INDEX. 



611 



of plough-shares, 10. Ransome's pa- 

 tent plough, 11, 12. JefFeris and Co.'s, 

 ib. Mode of regulating the pitch of the 

 plough, 13. Double-furrow plough, 15, 

 and work performed by it, i. 183. 

 Three-furrow plough, ii. 16. Ribbing- 

 plough, ib. Strike-furrow, or double- 

 breasted plough, 17. Trench plough, 

 ib. Skim plough, 18. Wheel ploughs, 

 19. Observatious on the difference of 

 work between wheel and swing ploughs, 

 ib. Principles to be observed in the 

 construction of ploughs for light and 

 strong land, 21. 



employed in the drainage of 



land, i. 453, 454, 455, 460. 



for the operation of paring, i. 



343, 345, to 348. 

 Ploughing, operation of, ii. 38. Plough- 

 men, importance of their workmanship, 

 and mode of learning it, 39. Rules for 

 the perfection of good work, 40. Obser- 

 vations on the subject of draught, 41. 

 Common manner of ploughing, 44. 

 Formation of the ridges, 45. Gathering, 

 casting, and furrow slitting, 4G. Cross- 

 ploughing, balking, raftering, and grip- 

 ping, ib. Average day's work, 47, 48 ; 

 and extent of ground gone over by a 

 team in turning up an acre with different 

 furrows, i. 153. Depth of ploughing on 

 various soils, and observations thereon, 

 ii. 49 to 54. 



matches between horses and 



oxen, i. 181. 

 Poa grasses, namely — 



Poa angusti/olia, or Narrow-leaved poa, 

 i. 510. 



annua, or Annual do. 



i. 510. 



aquatic, or Water hair -grass, 



i. 518. 

 * — compressa, or Creeping poa, i. 

 511. 



nemoralis, or "Wood meadow-grass, 



i. 511. 



pratensis, or Smooth-stalked poa, 



i. 510. 



trivialis, or Rough-stalked do. 



i. 510. 

 Ponds, formation of, i. 98. Mud of, 428. 

 Time of mud ding, preparation and ap- 

 plication of the manure, 429. 

 Poppy, Mr., his mode and expense of 



clod-burninir, i. 376. 

 Poppy-seed, Flemish cultivation of, ii. 314. 

 Harvesting of, ib. Produce of cake and 

 oil, 315. Experiments on, and applica- 

 tion of the oil of, ib. 

 Pork, ii. 506. For family use, 516. Fla- 

 vour of the meat of, 514, 519, 520. 

 Pickling of. 523. — See Bacon and 

 Ham. 

 Portland mutton, ii, 587, n. 

 Portugneze ox-cart, description of the, i. 



195. 

 Potatoes, introduction and early cultivation 



of, ii. 259 and n. Description and pro- 

 duce of table and field varieties of, 2G0. 

 Experiment on the planting of indif- 

 ferent soils, 262. Effects of the crop 

 upon the land, ib. Culture, 263. Effects 

 of different .sorts of manure upon the 

 growth of, i. 267. n. 277, 341 . Time of 

 planting, ii. 263. Modes of planting, 

 264 ; in banks, 265 ; and in the lazy- 

 bed fashion, ib. Manner of spreading 

 the dung, 267. Comparative experi- 

 ments on planting, 266, 268. Mode of 

 raising different varieties from the seed 

 of, 269. Growth of, by sets and tubers, 

 and experiments on the different modes, 

 ib. 271, n. 272, and 274. Summary of 

 those trials, 275. Management of the 

 plants, ib. Experiments on plucking off' 

 the flowers, 276 ; and the apples, ib. 

 Cutting of the haulm of, ib. and '177, n. 

 Curl in. 277 and fiotes. Failure of the 

 crops of, 278 ; and opinions of its cause, 

 280 and 577. Storing of, ib. Russian 

 mode of, ib. w. Produce of, 282. Ana- 

 lysis of, ib. Meal of, 283. Garden cul- 

 tivation of, 558. 



as food, in comparison with 



wheaten bread, i. 116, k. ; for farm- 

 horses, 125, 127 ; and for working oxen, 

 213; for fatting cattle, ii. 385, 388. 

 Effects of, when given raw and steamed, 

 ib. 389, 390 ; for sheep, 489 ; for pigs, 

 513, 518. 



Potato-cheese, Saxon mode of making, ii. 

 437. 



Pot-herbs, ii. 562. 



Poterium sangiiisorba, or Burnet, i, 512. 



Poultry, food and accommodation for, ii. 

 531. Henhouses, 532. Fatting of 

 fowls and ducklings, ib. Plucking of 

 geese, ib. Tithes of, i. 78. 



Prejudices in favour of established habit 

 in farming, instances of, i. 7. Respect- 

 ing covenants for cropping in old leases, 

 65. Regarding the use of gypsum, 

 328. 



Putrescent manures, composition and qua- 

 lities of, i. 225. — See Dung, Farm-yard 

 Manure, and Night-soil.^ 



Rabbits, tame and wild, ii. 532. Propa- 

 gation of, ib. Stocking and manage- 

 ment of, in warrens. 533, Classification 

 of the skins of, and period wheu they 



r'are in prime, ib. Capital, expenses, 



""and profits of, 534. 



Radcliff's account of the Flemish mode 

 of preparing liquid manure, i. 271. Of 

 drainage in Flanders, 460. Of a com- 

 parative trial between broad-cast and 

 j' drilled beans, and barley, ii. 87. 

 i Radish seed, Kt'Utish, cultivation and pro- 

 duce of, ii. 329. 



, garden cultivation of the root of 



ii. 561. 



Rafter-level, use of the, i. 534. 



Ram-letting, trade of, ii. 482. 



2 R 2 



