CONTENTS. 



Produce of - 



Liable to be injured by blight 



Advantage of its culture 



.MADDER 



Nature of 



1/aud proper for 



Preparation of 



Sots proper for 



Time and methods of planting 



Manner of doing this ia Holland 



FACF. 



264 



265 

 266 

 ibid, 

 ibid, 

 ibid, 

 ibid. 

 267 

 ibid. 

 2 63 



Proper methods of after-culture of the crop ibid. 

 Jiy the spud 269 



Signs of the best madder - ibid. 



What necc.-sary where it is to stand for seed ibid. 



Hovv cultivated to advantage 270 



TEASELS - ibid. 



Uses of - ibid. 



Situation, soil, and preparation, properfor ibid. 



Proportion of seed 271 



Time and modes of sowing ibid. 



After culture proper for ibid. 



PA or.. 



Preparation of . 273 



Their produce 273 



Profit and advantages ibid. 



Land left in a proper state for wheat crops 



afterwards - 274 



LIQUORICE ibid. 



Nature of - ibid. 



Soils most proper for the preparation of ibid. 

 Sets proper for ibid. 



Time and modes of planting ibid. 



Proper culture of afterwards 275 



Methods of taking up the roots ibid. 



Cases in which it is capable of being grown 



to advantage - 276 



LAVENDER ibid. 



Utility and advantages of - ibid. 



Nature of ibid. 



Preparation and soil proper for ibid. 



Time and methods of planting ibid. 



After-culture and management of the crop ibid. 



SECTION IV. 



CULTIVATION OF ARABLE LAND-^MANAGEMENT OF GRAIN AND OTHER 



CROPS. 



PAGE. 



FIELD-CROPS 279 



Different modes of cutting, harvesting, and 



securing of - - ibid. 



CUTTING AND HARVESTING grain-crops 



ibid. 



Different in different cases -ibid. 



By the scythe - - ibid. 



By tiie sickle - ibid. 



lleaping-niachines contrived for - 80 



Not found effective in general - ibid. 



Pluncknett s an improvement of ibid. 



Where reaping is employed, the grain is bound 



up in sheaves - - ibid. 



Set up into stocks, and hooded - ibid. 



Methods of performing this ibid. 



Bagging another mode of cutting ibid. 



Different heights of cutting ; ibid. 



Comparison of the advantages of the differ 

 ent methods of cutting - 281 

 Experiment on high and low cutting ibid. 

 The latter method found the most bene 

 ficial - 282 



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Importance of a good reaping-machine to 



farmers - 282 



Proper periods of cutting different sorts of 



crops 283 



Crops should not stand till too ripe ibid. 

 Propriety of binding into sheaves in all 



cases - - ibid. 



Loose method of harvesting, only proper 



in particular circumstances - ibid. 



Middling-sized sheaves to be preferred ibid. 

 Time necessary to remain in field after cut 

 ting, in different kinds of crops 284 

 Much longer in barley and oats than 



wheat or rye - ibid. 



Modes of proceeding when mown crops are 



bound into sheaves ibid. 



Use of reaping-fork in this business 285 



This methoxl preferable to reaping ibid. 



But reaping a neater practice ibid. 



Methods of proceeding where mown without 



being bound ibid. 



Modes by gaiting and hutting 286 



