INDEX. 



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LXXV. Theory of Agriculture 418 



LXXVI. Actual Improvements 420 



LXXVII. Ploughing 421 



LXXVIII. The English Character. A Digression 422 



LXXIX. The Perfection of Ploughing 423 



LXXX. Ploughing Match at Saffron Walden 424 



LXXXI. General Rules for Ploughing 427 



1. Lapping in Ploughing 433 



2. Ribbing, or Raftering 433 



3. Laying in Beds, or Stitches 434 



4. Lazy-Bed Cultivation 436 



5. Correct Ploughing 440 



6. Trench-Ploughing 443 



7. Subsoil-Ploughing 448 



8. Experiment in Subsoiling Heath Land 451 



9. Subturf-Plough 454 



10. Perfection of English Ploughing 454 



11. Ploughing Matches 456 



12. Horses used for Ploughing 459 



LXXXII. A Digression 461 



LXXXIII. Improved Machinery 462 



1. Machinery lightens Labor 462 



2. Machinery increases Production 464 



3. General Effects on Labor 466 



LXXXIV. Moral Considerations 468 



LXXXV. Harrowing 469 



LXXXVI. Scarifying, or Grubbing 47^ 



LXXXVII. General Remarks on the Use of Agricultural Machinery 483 



LXXXVIII. Particular Examples of Improvement 485 



1. Tehidy 485 



2. Scobell s Farm 486 



LXXXIX. Cornwall and the Land s End 491 



TABLE of Calculations on Ploughing 492 



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