SECTION IV. 



of Arable Land. Management of Grain, and other Crops. 



FIELD CROPS. Different Modes of Cutting Har/veft mg and Securing of 

 Cutting and Harvejling Grain Crops different in different Cafes of- 

 By the Scythe by the Sickle Reaping Machines contrived for not found 

 effective in general Pluncknett s an Improvement of Where Reaping is em 

 ployed the Grain is bound up in Sheaves Advantages of Set up into Steaks 

 and hooded Methods of performing of- Bagging another Mode of Cutting 

 Different Heights of Cutting Comparifon of Advantages oftjie different 

 Methods of Cutting Experiment on high and low Cutting latter Jlfc- 

 thod found more beneficial Importance of a good Reaping Machine to Far 

 mers Proper Periods of Cutting different Sorts of Crops Crops Jhould not 

 J ttutd till too ripe Propriety of binding into Sheaves in all Cafes Loofo 

 Mcihod of Harvefting only proper in particular Cafes Middling fized 

 Sheaves to be preferred Time neccffary to remain in Field after Cutting in 

 different Kinds of Crops Much longer in Barley and Oats than Wheat or 

 Rye diodes of proceeding when mown Crops are bound into Sheaves Ufe of 

 reaping Fork in This Method preferable to Reaping- Heaping a neater Me 

 thod Method* of proceeding where mown without being bound Modes by 

 Gaiting and Hutting Stacking better than Houjing Grain Crops Modes of 

 flacking Grain Stands proper for Methods of forming of bejl Sorts and 

 Forms of- proper Modes of Building ofproper Sizes of Number of Per fons 

 neceffury in-;- Manner of placing Materials in different Cafes of Ufe of a large 

 Sail Cloth in Funnels or Chimneys in Ufesofin wet Sea fons. THATCHING 

 of Grain Stacks Materials proper for Modes of Preparation of- Me- 

 ihods of Application of in different Cafes of Modes of fecuring of- pro 

 per Time of performing of- Caufes of Obje&iona to proper Modes of Trim- 



