CONTENTS. 



Stacking belter than housing grain-crops 287 



Modes of stacking grain - 288 



Stands proper for ibid. 



Methods of forming these - ibid. 



Best sorts and forms of - ibid. 



Proper modes of building stacks 289 



Proper sizes of ibid. 



Number of persons necessary in tins 



business 290 



Manner of placing materials in different 



cases of - ibid. 



Use of a large sail-cloth in 291 



Funnels or chimneys in - - ibid. 



Uses of these in wet seasons - ibid. 



THATCHING of grain-stacks - - 292 



Materials proper for - ibid. 



Modes of preparation of ibid. 



Methods of application of thatch in dif 

 ferent cases - - ibid. 

 Modes of securing ibid. 

 Proper time of performing 293 

 Causes of objections to - - ibid. 

 Horse-stubble rake useful in providing mate 

 rials for 294 

 Proper modes of trimming stacks ibid. 



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THRASHING- , 294 



Different mcthoda of ibid. 



By the flail ibid. 



By the machine - ibid. 



Superiority of the latter 295 



Saving of expence by 296 



Modes of proceeding in 297 



Rough chaffy matter necessary to be finaie. 



diately separated - 29S 



Quantity thrashed by the flail ibid. 



Should be fresh-thrashed when for fodder 299 

 Grain should be immediately cleaned ibid. 



Machines proper for performing this ibid. 



Utility of screening it - 300 



PUESFR?ATION of grain - ibid. 



What necessary in - ibid. 



Frequent stirring beneficial 301 



Air, light, and due ventilation, impor 

 tance of . . ibid. 

 Preserving in deep wells or pits 303 

 Proper granaries for 304 



Methods of construction of these ibid. 



Grain should be as little stored as possible ibid. 



Much loss by storing - 305 



Advantage of bringing it quickly to market ibid. 



SECTION V. 



CULTIVATION OF ARABLE LAND LAYING DOWN TO GRASS. 



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LAYING DOWN TO GRASS - 307 



Lands proper for tillage and grass ibid. 



Nature of them described - 308 



Low moist lands proper for grass . ibid. 

 Richer kinds of sandy soil 309 



Peaty lands . - - ibid. 



Converting lands to grass - ibid. 



Difference of soils for taking on grass ibid. 



Propensities of grasses to be regarded in 



310 

 Varieties of these to be particularly 



noticed - 311 



Kinds of, in different sorts of natural 



grass-lands ibid. 



Description of from different districts 



ibid. 



Principles to be considered in - 314 



Preparation of lands for grass-seeds 315 



Importance of - . ibid. 



What necessary in ibid. 



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Fine state of fertility, and cleanness 



from weeds, essential - 315 



Fineness of surface proper 317 



Proper kinds of natural grasses for ibid. 



Causes of difficulty in providing these ibid. 



Those shown by experience to be useful 318 



Sweet-scented vernal grass v ibid. 



Description of - ibid. 



Nature of . ibid. 



Proportion useful in ibid. 



Meadow fox-tail grass ibid. 



Nature of - ibid. 



Description of 319 



Soils proper for - ibid. 



Great, or smooth-stalked, meadow-grass ibid. 



Earlinessof - - 320 



Nature of ibid. 



Description of . - ibid. 



Situations proper for - ibid. 



Modes of using it . ibid, 

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