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INDEX. 



Poison : Prohibition of use, in destruction of animals XVI., 933 



Poisoning of stock : By Java beans XII., 742 ; XIII. 52 ; XIV., 722 



By laburnum • XIA^, 695 



By rhododendrons ... ... ... . • ■ • • • ■ • • XIV. , 118 



Poisonous properties of CM2>re.ss«s ... ... .■- ... ... XIL, 432 



Fhaseolus hinatus, linseed and cassava... XIV., 722 



Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908 ... XVI., 146 



Poland (see also Bussia) : Fertilisers, consumption of XVII., 767 



Hop fair XVL, 329, 682; XVIL, 679 



Horse breeding XVIL, 862 



Live stock, export to the United Kingdom XVI., 329 



( )pening for British seeds ... ... ... ... ... X VII. , 501 



Smallholdings : XVI., 499 



Pollination: Action of bees in i3ollination ... ... ... XVIL, 974 



Apples, self- and cross-i^ollination ... ... ... ... XVIL, 587 



Fruit trees ■ XV., 204, 683 



Germination of pollen ... ... ... ... ... ... XVIL, 586 



Hop growing, importance of pollination in ... ... ... XL, 545 



Red clover ... XV., 753 



Tomatoes ... XIL, 357 ; XV., 517 



Pond mud, utilisation of ... XIV., 495 



Ponds, construction of dew-ponds XIII., 181 ; XIV., 498, 630 ; XVI., 61 



Poppies ' XVL, 26 



Population, agricultural, in United Kingdom ... ... ... XL, 271 



Decline in... ' XIIL, 529, 694 



In different countries ... ... ... ... ... . . XIV., 433 



Pork, importation of tuberculous ... ... ... ... ... XIV., 737 



Porter, J. : Fattening calves for veal ... ... ... ... XIIL, 727 



L^se of starters in dairying ... ... ... ... ... XVIL, 716 



Pot culture experiments, summary XV., 708 ; XVL, 70, 496 ; XVIL, 750 

 Potash. See Manures. 



Potatoes (see also Fuiiji, Insects, Import Regulations, Spyayiny) : 



Alcohol production ... ... ... ... ... ... XIL, 105 



Change of seed experiments ... XV., 627 ; XVII:, 311, 578, 894 



Cooking quality XIL, 33, 539 ; XIIL, 47 



Cultivation m Lancashire ... ... ... ... ... XV., 563 



,, Yorkshire ... XIIL, 15 



Cutting of seed tubers XVL, 408 ; XA^IL, 898 



Degeneration XIL, 671 ; XIV., 247, 385 ; XV., 30 



Experiments in growing, summary of ... ... ... ... XVIL, 892 



Greening ... XVL, 177 ; XVIL, 46 



Influence of magnesia on ... ... ... ... ... XVIL, 749 



Inheritance in XVIL, 932 



Intensive cultivation ... ... ... ... ... ... XV., 834 



Irish seed, trials of ... XIV., 30, 731 ; XV., 626 ; XVIL, 313, 578 



Lincolnshire, trade in 1908-9 XVL, 157 



Manuring XIIL, 22 ; XIV., 71, 85 ; XV., 621 ; XA^., 315, 



402, 493 ; XVIL, 312, 577, 899 



Poisoning of animals by XVIL, 743 



Pig-feeding with .. . ... XVL, 821 



Cooked and uncooked potatoes compared for ... ... XA^IL, 926 



Planting experiments XV., 624; XVL, 403 



Problems in growing XIV., 65 



Seed potatoes, effect of maturity on ' XVIL, 313 



Size of sets XVIL, 897 



Soil, effect of change on productiveness ... XV., 627 



