INDEX, 189 



Profit, from arable farming, 57, 67 ; from an apple orchard, 4-56. 

 Profuse agriculture, a species of farming, origin and consequences of, 



49. 



Prognostics of the weather, why necessary to every farmer, 15. 

 Prong-spade, make and use of the, 240. 

 Property, on the management of an extensive, App. 41. 

 Property-tax, the number of contributors to, among the agricultural 



classes much superior to those among trades, 504. 

 Proprietors, advantage of, 46 ; reasons why those having small estates 



frequently let or sell them, 47 ; of considerable estates, what objects 



have in view when they cultivate them, 48. 

 Prosperity, the, of a nation, principally depends on the surplus de- 



riyed from the soil, 500. 



of agriculture, how far it depends on the politician, 506. 



Protecting duty on foreign agricultural productions, necessity of, 513, 



Add. 155. 

 Protection of agriculture, the necessity of energetic exertions for the, 



Add. 156. 



Protecting averages, system of, indispensable for the safety of the Bri- 

 tish farmer, Add. 155. 

 Protracted rotations, danger of, 384. 

 Putrescent manure, 200 ; attention paid to, in the Netherlands, ib. 



Quano, dung of sea-birds so called, 209. 

 Quercus ilex and cerris, 487. 



vivens, or live-oak, 487, 489. 



Quick-lime, its properties as manure, 219. 



Rabbits, where kept to advantage, 19. 



Rabbit warrens, when they pay best, 19. 



Rags used as manure, 211. 



Ragweed, mode of destroying, 263. 



Rain, annual fall of, quantity how estimated, 1 1 ; how this deter- 

 mines the character of a climate, ib. 



Rains, damage from heavy, to wheat, Add. 53. 



Rape, when an excellent crop, 385. 



.. cake, in what proportion used by Mr Coke of Holkham, 228 ; 

 powdered, use of, in destroying insects, 229 ; quantity of, used in 

 the Netherlands, ib. 



Rate of labourers' wages, 81. 



Reaping, a new method of, introduced from Flanders, 117. 



machines recently constructed, 118; general price of, 117. 



period of, for different kinds of crops, 350 ; by the wckle or 



hook, ib. ; by the scythe, 352 ; by the means of bagging, 353 ; as 

 done by Welsh labourers in Hereford and Salop the most perfect, 

 ib. ; how performed by the Cardigan hook, and expense of, ib. 



Red clover, the roost profitable variety of grass, 428 ; particulars con- 



nected with its cultivation, 424. 



Refuse of manufactures, use of, as manure, 232 ; of coal mines, 233 ; 

 of lime-kilns, ib. ; how increased by Mr Monteatb, in Dumfries- 

 shire, ib. 



