VI INDEX. 



FACE. 



2. Soil, and Preparation of the Soil 294 



3. Seed and Sowing 294 



4. Weeding 295 



5. Pulling 295 



6. Rippling 296 



7. Steeping 296 



8. The Courtray Method 298 



9. Breaking and Scutching 298 



10. Uses of the Seed 299 



11. Mr. Warne s Method 300 



12. Average Produce, and Uses of the Produce 302 



CVIII. Live Stock 303 



1. Horses 307 



2. Neat Cattle 312 



(1.) The Improved Short Horns 313 



(2.) Herefords 314 



(3.) The Devons 315 



(4.) The Ayrshire 317 



(5.) The West Highland Cattle, or Kyloes ,318 



(6.) The Merdeenshire Polled Cattle 318 



(7.) The Alderney or Guernsey Cattle 319 



(8.) Dairy or Milking Stock 320 



(9.) Improvements in Relation to the United States 329 



3. Sheep 331 



(1.) Various Breeds 332 



(2.) Cheviot and Highland Sheep. 334 



(3.) Leicester Sheep 335 



(4.) Soidh Down Sheep 336 



(5.) General Management of Sheep 344 



4. Swine 34G 



CIX. Dairy Husbandry 347 



1. Butter 347 



2. Cheese 349 



(1.) Stilton Cheese 350 



(2.) Improved Stilton Cheese 351 



(3.) Cheshire Cheese 353 



CX. Manures 357 



1. Guano 358 



2. The Nitrates 359 



3. Soot 359 



4. Woollen Rags , 360 



5. Lime 360 



6. Sea-Sand 362 



7. Super-phosphate of Lime 363 



8. Fibrous Covering, or Gurneyism 366 



CXI. General Reflections. . . .368 



