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Exhausting manures — Mixing and time of appli- 

 cation of artificials — Manurial requirements of 

 different crops — Liming, its advantages ; how and 

 when it should be done — Valuing manures . 40 



CHAPTER V 

 Horses — Number required on a farm — Rearing foals, 

 kind of farm to do it on, types of parents to use 

 — The brood mare — Summer and winter manage- 

 ment and feeding of horses . . . .51 



CHAPTER VI 

 Cattle — Different kinds of cattle-farming — Some notes 

 on the breeds — Calf-rearing — Rearing stores — 

 Fattening stores on grass and in yards — Producing 

 young beef— Cross-breeding for beef — Grading 

 stock — Selecting bulls — Dairy cows, summer and 

 winter feeding and management — Management 

 of calving cows — Improving the herd . . 57 



CHAPTER VII 

 Sheep — Different systems of sheep-farming — Notes on 

 the breeds — Temporary and permanent flocks — 

 Flock management — Fattening sheep — Breeding 

 early lamb— Cross-breeding sheep . . -75 



CHAPTER VIII 

 Pigs — Their position on the farm — Advantages and dis- 

 advantages of keeping them— The different breeds 

 — Feeding and management for pork and bacon S6 



CHAPTER IX 



Notes on foods and feeding — Compounding rations — 

 How to supplement home-grown foods and avoid 

 waste — The animal's requirements ... 90 



CHAPTER X 

 The different kinds of farming— Mixed, stock, arable 

 and dairy-farming, and the merits of each — How 

 each kind of farm is arranged and organised — 

 Notes on the stocking of farms ... 9^ 



