INDEX 



483 



266, 267 ; a second Committee 



appointed, 267 



Orchids, wild, 195, 196, 253-4 

 Osborn, Sir Melmoth, death of, 225 

 Ostrich farming in the Transvaal, 



398, 399 



Ostriches, wild, 400 

 Outgoing tenants, ' valuation ' due to, 



34, 35 



Outney, see Bungay Common 

 Owls, 232-3, 313 

 Oxen, death of the best ox, 82 ; 



sickness among, 83, 98, 128 ; 



instinct of, 87 ; poisoned by eating 



' tulip herb,' in Natal, 87 ; see 



Cattle 



PAKEFIELD, washing away of cliffs 

 at > 3O-3 1 > damage caused by very 

 high tides, 447 



Parish Councils, 118-9 



Parish register- books, extracts from, 

 241-5, 260, 331 ; marks of illite- 

 rates, 259 



' Parishes, the,' 125 ; outbreak of 

 diphtheria, 135 



Parliamentary county elections, 157 ; 

 selection of candidates, 157 ; ques- 

 tions influencing voters, 158, 164 5, 

 168 ; qualifications for candidates, 

 164, 194 ; election fictions, 164-5, 

 194 ; blackmailing " candidates, 

 165 ; the power of money, 165-8 ; 

 personal canvassing, 185 



Partridge eggs, systematic stealing 

 of, 227-8 



Partridges, 89, 254; shooting, 328, 



336, 347, 35i 



Paston, John, quoted, 6 



Pasture, laying down, 12-17, 62 , IO , 

 409 > seed mixture for heavy lands, 

 14 ; mowing and grazing recently 

 laid, 16 ; permanent, 60, 187, 225 ; 

 establishing by a system of inocula- 

 tion, 62; brushing, 128, 129, 141, 

 149 ; draining, 133 ; sowing with 

 clover seed, 141 ; rolling, 145 ; 

 sheeping, 261 



Peachey (ploughman), 47, 64, 158, 

 216, 234, 240, 262, 332, 452 



Pease, 96, 132, 156, 255, 293,307; 

 price of, 172; harvesting, 307, 



315, 3.17 

 Peat drains, 351 

 Pedlar, curios purchased from a, 239, 



450 



Peewits, 208, 451 

 Peppercorn, Mr., 265 

 Pepys, 177 



Permanent pasture, 60, 187, 225 

 Pharaoh's granaries, 179 

 Pheasants, mischievousness of, 187 ; 



preserving, 232-3 ; shooting, 46, 



.373, 381, 433 

 Pigeons, damage effected by, 266, 



273 

 Pig s > I 59> 394 > prices obtained for, 



22O-2I ; profit on rearing, 221 

 Pipe-draining, 133, 420, 421 

 Pirnho, William de, 20 

 Pit-holes, clearing out, 1 1 

 Ploughing : duration of plough breast 



and share, 47 ; the art of, 106-7 5 



difficulty of in seasons of drought, 



365, 367 

 Poaching, 227-8 ; attacks on keepers 



by poachers, 228 

 Poisoned wheat, danger of using, 



91 



Police Court Mission, the, 433 

 Poll-sickness in horses, 426 

 Pond water for drinking purposes, 



135 



Ponds, cleaning out, II 

 Pony, exhibition of temper by a, 



264 

 Poor Law relief, in rural districts, 



432 



Poppies, 63, 132, 293, 307 

 Potatoes, planting, 161 

 Primrose League, fete of the Ditch- 



ingham Habitation, 292 

 Pringle, Mr. Hunter, 462 

 Protection, see Free Trade 

 Provincial race meetings, 154^5 



QUEEN'S nurses : a boon to rural dis- 

 tricts, 424 



Queensland as an emigration field, 

 396-8 



