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Locke's " Conduct of the Understanding " 16 



Lord Leicester's system of farming light lands 17 



Seed mixture used by Lord Leicester 20 



Author's mixture will provide a better turf in less time 20 



A green crop should follow pasture 21 



CHAPTER III. 



ON DISINTEGKATING THE SOIL AND PERMEATING IT WITH 

 VEGETABLE MATTER. 



Sir John Lawes' opinion on IJie importance of good physical 



condition of soil 22 



Mr. Faunce de Laune's opinion on the same point 23 



The physical condition of the soil is of even more importance than 



the, strictly speaking, chemical condition 25 



Laying down land to permanent grass 26 



Deep-rooting plants are the best cultivating and fertihsing agents... 27 



Ulustxations of soil disintegration by the agency of roots 28 



Laying down two high, poor land, exhausted fields 29 



The Inner and Outer Kaimrig field experiments 30 



Remarkable results obtained after relaying one of the fields ... 32 



Taking turnips after grass 33 



Practical illustrations of the value of drought-resisting plants, 



such as Chicory, Burnet, Kidney Vetch, and Yarrow 33 



The value of Burnet and Yarrow for keeping sheep in good health, 



and especially in diminishing diarrhoea 34 



Deep and strong-rooting plants extinguish couch grasses, and 



lessenmoss , 35 



Turnips grown without manure... 35 



The Clifton Park system of farming explained 35 



Farmers are not aided by Govemment schools and farms as are 



agriculturists abroad 36 



Losses resulting from want of proper means of instruction 37 



Efforts of County Councils of little practical value to farmers ... 38 



CHAPTER IV. 



ARTHUB. YOUNG, AND SOME OF HIS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCES WITH 

 REPERENCE TO CHICORY, BURNET, AND OTHER FORAGE PLANTS. 



Brief account of Arthur Young's life and works 40 



His great unpublished work— "The Elements and Practice of 



Agriculture" 41 



Chicory introduced into England by Arthur Young in 1788 ... 44 



The great value of Chicory 45 



Advantages and disadvantages of Chicory 47 



