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Page. 

 Fallow— the term explained • * ' ^ '56 



Objpctions against the usual practice of summer fallowing 56-7 

 Utility of substituting rotation of crops for summer fallow 57 



"What crops should be cultivated as a substitute for summer 



fallow ^ • • ' ' \,' ^'^ 



When substitutfn^ rotation of crops for summer fallow may 



bo dispensed with or omitted * ' * • 50 



Flax — remarks on the objections to this crop • • 80 



Diversity of opinion regpecting the exhausting n?ture of a 



flax crop ....•• 81 



Preparation of the soil for a flax crop • * ' oU-1 



Causes of the fineness of the Irish fiax • * , ' ^^ 



Different causes that aifect the quality of flax considered 81 



Different modes of rotting flax • * * ' ^^ol 



Salt, said to be a valuable manure tor flax • ' 82 



How seed for a flax crop should be prepared • * 82 



Proper time for pulling flax • ' • \ -,/ t.cPi 



Fruit trees— remarks on plantmgand pruning fruit trees 112-^ 

 What culture of land best promotes the growth of fruit trees 113 

 Farther remarks on pruning fruit trees • • * o^}£. 



Diseases of fruit trees . . • • • 116-17 



Degeneracy of our apple tree? • * ' ill 



Fences — remarks on hedges for fence • • • 126 



Method for making hedges for fence of the white mulberry, 

 recommended • ' ' * , r * l ' 



The thorn, the apple, and the willow roost used for the pur- 

 poses of hedges . . . • • IJ7 

 Method to raise the thorn from the seed - • '127 

 Method to make hedges for fence from apple seeds • 128 

 Objections to hedges for fence considered • • '128 

 Ditches for fence • • • • * 128 

 Directions for making the hedge of the willow • • 129 

 Mr. Silliman's remarks on hedge rows • • • 129 

 Reasovis for introducing hedges in some parts of our country 130 

 Floodinff land — trees and useless plants killed by flooding 



land • - ' 204 



General remarks on the advantages of flooding land • 205 



Farmers — the bad ecoLomy of many, and the consequences 265 

 The wisdom and success of the common farmer will eventu- 

 ally characterize our republic, and tend to its perpetuity 2G5 

 Farmers not enough inclined to form the habits of their sons 



to agricultural pursuits • • • • • 267. 



Farms in New England generally too large for the benefit of 

 the proprietors • • • ° • 256 



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