CONTENTS. 



SECTION III. 



CULTIVATION OF ARABLE LAND. PLANTATION CROPS. 



PLANTATION CROPS 



Nature and uses of 

 HEMP 



Nature of 



Lands proper for growth of 

 Proper preparation of 



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215 

 ibid, 

 ibid, 

 ibid, 

 ibid. 

 216 



Proportion of seed, and modes of sowing ibid. 

 Long cultivated on the same land 217 



Methods of after-culture of the crops ibid. 



What necessary in this - ibid. 



Signs ofits ripeness - - ibid. 



Should stand longer when for seed 218 



After-management of the produce ibid. 



By dew-reting - ibid. 



By w?ter-reting ibid. 



This latter a better method - ibid. 



Mode of performing it - ibid. 



Produce of the crops - - 120 



Expences of the different operations in ibid. 

 Its profit considerable - ibid. 



Management in seeding crops of it 221 



Proper time for disposing of the crops 222 



May be a good preparation for wheat ibid. 



FLAX - - - fold. 



Nature of - - ibid. 



Soils and preparation proper for ibid., 223 



Crops which it is grown after 223 



Proportion of seed for it - ibid. 



Best kinds - ibid. 



The Baltic - ibid. 



The American - ibid. 



Times and methods of sowing 225 



Broadcasting - - ibid. 



Drilling, and what necessary in ibid. 



Proper modes of after-culture in different 



cases - - 226 



Methods of pulling the crops 228 



After-management of them - ibid. 



Watering, or reting; and what neces 

 sary to be attended to in - ibid. 

 Ripling ibid. 

 Breaking, or scutching 231 

 Produce of the crops ibid. 

 What necessary in growing it for seed 232 

 Situations in which it may be grown to ad 

 vantage - - 233 

 Flax- cake* - - ibid. 



PACK, 



Jelly, its uses in fattening animals 223 



HOPS, . ibid. 



Nature of ibid. 



Kinds of ibid. 



Situations and soils proper for plantations 



of 2.34 



Planting out sets . . 236 



Methods of performing this - ibid. 



Proper distances for ibid. 



Proper pits for . - - 237 



Should take no crop the first year - 238 



Necessary attention in the second year 239 



Poling, what to be regarded in 240 



Picking, circumstances to be regarded in 241 



Drying the hops . ibid. 



Hop kiln, or oast . 242 



Description of bagging - . 243 



Goodness of samplejonwhat it depends 244 



Stacking poles 245 



Removing bind - . ibid. 



Produce of crops - 247 



Expences and profits of them in different 



districts ... ibid. 



Diseases of - - 249 



Flea, green fly, red spider, otter moth, 

 honey-dew, fen mould or mildew, 

 blights, and blast - - ibid. 



Remedies of these different cases ibid. 



Different advantages of the culture of this 



plant 253 



WOAD . . ibid. 



Nature of - . ibij. 



Soil pro per for . . ibid. 



Seed, and time and modes of sowing 255,256 

 Proper after-culture, of . 257 



Gathering the crop . . 258 



Preparation of the woad . 259 



Ad vantages of this crop - 260 



WELD . . 261 



Uses of ibid. 



Land proper for - ibid. 



Preparation of soil for - ibid. 



Quantity of seed - . ibid. 



Time and modes of sowing - ibid.. 



What necessary in this process 262 



After-culture and management of the crop 



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