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of barley ? What soils does it require ? 5G2. When is it to be sown ? 

 563. When is it harvested ? 564. What climate is best adapted to 

 oats ? 565. How does the yield differ in different circumstances ? 566. 

 How may they be sown ? Quantity of seed per acre ? 567. How are 

 oats for a green crop ? 568. Effect of the roller on them? 569. When 

 should they be cut, and how? 570. How are oats used? 571. What 

 is said of buckwheat ? 572. Where is it cultivated ? 573. What soils 

 does it do best on ? How is it often used ? 574. How is the land pre 

 pared for it ? When is it sown ? Quantity of seed per acre ? 575. 

 How is it cut and gathered ? 576. How is millet used ? 577. Soils 

 best adapted to millet ? 578. When is millet sown ? 



CHAPTER XVII. 579. What does the class of leguminous plants 

 include ? Why so called ? 580. The most important of the legumi 

 nous plants ? What are the varieties of the bean ? 581. Soils best 

 adapted to beans ? 582. How is the land prepared ? How thick should 

 they be planted ? 583. When are they to be planted ? 584. When 

 hoed and how ? 585. How does the season affect the crop ? 586. 

 When is the crop to be harvested and how ? 587. What yield may be 

 expected ? 588. The varieties of the pea ? 589. The soil best adapted 

 to pease ? 590. What manures are used for them ? 591. What cultiva 

 tion is required ? How are they sown ? 592. How are they harvested ? 

 For what purpose is the pea often sown ? 593. By what is it attacked ? 

 594. What remedy is there ? 595. What is the objection to late plant 

 ing ? 596. What is said of the lentil ? 597. What soils does the lentil 

 require ? 598. What is said of the vetch ? 



CHAPTER XVIII. 599. How may the potato be raised ? 600. When 

 should seed potatoes be gathered? 601. The varieties of this plant? 

 602. What is a prominent constituent of the potato ? 603. When is 

 starch the most abundant ? 604. What soils are best for potatoes ? 

 605. What cultivation is required ? 606. What manures ? 607. What 

 of the practice of cutting ? 608. What after-culture is necessary ? 

 609. When is the crop harvested and how ? 610. What is the climate 

 for the turnip? How do droughts affect it? 611. Advantages of its 

 culture ? 612. How should crops alternate ? Effect of the root crop 

 on the soil ? 613. Varieties of the turnip ? 614. Soils best adapted 

 to it? 615. What preparation of land is necessary? 616. Effect of 

 poor soils on the quality of the turnip ? Manures best adapted to the 

 turnip ? 617. Effect of nitrogenous manures on the turnip ? 618. 

 How is the turnip sown? Objection to ridge culture ? 619. Quantity 

 of seed per acre ? 620. What is the after-culture ? 621. When are 

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