THE 



HANDY-BOOK OF HDSBANDKY: 



A GUIDE FOR FARMERS, YOUNG AND OLD. 



CONTAINING PKACTIOAL INFOnMATION IN KEGAED TO BUYING OB LEASING A FARM— WHEN AND WHERE 

 TO BUT— COMMENCING OPERATIONS— KEY-NOTE OF PRACTICAL FARMING FENCES AND FARM BUILD- 

 INGS—FARMING IMPLEMENTS— DRAINAGE AND TILE MAKING PLOWING, BUB80ILING, TRENCH- 

 ING, AND PULVERIZING SURFACE SOIL — MANURES — ROTATION OF CROPS — ROOT CROPS — 

 FORAGE CROPS — LIVE STOCK, INCLUDING CATTLE, HORSES, SHEEP, SWINE, 

 POULTRY, ETC., WITH WINTER MANAGEMENT, FEEDING, PASTURING, SOIL- 

 ING, ETC., WITH DIRECTIONS FOR MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREAT- 

 MENT OF THE SAME — THE DAIRT IN ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS — 

 USEFUL TABLES FOE FARMERS, GARDENERS, ETC., ETC. 



BY GEOEGE E. WAEIl^G, JE., 



OF OGDEN FARM, 



POBMEHLT AGEICULTUBAL ENGINEER OF THE CENTRAL PARK, NEW TOBK, 



"elements of agriculture," "DKAININO FOB PROFIT AND FOB HEALTH,' 



"EARTH- CLOSETS AND EARTH SEWAGE." 



I31.IliTJSTRA.TEr). 



SOLD BY SUBSCEIPTION. 



NEV/ YORK: 



E. B. TREAT & CO., 654 BROADWAY; 



W. T. KEENER, CHICAGO; A. H. HURRARD, PHILADELPniA; 



E. HANNAFOPwD & CO., CINCINNATI; H. 11. BANCROFT & CO., SAN FRANCISCO; 



J. n. HUMMEL, NEW ORLEANS; J. C. DERBY, AUGUSTA, GA. ; TV. C. STOW, CLEVELAND; 



N. S. PAYNE, PORTLAND, ME. 



1870. 



