VI CONTENTS. 



SECT. IV. On manures, .... Page 197 



V. On paring and burning, . . . 237 



VI. On summer fallowing, .... 248 



VII. On weeding land, .... 256 



VIII. On irrigation, . . . . . 271 



IX. On flooding land, . . . . 283 



X. On warping land, .... 286 



XI. On embankments, . . . _. .'" 290 



CHAP. IV. 



Of the various modes of occupying land, . . . 296 



PART I. On the cultivation of arable land, , . ib. 

 No. I. On the operations of husbandry in the production of crops, 



and in preparing the produce for market, . . 297 



SECT. I. Of ploughing, .... ; .;... ib. 



II. Of ridging, . . . . 309 



III. Of scarifying, and putting in crops without ploughing, 316 



IV. Of harrowing, .... 319 



V. Of rolling, ..... 320 



VI. Choice of seed, . . . . 321 



VII. Change of seed, .... 322 



VIII. Quantity of seed, .... 324 



IX Preparing the seed for sowing, . . 328 



X. Season for sowing, .... 33O 



XI. Sowing broad-cast, . . . . 331 



XII. On drilling, or depositing the seed in lines, . 333 



XIIL Dibbling, ..... 342 



XIV. Transplanting, ..... ib. 



XV. On hoeing, ...... 344 



XVI. Of treading, ..... 345 



XVII. Of the culture of growing crops, . . ib. 



XVIII. Of reaping, ..... 350 



XIX. Of harvesting, .... 354 



XX. Of thrashing grain, .... 357 



XXI. Of dressing, or winnowing grain, . 358 



XXII. Improving the quality of grain and flour, . 359 



XXIII On preserving corn and flour, . . 361 



XXIV. Of straw, ib. 



XXV Of stubbles, 374 



XXVI.-Of gleaning, ... . 375 



No. II. On the rotations of crops best adapted for different soils and 



situations, ...... 376 



No. III. On the use of spade husbandry in the cultivation of the soil, 389 



PART II. On grass land, ..... 399 



PART III Of gardens and orchards, ... 440 



I. Of gardens, ...... ib. 



II. Of orchards, . 456 



PART IV Woods and plantations, . . . 463 



I. Of woods, ...... ib. 



II. Of plantations, . . . 479 



