CONTENTS. 



XI. Casual failures should not discourage confidence in a general 

 rule; nor controversies about theories, prevent perseverence in 

 good practices. 



XII. Summer Dung to be collected ; and how to be treated. Hotlime 

 injurious, and some remarks on Dung, and its state of fermentation. 



XIII. If inter Grain subject to injury, when sown the first year of li- 

 ming. 



XIV. Selection and change of Seed. Crossing meliorates Grain and 

 Fruit. Quantity of Seed to an acre. Variety of opinions concern- 

 ing it. Drill Husbandry ; and sowing in drills. Plaster sown on 

 winter Grain. Hessian Fly ; some remarks on it, and some guards 

 against its injuries ; Wheats believed to be capable of resisting 

 them. 



XV. Steeps. Mildew and Smut. Stunted or Sedge Wheat. 



XVI. Carefulness in raising and expending Food for Farm Stock, re- 

 commended ; and modes of treating several kinds of food and pro- 

 vender. Chaffing Hay, Straw, &c. Steaming Potatoes. Scarcity 

 Root. Boiling or scalding Provender. Culture of Potatoes previ- 

 ously to a Wheat crop ; different opinions concerning it. Potatoes 

 said to grow best on boggy grounds. Veterinary knowledge, and 

 Weights and Measures ; their uses even in the orderly and more 

 beneficially feeding of stock. 



XVII. Soiling j some remarks on. Pens for cattle and sheep. 



XVIII. Fire on Soils ; its uses, and observations thereon. 



XIX. Ditching and draining. Warfiing. Irrigation. Stagnant 

 Water injurious, if not carefully attended to. 



XX. Discretion, as to the numbers and species of live stock, recom- 

 mended, and judicious selection of breeds. 



XXI. Dogs to be trained discreetly ; to prevent bad habits ; and espe- 

 cially in regard to sheep-killing. Carelesness in those who leave 

 temptations in their way, a principal cause of this propensity. 



XXII. Farm dwelling-houses, and other buildings ; observations con- 

 cerning them, and the situations in which they are placed. Stables 

 for horses and cattle. Pens for swine, and mode of feeding them. 

 Cleanliness as to all places in which live stock are kept, recom- 

 mended. 



XXIII. Accounts of receipts and expenditures, and No tes of farming 

 occurrences, to be kept. 



XXIV. Reading on agricultural subjects, recommended. 



XXV. Experiments useful and necessary ; but settled practice should 

 not be disregarded. Profits of farming ; observations respecting 

 them. 



XXVI. Poultry. 



XX VII. Farming mstruments, implements and tools to facilitate agri- 

 cultural operations : Some observations respecting them. 



XXVIII. Agricultural Societies. 



XXIX. Habits of Industry, Economy, and Sobriety inculcated. Sa- 

 vings Ba?iks. Friendly and Benefit Societies. Lancaster Schools. 



XXX. Conclusion ; and general observations. 



