330 



INDEX. 



pies in regard to exhaustion by, 

 161 ; conclusions, 162. Should 

 not be crowded, 168. Cla'^sifiT 

 cation of soils for ditferent, 182. 

 On the declivity of tiie Cordil- 

 leras, 202, note. Herbage, 2 12. 

 Cultivated grasses, 223. Nu- 

 triment of, from the leaves, 252. 

 Table showing distances of, on 

 an acre, 294. Se6. Grasses, 

 Roots, and Vegetables. 



Plaster of Paris, see Gypsum. 



Platina, speciHc gravity of, 284, 

 290. Weight of, 286. 



Ploughing, successful use of sub- 

 soil, in clay soils, 45. Errors 

 in, and hints on, 113. Depth 

 for, 114, 117, 130. Trench, or 

 rayolt, 115, 117, 118. Von 

 Voght's mode of, 118. Remarks 

 on, 123, 125. Low on, 124. 

 On forming ridges in, 130, 133, 



138. Gathering, 135, 138. 

 Casting in, 135, 138. Cleaving, 

 136,133. Cross- ploughing, 137. 

 Further directions respecting, 



139. Time requisite for, the 

 acre, 140. Horses recommend- 

 ed for, 141. Rules to be ob- 

 served in, 141. Tact and taste 

 in, 142. Draught in, 143. For 

 winter grain, 169. As practised 

 by Greg, on the Coles Farm, 

 175 ; by Beatson, on the 

 Knowie Farm, 180. Of old 

 grass-grounds, 209. Table re- 

 specting, 292. See Ploughs. 



Ploughmen, rules for, 141. 



Ploughs, modern, 123. Remarks 

 on, 124. Operations to be per- 

 formed by, 126. On the attach- 

 ment of the drauglit to, 128, 

 143. On regulating the pitch of, 

 142. Cultivators substituted 

 for, 150. See Ploughing. 



Plj'mouth county, njunure made 

 on a farm in, 76. 



Political, eminence and office, xii. 

 Ambition, 28. 



Portugal, 10, 265. Value of the 

 mill-rea of, 296. 



Potfxtoes, value of, in Ireland, 163. 

 Young's experiments on, 166. 

 Soil for, 199. 



Poudrette, as a manure, 72, 203. 



Pound, weight, 286. Sterling, 

 296. 



Powers, the mechanical, 283. 



Practice, agricultural education, 

 with, 279. 



Premiums, benefits of, 265. Of- 

 fered by the Highland Society 

 of Scotland, 267. 



Priest, experiojent by, in plough- 

 ing, 143. 



Primitive formation, the fertility 

 of the, 200, 201, note. 



Principles, on agricultural, 272. 



Prizes, see Premiums. 



Producing classes, 264. 



Professional education, 277, 279. 



Prussia, Agricultural School of^ 

 3Ioegelin in, 24. 



Pulleys, 283. 



Pulverization, recommended, 113, 

 116, 121, 167. Concklin's 

 press-harrow used for, 159. On 

 Coles Farm, 175. On Knowie 

 Farm, 180. Of marl or clay, 

 185. 



Pumps, estimate of water dis- 

 charged by, 284. 



Puvis, on lime, as a manure, 87. 



Q. 



Quack grass, 123. Eradicated by 

 the cultivator, 151. Remarks 

 on, 232. 



Quarterly, see Edinburgh. 



Quarts, Scotch, 287. 



Quicklime, a manure, 79, 80, 85. 



Quincunx, 283. 



Quintal, American, 286. 



R. 



Radcliffe, on products in Flanders, 

 22, On alternation of crops, 

 152. On cultivation of clover, 

 in Flanders, 213. 



Rags, woollen, a manure, 73, 

 203. 



Rain-water, 287. 



