INDEX 



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Paramccia, 81. 91 



Parchment, 106, 161 



Paring soils, 97 



Parmentier, 147 



Parry, 146 



Partial sterilization, 90 



Pasture, 29, 30, 81, 173, 204, 210 



Peach, 167 



Pear, 167 



Peas, 150 



Peat, 7, 45. 58, 97, 128 



Peat moss litter, 45 



Pectins, 105, 187 



Pegler, 202 



Penetration. 5, 7, 31, 34 



Pentosans, 44, 105, 187 



Pentoses, 105, 187 



Peptones, 43, 50, 188 



Perchlorate, potassium, 20 



Peru, 35, 153 



Pests, soil. 90 



Petherbridge, 92 



Petroleum spirit, 22, 33, 108, 136 



Philippines, 111 



Phlobaphenes, 163 



Phosphate, 7, 22, 25, 74, 77, 94, 



171, 174 

 Phosphorus in animal, 49 

 Phosphorus in fertilizers, 25, 27 

 Phosphorus in soil, 26, 87, 94 

 Photosphere of sun, 65 

 Photo-synthesis, 101 

 Physical analysis of soil. 61, 67 

 Physical condition of soil, 29, 86 

 Pickles. 103 



Pig, 23. 48. 55, 183, 196, 197 

 Pig iron, 27 

 Pine needles, 58 

 Pine trees, 127, 145 

 Pith. sago. 123 

 Plant food, 10, 93, 169 

 Plimmer, 157, 190 

 Ploughing, 60, 66. 208, 218 

 Plum. 167 

 Polar regions, 2 

 Pondicherry, 142 

 Pool retting, 126 

 Poppy, 152 

 Porritt, 168 



Postage stamp gum, 106 

 Potash, 7. 22. 37, 74, 97, 126, 171, 174 

 Potash, available, 36. 77. 87 

 Potash manure, 37. 162 

 Potassic super-phosphate, 40 

 Potassium fcrro-cyanide, 38 

 Potassium in feeding, 48 

 Potassium hydrogen tartrate. 104 

 Potassium iodate, 19 

 Potassium nitrate, 21 



Potassium perchlorate, 19 

 Potato. 12. 122. 151. 168, 171. 185, 

 205 



Potato eyes, 185 



Potato flour, 122, 207. 219 



Potato stalks. 128, 185 



Potato starch. 106. 122, 207 



Potvliet. 133 



Poudrette, 54 



Poultry, 22. 56. 197 



Poverty bottom, 98 



Prairie soils, 3, 86 



Precipitated chalk spray, 168 



Preservatives for timber. 127 



Preservation of fruit. 167 



Priestley, 90, 92 



Primrose McConneU, 100, 223 



Protein, 22, 109, 147, 185, 191 



Prussian blue, 91 



Prussicacid, 123. 136, 137, 143, 185 



Pulp, 128, 161 



Pulses, 40, 150 



Punjab, 67, 118 



Pupils, Agricultural, 210, 221 



Purgative, 181 



Purine, 181 



Pyridine, 181 



Pyrites. 71, 75. 165 



Pyro-ligneous acid, 125, 130, 164 



Queensland, 111, 112 

 Quicklime, 86 

 Quinidine, 154 

 Quinine. 154 



Rab cultivation, 97 



Radiation, 2. 65, 101. 198 



Raffinose, 107, 108 



Rag-bone, 33 



Rank grass, 96 



Rape, 24, 143 



Raspberry, 167 



Ratio C to N in soil, 77 



Ratio of labour to land, 219 



Ratio of lime to magnesia, 9, 73, 86 



Ratio of manure to land, 3, 40, 169, 



220 

 Ratoon crops. 111. 174 

 Rawson, 168 



Re-afforestation, 127, 162, 216 

 Reclamation. 92, 97, 100 

 Red beech, 72 

 Red hair, 72 

 Red soil, 66, 162 

 Ren, 74, 96 

 Rendering oil, 108 

 Resin, 145 

 Retort charcoal. 129 

 Retting, 126 



