CHAPTER II. 



OP THE PARTICULARS CONNECTED WITH THE ACTUAL CUL- 

 TIVATION OF AN ARABLE FARM, AND THE MOST ADVAN- 

 TAGEOUS MEANS OF MAINTAINING ITS STOCK. 



AFTER a system of management, regarding the various par- 

 ticulars discussed in the preceding Chapter, has been ar- 

 ranged, an attentive farmer, will next consider, what plan 

 is the fittest to be adopted, for the actual cultivation of his 

 farm, and the most advantageous means of maintaining his 

 stock. The following points, with these objects in view, 

 will require his peculiar attention: 1. Ridging his fields; 

 2. Manuring; 3. Ploughing; 4. Fallowing; 5. The Crops 

 to be cultivated ; 6. The Rotations to be adopted ; 7. Sow- 

 ing and covering the seed; 8. Weeding; 9. The harvest- 

 ing of the grain ; 10. The preparing it for market ; 11. Soil- 

 ing or feeding his stock with cut green food; 12. Whether 

 it is proper to have any part of his farm in permanent pas- 

 ture ; and, 13. The best mode of making hay. 



In discussing these particulars, the most important 

 points, connected with the Scotch System of Husbandry, 

 will be explained. 



