CONTENTS 

 VOL. II. 



PART THE THIRD. 



TILLAGE CULTIVATION. 



SECTION I. 



CULTIVATION OF ARABLE LAND GRAIN AND PULSE CROPS. 



PAGF. 



GRAIN CROPS 1 



Laud for them should be in a fine condi 

 tion of surface-mould 2 

 Attention necessary also to a proper state of 

 dry ness in 3 

 WHEAT - ibid. 

 Different sorts of ibid. 

 Most proper kinds for cultivation in different 

 cases . - ibid. & 5 

 Spring wheat - 5 

 Nature of .6 

 Time of sowing - ibid. 

 Proper methods of management, in the 



experience of different cultivators ibid. 

 Egyptian or prolific wheat - 9 



Common wheat - 10 



Succeeds best on strong rich soils - ibid. 

 After what crops sown 11,13 



Preparation of land for it - ibid. 



Time of sowing in different cases 16 



Proportions of seed necessary under dif 

 ferent circumstances - - 18 

 Modes of after-culture - 19 

 Practice of transplanting - 22 

 Advantages and disadvantages of feeding 



with sheep - - 23 



Insects prejudicial to it - 25 



Modes of destroying them - 27 



Vegetable diseases in - 29 



Mildew . - ibid. 



Blight . - 30 



Blast,and smut 33 



PAOE. 



Steeps for removing them 34 



Free air proper for this purpose 35 



Weeds injurious to wheat - 37 



Charlock, and corn- poppy - ibid. 



Cockle darnel and couch 38 



Coltsfoot - 39 



Produce of wheat-crops - 40 



RYE, different kinds of - - 41 



Time and method of sowing - 42 



Quantity of seed - - .43 



After-culture - - ibid. 



Use of this grain - - 44 



BJCK-WHEAT, utility of crops of 43 



Soils proper for it - ibid. 



This is a sort of crop little known to farmers ibid. 



Modes of preparation for it - ibid. 



It is liijhly valuable for sow ing grass-seeds 



with - . ibid. 



Proportion of seed - - ibid. 



Time of sowing . _ ibid. 



After- culture - - ,. ibid. 



Application of the crop - P 45 



In soiling cattle, and for milch-cows ibid. 



In being fed down green by hogs ibid. 



Advantages of it after tares, as a preparation 



for wheat . ibid. 



Sometimes usefully cultivated instead of bar- 

 Icy - ibid. 

 Circumstances to be attended to in harvesting 



it - ibid. 



BARLEY, kinds of ibid. 



Soils proper for . 47 



