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CHAPTER XVII. Sheep Merino- 

 Saxon Sout'x Down The Long- 

 wooled Bree-.ls Cotswold Lincoln 

 Breeding Management Shep- 

 herd Dogs. 



CHAPTER XVIIT. The Horse De- 

 scription of Different Breeds Their 

 Various Uses Breeding Manage- 

 ment. 



CHAPTER XIX. The Ass Mule 

 Comparative Labor of Working 

 Animals. 



CHAPTER XX. Swine Different 

 Breeds Breeding Rearing Fat- 

 tening Curing Pork and Hams. 



CHAPTER XXI. Poultry Hens, or 

 Barn-door Fowls Turkey Pea- 

 cockGuinea Hen Goose Duck 

 Honey Bees. 



CHAPTER XXII. Diseases of Ani- 

 malsWhat Authority Shall We 

 Adopt ? Sheep Swine Treat- 

 ment and Breeding of Horace. 



CHAPTER XXIII. Conclusion Gene- 

 ral Remarks The Farmer who 

 Lives by hia Occupation Thd Ama- 

 teur Farmer Sundry Useful Tables. 



^uAt-i&n v ii-. vjraia, nnnrrre mnn- 

 vatioa Varieties Growth Har- 

 vesting. 



CHAPTER VIII. Leguminous Plants 

 The Pea Beau English Field 

 Bean Tare or Vetch Cultivation 

 Harvesting. 



CHAPTER IX. Roots and Esculents- 

 Varieties Growth Cultivation 

 Securing tie Crops Uses Nutri- 

 tive Equivalents ot Different Kinds 

 of Forage. 



CHAPTER X. Fruits Apples Cider 

 Vinegar Pears Quinces Plums 

 Peaches Apricot* Nectarines 

 Smaller Fruits Planting Cultiva- 

 tion Gathering Preserving. 



CHAPTER XI. Miscellaneous Objects 

 of Cultivation, aside from the Or- 

 dinary Farm Crops Broom-corn 

 Flax Cottoi Hemp Sugar Cane 

 Sorghum Miple Sivjrar Tobacco 

 Indigo Madder Wool Sumach- 

 Teasel Mustard Hops Castor 

 Bean. 



CHAPTER XII. Aids and Objects of 

 Agriculture Rotation of Crops, 

 and their Effects Weeds Hestora- ' 



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