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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER X. 
THE CURRANT. 
Description of a few varieties of currants, 186. 
CHAPTER XI. 
THE RASPBERRY. 
Description of a few varieties of tire raspberry, 187. 
CHAPTER XII. 
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL HUSBANDRY. 
General remarks: Of force: Composition and arrangement of the vegetable tissues: Nutriment of organized bodies: 
Circulation in organized bodies: Rotation of crops: Importance of supplying plants with proper food: Impor¬ 
tance of water in organized beings: Excess of water considered: Additional remarks relating to climate: Influ¬ 
ence of climate on plants and animals: Irrigation: On fertilizers—1. The fertilizers which belong to the mineral 
kingdom; fertilizers in which lime is a constituent', 235; magnesia and its salts, 250; soda and its salts, 254; of 
mixed saline substances, 258; wood and coal ashes; crushed and ground bones, 260: 2. Fertilizers from the vegeta¬ 
ble kingdom, 261; green crops: 3. Fertilizers from the animal kingdom, 262; bones; fish, 267; farmyard; of 
composts, 273: Crops and their cultivation, 274: On the culture of the cereals, 276; culture of wheat, 281; bar- 
lev, rye, 283 : Cultivation of potatoes. 284: Cultivation of flax, 286: Of hops, 288: Teasel, Madder, 291: Jeru¬ 
salem artichoke: Sanfoin; Celery, 292: Cultivation of tobacco, 293: Production of butter and Cheese, 188-299. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
ON THE FOOD OF ANIMALS. 
General considerations: The feeding of stock, 303: 300-308. 
CHAPTER XIV. 
CULTIVATION OF FRUIT TREES AND FRUITS, 309-312. 
CHAPTER XV. 
ON THE MILK OF THE COW AND THE SOLID EXCREMENTITIOUS MATTER, AS AFFECTED BY 
FOOD AND TEMPERATURE, OR THE SEASON, 313-336. 
