VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



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POA. 



PoA pratciisis, see " Smooth-stalked mea- 

 dow-grass." 



2irocumbeus, see " Procumbeut sea 



meadow-grass. ' ' 



trivialis, see " Eough-stalked mea- 

 dow-grass." 



PoGGiALES test for milk, xxiv. 315. 



Points, scale of, in Jersey cow (Lc 

 Contour), v. 44 ; (Jersey A. Soc.), xii. 

 ' 5S3. 



in Jersey bulls (Jersey A, Soc), 



xii. 582. 



Poisons of .sheep (Cleeve), i. 316. 



PoiTTEvrn's manure, and bones as a 

 maniu-e, on trials witli, by R. 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. 



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

 Lawes, xiv. 401. 



PoLYGoxTJi avicularc, see " EJiot-grass." 



bistorta, see " Bistort." 



convolvulus, see " Buckwheat, the 



climbing." 



I'oNDS, coustraction of, on the Avoids of the 

 E. R. of Yorkshu-e (Legard), ix. 119. 



Pony, account of the breeds of (R. Smith), 

 xix. 373. 



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

 pairing the banks of tidal rivers flowing 

 through alluvial soils, xi. 178. 



PooK-EATES in Buckinghamshire (Read), 

 xvi. 311. 



in Norfolk, their reduction (C. S. 



Read), xix. 307. 



Poor-law, new, its operation m Norfolk 

 (C. S. Read), xix. 292. 



PoPLAE-TKEE, the, its planting and ma- 

 nagement (Falkener), iii. 272. 



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



, analysis of its wood, bark, and 



leaves, xiii. 530. 



I'oiTY, the cidtivation of it in tlie Nether- 

 lands described (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 



of its seeds, 377. 



, how destroyed in Norfolk, xix. 272. 



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



Porcelain clay analysed, xiii. 536. 



Pores or stomata of wheat, their differ- 

 ence from those of tui'uips (Buckman), 

 diagram, xvii. 185. 



Pork, fattening for market (Rowlandson), 

 xi. 586. 



, quality of, obtained by feeding with 



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

 xiv. 538. 



Pork, of Buckiughamshu'c (Read), xvi. 

 301. 



Portal, Mr. M., his homo farm at Laver- 

 stoke, Hants, xxii. 298 ; laboui-ers' cot- 

 tages, 299. 



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 ccrtam seasons, i. 368. 



, remedy against deposits of red ochre 



in ch'ainiug tiles, xvii. 630. 



Portland stone of Dorsetshire (Euegg), 

 XV. 390. 



Portman, Lord, account of Shepherd's 

 Corner farm, in Dorsetshu-e, 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. 



, on the Tart Lands of Central 



Somerset, xxiv. 245. 



Portman, Hon. IM. B., report on the 

 Missom-i Show Yard, xviii. 416. 



Potash, chemical properties of (Hem- 

 ming), xiii. 429. 



, money value of, in different sub- 

 stances (Way), xvi. 539. 



, small waste of, in drainage-water 



(J. T. Way), xvii. 140. 



, its relation to highly manured hay 



crops (Lawes and Gilbert), xx. 409. 



, on tlie absorption of, by soils of 



kno\\'u composition (Dr. Voelcker), 

 XXV. 333 ; Prof. Way's experiments, ib. ; 

 the author's experiments, ib. ; kinds of 

 soil emjiloyed, ib. ; absoiption of caustic 

 potash by calcareous soil, 334 ; stiff 

 clay, 335 ; fertile sandy loam, ib. ; pas- 

 ture - land, 336 ; marly soil, 336 ; 

 sterile soil, absorption of potasli from a 

 solution containing carbonate of potash, 

 339 ; Mr. Phillips's experiments, ib. ; 

 mechanical and chemical analyses of 

 sod, 339-40 ; experiments with a solu- 

 tion containing sulphate of potasli, 340 ; 

 ditto, on a marly soil, 341 ; on a sterile 

 sandy soil, 342 ; absorption of sulphuric 

 acid, 344; presence of ready-formed 

 ammonia in tlie experimental soil, ih. ; 

 comparison of results from caustic 



