CONTENTS y 



IMGE. 



Signs of their full growth - 115 

 Taking up the crops - - ibid. 

 Best methods of doing this- ibid. 

 Haulm first cut off - 116 

 Produce of crops - - 117 

 Methods of preserving them - 118 

 What necessary in doing this - ibid. 

 In proper houses ibid. 

 In pits in the ground - ibid. 

 Other methods - - 121 

 Application of them in animal food 122 

 Modes of preparing them in this view ibid. 

 By steaming-apparatus - - ibid. 

 In ovens for that purpose . ibid. 

 In human food - ibid. 

 Modes of washing them - 123 

 Effects of these crops on soils - ibid. 

 They are deteriorating - ibid. 

 Modes of preventing the waste of them 1 24 

 TURNIPS - - ibid. 

 Different kinds of - 125 

 Soils most proper for . 126 

 Preparation for - 127 

 Manures proper for . 128 

 Quantity of seed 131- 

 Times and methods of sowing . 132 

 Early crops less nutritious - 133 

 Sowing in the drill-method on ridges - ibid. 

 In the broadcast plan on flat surface ibid. 

 Cases in which the former is mos-t pro 

 per ibid. 

 Objections to the raised-drill mode 134 

 It is in general most advantageous 136 

 Seed covered by slight harrowing - 137 

 Method of doing this by the drill ibid. 

 In northern districts, it is performed by 



the plough 138 



Drill-machines proper for - 139 



Quick vegetation of seed beneficial in ibid. 



Steeping of seed useful for this 141 



After-culture of crops - - ibid. 



Effected by the hoe of the -horse or the 



hand kind - 142 



Methods of performing indifferent cases ibid. 



Northumberland practice - ibid. 



Harrowing sometimes used 143 



Hand-hoeing used in broadcast sowings- ibid. 



Implements proper for in different cases 144 



Crops injured by lly, slug or caterpillar 146 



Modes of preventing these- ibid. 



Anbury, caues of - - 151 



Modes of preventing it ibid. 



What is necessary where crops are destroyed 



bytheily - - 152 



Most favourable seasons for them - ibid . 



TAGE. 



Produce of crops - . 15^ 



Cultivation for seed . 153 



What necessary in - ibid. 



Produce in this way - 154 



Methods of-application of those crops ibid. 



What necessary to be attended to in 15/i 



Nature of in different cases 156 



Machines for slicing - 157 



Hurdles useful in - 159 



Modes of preserving them 16 2 



What necessary in first turning the animals 



on them - ]fi5 



RUTA. BAGA, OR SWEDISH TURNIP ibid. 



Nature of . ibid. 



Collecting seed of ibid. 



Quantity of this - 166 



Tin.es and methods of sowing . ibid. 



After-culture of - ibid. 



Manner of hoeing 1C7 



Liable to injury from various causes ibid. 



Quantity of produce .r&amp;gt; .- ibid. 



Best application of this crop - ibid. 



With cattle- 16S 



With sheep - .. ibid. 



Useful in the northern districts as a late 



food - ibid. 



CABBAGES . . 169&amp;gt; 



Utility of . ibid. 



Proper kinds - - ibid. 



Advantages of different sorts - 170 



Seed - 171 



Quantity of - ibid. 



Time of sowing - - ibid. 



Seasons of transplanting - 172 

 Methods of planting out - 173, 



Proper distances of ibid. 



Should be well fixed in the earth . 175,. 



Expences of, in different cases - 176 



After-culture of ibid. 



Hoeings proper for - 177 



Modes of performing these ibid. 



Liable to be injured by slugs - 178 



Quantity of produce ibid. 



Proper application of this - 1 79 



With neat cattle - ISO 



With sheep - ibid. 



With hogs . ibid. 



With horses - ibid.. 



Should be removed from the ground 181 



Where beneficial - - ibid. 



Crops of, compared with turnips ibid. 



TURNIP-CABBAGE - 182 



Soils proper for, -. 183 



Preparation for ibid. 



Seed, and times of sowing ibid,. 



