XVlll CONTENTS. 



1. Sulphate of lime, utility of copperas .... 319 



2. Chlorites — common salt, spent lye 319 



Rules for the application of saline manures .... 320 



Sect. 6. Improvement of the soil by tillage. 



Utility of the roller 322 



Utility of the cultivator. Importance of tillage . . . 323 



CHAPTER VIII. 



PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. 



Sect. 1. Cultivation of grains. 



1. Indian corn . . . 324 



2. Wheat, mode of culture 327 



Diseases and enemies of u'heat. 



1. Rust described, remedy for 32S 



2. Mildew or blight, remedy for 329 



3. Smut— remedy 329 



4. Wire-worm. 5. Hessian fly. G. Grain insect . . 329 

 Cultivation of rye — value of this crop 330 



« oats " 331 



« barley " 332 



« buckwheat « 333 



Sect. 2. — Cultivation of roots. 

 Potato — method of selecting seed 

 Beets — Mangel Wurtzel. Drill-barrow . 



Turnip and blood-beet — value of the crop 

 Parsnip. Artichoke. Onion. Turnips . 

 1. Rutabaga — mode of culture, value 



333 

 335 

 336 

 337 



338 



2. White turnip. 3. Yellow turnip. Table of Value . 338 



Sect. 3. Cultivation of grasses. 



1. Clovers. — 1. Red-top, cultivation of 341 



2. Cow grass or Southern clover 342 



3. White clover. 4. Lucerne or French clover . . . 343 



5, Timothy 344 



6. Red-top. 7. Orchard grass. 8. Tall oat grass . . 345 

 9. Sweet-scented vernal grass. 10. Rye grass . . . 346 



Relation of farm stock to the cultivated crops. 



