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Pigs pay for keep equally well as other 



sorts of stock - 742 



Modes of curing bacon, pork, and hams 743 



Diseases ot hogs . - 744 , 



Mange ... ibid. 



Crack in ears - - ibid. 



Swellings in udders - - ibid. 



RABBITS - - ibid. 



Where kept with advantage - ibid. 



Proper breeds for warrens - 745 



Methods of managing them - ibid. 



Modes of taking by nets and traps 746 

 Statements of proiits from them note 747 



POULTRY - - 748 



Where usually kept ibid. 



Common fowls - - ibid. 



Different breeds of ibid. 



Proper conveniences for - ibid. 



Management in setting, breeding, rearing, 



and fattening them - 749 



Expences of them - - 751 



Mrs. Boys s system of management ibid. 



Diseases of them - 752 



Guinea fowl ibid. 



Uses of them - - ibid. 



Turkeys - - ibid. 



Breeds of them - - ibid. 



Proper management - 753 



Reason of fineness of those in Norfolk ibid. 



Living and dead weights of them 754 



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WATER FOWL * 754 



Ducks - - ibid. 



Kinds of - - ibid. 



Best modes of management - ibid. 



Utility of them in destroying worms, slugs, 



&c. on grain crops - 755 



Geese - - ibid. 



Kinds of - ibid. 



Proper modes of hatching and rearing 750 



Manner of plucking them ibid. 



Methods of fattening 757 



PIGEONS - ibid. 



Where kept with advantage - 758 



Best managf-;nent of - ibid. 



Dovecotes should be kept clean, and frecfrom 



vermin - 759 



BEES - - 760 



May be kept with advantage in some cases ibid. 

 Most proper situations for (hem - ibid. 



Methods of purchasing stocks of them 762 



Best consiruction of hives - 768 



Profits of them ibid. 



FISH-PONDS - - 764 



Advantageous in some cases - ibid. 



Methods of constructing - ibid. 



Expenccs of them - 765 



Manner of stocking them in different cases ibid. 



With carp 760 



Tench, perch, &c. - ibid. 



Profit of them under different circumstances 767 



APPENDIX. 



COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE, 



^ I 



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CHAP. L Of the relative rights of land- 

 lord and tenant, in including a concise 

 statement of the doctrine respecting leases 1 



CHAP. II. Forms of leases, with notes illus 

 trative of the operation and effect of the 

 covenants 



The lease of a farm for twenty-one years, 

 with covenants directing the course of hus- 

 toaudr), according to the Western prac 

 tice 7 



Form of a Uase of a farm in theMidland dis 

 trict, for twenty one years, commencing 

 as to several parts at distant periods, 

 and subject to rents and reserva 

 tions - 12 



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Form of a lease for a long term of years, 

 from the lord of a manor, determinate on 

 the death of the lessee 20 



Form of a lease of lands in Devonshire for 

 a term of twenty-one years, determinable 

 at the end of the first seven or fourteen 

 years on a notice from either of the par- 

 tics - 25 



Form of a contract used in Dorsetshire and. 

 other counties in the West of England, 

 for letting a dairy of cows 30- 



Form of a lease for a further term of years, 

 before the expiration of the exist : ng term, 

 by an indorsement on the original demise 

 or lease . . . 33 



