AGRICULTURE OF ENGLAND AND WALES. {)05^639 
OOLITE. 
Oolite district of "Wiltshire (J. A. 
Clarke;, 3:^7. 
Open yards for cattle (J. A. Clarke), 
232. 
Orchards, cost of raising (C. White- 
head), 476". 
Outgoing tenants, payments to (ClifTorJ 
and Foote), ^.S'. 
OwNERSHii" of land (Clifford and Foote), 
71. 
Oxfordshire, soils and crops of (J. A. 
Clarke), 336. 
Downs (J. A. Clarke^, -JO^: 
(W. T. Carrington), 440. 
Ox-teams (J. A. Clarke), 362. 
P. 
Parish clergy, number of (J. Caird), 63. 
Parliajiextaiiy reeo^'nition of tenant's 
rights (Clifford nnd Fnote), 102. 
Parochial clubs (H. J. Little), 525. 
Pastoral Husbandry (W. T. Carrington), 
43.5. 
Pasture land, distribution of (J. A. 
Clarke), 195. 
, increase in the acreage of (J. 
Caird), 15. 
Pastures, improvement of (Dr. Yoelckcr), 
568. 
Pear orchards in Herefordshire (C. 
Whitehead), 472. 
Peas (J. A. Clarke), .341. 
, imports for feeding (J. A. Clarke), 
202. 
Peasant farmers in Ireland (H. J. Little), 
501. 
proprietors in Ireland (J. Caird), 
32. 
Pedigree herd, management of (W. T. 
Carrington), 436. 
Peerage, land held by the (J. Caird), 20. 
Pembrokeshire cuttle (J. A. Clarke), 
283. 
Permanent fertility (Dr. Voelcker), .549. 
improvements, costs of, charged on 
lands (Clifford and Foote), 81 ; compen- 
fation awarded for, under the Agricul- 
tural Holdings Act, 104 ; presumed 
duration, ib. 
pastures, improvement of (Dr. 
Voelcker), 568. 
Perquisites to labourers (H. J. Little", 
510. 
Perry (C. Whitfhead), 4:3. 
Personal projjerty, leaseholds considered 
(Clifford and Foote), 79. 
Persons, numbers admitted to the country 
meetingsof the Society, 1853-77 (H. M. 
Jenkins), 602. 
I I'RIZES. 
I 
Peruvian guano, sec " Guano." 
Phosphatic materials (Dr. Voelcker'. 
j 562. 
I Physical features of England (J. A. 
' Clarke), 185. 
of Great Britain (H. J. Little), 500. 
Picking hops (C. Whitehead), 467. 
Pickle manufacturers (C. Whitehead). 
487. 
Piecework (H. J. Little), 507. 
Pigs (J. A. Clarke), .S'Otf. 
, management of (J. A. Clarke). 
263. 
Plans, 389, 514, 515, 516, 518, 519, 523. 
I Plants predominating in uncultivated 
land (J. Caird), 27. 
' Plough (double-furrow) (.J. Caird), 19. 
Ploughing mutches (H. J. Little), 528. 
j Ploughs and cultivators (J. A. Clarke), 
370. 
Points, judging by (J. A. Clarke), 279. 
of a Heietbrd (J. A. Clarke), 269 : 
Devon, ^7;?; Sussex, ;i^75 ; Longhorn;. 
276. 
Police rates (Capt. Craigie), 149. 
Poling hops (C. Whitehead), 461. 
Politics, e.iiolu>iou of, from Society (II. 
M. Jenkms), 594. 
Poor, improvement of cottages for the 
(H. J. Little), 512. 
Poor-law allowances (H. J. Little), 502 ; 
Scotland exempt, 503. 
Poor-rate (Capt. Craigie), 144; origin, 
145 ; fluctuations, ib. : purposes, 145 : 
local distribution, 146. 
Population, checks on increase of (.1. 
Caird), 29. 
, the proportion of landowners to the 
(J. Caird), 2.9. 
Post Office savings-banks (H. J. Little). 
I 527. 
I Potash salts (Dr. Voelcker), 563. 
\ Potato culture (C. Whitehead), 4S8. 
\ in Cornwall (J. A. Clarke), 329; 
i Cheshire, 351. 
j di.seuse (C. Whitehead), 491. 
I famine in Ireland, results on the 
population (J. Caird), 30. 
Poultry (J. A. Clarke), 224. 
Practical Agriculture (J. A. Clarke), 
185. 
Pressing machine for hops (C. White- 
head), 468. 
Prices of Shnrtlionis ( J. A. Clarke), 266. 
Primogeniture law, limited operation of 
(Clifford and Fnotc-), 74. 
Prize cottager (H. .1. Little). 514. 
farms round Liverpool (J. A. 
Clarke), 352. 
I Prizes for best cultivated farms (H. M. 
Jenkins), 613. 
