CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XI. 



THE TURNIP. 



Value of the Turnip. — Varieties. — Seed.— Soil and Preparation. 

 — Sowing. — Drills. — After-culture. — Good Crop . Page J 81 



CHAPTER Xn. 



SUGAR-BEET. 



Its Value. — Soil and Preparation. — Culture. — Harvesting. — 

 Feeding. — Product. — Seed 193 



CHAPTER XHI. 



SHEEP AND WOOL. 



Early Domestication. — Flesh and Wool.— Fine Wool. — Impro- 

 ving its Quality. — Diseases and Uemedies. — Shearing Lambs. 

 —Shearing Sheep. — Attention to Sheep in Winter . 201 



CHAPTER XIV. 



CHEESE-MAKING. 



Comparative Quality of Cheese. — Rennet. — Attention to Tem- 

 perature.— Gloucester and Stilton Cheese. — Products of a 

 Dairy 214 



CHAPTER XV. 



BUTTER. 



Various Qualities.- Churning. — Working. —Washing. — Salt- 

 ing—Dutch Butter.— Packing.— Churning Milk. — Process. — 

 Queries and Replies «. . 222 



CHAPTER XVI. 



THE DAIRY. 



Ita Profits. — Nature ot the E.^penses. — Products in Cheese or 

 in Butter. — Comparative Profits. — Circular to Uairy-women 



234 



CHAPTER XVII. 



THE KITCHEN OR FARMER'S GARDEN 



importance of a Good Garden — Proper Soil — Preparation — 

 Sowing Seed. — Depredators. — Qualities and Germination of 

 Se«d. — Degrees of Hardiness 244 



