xviii Contents. 



I'AGE. 



Locke's " Conduct of the Understanding " ... ... ... 15 



Lord Leicester's system of farming light lands ... ... 16 



Seed mixture used by Lord Leicester. Author's proposed 



mixture will provide a much better turf in much less time ... 19 



CHAPTER III. 



ON DISINTEGRATING THE SOIL AND PERMEATING IT WITH 

 VEGETABLE MATTER. 



Sir John Lawes' opinion on the importance of good physical 

 condition of soil. Mr. Faunce de Laune's opinion on the 

 same point ... ... ... ... .. ... 21 



Interesting proof of the physical being of even more importance 



than the, strictly speaking, chemical condition of the soil 23 



When laying down to permanent pasture land deficient in 



vegetable matter it must be supplied ... ... ... 25 



The cheapest and easiest way to remedy the deficiency of 



vegetable matter in the soil ... ... ... ... 26 



Illustrations of soil disintegration by the agency of roots ... 27 



Laying down two high, poor land exhausted fields ... ... 28 



The Inner and Outer Kaimrig field experiments ... ... 29 



Remarkable results obtained after relaying one of the fields ... .SO 



Practical illustrations of the great value of drought-resisting 



plants, such as chicory, burnet, kidney vetch, and yarrow ... 32 

 The value of burnet and yarrow in keeping sheep in good health, 

 and especially in diminishing diarrhoea. Deep and strong- 

 rooting plants will almost extinguish couch grasses, and 

 lessen moss ... ... ... ... . . 33 



Turnips grown without manure. The system of farming recom- 

 mended is an extremely simple one ... ... ... 34 



Farmers do not know how to act, as they are not aided by 

 Government schools and farms as agriculturists are abroad. 

 Great losses caused owing to want of proper means of 

 instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... 35 



Efibrts of County Councils of but little practical value to farmers 36 

 The system of instruction that should be adopted ... ... 37 



CHAPTER IV. 



ARTHUR YOUNG, AND SOME OS HIS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCES WITH 

 REFERENCE TO CHICORY, BURNET, AND OTHER FORAGE PLANTS. 



Brief account of his life and works ... ... ... ... 38 



His great unpublished work — " The Elements and Practice of 



Agriculture" ... ... ... ... ... ... 39 



Chicory introduced into England by Arthur Young in 1788. 



French experiences of it ... ... ... ... 42 



Chicory suits poor lands and all kinds of soil. All stock does 



well on it. Proofs that chicory is at least equal to any plant 



in this climate... .., ... .,. .., ... 43 



