INDEX. 



begin hollow-draining in November ; importance of this im- 

 provement on v.rr hn. Is, f [7. 

 Elkington's draining, j 

 Sec -pi-, ugh. 



Drill bu$b':>;Jr\, should be universally adopted on soils that will 



Admit ot it, 509 to 507. 



construction of the rid^-s stitches, or lands tor drilling, 507. 

 Ducket's skim. coulter ; every farmer should possess th,j> implement, 



324. 



Dung : important directions respecting the attentions to be paid in 

 the farm -yard to this article, and its management, v x to 247. 

 question of the superiority of yard-dung in a long Or *n a rotten 

 t-tate, 247. 



farm. yard management in each case, 248, 402. 



the application of it in the former state ascertained to be most 



advantageous, 320 to 323, 376. 

 See also the articles Manures ; and Sailing. 



Ellington's draining, 518. 



E-ivcs. See the articles Lambing; and 



Fallowing : attention to keeping the fallows clean in July; the 

 well-timing of more consequence than the frequency of 

 ploughing, 416, 417. 

 the modern well-informed husbandman will rarely have recourse 



to fallows after his first year, 417. 

 plough in September, 468. 

 laying up the fallows in October ; importance of avoiding spring 



tillage, 499, 450. 

 Farm-bouse, useful hints respecting the building of; and direction! 



concerning its plan and construction, 230, 238 to 240. 

 Farms: October the usual month of hiring farms ; important points 

 to be attended to in this matter j the success of the last 

 tenant a false guide, 473. 



the soil, 474 to 479. 



size, 479. 



contiguity of the fields, 480. 



covenants, 480. 



ascertainment of rent, 480. 



stocking farms ; expence oi this business, 481 to ^83. 



setting the flork, 483. 



servants, 483. 



family arrangement, 486. 



the farm accounts, 489. 



.farm-yard, 490. 



the teams, 491. 



question of employing horses or oxen in them, 49,1, 



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