INDEX. 



Musct, fmosses) account of, - 261 



Mule, the, use of, . - 223 



N 

 Nahmith, John, on increase of rent?, - 120 

 Night-soil, used in China to prevent weeds, 



234 



O 



Oals, consumption of, by horses, diminished 

 by use of carrots, 135; importations of, 293 



Oil cake, good effects of, wlien given to milch 

 cows, 129; but too costly except to cows in 

 full inilk, 131; very advantageous in making 

 butter, 155 ; saving effected by erecting a 

 mill to grind, _ _ _ - j^q 



Ononis arvensis and spinosa, (rest harrowj des- 

 cription of, - - 249, 260 



Oxen, not applicable to all farms, 103 ; as ap- 

 plicable, fed on hay only, to the common 

 ■tvork of husbandry, as horses fed on hay and 

 corn, 213 ; why they are so, ib.\ are better 

 without being shod, 214; should be har- 

 nessed at two years old, ib.; two, requisite 

 to do the work of one horse, 303 ; little 

 benefit to be obtained by the substitution of, 

 for horses, ib.et seq.; less profitable than 

 heifers, - _ _ -^24 



Papaver rhaas, (corn-poppy), account of, 



247 

 Prtn'/;^ and burning, use of, - 169 



Parry, Dr. on Merino sheep, - 337 



Pedicularis sylvatica, (louse wort, red rattle) 

 account of, - - 260 



Pertcnhall, increase of poor's rates at, 39 



Philips, Mr. improvement of waste land, 163; 

 description of the wastes, detail of process 

 on, and produce of eight acres, /<5.,- expenses 

 and profit, 164; course of cropping intended, 

 «i.; process on twenty-one acres, 165; 

 quantity of wheat sown per acre, i66 ; des- 

 cription and mode of cultivating 12 acres, 

 VOL. V. 4 B 



with mode of fencin^^, 167 ; cultivation of 

 twelve acres, 168; value of improvement, 

 ib.: treatment of thirty-two acres, 169;' 

 expenses of improvements, lyj, cl sen. 



Pidfonl, Tho. on the prices of grain in 1790,' 

 andi8o'5, - - 54" 



Pigeons, said to be useful in destroying seeds of 

 weeds, - - _ 234 



• dung, a powerful manure, 195 



P/^J, fond of carrots, - _ 212 



Pilt, Wm. on the extirpation of weeds, 233 ; 

 on the proi'uctiori and consi>!Ti]ition of corn 

 in Great Biitain, 272 ; on the population 

 of Great Britain, aiid of England at different 

 periods, with the consumption of wheat, 

 and the quantity of land necessary to pro- 

 duce it, 181; on butcher's meat and the 

 dairy products, 286 ; on horses, 288 ; on 

 the number of cultivated acres in England, 

 and how they are appropriated, 294 ; on 

 rotations of crops, 298, ct seq.; on the abo- 

 lition of fallows, 300 ; on the advantages of 

 soiling, 301, et seq.; on oxen and horses, 

 303 ; on a comparison of the culture of 

 wheat, and of grazing, 30^; on the policy 

 of bounties on exportation of corn, 307; 

 on the corn laws, 308 ; on publick grana- 

 ries, 309 ; on leases, 310; on agricultural 

 capital, and improvements of the country, 

 311; on vegetable diet and the fisheries, so 

 as to reduce the consumption of animal 

 food, 312; on cottagers, 313; on an in- 

 crease of population under improved cultiva- 

 tion, 319, et seq.; on rotation of crops and 

 management, 322 ; on educating the lower 

 classes, - - 328 



Planting, remarks on, 269 ; waste lands ap- 

 plicable to, _ _ _ 256 

 Poa annua, account of, - - 2-56 

 Political economy, necessity of teaching the 

 principles of, - - 329 

 Polygonum aviculare,(knot grass) an account of, 



237» 245 



