VOLUMES ONE TO EIGHT. 



15 



O. 



Oak, the, iii. 268. 



Oat, composition of the, iv. 530 ; v. 249 ; 



vii. 645, &c. 



cultivation of the, iii. 249 ; v. 59. 



produce of the, i. 74, 88, 99, 258, 



373, 412, 424, 438; ii. 70, 129; iii. 



389 ; iv. 81, 175, 213 ; v. 20, 36, 268 ; 



vi. 81,233, 271, 285, 407, 413; vii. 



173, 567, 645, &c. ; viii. 566. 



the dyock, iii. 387. 



Oil, linseed, viii. 392. 



Oilcake, an economical, iii. 439. 



consumption of, iv. 300. 



One-horse carts, on, i. 431 ; ii. 73, 86 ; vi. 



156, 320, 375, 398 ; vii. 223 ; viii. 349. 

 Oolitic district in Wilts, v. 172. 

 " Ophthalmia'' in sheep, i. 302. 

 Orchards, management of, iv. 380. 

 Organic and inorganic manures for tur- 

 nips, viii. 528, &c. 

 Ortolan, the, iv. 244. 

 Overman, F. W., on marling land, iii. 



234. 



Ox, excrements of the, i. 460. 



food of the, V. 54. 



Oxen for labour, i. 402 ; v. 52, 331 ; vi. 

 456. 



cost of, V. 56. 



Oxford clay, fertility of the, i. 273. 

 ■ exhibition of implements, i 64, 



App. 



sheep, viii. 16. 



Oxygen gas absorbed by soils, i. 197. 



P. 



Page, T., on experiments with manure, 

 viii. 57. 



Palin, W., on the agriculture of Cheshire, 

 V. 57. 



Parasites on clover, i. 173. 



on insects, v. 226. 



Parasitic fungi, ii. 2. 



Paring and burning, vi. 82; vii. 129. 



spade, vi. 101. 



Parker, H., on the shallow culture of 



mossy land, vi. 187. 



J. O., on Essex draining, iv. 39. 



Parkes, J., on land-drainage, iv. 369 ; vii. 



249. 



on reducing the cost of drain- 

 age, vi. 125. 



on the Society's exhibitions of 



implements, v. 361 ; vi. 303; vii. 681. 



on the temperature of soils, v. 



119. 



Parsnip, culture of, i. 419. 



produce of, ii. 41. 



Pastures, cultivation of cold, vii. 167. 



on breaking up, iv. 80 ; vii. 161, 



500. 



Pawlett, T. E., on the management of 



sheep, vi. 361. 

 Paxton, W., on water-meadows, i. 346. 

 Payne, S., on a drain-level, vi. 247. 

 Paynter, J., on gas-water, i. 45. 

 Pea carrion -beetle, vii. 418. 

 Pearson, J,, on burning land, viii. 77, 

 Pear-tree, ditlerent kinds of, iv. 391 vi. 



279. 



Peas and turnips grown in alternate rows, 



vii. 589. 



ashes of, viii. 166, 201. 



cost of a crop of, v. 30. 



cultivation of, vii. 54. 



composition of, v. 249; viii. 166, 



201. 



insect enemies of, vii. 404; viii. 399. 



produce of, i. 74 ; v. 20, 39 ; vi. 271, 



285 ; vii. 589 ; viii. 166. 

 Peat, application of clay to, i. 5 ; iii. 427. 



as a manure, i. ] 35 ; ii. 417 ; iii. 224. 



ashes, composition of, ii. 392; vii. 



220. 



charcoal, v. 507 ; vii. 539. 



drainage of, ii. 394, 400. 



lime necessary to, vi. 93. 



reclamation of, vi. 40. 



soils, cultivation of, vii. 517, 542. 



improvement of, ii. 390, 400. 



tiles, viii. 570. 



Pedigree, importance of, i. 22, 27. 

 Peel, Sir R., on land-drainage, iii. 18. 

 Pepper-brand, ii. 4. 

 Pepper-corns, ii. 19. 

 Perry, to make, iv. 387. 

 Philips, G., on the potato-disease, vii. 300. 

 Phosphoric acid, general presence of, ii. 

 244. 



in plants, iii. 145. 



Phosphorite as a manure, vi. 329. 



■ in Estremadura, v. 406. 



Physical properties of soils, i. 177, 210. 

 Physiology applied to cattle-feeding, iv, 

 215. 



Pickle wheat, to, ii. 8. 



Pig, excrements of the, i. 491. 



of Cheshire, v. 73. 



Pine-tree as fence wood, vi. 223. 



on rocky soils, the, iv. 197. 



Pipe-tiles for drainage, iv. 273, 372; v. 

 603. 



Plane-tree, the, iii. 272. 



Planting potatoes, on, i. 393 ; vii. 493. 



— — trees, on, iii. 281. 



Plant-lice, iii. 49 ; vi. 503 ; vii. 416. 

 Plantations, iii. 293 ; vi. 290. 

 Plants, classification of, viii. 229. 

 composition of, ii. 210; iii. 158; 



iv. 503, 520; vii. 323, 593 ; viii. 134, 



171. 



food of, ii. 247 ; iv. 498. 



indicating fertility and barren- 

 ness, V. 443. 



