CONTENTS. 



IX 



25. Spiked Fescue Grass, - - - PAGE 238 



26. Yarrow, ... . 238 



27. Blue Dog's Tail Grass, - - 239 



28. Cichory, ... - 239 



29. Gama Grass, - - - 240 



30. Guinea Grass. .... 



31. Blue Grass, - - 241 



32. Tares, - - - 242 



33. Ribbon Grass, - Oil 



XIV. MANAGEMENT OP GRASS LANDS. 247 



1. Hay-Making, 257 



2. Soiling, 261 



3. Grazing or Pasturing Stock, ..... 266 



4. Winter Stall Feeding, - - - * * ' - 2 ~ 



XV. GENERAL ECONOMY OF THE FARM. 277 



1. Artificial Divisions of the Farm, - - 277 



2. Stone Fences, ----- 282 



3. Live Fences or Hedges, ...... 285 



4. Gates, 289 



XVI. THE DAIRY. 291 



Manufacture of Cream Cheese, - 292 



Manufacture of Butter, - - 292 



Process of Cheese Making, .... 304 



XVII. REARING AND FEEDING OF ANIMALS. 31 -J 



1. The Horse, 



2. The Ass and the Mule, 328 



3. Neat Cattle the Ox, ... 329 



3. The Sheep, - 



4. Different Varieties or Breeds of Sheep, - 363 



5. The Hog, - 390 



Diseases Incident to Swine, - ... 401 



Curing of Pork and Hams, - - 403 



6. Domestic Fowls, - - 406 



7. Bees their Management, &c. - - 416 



SILK AND MULBERRIES. 427 



XVIII. IMPLEMENTS, &c. OF THE FARM. 431 



The Plough, 431 



Trench Plough, - - - JM^ 432 



Side-hill or Swivel Plough, ... 432 



Double Furrow Plough, ... 432 



Prouty and Mears' Centre Draught Plough, - 433 



The Harrow, 433 



The Berwickshire Harrow, .... .434 



The Brush Harrow, F - 435 



Conklin's Revolving Press Harrow, - - - 435 



The Grubber, - ... - 435 



Coulter for Loosening the Sub-Soil. ... - 436 



The Roller, 437 



Buckminster's Seed Planter, ... - 438 

 The Drill Barrow, .... 



Bement's Improved Turnip Drill, ... - 438 



Merchant's Drill Barrow, .... . 439 



Willis' Seed Sower, - - 439 



The Clover Box, - - - - 440 



The Broadcast Hand-Drill, - 440 



The Hand Cultivator, - . 441 



Bement's Cultivator, - .... 441 



Allen's Threshing Machine, ... 443 



