CONTENTS. 7 



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 



Grasses, 235 



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 XXVI. 

 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 Ha- 

 ven County, Con., 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 



Tables. Number of Bushels of Marl necessary to 



give 1 per cent, of Carbonate of Lime, 292 



Breadths and Lengths of an Acre, . . 293 

 Comparison of American, Scotch, and 



Irish Acre, 293 



