AUTHOR OF “THE FOREST,” “ WONDERS OF THE OCEAN,” &c. &c.

WITH EIGHT ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL,

AND

TWENTY-SIX ON WOOD.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:
JOHN HARRIS, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

1834.

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CONTENTS.

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INTRODUCTION

THE FARM

Visit to the Farm

Rustic Hospitality

Visit to the Farm-house

The Farm-house

The Inmates

Farm Buildings

The Rick-yard and Barns

The Granaries

Stables and 'Hay-barns

Cow-houses, Piggeries, &c.

Size of Gablesides Farm

Names of the Fields

Explanation of Names

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TILLAGE

The Plough

The Ploughman

The Harrow

Manure

Weeding

Land-ditching

Draining Land

Bush-harrowing

Hedging and Ditching

Destruction of Vermin

Rat and Mole-catching

PRODUCE OF THE FARM

Wheat

Sowing Wheat

Sowing with the Drill

Barley

Oats

Rye

Pulse CROPS, &c.

Peas and Beans

Tares

Cow-Cabbages

Mustard Seed

Rape Seed

Saffron

Madder

Coriander

Caraway Seeds

Hops

Hop-harvest

Hop-picking

HEMP, FLAX, AND TEASELS

Hemp

Flax

Teasels

Straw

Halm

LIVE STOCK

Oxen

Sheep

Sheep-shearing

Lambs

Hogs

Horses

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