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THE: BOOK OF THE: FARM Continued. 



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SUMMARY OF THE FIELD -OPE RATIONS AND OF 



THE WEATHER IN SPRING. 

 ADVANTAGES OF HAVING FI E I.D-WOB K ALWAYS 



IN A STATE OF FORWARDNESS. 

 CALVING OF COWS. 

 MILKING OF COWS. 

 REARING OF CALVES. 

 SOWING OF SPRING WHEAT. 

 DRILLING UP OF LAND. 



SOWING OF OATS — BEANS — PEASE — TARES. 

 ROLLING OF LAND. 



TRANSPLANTING OF TURNIP-BULBS FOR PRO- 

 DUCING SEED. 



NG. 



LUCERNE. 

 SAINFOIN. 

 LAMBING OF EWES 

 CROSS-PLOUGHING LAND. 



RIBBING LAND FOR THE SEED-FURROW. 



SOWING OF GRASS-SEEDS. 



SOWING OF BARLEY. 



TURNING O F DUNGHILLS. 



PLANTING OF POTATOES. 



PARING AND BURNING THE SURFACE. 



FARROWING OF SOWS. 



HATCHING OF FOWLS. 



SUMMARY OF THE FIELD-OPERATIONS AND OF 

 THE WEATHER IN SUMMER. 



ON THE HAY GIVEN TO FARM-HORSES. 



SOWING AND SUMMER TREATMENT OF FLAX 



H E M P — HOPS — TUR N I PS — KO H L- R ABI — THE 



CABBAGE — MANGOLD-WURZEL — THE CAR- 

 ROTS — PARSNIPS — RAPE — BUCKWHEAT — 

 SUNFLOWER — MADIA — AND MAIZE. 



THE RATIONALE OF THE GERMINATION OF 

 SEEDS. 



ON SOWING BROADCAST, DRILLED, AND DfBBLED 

 — THICK AND THIN — AND AT DIFFERENT 

 DEPTHS. 



REPAIRING THE FENCES OF PASTURE- FIELDS. 

 DISPOSAL OF THE FAT SHEEP — AND FAT CATTLE. 

 MARES FOALING. 



PASTURING OF SHEEP AND CATTLE IN SUMMER. 



TREATMENT OF BULLS IN SUMMER. 

 WEANING OF CALVES. 



PASTURING OF FARM-HORSES IN SUMMER. 

 SOILING OF STOCK ON FORAGE PLANTS. 

 WASHING AND SHEARING OF SHEEP. 

 ROLLING OF FLEECES, AND ON THE QUALITY OF 

 WOOL. 



SUMMER CULTURE OF BEANS AND PEASE. 

 WEANING OF LAMBS. 



DRAFTING OF EWES AND Gl AIMERS. 



MARKING OF SHEEP. 



HAY-MAKING. 



SUMMER CULTURE OF WHEAT — BARLEY — OATS 



RYE AND POTATOES. 



SUMAIER FALLOW. 

 REAPING OF TURNIP-SEED. 

 MAKING BUTTER AND CHEESE. 



AUTUMST. 



SUMMARY OF THE FIELD-OPERATIONS AND OF 



THE WEATHER IN AUTUAIN. 

 SOWING OF THE STONE TURNIP, AND ON THE 



SOWING OF TURNIP FOR SEED. 

 SOWING OF WINTER TARES — RAPE CRIAISON 



CLOVER BOKHARA CLOVER RED CLOVER 



FOR SEED — AND ITALIAN RVE-GRASS. 

 PICKING AND DRYING OF HOPS. 

 SOWING OF WINTER BEANS. 



PULLING, STEEFING, AND DRYING OF FLAX AND 

 HE All". 



REAPING WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, RYE, BEANS, 

 PEASE AND TARES WHEN GROWN FOR 

 SEED. 



CARRYING AND STACKING OF WHEAT, BARLEY, 



OATS, BEANS, AND PEASE. 

 REAPING BUCKWHEAT, SUNFLOWER, AND MAIZE. 



THE COMMON JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. 

 BIRDS DESTRUCTIVE TO THE GRAIN-CROPS 

 PUTTING THE TUPS TO THE EWES. 

 BATHING AND SMEARING OF SHEEP. 

 LIFTING POTATOES. 

 STORING POTATOES. 



SOWING WHEAT, BARLEY, AND PEASE T» ; 

 AUTUAIN. 



SOWING SEVERAL VARIETIES OF GRAIN TO- 

 GETHER. 

 PLANTING POTATOES IN AUTUAIN. 

 THE EFFECTS OF SPECIAL AIANURES. 

 ROTATION OF CROPS. 

 FERTILITY OF SOILS. 

 DISPOSAL OF THE FAT PIGS. 

 AtANAGEAIENT OF FOWLS. 

 A NIAIALS DESTRUCTIVE TO POULTRY. 



REALISATION. 



DIFFERENCES IN THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF 



FARA1S. 

 CLIMATE AND ITS EFFECTS. 

 THE JUDGING OF LAND. 

 ESTIMATING THE RENT OF A FARM. 

 THE AlODE OF OFFERING FOR A FAR Rf . 

 NEGOTIATING THE COVENANTS OF THE LEASE. 

 ENTERING TO A FARM. 

 THE STOCKING OF A FAR AI. 



CHOOSING THE SITE, ON BUILDING, AND ON 

 THE EXPENSES OF ERECTING THE STEAD- 

 ING. 



THE FARAI-HOUSE. 



COTTAGES FOR FARM-SERVANTS. 

 INSURANCE AGAINST FIRE AND DISEASE. 

 THE PRINCIPLES OF ENCLOSURE, AND ON SHEL- 

 TER. 



THE PLANTING AND REARING OF THORN- 

 HEDGES. 



THE BUILDING OF STONE-FENCES. 

 WIRE-FENCES. 



EAIBANKING AGATNST RIVULETS. 

 CONSTRUCTION OF FIELD-GATES. 

 DRAINING OF LAND. 

 IAIPROVING WASTE LAND. 

 TR?ENCH AND SUBSOIL PLOUGHING. 

 LI AUNG OF LAND. 

 FORAIING WATER-AIE ADOWS. 

 IRRIGATION. 



TREAT AI ENT OF DRAUGHT-STALLIONS. 

 BR EA KING- IN OF YOUNG DRAUGHT- HORSES. 

 BREAKING-IN YOUNG SADDLE-HORSES. 

 TRAINING AND WORKING THE SHEPHERD'S DOG. 

 SLAUGHTERING OXEN, SHEEP, AND PIGS. 



