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- attention necessary in March, to keeping the stock extremely 



well, 155. 

 in fattening wethers, the great object is to avoid selling .till the 



middle of April, 156. 

 stubble turnips, rouen, and bprnet, resources for feeding in, 



March, 156, 157. 

 Swedish turnip, 157. 

 observations on providing green food through April, 205 to 20S. 



rouen, and water-meads, in this view, 208. 

 sell fat sheep towards the end of April, 208. 

 turning into the summer's grass, 266. 

 different systems of sheep management, 267. 



attend to dividing the flock into parcels for all the fields meant to 



be fed ; injudiciousness of folding, 268, 269. 

 important benefits of close feeding, 269 to 271. 

 practice of Mr. Boys, of dividing his sheep into four flocks, 2?5, 

 salt for sheep, advantageous, 275. (See also 523). 

 management of the flocks of stock sheep in June, 363. 

 business of washing, 363. 



shearing; improvement of circularly clipping, 364. 



expence of washing, clipping, &c. 365. 

 preventive against the Fly., c. 365, 366. 



important observations and advice on the subject of setting stock 

 lambs, in August ; and several points in the management of 

 flocks, connected with that business, 442 to 446, 483. 



selling, 446. 



keeping round, 446. 



annual purchase, in farms where a regular flock is not kept, 460. 



breeds of sheep to be considered in this matter, 461. 



crones, 462. 



~ attentions in buying for wintering (or for fattening), to the 



quantity of turnips and other green food on the farm, 462. 

 put fat sheep to turnips, in October, 495. 

 management in putting rams to ewes, 511. 

 feeding the lean, and the fat, stock in November, 515, 516. 

 salt for sheep, on certain occasions, 523. (See also 2/5). 

 See also the articles Folding j Laml'ing ; and Smithfu-ld. 

 Smithfield : useful hints to the young farmer, on the manner of dis- 

 posing of his fat stock, 209. 



Smut : effect of steeping the seed, as a preventive against smut, 453. 

 Soiling; observations on the great importance ot this system, both 



for teams and cattle, 314 to 3 19, 359. 

 succession of crops for this purpose, 319, 320, 373. 

 this practice frequently, but improperly and unnecessarily, neg- 

 lected in the month of September, 4G't>. 



Soils : importance of an attention to the nature of the soil, in the 

 business of hiring a farm ; nature and qualities of the dif- 

 ferent sorts of soil, described, 4/4 to 4/9. 



Soot; its expence (about Dunstable, c.), and application as a ma- 

 nure on various crops, 103, lG4. 



ting turnips, as a preventive against the Fly, 405, 406. 

 ng ploughing bhould be avoided, 499, 500. 



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