CONTENTS. , is 



Chapter XLTIT.— ON FARM FENCES. 



HBilge-planting and ditching — Different modes of operation — Valuo of Whitethorn 

 — Advantages of raising a healthy and qiiickly-eflfective Fence— Proper height — Cutting 

 and re-making Hedges — Pruning and pleashing— Gapping — Hedge-row Timber — Lop- 

 ping — Dry Stone Walls — Gates, their mode of hanging and fastening — Swing-gates — 

 Stiles — Cage-wickets . p. 534 



Chapter XLIV.-ON VERMIN: INSECTS— BIRDS : ANIMALS. 



Various species of Insects, and modes of destroying them — Earthworms — Birds— 

 Kooks; Owls ; and Wood-Pigeons— Doubts whether they are more destructive or advan- 

 tageous — Animals — Rats and Mice ; best mode of destroying Ihem, and keeping the 

 l)arns clear — Field-mice — Moles — Difference of opinion respecting the effect of their 

 operations npou the land — Modes of destroying their nests ; and of driving them out — - 

 Hedge-hogs • p. 547 



Chapter XLV.— ON COTTAGE ECONOMY— COTTAGE GARDENS 

 --BEES—ALLOTMENTS OF LAND-SPADE HUSBANDRY. 



Old English fare of Cottagers— Change of System— The Cottager's Garden and its 

 Cultivation — Management of Bees — Allotments of Land — Dutch Pauper Colonies- 

 Spade Husbandry : Expense of, and Crops produced by ... p. 554 



Chapter XLVL— THE FARMER'S GARDEN. 



Growth of Asparagus — Sea-kale — Cauliflower — Brocoli — Dwarf Kidney-beans — 

 Artichoke — Celery — Endive — Red-beet — Winter-spinach — Cucumbers — Hardy Fruits 

 —Saving of Seeds ; and the (piantities required for sowing different quantities of land 

 — Culture of Potatoes, and prevention of their failure .... p. 572 



APPENDIX. 



No. I. — Abstracts from Acts of Parliament relating to Husbandry. 



Rightef Voting — Tithe Commutation Act — Poor Rates — Enclosure of Fields — Turn- 

 pike Roads — Carriages — Tolls — Duty on Horses and Dogs — Cattle— Man-Traps — 

 Game Laws — Duties on Corn ........ p. 573 



No. II. — Landlord and Tenant. 



Modes of Tenancy — Agrc^ements — Entry, and Notice to Quit— Payment of Rent — 

 Scotch right of Hypothec— Distress, Replevy, and Ejectment — Seizure of Farming 

 Stock p. 587 



No, III. — OxN Weights and Measures. 



Avoirdupois Weight — Wool Staplers' — Flour Factors'— Cheesemongers' — Hay and 

 Straw — Sales hy Tale and by Bulk — Scotch Miasmcs — Imperial Standard — Liquid 

 and Lineal Measures — Long Measure — Square Measure — English, Scotch, Irish and 

 Customary Acres — Superficial Contents and Cultivation of Great Britain — Solid Mea- 

 sure . • P- 5^9 



No. IV. — Remarks on the AVeather. 



The Barometer ; Hygrometer ; Thermometers of Reaumur, Fahrenheit, and Ruther- 

 ford — Causes of Dew — Phases of the Moon — Divisions of the Year . . p. 592 



No. V. — Weeds. 



Glossary of the Common Sorts and Soil in which they generally grow . . p. 594 



Index p. 59' 



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