C ONTENTS 



OF . 



THE FIRST VOLUME. 

 CHAPTER I. 



NEW HUSBANDRY. 



Introduction. Manuring. Draining. Good Tillage. Alterna- 

 ting Crops. Root Culture. Fallow Crops. Rules and Sugges~ 

 lions in Husbandry. Comparative Profits of the Old and New 

 Husbandry Page 9 



CHAPTER II. 



ON THE NECESSITY AND MEANS OF IMPROVING OUR HUS- 

 BANDRY. 



Report by Judge Buel 58 



CHAPTER III. 



ROOT CULTURE. 



The Potato. Manures. Early Potatoes. Choice of Kinds. 

 Mode of Planting. Harvesting the Crop. Sorting the Crop. 

 Wintering the Crop. Culture. Beet. Carrot. Parsnip. 

 Turnip. Introductory Remarks. METHODS OF FEEDING 

 ROOTS. Report by Judge Buel. Col. Meachant on the Carrot 

 and Ruta Baga . 73 



CHAPTER IV. 



INDIAN CORN. 



Varieties of Indian Corn. To render Com prolific. Culture of 

 Corn. Experiments in producing improved varieties of Indian 

 Corn. Experiments in Harvesting Corn. Selection of Seed, 

 and Early Maturity 108 



