324 INDEX. 



O 



Oyster shells ; used as manure, 100 



P 



Parker, I. account of sedge wheat, change of seed, &c. 



and note, 19, 25 



wine made from cyder and honey, 65 

 Peasantry, Spanish ; their character and habits, 9 

 Patterson, John ; his ideas on the qualities of gypsum, 1 15, et seq. 

 ICP" It often, of late years, occurs, th&t plaster does 

 not operate the first season, when spread in the 

 spring. 1 have repeated the dressing, one bu- 

 shel to the acre, or two at most, after cutting 

 the first crop of grass, to great advantage ; and 

 have perceived its efficacy the succeeding 

 year. R. P. 

 Peat; its great plenty on our salt marshes, - - 261 

 |CJ* See our almanac for 1817. No better manure 

 need be sought for, than the ashes of this peat. 

 See Sir J. Sinclair's account of Dutch ashes, in 

 his tour through Flanders. Peat composted and 

 rotted is in itself highly fertilizing. Plaster ac- 

 celerates its putrefaction. With a small pro- 

 portion of stable dung, to promote more rapid 

 fermentation, it is still more efficacious. R. P. 

 Peters, Richard ; on ploughs, mangel wurtzel, fall -plough- 

 ing, &c. 13, 89 



benefits derived from chaffing hay, - 104, 5 

 Richard, jun. on Hotchkiss's straw cutter, - 118 



Richard ; sen. wire fence, oats, Jersey manure, &c. 229 

 communication of his correspon- 

 dence on salt marsh, - - . 248 

 correction of error, in his Notices 



for a young farmer, ... 316 

 Plater, T. account of stunt or sedge -wheat, - - - 125 

 Poole, William ; burning wood grass kills cut worms, 198 



Plough, Hill-side; Mr. Jefferson and col. Randolph's ac- 

 count of one, - - - 16,18 



