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according to English methods Permanent pastures as practiced in Scotland Lawn grasses Fine 

 lawns frequently mown Hay and pasture in orchards and shady places Mowing on light lands 

 Reclaimed peaty lands Marshy grounds liable to be occasionally overflown with fresh water 

 Rocky lands Time to sow grass seed Selection of seed Time of cutting and manner of curing 

 hay Improved implements in hay making Mowing machines Hay tedders Horse rakes Horse 

 hay forks Hay carriers Hay caps Storage of hay Stacking of hay Hay stacking apparatus 

 Baling hay Aftermath or Roweu Cultivating grass seed Fall grazing of mowing lands The 

 practice injurious to the crop of the following year if done after cutting the aftermath Manuring 

 mowing lands Rolling mowing lands and pastures beneficial Renovating grass lands. 138 



Cereals. 



Importance of the cereal product The great advance in the production of cereals in the United States 

 during the last ten years Comparative advancement in the production of the different cereals 

 Wheat Description of different varieties Preparation of soil- for wheat Fertilizers Selection of 

 seed Time of sowing spring wheat Time of sowing winter wheat Quantity sown to the acre 

 Sowing broadcast and drill sowing compared Depth of covering After-cultivation Improved 

 implements in the cultivation of wheat Harvesting Threshing Diseases and insects of wheat 

 Rust Chinch Bug Hessian Fly Rye Varieties Soil Fertilizers Sowing Harvesting Thresh 

 ing Diseases of Rye Oats Varieties Soil Fertilizers Cultivation Harvesting Threshing 

 Diseases Barley Varieties Soil Fertilizers Seeding Harvesting Threshing Buckwheat 

 Soil Sowing Harvesting Corn Its importance among cereals Analysis Varieties described 

 Selection of seed Preparation of seed for planting Soil for corn and its preparation Time for 

 planting in the different sections of the country Methods of planting The mixing of different 

 varieties to be obviated Hill and drill planting compared After-cultivation Harvesting Fodder 

 Stalks in the field Husking Shelling Shelling unhusked corn Grinding corn Grinding un- 

 husked corn Cob meal Diseases and enemies of corn Rice Its value as an article of food Va 

 rieties Analysis of rice Lands adapted to its cultivation Cultivation Harvesting Threshing 

 and milling. 263 



Roots and Esculent Tubers. 



The common potato-^Native of this continent Improvement through cultivation Introduction into 

 Great Britain Subsequent cultivation Description of varieties Soil and its preparation Fertili 

 zers Selecting and cutting potatoes for planting Cutting to a single eye Number of eyes to the 

 hill Planting Hill and drill planting compared Potato planters Benefits of early planting The 

 manner of growth of different varieties illustrated Hilling and level culture compared Forcing 

 potatoes Cultivation How to raise potatoes from cuttings Two crops of potatoes a year 

 Hybridizing potatoes How to raise seedlings Harvesting Potato diggers Storing Diseases 

 Potato rot Potato Bug or Colorado Beetle Use of Paris Green, etc. Scabby Potatoes How to 

 tell a good potato Sweet potatoes Native of Southern Asia Not exclusively a Southern product, 

 and maybe raised with fair success in many of the Northern States Its nutritive value Varieties 

 soil Fertilizers Obtaining plants Transplanting Cultivation Harvesting Storing The Yam 

 Varieties Chinese yam Cultivation Turnips Varieties Table of nutritive value of roots 

 Soil Fertilizers Preparation of soil Sowing Cultivation Cultivation of spring turnips Ruta 

 baga or Swedish turnips Harvesting Storing Raising turnip seed Beets Varieties Prepara 

 tion of soil Sowing Cultivation Mangel Wurtzels Cultivation Harvesting Storage Root 

 Cutters Carrots Varieties Cultivation Carrot weeders Harvesting and storage Parsnips 

 Varieties Preparation of soil Cultivation Artichokes Analysis of artichokes and potatoes com 

 pared Their value as food for swine and other live stock Varieties Planting and cultivation 

 Yield Chufas Cultivation Ridge culture for root crops Root pits Ventilators for root pits 

 essential How constructed Onions Varieties Soil and its preparation Cultivation from seed 

 Cultivation of Sets Cultivation of top onions Potato onions Shallots Rareripes Onion weeders 

 Cultivation of onion seed Harvesting and storing onions. 330 



Miscellaneous Products. 



Cotton The great importance of the product History First exportations Cotton growing section 

 Beauty of the cotton blossom Varieties Upland cotton Sea Island cotton Cotton product of 

 British India and Egypt Unproductive cotton fields of the South How the evil may be remedied 

 Invention of the cotton-gin Varieties Soil Preparation of soil Fertilizers Planting 

 Cultivation Securing the crop Ginning Baling Use of seed Seed hulling Facts elicited 

 respecting the cotton product at the Atlanta Exposition in 1881 Enemies of the cotton 

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