THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. 



HOW THE FARM PAYS. 



By WILLIAM CROZIER and PETER HENDERSON. 



CONTENTS: 



Chapter I. paqe 



Training for the Business of Farming — Agricultural 

 College Education— Selection of Soils— Use of 

 Manure— Farm Roads— Draining 9—25 



Chapter n. 

 Manures and the Modes of Application— Special 

 Fertilizers — Green Manuring — Fertilizing by 

 Feeding 26—37 



Chapter in. 

 Plowing, Harrowing and Cultivating— Flows— Har- 

 rows— Cultivators— Rolling Land—Use of the Feet 

 in Sowing and Planting 38—51 



Chapter IV. 

 Rotation of Crops—Com— Potatoes— Potato Diseases 

 —Sweet Potatoes— Roots— Wheat— Oats— Barley 

 —Rye— Beans— Buckwheat 52—84 



Chapter V. 

 Crops for Soiling and Fodder— Rye— Lucem or Alfalfa 

 — Millet— Peas and Oats — Fodder Corn— Feeding 

 Soiling Crops— Ahortion in Cows 85 — 109 



Chapter VI. 



Grass and its Management— Varieties of Grasses — 



Mixed Gnasses for Pasture and Hay 110—133 



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Chapter vn. PAa> 

 Cutting and Curing of Hay— Clover Hay— Ensilage- 

 Ensilage Compared with Roots 134—145 



Chapter VIII. 

 Live Stock of the Farm— Varieties of Cattle— Re- 

 cords of Cattle— The Best Cows for the Dairy- 

 Young Cattle and their Care— Management of 

 the Dairy— Farm Horses — Sheep — Swme — Farm 

 Buildings— Fences— Rearing and Keeping Poul- 

 try— Dogs for the Farm 146—250 



Chapter IX. 

 Pests of the Farm- Destructive Animals— Insect 



Pests — Parasites — Pests of the Crops— Remedies .251— 274 

 Chapter X. 

 Farm Machinery — Plows — Harrows— Cultivators- 

 Mowers and Reapers — Haying Machinery — Fod- 

 der Cutters 275—300 



Chapter XI. 

 Farm Culture of Vegetables and Fruits— Cabbage 

 — Celery — Sweet Corn— Cucumbers for Pickles — 



Melons as a Market Crop— Onions, &c 301—380 



Chapter XII. 

 Culture of Principal Small Fruit Crops— Straw- 

 berries— Blackberries— R-ospberries-Currants— 

 Gooseberries- Grapes Orchard Fruits 361 —379 



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