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CONTENTS 



L Farm Yard, to be laid out on a good plan. Water introduced, and 

 stock confined. 



II. Yard to » be stored with all attainable putrescible substances; to be 

 mixed with the dung and urine, in a Jien or stercorary. Valuable 

 qualities of urine. Night soil. 



Ill Fall ploughing ) its advantages. Corn-grub, or Cutworm. Sod- 

 dy grounds j how to treat them. The Roller, and its uses. Farm 

 wed, on a small scale, rather than extensively and negligently Hes- 

 sian Fly. Mix earths, and plough in green manures. Composts. 



i V. Ume j when, and how profitably applied. Indian corn ; modes of 

 planting. Rotting or decaying the sod. Harrow preferred to the 

 plough, lor cleaning and dressing corn. Some remarks on south- 

 ern farming. 



V Stable and Yard Manure to be ploughed in. Dung ; remarks on 

 lied ° Plm0nS aS t0 the state "* which * is raost beneficially ap- 



VI. Beep ploughing mbveaklngVLp. Sorrel and sorreline acid. Foul 

 or wet fallows Chaff-bearing crops, not to succeed one another. 

 f '" 9 5* tor W> or s own for pasture. Oats and Indian corn, 

 for soiling FrftAe* Heligoland Bean. Thistles ploughed in! 

 fences. Timber. Line Fences. 



VII. Change of crops recommended. Harrowing winter grain, in the 

 I?7^ g ",* ,?*'* Sh ° Uld be acco ^^odated to the soil, rather than the 

 toil to the plant Food of plants ; diversity of opinions concerning 



L p gCS ° {Fores J Timb ^ Mr. JBifg-A*', theory as to ages of 

 fft 1 f, Re P etltlons of . same s Pecies of grain, or grass. Clover fails, 

 atter frequent repetitions. Seed shallow, however deep maybe 

 your breaking up. - 



VIII. Piaster old fields for pasture, and subdue Weeds. Some re- 

 marks on Piaster. IC 



IX. Orchard Grass ; its value, and advantages over Timothy, or Clo- 

 ver. Remarks on its culture, and seed. Poa viridis, or Green 

 urass. fiorin Grass. Poisonous Plants to be eradicated. Bo- 

 tany ; its uses in farming. 



*\*,T l Z ati0nS r f ? r Earths aS Manures. Apparatus for analyzing 

 toils. Uses of chymical and mineralogical knowledge to a farmer 



hZr/ yr xT Earth - c Water to be *PP fied t0 a11 its « ses * ** 

 oandiy. Advantages of some knowledge of practical surveying 



^drostatics, and the mechanic powers. Miscellaneous duties 



