CONTENTS. ix 



September, 1868. 



I'AGE 



Leaves for Fodder— Gorse Sprouts — Crop from Diseased Potatoes 

 — Hornets — A Jerusalem Pony— Trial vnth Norton's Pump — 

 Pheasants' Nests 173—186 



December, 1868. 



The Long Firm — Acorns for Food; their Price — "Scouring Rot" 

 — Mangold dangerous for In-calf Cows — Indigestion — Narrow 

 Escape 186—196 



January, 1869. 

 Cider : how it is made — Barley Sheddings . . . . 196 — 201 



February, 1869. 



"Wind and Rain — Cheap Flowers and Shrubs— Salmon Fishery 

 — Bad Clover Crop, why— An *' Extincteur" — A Fire — A 

 Flood 201—212 



April, 1869. 

 Remains after the Flood— Dentition— Rabbits . . . 212—218 



May, 1869. 



Rats— Wool— Accident to a Foal— " Braxy"— Gad-fly Grubs- 

 Raid on Pigeons 218—229 



June, 1869. 

 Hatching Geese — Water-cress — A Bucking Mare . . 230—234 



July, 1869. 

 Mowing Machine — House Martins — Ditching . . . 234 — 240 



August, 1869. 



Agricultural Fright —Nature's Supply— Vermin — Old Melon — 



Silky 241-250. 



