation of in ComMall 



(Karkeek), vi. 428. 

 , on the nature and causes of the 



decay in, by Dr. Lyon Playfair, A-i. . 



532 ; analysis of, 536. 

 ■ , experiments on the growth of, by 



Lord Portman, vii. 158. 

 , on the potato disease, by G. Phillips, 



a prize essay, vii. 300. 

 , on the potato disease, a prize essay, 



by E. J. Graham, vii. 357. 

 on the potato disease, a prize essay, 



by H. Cox, vii. 486, 

 ■ , experiments on, by Lord Portman, 



vii, 498. 

 , disease of, in Poland (Duplat), vii. 



678. 

 , trial of seedling, by W. Miles, viii. 



420. 

 , grown on the warp-soils of the 



W.R. of Yorkshire (Charnock), ix. 298. 

 ■ of Devonshire (Tanner), ix. 463. 



