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Panama, encouragement to agriculture in ... ... ... ... ... 948 



Paris, poultry exhibition at 778 



Pasture (see also Clover, Hay) : Area in Great Britain, 1908 .. ... 423 



Manuring 120, 284, 780 



Summary of experiments ... ... ... .. ... ... 780 



Pears, see Fruit. 



Peas : Area in Great Britain, 1908 ... .. ... ... ... .. 424 



Manuring of, summary of experiments ... ... ... ... 705 



Peat fuel manufacture ... ... ... ... ... . . . . ... 874 



Peat, sulphate of ammonia from ... ... ... ... ... ... 928 



Peaty land, manuring of 120 



Peet, John 0. : Small holdings in Herefordshire ... ... ... ... 327 



Small holdings in South- West Lancashire ... ... ... ... 561 



Peppermint growing for oil 348 



Periodicals, selected contents of current 79, 159, 238, 317, 399, 479, 647, 806, 



894, 975 



Perry, standard in France 777 



Phelps, William : W 7 ater supply for villages ... ... ... ... 350 



Philippines : Cattle import regulations ... ... ... ... ... 534 



Phormium tenax, New Zealand flax 532 



Phosphates, see Manures. 

 Pigs, see Live Stock. 



Plants (see also Import Regulations) : Abnormal growth ... 30, 204, 384, 510, 690 



Control of plant diseases in Austria ... ... ... ... ... 131 



Control of plant diseases in Germany ... ... ... ... ... 842 



Control of plant diseases in Straits Settlements 950 



Injury by fumes from factory chimneys ... 778 



International plant protection ... ... ... ... ... ... 303 



Plums, see Fruit. 



Poland : Crop reports 615 



Demand for fertilisers and machinery 219 



Hop crop 454, 530 



Pollination : Fruit trees 204, 683 



Red clover 753 



Tomatoes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 517 



Potash, see Manures. 



Potatoes (see also Fungi, Insects, Crops, Import Regulations) : Area in 



Great Britain, 1908 425 



" Corky scab" ... 592 



Cultivation in Lancashire ... ... ... ... ... ... 563 



Degeneracy ... 30 



Hollow potatoes due to eelworms ... ... ... ... ...287,507 



Intensive cultivation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 834 



Prices 77, 157, 236, 315, 397, 477, 558, 645, 726, 804, 892, 973 



Produce of crops, Great Britain, 1908 699 



Summary of experiments with ... .. ... ... ... ... 621 



Varieties of scab 749 



Wart disease or black scab ... 548, 604, 671, 749 



Ireland 548 



Germany ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 704 



Germany, disease 205, 457 



Poultry (see also Eggs) • Colony system of housing 102 



Cost of rearing ducklings ... ... ... ... ... ... 664 



Exhibition at Paris '. ... 778 



Fattening ... 180 



Fowl cholera ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 345 



Geese, unthriftiness in ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 874 



Hopper feeding <. 106 



Housing and feeding experiments ... ... 101 



Incubators, causes of death of chickens raised in ... ... ... 221 



Mites on 277 



Summary of experiments with ... ... 880 



Supply and demand at provincial markets ... ... ... ... 94 



Turkeys ' ... 340 



A rgentina, import regulations ... ... ... 291 



Germany, goose-breeding ... ... 533 



United States, importation of poultry food 533 



