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4. General management. Choice of Buck. Time of lamb- 

 ing. Mode of winter keeping. 



5. History of particular flocks. 



6. Sheep houses. Sheep racks. 



XXI. Horses. Mules. 



How raised. How kept. Shoeing. General management. 

 Comparative value for labor. 



XXII. Animals kept for Breeding. 



Bull. Stallion. Ram. Boar. 



Valuable points ; defects ; general management. 



XXIII. Feeding of Animals. 



1. Pasturage. Winter keeping. 



2. Soiling of Animals ; articles to be cultivated for this pur- 

 pose. 



3. Cutting feed. Steaming or cooking. Green vegetable • 

 feed ; dry feed. 



XXIV. Poultry. 



Kinds ; Management ; Comparative Value. 



XXV. Diseases of Domestic Animals. 



Of Horses ; Cattle ; Sheep ; Swine ; Poultry ; and remedies. 



XXVI. Farm Buildings. 



1. Barns. Stables. Styes. Poultry Houses. 



2. Modes of fastening and harnessing cattle. Stalls ; man- 

 gers ; stanchions ; ropes ; chains ; bows. 



3. Yokes and harnesses. 



4. Dwelling Houses, with comparative cost of stone, brick, 

 and wood. Improvements in apparatus for cooking ; and for 

 warming houses. 



XXVII. Bees. 



Cultivation of Feed for Bees, Construction of Hives. Pro- 

 tection against the Bee Moth. 



XXVIII. Orchards. Gardens. 



1. Varieties of Fruits, with methods of propagation and 

 selection. 



2. Varieties of Esculent Vegetables, with methods of cul- 

 tivation. 



