INDEX, 



potatoes on Grass : method ; another (the lazy-bed) method j 



the former preferable, 140. 

 potatoes on borders, 140. 

 potatoes for horse-hoeing j various methods with respect to the 



distances, rows, and width of ridges, 141. 

 alleged advantages of this practice j it must not, however, 



supersede the application of dung, 142. 

 hand-hoeing in the latter part of April, 213. 

 or better performed by a large shim, 213. 

 breadth planted, to be determined by the quantity of some other 



roots, or of cabbages, 213. 

 time for planting, 214. 

 potatoe-cuttings j methods of cutting, 215. 

 use of scoops in this work, and question of their comparative 



advantage, 215, 216. 



price of cutting, 21 6. 

 sorts of potatoes, 21 6. 

 preparation for this crop, 217. 

 methods of planting, 217- 



quantity of seed, 217. (See also 140). 



culture in May ; hand-hoe the early planted ones, horse-hoe like- 

 xvise those in rows, 25p. 



May is also a very proper month for planting, 25p. 

 hand-hoeing, or horse-hoeing, in June, 343. 

 horse-hoeing, and particular culture, in July, 408. 

 weed the crops in August, 438. 



season and method of ploughing up, 407- 

 manner of storing, 498, 4gg. 

 Poultry ; observations on the system to be adopted relative to this 



article of livestock, 161, 552. 

 construction of the poultry-house, &c. ; food j young turkies : 



expences of raising broods, heavy, l6l, 1(52, 

 attention to the poultry in April, 229. 



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Rape ; season for sowing, 3/2. 



of sowing it for sheep-feed, 372, 



of sowing it for seed 5 soil, preparation, culture, and quantity 



of seed, 372. 



the Flemish culture, in sowing for seed, 372. 



farther directions ; season for sowing cole-seed, preparation, quan- 

 tity of seed, and produce, 4Ot>. 

 cole-seed where Turnips fail, 4Ofi. 

 harvesting crops of rape or cole-seed, 433, 434. 

 time of sowing, for a crop to reap, 434. 

 Iteligio?i ; importance of a .strict attention to its duties, in the family 



arrangement of a farm, 488. 



Reynolds's cabLage- turnip ; time of sowing, 73, 143. 

 compared, in point of benefit, with the ruta b:iga, /3. 



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