The Book of the Farm, Volume 2

Front Cover
William Blackwood and sons, 1851 - Agriculture
 

Selected pages

Contents

ON THE SOWING AND THE SUMMER CULTURE OF THE SUNFLOWER
105
A Plant of Wheat in the State
111
ON SOWING BROADCAST DRILLED AND DIBBLEDTHICK AND THINAND
114
Newberrys OneRowed Dibbling
122
ON REPAIRING the fences of pasture fields
128
The roots of Shallowsown Wheat
130
ON THE DISPOSAL OF THE FAT CATTLE
139
ON MARES FOALING
153
ON THE PASTURING OF CATTLE IN SUMMER
169
ON THE TREATMENT OF BULLS IN SUMMER
180
ON THE PASTURING OF FARMHORSES IN SUMMER
186
ON THE WASHING OF SHEEP
196
ON THE ROLLING of fleeces AND ON THE QUALITY OF WOOL
206
122
217
ON THE WEANING OF LAMBS
219
ON THE DRAFTING OF EWES AND GIMMERS
223
130
225
141
231
The Hay HorseRake cleaning
238
ON THE SUMMER CULTURE OF WHEAT
245
The CattleBot and LarvaEstrus
251
ON THE SUMMER CULTURE OF BARLEY
252
ON SUMMERFALLOW
261
ON THE REAPING OF TURNIP SEED
267
The Third and Last Stage of Clip
277
PRACTICEAUTUMN
300
ON THE SOWING OF THE STONE TURNIP AND ON THE SOWING OF TURNIP for seed
309
ON THE PICKING AND DRYING OF HOPS
315
ON SOWING BARLEY IN AUTUMN
409
ON ELECTROCULTURE
444
ON THE ROTATION OF CROPS
455
ON THE FERTILITY OF SOILS
464
ON THE MANAGEMENT OF FOWLS
471
ON THE ANIMALS DESTRUCTIVE TO POULTRY
478
ON THE DIFFERENCES IN THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF FARMS
482
ON THE JUDGING OF LAND
494
ON THE MODE OF OFFERING FOR A FARM
503
ON ENTERING TO A FARM
512
ON CHOOSING THE SITE ON BUILDING AND ON THE EXPENSES OF ERECTING
518
ON THE FARMHOUSE
537
ON INSURANCE AGAINST FIRE AND DISEASE
548
ON THE PLANTING AND REARING OF THORNHEDGES
558
ON THE BUILDING OF STONE FENCES
588
ON EMBANKING AGAINST RIVULETS
596
ON THE DRAINING OF LAND
604
ON IMPROVING WASTE LAND
634
DESCRIPTION OF THE ANIMALS WHOSE PORTRAITS ARE GIVEN IN THE PLATES
709
ACCOUNT OF SOME OTHER BREEDS OF CATTLE AND SHEEP
717
ON THE PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING
728
ON CROSSING
735
ON THE WAGES OF FARMSERVANTS
741
ON THE CARE DUE TO THE IMPLEMENTS
749
ON CORN MARKETS
757
CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS TO THE YOUNG FARMER
777
INDEX
783

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Bibliographic information

TitleThe Book of the Farm, Volume 2
The Book of the Farm, Henry Stephens
AuthorHenry Stephens
Edition2
PublisherWilliam Blackwood and sons, 1851
Original fromLyon Public Library
Digitized11 Aug 2011
  
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