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Proportion of, neeessary ^ 423 



Repetition of 424 



Some sorts used as top. dressings cannot be 



often repeated - ibid. 



Chalk marl, chopped woollea rags, &c. - ibid. 



Capable of being more frequently used in 



composts - - 425 



Lime, with vegetable substances, often em 

 ployed .is top-dressings ibkl. 



Peat-ashes, coal-ashes, and soot - ibid. 



Best applied after rain in March - ibid. 



Setting out manures - ibid. 



Attention necessary in ibid. 



Mr. McDonald s contrivance for - 426 



Spreading of - ibid. 



Bush-harrowing - 427 



Rolling . ibid. 



Proper times for - - ibid. 



Methods of restoring grass-lands - 428 



WATERED MEADOWS - 429 



Nature of - ibid. 



Situations and soils proper for - 430 



Methods of forming 432 



Spirit-level useful in - ibid. 



Irrigation or watering - 433 



Modes of conducting the process - ibid. 

 Catch-work watering - - 438 



Where capable of application - ibid. 



Circumstances to be attended to in - ibid, 

 often derived in watering, from stir, 

 ring mud in bottoms of mains, and the 

 use of lime or other substances - 442 

 Causes of the beneficial effects of watering, ibid. 



PACT, 



Vast utility of - - 442. 



Proper seasons f,;r - - 415 



Proportions of water necessary in different 



cases - 4-16 



Lengths of time for continuing this process 4 16 



Mr. Wright s opinion of it ibid. 



Mr. Boswell s 417 



Circumstances to be regarded in eating down 



watered lands - ibid. 



Useful in producing early grass ibid. 



Mr. Tcmplcr s improvements by watering 



4 18 note 



Improvements by it in Yorkshire - 449 note 

 In Cheshire, by Mr. Fenna - 450 



WARPING, a practice in Lincolnshire - ibid. 

 Only slightly useful on grass-lands - ibid. 

 MOWING - - ibid. 



Proper periods for - - ibid. 



Methods of performing 4.51 



llAY-M.AICING 4.52 



Best methods of - ibid. 



Stacking and thatching hay 456 



Best methods of performing - ibid. 



Modes of preventing stacks from heating. 457 



Mr. Ducket s method, by making holes 



in the sides - ibir 1 * 



Staclting.-stages ibid. 



Hay -sweeps and sledges. 460 



AFTER-GllASS ibid. 



Modes of management of ibid. 



Best application of produce of 461 



Past\i ring of - - ibid. 



Utility of, in this view ibid. 



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PASTURE LANDS 467 



Grounds most proper for ibid. 



Coarse-grass-lands may be made useful for ibid. 



Particular properties in grasses necessary in ibid. 



Situations of, and modes of inclosing, influ 

 ence the uses of, - 468 



Subject to be injured by various causes ibid. 



By moss ibid. 



By ant and mole-hills ibid. 



These should be removed ibid. 



Modes of effecting this - ibid. 



Shrubby and other plants must be eradicated ibid. 



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Draining sometimes necessary .i ;f 4CS/ 



And manuring ibid. 



Effects of proper modes of feeding tlrcin 



down - 470 



Proper soils of manure* for - 47 I 



Improvements by feeding sheep upon them ibid. 



Proper periods of turning stock on ibid. 



Difference of opinion on this subject ibid. 



A middle degree of growth in grass is 



best for - ibid. 



Proportion of eating down most useful 47-i 



Diversity of- opinion on this ppiut - ibuf 



