CONTENTS. 7 



CHAPTER XX. 

 Rules and Suggestions in Farming, . ... 194 



CHAPTER XXI. 



On the Improvement of Grass-lands, 204 



§ 1. Of Pastures, 205 



^2. Of Meadows, 208 



CHAPTER XXII. 



On the Cultivation of Grasses, . ... 211 



^ 1. Herbage Plants, 212 



§ 2. Cultivated Grasses, 223 



Table of the comparative Product and Value of Grass- 

 es, 226 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



The Atmosphere, and its Uses to the Husbandman, 237 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 On the Germination of Seeds, 246 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 On Stall-feeding Cattle, 249 



CHAPTER :j:xvi. 



The Economy of cutting up Corn, 251 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

 On Rural Embellishment, 253 



Address, prepared to be delivered before the Agri- 

 cultural and Horticultural Societies of New-Haven 

 County, Conn., 261 



Appendix. — Collections of facts. 



Mathematics and Physics, 283 



Measures of Length, 284 



Weights 286 



Measures of Capacity, 286 



Interesting Facts in Chemistry, 287 



Philosophical Facts, 291 



