HIGH FARMING. 



AN UNPUBLISHED FRAGMENT. 



CONTENTS. 



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The object of Farming is Gain ; Profit the Proof of good Farming 203 

 Definition of phrase High Farming; data assumed as to condition 



of Farms; Draining, Manuring, &c 205-207 



Mr. Huxtable's statements of the cost of Wheat Culture, and its 



Return, examined 208-213 



The theory of Manures, as recognised by Mr. Huxtable, Mr. 



Pusey, and others, examined and disputed . . . 213-218 

 Mr. Huxtable's Experiments in manufacturing Pork, and Pig 



Manure; his Conclusions disputed .... 218-221 

 Mr. Huxtable's Calculations of the profitable return from Turnips 

 in manufacturing Beef disputed; protest against Mr. Hux- 

 table's Estimates 221 



Mr. Milne's account of Mr. Huxtable's, Mr. Kigden's, and Mr. 

 Morton's methods of Farming, and outlay per acre ; Mr. Rig- 

 den's outlay and returns compared 221-224 



Mr. Caird's statement of the Auchness Farm examined . . 225 

 Review of Mr. Pusey's Pamphlet (1851); criticism on Chemical 

 Theories; economy of good Farm Implements, Threshing- 

 Machines, &c.; Stack-yards; Mr. Pusey's ideas of Draining; 

 demolition of Hedge-rows ; destruction of Game; Clay-burn- 

 ing; Water-meadows, the Author's puzzle as to the Ammonia 

 Theory : Farm Buildings ; proper complement of Farm Horses ; 

 foulness of Land ; how to increase Produce ; use and cost of 

 Ammonia in Wheat growing ...... 227-247 



Jethro Tull, and Spade Husbandry ; a cause of Irish Pauperism . 247 

 Mr. Johnstone, and observations on his Work " England as it is in 



the middle of the Nineteenth Century" .... 237. 248 



Certain conditions of success in Arable Farming .... 250 



British and Foreign Prices of Grain compared .... 252 



Britain better fitted for growing Barley than Wheat profitably . 253 

 Conclusion : position and future prospects of the British Land- 

 owner 254 



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