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CHAPTER nr. 



Treatment of land pbeliminaby to stocking operations. 



Section I. Treatment of Swampy or Waterlogged Land 223 



Article 1. Swampiness, its Causes and Cure ... 224 



2. Draining „, 225-228 

 Section II. Fixation of Soils wanting in Cohesron-^ 



Article 1. Sands uninfluenced hy winds ... 229 



„ 2. Drifting Sands — 



§1. Coast Dunes- ... 229-232 



§2. Inland Dunes ^^ 232-233 



Section III. Consolidation of Unstable Slopes" 



Article 1. Causes of Denudation, of Hillsides ... 233-236 



„ 2. Protective Works „„ 236-239 



Section IY. Irrigation Works . . . 239-240 



CHAPTER IT. 



Direct Sowing. 



Section L Selection of the Species to Sow: ..... 241-242 



„ II. Season for Sowing ... 242-243 

 „ III. Preparation of the Soil, and Sowing in 



General ... .... 243-244 



„ Different Methods of Sowing — 



Article 1. Broadcast Sowing without TiUh- ... 246 



„ 2. Dibbling ... 247 



„ 3. Notch Sowing ... 247-248 

 „ 4. Complete Sowing with Tilth — 



§1. Preparation of the SoU ... 248-250 



§2. Sowing the Seedff ... 250-251 



§3. C&vering„ ,, ... 252 



§4. Value and Employment <rf^ the Method ... 252-253 



Article 5. Strip Sowing — 



§1. Direction rf the Strips ... 253-255 



§2. Length of tl^e Strips ... 255 



§3. Distance between the Strips ... 255-257 



