$78 INDEX. 



the season of sowing, recommended by the Northern Botanic 

 School to be drawn from the foliation of vegetables ; 

 curious table on this subject, 112. 



sowing not to be delayed (on the old system of spring plough- 

 ing) beyond March or the early part of April for the sake 

 of additional ploughings, 189. 



in the modern system, such delay to be equally avoided ; 



caution against poaching, 190. 



hoeing in May, 265, 266. 



cut some sorts of barley in July ; advantages of this early mow- 

 ing, in such kinds as admit of it, 420. 



harvest ; mowing, lying, and carting, 430. 



use of the dew. rake, or (better) the horse-rake, 431. 



reaping barley, 431. 



plough for barley, in October ; attend carefully to breadth of 



stitches, 502. 



Beans ; the earlier planted, the better the crop, 31. 

 manuring, 3 1 . 



season of sowing, and preparation, 57. 



different methods of sowing; by a drill-plough preferable, $7. 

 great- advantages of this crop ; may supersede the custom of 



summer fallowing, 58. (See also 63^) 

 cautions in ploughing for beans, in February, 59. 

 beans after Barley; time of sowing, and preparation, 59. 



advantages of drilling, and of dibbling, compared, 60. 

 the harrowing proper after each, 61. 



after Barley or Wheat, in some circumstances the drill method 



must be used, 6r. 



course practised about Coggeshal, in Essex, 61. 



peculiar culture under this course, 62. 



sorts of bean, 62. 



soils proper for beans, 63. 



great advantages of this crop on a farm ; should be sown whci 



it is possible to have it, 63. (See also 58.) 

 quantity of seed, 64. 

 distances of the rows, in drilling, 64. 

 custom in Berkshire, of planting in clusters of four or five in a 



hole, 65. 

 beans after Clover and other Seeds ; an excellent husbandry, and 



preferable to sowing Wkeat, 65. 



course (of five years) in this practice, 66. 



manuring the clover lay, 66. 



beans after Wheat : on some rich soils these crops may be taken 

 alternately ; proper cultivation under this plan, 166. 



beans after Turnips, sometimes advisable instead of Barley, 67. 



deferred sowing till March, 130. 



beans to be eaten Green ; experiment made with 38 pigs, very 

 successful, 131. 



Windsor beans for this purpose, it) 2. 

 beans better than Oats, on Lays, 117, 152. 

 hoeing in May, 266. 



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