INDEX 



185 



Pigs- 

 Rape excellent for, 130 

 Rearing summer. 131 

 Scale of feeding from 10 weeks 



old, 131 

 Ploughing — 



Fields, Method of, 30 

 " Opening-out," method of, 2 7 

 Potatoes — 



After cultivation of, 87 

 Artificial manures for, 85 

 Clamping, 92 

 Digging the crop, 88 

 J")ouble cropping on early 



land, 80 

 For land cleared of winter 



greens, 79 

 Grov^ing seed tubers for the 



following year, 82 

 Intercropping with greens, 81 

 Manuring the crop, 84 

 Modern measurements for 



drills, 80 

 Potato haulms should be 



burnt, 95 

 Proper sprouting of tubers 



before planting, 81 

 Spraying and sprouting, 8g 

 Sprouting-boxes and rack, 82 

 Rotting, Avoidance of, 94 

 Soiling crops after, 1 1 1 

 Storing by pitting, 92 

 Third intercropping for, 96 

 Turning pitted, 95 

 Up-to-date methods would 



double the crop, 79 

 Where to sprout, 83 



Rape crops and their effect on 



the soil, 19 

 Rye and rape pasture for winter, 



128 



Seed crops — 



Grown in the fifth year of 



rotation, 105 

 Liquid manure for forcing, 106 



Sheep — 



On mountain farms, 1 39 

 On 30 acres of mountain land 

 138 



Sowing and seeding, Operation 



of, 31 

 Spraying — 



Limitations of. The, 91 

 Mixtures — 



Bordeaux, The, 90 

 Burgundy, The, 91 

 Stock farming on 20 acres, 137 



Tares — 



Co-operation and manuring 



and seeding the hay crop 



of, 41 

 Dividing up a field before 



sowing, 37 

 Good mixture for soiling 



average land \\'ith, 36 

 Manuring for, 38 

 Quantity and proportions of 



vetch and cereals sown for, 



35 

 Sown on wild mountainous 



land for feeding cattle, 22 

 Turnips, hardy green variety. 

 Sowing, 63 



Vetch crop. Sow after root crop, 



105 

 Vetch stubble. Manuring, 68 

 Vetches and winter greens save 



foreign fodder, 126 



White mustard. Sowing, 64 



Winter Greens — 



Covering in the seed, 73 

 Crops included under, 58 

 Drilling, Wlien it pays, 72 

 Nitrogen fixers for manuring, 



66 

 Seed quantities for various 



types of, 70 

 Soil moisture to be conserved 



for. 58 

 Soil preparation for, 59 

 Sowing in cold districts must 



be earlier, 73 

 Sowing precautions, 71 

 Tilling the land for, a cheap 



and swift matter, 60 

 Winter Pastures, Advice bout, 

 127 



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