INDEX. 



pease should not be'sown too often, 70. (See farther 120). 

 tjuestion whether pease should be manured ; reasons against that 



pradice, 79. 



distances of the rows, 8O. 

 quantity of seed, 81. 



in March put in all pease not sown before, 126. 

 every sort of soil suited to some ; t a or other, 126. 

 different management at sowing ; ploughing, or harrowing in . 



each preferable, in different : 1 

 courses for prase, 127- 

 disadvantages, and superior advantages, of this crop, 127. 



its benefit exceeds that of Beans in fattening hogs, and in 



the quality of the pork, 128. 

 the drill method of sowing is superior to the broad-cast, both from 



the convenience of hand-hoeing, and in saving seed, 12p. 

 pease on Layers, 129. (See also 77). 

 sowing may be done in April, but too late to have good Turnips 



after, 190. 

 hoeing in May, 2(56. 

 horse-hoeing drilled pease in June, 359. 



cut white pease in July ; necessary attentions in this business, 419. 

 method of cntting: strong crops should be hooked ; ajid if stacked, 



thatched immediately, 432. 

 plough for pease, in October, 502. 

 sow the hardy hog-pea in November, 515. 

 See also Haulw. 

 Peat ashes, and dust ; expence (about Dunstable, &c.) of thess 



substances, and their application as manures, 105, lOo. 

 Picking stones-, seasons for this work, and cautions, 186'. 



experiment of Mr. Macro of Suffolk, ascertaining the injurious 



effects of this pradice on Jand in general, 187. 

 Piggery, plan and construction of, 235 to 238. 

 Pigs. See Swine. 



food for weaned pigs, 22. 

 Plashing method of fencing described, and its advantages, 26, 27, 512. 



should not be performed later than April, 221. 

 Ploughing; important hints for the young farmer respecting the depth, 



of ploughing, 509, 510. 

 Ploughing in green crops ; season, and method, of this operation, 



396. 



Ponds ; season for emptying them, and for clearing Rivers, 371. 

 management of the mud, as a manure 5 and its advantages, 371. 

 See also Fish-ponds. 

 Pork; peculiar marks of superiority in that which has been fed on 



pease, above that fed on beans, 128. 

 Potatoes ; directions for their culture, and manuring, 31. 

 great advantages of this crop j and its preparation, 92. 

 no more land should be appropriated to it than can be very 



plentifully manured, 92. 



quantity and sort of manure ; manner of planting described (dib- 

 bling), and distance, 139. 

 quantity of seed, 140. (Sse also 217). 



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