594 INDEX. 



advantage of osiers ; instanced in the practice of Mr. Forby, of 



Norfolk, 89. 

 Oxen. See Teams. 



Paring and, burning grass-land; proper weather for this operation, 74, 



its great advantage, 74. 



general observations on the opposite systems in the question whe- 

 ther the process of Paring and Burning is commendable OF 

 otherwise, 171 to 1/5. 



examination of its effects on different sorts of soil ; on clay, 175> 



- on loam, 176. 



on sand, and on chalk, 1/9. 



on peat, 1 SO. 



methods of performing this work on fenny and boggy soils ; on 

 old meadows and pastures; on heaths and downs; on moors 

 and mountains ; and on old sainfoin layers : general re- 

 marks, 181, 182. 



farther directions for this business ; and examination of the ob- 

 jections urged against it, 290 to 292. 



reprehensible conduct of over-cropping lands thus prepared, with 

 white corn ; the proper crops described, 335. 



should be carried on in all weathers, during summer, 380. 



and continued through other seasons, when the weather per- 



mits, 421. 



Parsnips, an extremely valuable crop, but require a soil of an ex- 

 traordinary quality, 92. 



preparation, time of sowing, and quantity of seed, 93. 



singular detail of advantages reaped from two-years' cultivation of 

 them, by a considerable farmer in Surrey, 93. 



particular description of soil for them, 138. 



tillage and management ; seed, and sowing, 138. 



broad-cast superior to drilling; they are a very good preparation 



for Corn, 139. 

 culture in May, and distances, (same as Carrots), 25S. 



hoeing of each of those crops in July, 409- 

 Pastures. See the articles Grass-lands;' and Speep* 

 Pears. See y//;/;A>'. 



'Pease : advantages of this crop, and of Beans ; their ameliorating 



nature ; should often be town instead of Oats or Barley, after 



Wheat, 76'. 

 erroneous maxim of bad farmers, of sowing pease when the 



land will yield nothing else, 76. 

 the idea of pease being a most uncertain crop, has been in some 



measure owing to ill conduct, 77. 

 pease on Layers : should be sown as early as possible, to get them 



off in time for Turnips; which is very profitable husbandry, 77. 

 soils proper for early pease, fS. 



courses for them, 73. 



broad-casting pease to be rejected; preparation and culture in 

 drilling, and in dibbling, 79. , 



peast 



