INDEX, 



ACCOUNTS, method of keeping such as relate to the business of 

 the farm, 489, 533 ro $48. 



Alder, directions for cutting, 170. 



Ant-hills-, season for destroying them, p. 



Apples and Pears, season of gathering ; and attentions in stor- 

 ing, &c. 510. 



Aquatics, situations in which they may be planted with advan. 

 tage, 89. See also Osiers. 



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Bailiff \ hints respecting the employing, and business of, a bai- 

 liff, 483 to 485;. 



Barlej, account of a system lately introduced, of putting in this grain 

 on turnip lands by drilling, without any ploughing, 67. 



the former method of preparation was by once or repeated 



ploughing, 1 68. 



the new plan is by the use of scarifiers ; of which, one, two, 



or three, operations will be required, according to the tena- 

 ciousness of the soil, 69. 



advantage of this practice superior to that of ploughing, 70. 



(See farther 1 10.) 



broad. casting barley, 71. 



barley on Fallow, 7 1 . (See farther 1 1 1 .) 



proper time for sowing, 107. 



good system of barley culture, 108. 



throwing it into a regular course before Clover, is most profitable ; 

 examples of courses of this nature, 108. 



spring ploughing, however, is in many cases to be avoided, 109. 



cautions, and necessary attentions, in sowing barley after Tur- 

 nips, 109. 



the farmer should consider whether this crop or Oats is likely 



to pay him best, i 10. 



in sowing barley after Fallow, when deferred till March, scari- 

 fying should be used instead of ploughing, in. 



the importance of drilling barley increases as the season ad 

 vances, 1 1 1 . 



~ the quantity of seed also to be increased by the same con. 

 sideration, 112. 



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