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tion of Worn-out Soils — Fertilizing 

 Barren Lands — Utility of Birds— 

 Fences — Hedges — Farm Eoads — 

 Shade Trees— Wood Lands— Time 

 of Catting Timber — Tools — Agri- 

 cultural Education^of the Farmer. 

 Chapter Xlil. — Farm Buildings— 

 House — Barn — Sheds — Cisterns — 

 Various other Outbuildings— Steam- 

 ing Apparatus. 

 Chapter XIV. — Domestic Animals 

 — Breeding— Anatomy— Eespiratioa 

 — Consumption of Food. 

 Chap'JER XV.— Neat or Horned Cattle 

 Devons — Herefords — Ayreshires — 

 Galloways — Short - horns — Alder- 

 neys or Jerseys — Dutch or Holstein 

 — Management from Birth to MOk- 

 ing, Labor, or Slaughter. 

 Chapter XVI.— The Dairy- Milk- 

 Butter— Cheese— DitTerent Kinds- 

 Manner of Working. 

 Chapter XVII. — Sheep — Merino- 

 Saxon — South Down — The Long- 

 wooled Breeds — Cotswold — Lincoln 

 — Breeding — Management — Shep- 

 herd Dogs. 



Chapter XVIIT.— The Horse— De- 

 scription of Difierent Breeds— Their 

 Various Uses — Breeding- Manage- 

 ment. 



Chapter XIX. —The Ass— Mule — 

 Comparative Labor of Working 

 Animals. 



Chapter XX. — Swine — Dilferent 

 Breeds — Breeding— liearing — Fat- 

 tening — Curing Pork and Hams. 

 Chapter XXI. — Poultry — Hens, or 

 Barn-door Fowls — Turkey — Pea- 

 cock—Guinea Hen— Goose — Duck 

 — Honey Bees. 

 Chapter XXII. — Diseases of Ani- 

 mals—What Authority Shall We 

 Adopt ? — Sheep — Swine — Treat- 

 ment and Breeding of Horses. 

 Chapter XXIII.— Conclusion— Gene- 

 ral Remarks — The Farmer who 

 Lives by his Occupation— The Ama- 

 teur Farmer— Sundry Useful Tables. 

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Introductiois. — Tillage Husbandry 

 I —Grazing — Feeding — Breeding — 

 Planting, etc. 



Chapter I. — Soils — Classification — 

 Description — Management — Pro- 

 perties. 



Chapter H. — Inorganic Manures — 

 Mineral — Stone — Earth — Phos- 

 phatic. 



Chapter III. — Organic Manures — 

 Their Composition — Animal--Vc- 

 getable.' 



Chapter IV. — Irrigation and Drain- 

 ing. 



Chapter V. — Mechanical Divisions 

 of Soils — Spading — Plowing— Im- 

 |)l3meat3. 



Ch.ipter VI.— The Grasses— Clovers 

 — Meadows — Pastures — Compara- 

 tive Values of Grasses — Implements 

 for their Cultivation. 



Chapter VII. — Grain, and its Culti- 

 vatioQ — Varieties — Growth — Har- 

 vesting. 



Chapter VIII. — Leguminous Plants 

 — Tiis Pea— Beau —English Field 

 B3an— Tare or Vetch— Cultivation 

 -Harvesting. 



Chapter IX.— Roots and Esculents- 

 Varieties — Growth — Cultivation — • 

 Securing the Crops — Uses— Nutri- 

 tive Eiuivaloats ot Difierent Kinds 

 of Forage. 



Chapter X.— Fruits— Apples— Cider 

 — Vinegar — Pears — Quinces — Plums 

 Peaches — Apricot ? — Nectarines — 

 Smaller Friiito-Plan ting— Cultiva- 

 tion-Gathering— Preserving. 



Chaptrr X[.— Miscellaneous Objects 

 of Caltivation, aside from the Or- 

 dinary Farm Crops— Broom-corn— 

 Flax- Cotton— Hemp— Susjar Cane 

 Sar:?hum— Maple Su?ar— Tobacco — 

 Indi^,'o— Madder— Wood— Sumach— 

 - Teasel — Mustard — Hops — Castor 

 Beau. 



Chapter XII.— Aids and Objects of 

 Agriculture — Rotation of Crops, 

 and their Effects— Weeds— Restora- 



