LIST OF WORKS 



ON 



AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS 



PUBLISHED BY 



WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, 



EDINBURGH AND LONDON. 



In Two Volumes Royal 8vo, price 3 half-bound, 



THE BOOK OF THE FARM. 



DETAILING THE LABOURS OF THE FARMER, FARM-STEWARD, PLOUGHMAN, SHEPHERD, 



HEDGER, CATTLE-MAN, FIELD-WORKER, AND DAIRY-MAID ; AND FORMING A 



SAFE MONITOR FOR STUDENTS IN PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. 



By HENRY STEPHENS, F.R.S.E. 



Corresponding Member of the Societe Royale et Centrale d'Agriculture of France, 

 and of the Royal Agricultural Society of Oalicia. 



A NEW EDITION. 



Illustrated with PORTRAITS OF ANIMALS painted from the life, engraved on Steel by THOMAS 

 LANDSEER and others ; and with 600 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD by BRANSTON, representing the 

 principal Field-Operations, Implements, and Animals treated of in the Work. 



SUBJECTS TREATED OP IN THE BOOK OP THE FAfiM. 



INITIATIO.N. 



On the best of the existing- methods for acquiring a thorough knowledge of Practical Hus- 

 bandry. Difficulties the Pupil has to encounter in Learning Practical Husbandry, and on the 

 means of overcoming them. The different kinds of Farming, and on selecting the best. On 

 the Branches of Science most applicable to Agriculture. Persons required to conduct and execute 

 the labour of the Farm. On the Institutions of Education best suited to Agricultural Students. 

 On the evils attending the neglect of Landowners and others to learn Practical Agriculture. On 

 observing the Details and recording the Facts of Farming by the Agricultural Student. 



PRACTICE. 



WINTER. 



Summary of the Field-Operations and of the Weather in Winter. Plough, Swing- Trees, and 

 Plough-Harness. Ploughing and Ploughing-Matches. Ploughing different forms of Ridges. 

 Ploughing Stubble and Lee Ground. Occupation of the Steading in Winter. Pulling and Stor- 

 ing Turnips, Mangold : Wurzel, Carrots, Parsnips, and Cabbage, for Consumption in Winter. 

 Feeding of Sheep on Turnips in Winter. Accommodation afforded to Cattle in Winter by the 

 Steading. Rearing and Fattening of Cattle on Turnips in Winter. Varieties of Turnips culti- 

 vated. Construction of Stables for Farm-Horses. Treatment of Farm-Horses in Winter. Treat- 

 ment of the Farmer's Saddle and Harness Horse in Winter. Fattening of Swine in Winter. 

 Treatment of Fowls in Winter. Rationale of the Feeding of Animals. Accommodation of the 

 Grain Crops in the Steading. Thrashing and Winnowing of Grain. Forming of Dunghills and 

 Composts in Winter. Liquid-Manure, and the Construction of Liquid-Manure Tanks and Carts. 

 Sea- Weed as Manure. Gaulting or Claying the Soil. 



[Continued. 



