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on the uplands — Produce, charges, and profits upon a pood Wheat and Bean Soil ; and 

 also upon a good Turnip and Barley Soil — Effects of Croppin;^ — Vegetative power and 

 exhaustion of the Soil, according to the calculations of \'on Thacr . . p. 112 



Chapter IX.— ON THE GROWTH OF CORN. 



Chemical composition of Plants — Weight of the different species of Grain — Seed — 

 Time of -owing, and dep'h at which Com should be sown — Proper quantity of Seed — 

 Effects oi'chanj^e — Quality and presc rvatiim of Grain — Power of germination — Product 

 and vegetation — Blooming — Tillering — Ripeness — Average of Meal and Household 

 Bread produced by different kinds of Corn ...... p. 127 



Chapter X.— ON WHEAT. 



Species — Winfer and Spring Wheal — Soil — Cultivation — Pressing Machine — Ma- 

 nure — Application of Lime — Seeds — Sowing of Winter Wheat — Quantity per acre 

 — Depth — Spring tillage — .Soils — Operations of Weeding — Practice of feeding it off 

 — Previous crops — Spring Wheat — Season for Sowing — Produce and qualities — Flour — 

 Experiment upon — Seed Wheat — Judgment of the Sample — Foreign Wheat — 

 Diseases: Mildew, Rust, Blight, Smut — Wheat Fly — Steeping — Experiments on and 

 Machines for cleaning ,.....«.. p. 138 



Chapter XL— ON RYE. 



Rye Bread — Varieties of the grain — Soils most appropriate to its growth — Cultiva- 

 tion — Seed — Period of flowering — Product and analysis of its properties . p. 166 



Chapter XH.— ON BARLEY. 



Species— Summer and Winter Barley — Here or Bigg — Rammel — Soil — Cultivation 

 — Seed and sowing — Mode of operation with Clover and Grass Seeds — Product of the 

 Chevalier sort — Analysis of qualities of various kinds — Straw — Hummelling p. 171 



Chapter XHI.— ON OATS. 



Species — Common feed, Poland, Dutch, Potato, and Hopetoun Oats — Experiments 

 to ascertain the difference of their quality — Skinless, Tartarian, and Naked Oats — Pil- 

 corn and Pilez — Soil and cultivation — Seed and sowing— Produce and analysis of their 

 properties — Mealing process — Quantity and quality of Straw — Table of the comparative 

 value of Oats per barrel in Ireland and per quarter in England . . p. 177 



Chapter XIV.— ON HARVEST. ] 



Season of its commencement — Indications of the ripeness of Grain — Experiments re- 

 specting different periods of reaping Barley — Operation of reaping — Forming of the 

 sheaves — Mowing of Corn — Cradle Scythe — Hainault Scythe — Reaping Machines — 

 Stooking — Stacking— Square and round Stacks — Thatching — Skeleton Barns — Stack- 

 yards — Operation of thrashing by the Flail — Thrashing Mill — Portable Thrashing Ma- 

 chine — AVages of thrashing — Winnowing IVlachines — Marketing — Measurement of 

 Grain — Expenses of reaping, thrashing, and marketing — Barley Hummelling — Kiln 

 drying — Russian mode of drying in the sheaf — Gleaning ... p. 185 



Chapter XV.— On BEANS, PEASE, AND VETCHES. 



Bean soil — Different sorts of Beans — Their cultivation — When grown after Com — 

 When grown preparatory to Wheat — Period of sowing — Comparative advantages of 

 drilling, dibbling, and sowing broadcast — Dibbling Machine — Harvesting and stacking 

 of Beans — Produce and diseases of the Plant — \'\'eight and quantity of nutritive matter 

 — Pease — Grey hog Pease and White boiling Pease — Different species of the latter — 

 Operation of podding — Appropriate soil and culture — Application of Manure — Seed and 

 produce — Indications of ripeness — Reaping — Analysis of their nutritive properties — ■ 

 Vetches — Winter and Spring Tares — White Vetch — Soil — Seed — Nutritive quality — 

 Common Lentil, or Dill .......•• p. 207 



