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... THE FARM 46 Wheat 48 Sowing Wheat 51 Sowing with the Drill 54 Barley 55 Oats 56 Rye 57 PULSE CROPS , & c . 58 Peas and Beans 59 Tares 60 Cow - Cabbages 60 HOPS Mustard Seed Rape Seed Saffron Madder Coriander Caraway Seeds iv CONTENTS .
... THE FARM 46 Wheat 48 Sowing Wheat 51 Sowing with the Drill 54 Barley 55 Oats 56 Rye 57 PULSE CROPS , & c . 58 Peas and Beans 59 Tares 60 Cow - Cabbages 60 HOPS Mustard Seed Rape Seed Saffron Madder Coriander Caraway Seeds iv CONTENTS .
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... 123 126 127 130 131 Game HAY - MAKING Mowing Stacking the Hay Thatching Hay - Stacks HAY - BINDINg and Selling Hay - binding Disposal of the Hay Second Crops CORN HARVEST Reaping · Mowing Oats and Barley Stacking Corn vi CONTENTS .
... 123 126 127 130 131 Game HAY - MAKING Mowing Stacking the Hay Thatching Hay - Stacks HAY - BINDINg and Selling Hay - binding Disposal of the Hay Second Crops CORN HARVEST Reaping · Mowing Oats and Barley Stacking Corn vi CONTENTS .
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... CROPS TURNIPS GRASS Foxtail grass Spiked Fescue grass Page 132 • 134 137 · 138 • 140 141 144 145 146 · 147 · 150 151 • 152 152 · 153 154 155 156 159 • 160 162 • 162 Fiorin grass Cats ' tail or Timothy grass HERBAGE PLANTS CONTENTS . vii.
... CROPS TURNIPS GRASS Foxtail grass Spiked Fescue grass Page 132 • 134 137 · 138 • 140 141 144 145 146 · 147 · 150 151 • 152 152 · 153 154 155 156 159 • 160 162 • 162 Fiorin grass Cats ' tail or Timothy grass HERBAGE PLANTS CONTENTS . vii.
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... crop is expected . The food of land is MANURE ; its rest is laying it down either for feeding , or A FALLOW . Manure consists of various animal , vege- table , and mineral substances , selected accord- ing to the soil and the intended crop ...
... crop is expected . The food of land is MANURE ; its rest is laying it down either for feeding , or A FALLOW . Manure consists of various animal , vege- table , and mineral substances , selected accord- ing to the soil and the intended crop ...
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... crops are up . Land - ditching , or draining , is almost as necessary on certain humid soils as any other act of husbandry ; indeed , without this , in many cases , all other tillage would be labour in vain . Where water hangs in the ...
... crops are up . Land - ditching , or draining , is almost as necessary on certain humid soils as any other act of husbandry ; indeed , without this , in many cases , all other tillage would be labour in vain . Where water hangs in the ...
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୪ ୪ ୪ Abbot's ancient animals Author balusters barley barn better Brook Field bundles called caraway cattle chiefly Children cloth clover coloured common COMMON WHEAT CORIANDER corn crop cultivated earth Edition employed England farm farmer feet Field FIORIN flax flowers fork Frontispiece Gablesides grain granary grass ground half-bound hand harvest hedge and ditch hemp hide HISTORY hops horses hundred acres Illustrations inclosures ISAAC TAYLOR John Harris kind labour land London machine machine presses manure ment milk mole-catcher morocco nature nearly oats pasture perennial plant performed persons Philip plant plough Price principal produce purpose quantity require roots scarcely season seed sheep shew shining season side soil sometimes sort sown stack stalks STORIES straw teasels things threshing tillage tion Upshire usually vegetable weather wheat whilst WHITE CLOVER winter wood yard young
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