Index. 



257 



Parsley, sheep's, 109 



Parsnips, amelioration of soil by, 28 



inferior to chicory, 85, 161 



Pasture,* Arthur Young's methods, 63 



cause of failure of, 64, 172 



Clifton Park mixtures for, 82, 83, 



98,99 



De Laune on, 64 



— • cost of seeds, 65 



grazing of, 175 



laying down, see " Laying down 



land to grass " 

 mixtures, need for revision of, 



81, 82 

 management of, 55, 56, 64, 67, 



68, 70, 71 



methods of forming a fine, 168 



of improving cheaply, 168 



re-seeding cheaply, 174 



Perennial Ryegrass, see Ryegrass 

 Petroselinum sativum, see Parsley 

 Phleum pratense, see Timothy 

 Physical condition of soil, see Soil 

 Plunkett, Sir Horace, 115, 116, 244 

 Poa aquatioa, see Sweet "Water Meadow 



grass 



fertilis, see Fertile Meadow grass 



nemoralis, see "Wood Meadow 



grass 

 nervata, see 



grass 

 pratensis. 



Meadow grass 

 triviaUs, see Rough - stalked 



Meadow grass 

 Potash, consumption of by cofEee 



trees, 25 

 Potatoes at Balderston, 242 



in Big Haugh, 121, 171 



in Hayhope Shank East, 121 



with manure, 120, 121 



without manure, 15, 120 



Poultry may be profitable, 133 

 Production, to cheapen cost of, 2, 137 

 Protection, 9, 12, 13, 134, 135 



in France, 12 



Purity of seeds, 18 

 " Principles of Agriculture and Vege- 

 tation, The," 177 



Nerved Meadow 



see Smooth-stalked 



Productiveness of grasses, relative, 154 

 Preface to 1st Edition, ix. 



2nd Edition, xiU. 



3rd Edition, liv. 



4th Edition, xx. 



Quality of seed to use, see Seeds 

 standard of, for grass seeds, 151 



Raking, need for, 66 



" Reasoning," Locke on, 17 



"Reciprocity," 11 



Red clover, Late-floweriiig, 106 



Relative productiveness of grasses, 98 



Rents in East Kent, high, 4 



Reorganization of farming system, 



necessity for, 2 

 Reseeding bare patches, 68, 88, 89, 



180 



pastures cheaply, 174 



Reversed turf, 166, 167 

 Rhenish Tall Fescue, high price of, 96 

 Rocky surfaces, mixture for, 173 

 Rolling, effect and importance of, 66, 



176 

 Roots, tillage by, 7, 28 

 Rothamsted, 196 

 Rouen, 52-54 



reliable in severe winter, 53, 72 



dependence of flock masters 



upon, 52, 72 



derivation of name, 71 



economy of, 52, 76 



in Herefordshire, 54 



kills moss, 54 



Knight on, 54 



risk from snow, 52, 75 



less than turnips, 75 



shelters young grass, 54, 72 



shepherd's opinion of, 52 



supporting capabilities of, 53 



Young's views upon, 52, 72, 80 



Rough ground requires more seed, 



156, 167 

 Rough-stalked Meadow grass, ability 



to recover from drought, 99, 104 



notes on, 103, 104 



relative productiveness of, 



103, 154 



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