148 GENEKAL INDEX TO EOYAL AGEICULTUEAL JOURNAL. 



PEEMirMS. 



Pi!EMUMS for live stock and implements 

 awarded at the Chester meeting (ISob), 

 for live stock, xix. xxi. ; for implements, 

 xlv. 



, AVarwick meeting (1859), for live 



stock, XX. viii. ; for implements, xxx. 



, Canterbury meeting (ISGO), for live 



stock, xxi. vii; for implements, xxi. 



, Leeds meeting (1861), for live stock, 



xxii. xi. ; for implements, xxxii. 



, Battersea meeting (18G2,, for live 



stock, xxii. xiv. 



, Worcester meeting (1803% for live 



stock, xxiv. xlii. ; for implements, Ixvi. 



.Newcastle '1804), for live stock, 



XXV. xl. ; for implements, Ixvii. 



Pkess-kolls, report on tliose .shown at 

 tlie Great Exhibition (in 1851) by P. 

 Puscy, xii. (jlO. 



Puic'E, I)., on the sheep rot, xxiii. 77. 



Pkices, see "Provisions,"' "Wheat," &c. 



PitmuosE, the common (Buckman), xvi. 

 'Mi. 



Phijuea veria, see "Cowslip, the com- 

 mon." 



vulgaris, see " Primrose, the com- 

 mon." 



I'luzE of lOOOZ. offered for the best sub- 

 stitute for Peruvian guano withdrawn 

 (report of Council), xvii. iv. 



Pkizes, Kee " Premiums." 



, influence of, on demand for How- 

 ard's plough, xix. 281. 



Pkoctor's manure, its analysis and use 

 for wheat (Voclcker\ xx. 392. 



PivOCUJiBEXT sea meadow-grass, xv. 4(it!. 



Pkoguess in agi-iculture, between 1851- 

 5(3 (Denison), xvii. 53. 



Peoi'euty - TAX assessment in Norfolk 

 (C. S. Read), xix. 301. 



Protein, its discovery by Mulder, xxii.385. 



Pkotococcts viridis, the green powder on 

 trees, palings, &c., xvii. 70. See " Green- 

 dust." 



Pkotoplasji, the substance out of which 

 the organs of jilants are made (Henfrey), 

 xvii. 79 ; its increase due to tne supply 

 of nitrogen, 81 ; xviii. 378, 394. 



Pitovisioxs, prices of in England, from 

 30th June, 1855, to 30th June, 1857, 

 xviii. vii. ; 1857, 1st and 2nd quarters, 

 xviii. vi. ; 3rd and 4th quarters, xiv.; 

 1858, xi.K. vii. xvi.; 1859, xx. vii. xv. ; 

 1800, xxi. vii. xv. ; 1801, xxii. vii. xv. ; 

 1802, xxiii. vii.; 18G3, xxiv. vii. xv.; 

 1804, XXV. vii. xv. 



Prumella vidgaris, spp " Self-heal." 



PRrssiATE of potash, maker's refuse, 

 analysis of, xiii. 408. 



Pryme, G., experuueuts with guano, iii. 

 437. 



Pkyok, W., on Bokhara clover (Melilotus 



leucantha major), xxiii. 405. (P. D.) 

 Pteris aquilina, see " Brake, the." 

 PriiLio healtli, state of, in England ; 



1857, 1st and 2nd quarters, xviii. vi. ; 



3rd and 4tli quarters, xiv. ; 1858, xix. 



vi. xiv. ; 18.59, xx. vi. xiv. ; 1800, xxi. 



vi. xiv. ; 1801, xxii. vi. xiv.; 1802, xxiii. 



vi. ; 1803, xxiv. vi. xiv. ; 1804, xxv. 



vi. xiv. 

 Pi:li' from mangold, xx. 72, 70, 78 ; its 



analysis (Baudement), 83. 



PlLRING-MACHINES, thosG sllOWn at tllO 



Lincoln meeting (1854), xv. 373. 



at the Carlisle meeting (1855), xvi. 



507-520. 



PiLi'isc; roots for cattle-food, on (C. Tiaw- 

 rence), xx. 453; benefits from dcjcrcas- 

 ing the supply of roots, 454 ; tho 

 j)ulper, its history, ih. ; Stanley's steam- 

 ing apparatus, 455 ; use of rape-cake, 

 ih.; dietiiry and co.st, 450; importance 

 of mixing rape-cake witli water at 

 212", if it contain mustanl, 457; Dr. 

 Voelcker's explanation, ib. ; eviilenco 

 on the value of pulping roots, IMr. 

 Wright, 458 ; ]\Ir. A. S. lUiston, Ciiat- 

 teris, 459; Mr. Pollard, llitcliin, 400; 

 Mr. Beadel, ib. ; Mr. Blundcll, Soutli- 

 ampton, 401 ; Mr. E. Corner, Bridg- 

 water, 401 ; Mr. Slater, 4(52 ; Mr. C. 

 Woolfield, ib.; Mr. J. Watson on tho 

 l)enefits of femienhition, 403 ; Mr. T. 

 Duckham, Ross, ib. ; Mr. W. Sadler's 

 comparative experiment in cattle feed- 

 ing : the lot on pulped food ate less 

 but gained less weight, 404 ; IMr. 

 ]\PLagan'.s experience — the mixture 

 sliould .stand 24 hours ; pulj)ed turuijis 

 do not flavour miUv ; cost of pulping id. 

 to (kl. iKT ton, 405. 



Puir valves of india-rabber (PeiTeaux 

 and Co. 's invention), at Salisbury meet- 

 ing, xviii. 448. 



PuRbECK marble of Dorsetshire (Ruegg), 

 XV. 390. 



I'riH.HA.'!, R. W., on the use of bones and 

 sulphuric acid and other manures, V. 

 440, vi. 244. 



, on the action of the same three 



years after its application, vii. 273. 



PiRGiXG-FL,\x (Linum catharticum) apt 

 to purge cattle fPlaj-fair), iv. 251. 



, its soils and habits (Buckman), xvi. 



300. 



I'lRiK sheep, on the, of Thibet, by C. B. 

 Pliillips, xi. 03. 



PiRPLE cow-wheat, the (Buckman), xvi. 

 304. 



melic-grass (Buckman), xv. 405, 



xvii. 517. <. 



