COKTENTS. 7 



CHAPTEK XY.*— The Dairy Question— Old Style. 

 The Native Plorida Cow. Methods of Milking. How to 

 Make a Cow-pen. Best Plan for best results in Fertilizing 

 the Soil by Cow-penning. Treatment of the Florida Cow. 223 



CHAPTER XVI.-— The Dairy Questiok— Coming Style. 

 Native Stock to be Improved by Crossing with Thorough- 

 breds and Proper Treatment. Acclimated Thorough- 

 breds should be Bought of Florida Breeders T. . 246 



CHAPTEK XVH*-Pasturage. 



Bermuda, Johnson and Para Grass. Beggar's Weed or 

 Indian Clover 261 



CHAPTER XYIII.::_rLORiDA Poultry. 



Nearly all Varieties do Well. How to Treat them Suc- 

 cessfully 273 



CHAPTER XIX. = — The Poultry-Yard. 



Shade, Grass, and Pure Water Requisite. The Nursery. 

 How to guard against Hawks. Movable Coops and Fences. 296 



CHAPTER XX.«--PouLTRY Patients. 



How to Treat the Few Diseases Florida Poultry are sub- 

 ject to g j2 



CHAPTER XXI.'-— Firing the Woods. 



Permitted by Law for the Benefit of Cattle; but will 

 soon be a Thing of the Past. A Most Pernicious Cus- 

 tom, Injurious to Soil and Property. How to Fight Fire. 320 



CHAPTER XXII.-All About Fences. 



The Fence Law. Repeal Urgent. Injury done by al- 

 lowing Stock to roam at Large, and compelling the Ag- 

 riculturist to Fence against Them. How to Make Good 

 and Cheap Fences. Wire Fences Made at Home 327 



- For the major portions of these chapters we acknowledge our indebt- 

 edness to the courtesy of the Florida Dupatch, in whose columns they 

 originally appeared. 



