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parative value of different kinds of feed. Vegetables ; corn ; oats ; 

 oil-cake, &-c. &lc. 



4. Genera] management. Choice of Buck. Time of lambing. 

 Mode of winter keeping. 



5. History of particular flocks. 



6. Sheep houses. Sheep racks. 

 XXI. Horses, Mules. 



How raised ; how kept ; shoeing ; general management ; compara- 

 tive value for labor. 

 XXn. Animals kept for breeding. 



Bull. Stallion. Ram. Boar. 



Valuable points ; defects ; general management. 

 XXIH. Feeding of Animals. 



1. Pasturage. Winter keeping. 



2. Soiling of Animals ; articles to be cultivated for this purpose. 



3. Cutting feed. Steaming or cooking. Green vegetable feed; 

 Dry feed. 



XXIV. Poultry. 



Kinds; management; comparative value. 



XXV. Diseases of Domestic animals. 



Of horses ; cattle ; sheep ; swine ; poultry : and remedies. 



XXVI. Farm Buildings. 



1. Barns. Stables. Styes. Poultry-houses. 



2. Modes of fastening and harnessing cattle. Stalls; mangers; 

 stanchions ; ropes ; chains ; bows. 



3. Yokes and harnesses. 



4. Dwelling Houses, with comparative cost of stone, brick, and 

 wood. Improvements in apparatus for cooking; and for warming 

 houses. 



XXVII. Bees. 



Cultivation of feed for bees. Construction of hives. Protection 

 against the bee moth. 



XXVIII. Orchards. Gardens. 



1. Varieties of fruits, with methods of propagation and selection. 



2. Varieties of esculent vegetables, with methods of cultivation. 



XXIX. Diseases of Trees and Plants. 



XXX. Injurious Insects and Vermin. 



Borer. Canker worms Caterpillars. Potato worms. Tobacco 



