CONTENTS. XI 



CHAPTER XIII. 



IRKIGATION. DHAINING. PLOWING. FAEMINO TOOLS. 



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Sec. LIV.— irrigation AND TILE DRAINING : Value of irrigation ; its practice in Italy 

 and other couutrics ; what lands are most benefited ; tile draining, its importance, cost, 

 practice, and profit ; how and what land should be drained ; the mole-draining plow .... 904 



Sec. LV. —PLOW'S AND l'IX)VVING : History of cast-iron plows ; subsoil plows, and their 

 u.'io and value ; steel plows and steam plows ; other farming tools ; labor saved by u.sing 

 farm machinery , 917 



CHAPTER XIY. 



BOUTHEEN STAPLE CEOPS COTTON, CANE, EICE, TOBACCO. 



Sec. LVI.— history, GROWTH, AND MANUFACTURE OF COTTON : History of the 

 cotton gin ; upland cotton ; sea island cotton ; how cotton is grown, picked, and pre- 

 pared for market ; profit of the culture ; flax cotton 928 



Sec. LVIL— SUGAR-CANE CULTIVATION : Statistics of its culture in Louisiana ; yield of 

 sugar per acre ; cost of making, and how it is made 943 



Sec LVIII. — RICE : Its cultivation, production, and preparation for market ; yield per acre ; 



value and profit ; statistics of rice plantations ; upland rice 948 



Sec. LIX. — ^TOBACCO : Its history, cultivation, production, and profits ; exports and con- 

 sumption of tobacco ; effect of cultivation upon the soil ; its culture in New York and 

 Connecticut ; rules for cultivation, curing, and packing 953 



Sec. LX.— CULTIVATION OF HEMP, FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS PLANTS : Hemp ; 

 soil and climate ; how it is sowti, harvested, and yield per acre ; cost and profit ; effect 

 upon the soil ; flax cultivation ; how to prepare the soil, sow the seed, and quantity per 

 acre 965 



CHAPTER XV, 



GLEANINGS OF THE FIELD. 



Sec. LXI.— inSCELLANEOUS ITE.MS OF USEtTTL KNOW'LEDGE TO FARMERS : This 

 last chapter embraces many things not classed under other titles, such as temperature for 

 seeds to germinate and grow ; nutriment in food substances ; weights and measure of 

 grain ; measuring land ; proverbs and maxims for young and old farmers, farmers' wives 

 and children ; maxims of health ; things to be thought about ; how to dress skins, fix 

 pumps, mend pipes, and prognosticate the weather ; farmers' clubs ; farm laborers ; farm 

 account* ; farm economy, and ri-sis 971-1010 



APPENDIX. 



DISEASES AND CURES OF DOMES'nC ANIMALS 1031 



