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Plioma dura on firs ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 501 



Phorbia brassicoe (Cabbage-root fly) ... 352 



Physical Deterioration Committee, Report 307 



PhytopJithora infestans (Potato disease) 284, 676 



Pigs, see Swine. 



Pigsties, construction of 129 



Pine weevil, banded (Pissodes notatus) 686 



,, large brown (Hylobius abietis) 690 



Pissodes notatus (Banded pine weevil) 686 



Planting fruit trees and bushes 48, 449, 581 



Plant-lice 34, 288, 647 



Plants : Diseases, see Fungi. 



Cape Colony, import regulations 437 



New Zealand, import regulations 306 



Rhodesia, import regulations 437 



Transvaal, import regulations 184, 437, 697 



Platyparea poeciloptera (Asparagus fly) 498 



Plums : Imports 607 



Planting 449 



Pulping 621 



Scale insect (Lecanium persicce) 557 



Spraying 641 



Training and pruning 522 



Varieties 454 



Poison for rats ... ... 50 



Pollination in hop growing, importance of 545 



Population, agricultural, in United Kingdom 271 



Pork : Imports 403, 603 



Production and consumption 233 



Potatoes : Area, Great Britain and Ireland, 1904 340 



Disease {Phyto phthor a infestans) ... ... ... ... ... 284, 676 



Imports ... 403, 607 



Prices 59, 125, 189, 253, 317, 381, 445, 509, 573, 638, 702, 767 



Production, Great Britain, 1904 519 



Rotting of 676 



Scab (Oospora scabies) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 734 



Sprouting seed 673 



Weighing at railway stations 409 



Winter rot [Nectria solani) 676 



France, area, 1904 210 



New tuber (Solatium commersonii) ... ... ... ... 412 



Germ a ny, area and production 107, 411 



Preparation of alcohol 29, 733 



Natal, m arke t in 151 



Norway, importation 614 



Poultry, see also Eggs, 



Co-operative societies in Ireland 80 



Day-old chickens ... 590 



Dry feeding ... 683 



Geese, raising and fattening 458 



Hatching of chickens, artificial 135 



Housing on farms ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 



Imports, poultry and game 403, 605 



Insurance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 



Rearing and fattening in Ireland 257 



Renting of farm land ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 404 



Turkeys, experiments in fattening 385, 495 



Winter egg production 529 



Australia, export... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 746 



Powdery mildew of the vine ( Uncinula spiralis) 497 



Preparation of honey for market 721 



Prices : Agricultural produce 55, 121, 185, 249, 313, 376, 441, 505, 569, 633, 698, 763 



Live weight, of cattle 309, 729 



Weekly return of market prices 114 



Produce, conveyance of 65 



Imports 401, 602 



