THE BOOK OF THE FARM, DETAILING THE LABOURS OF THE FARMER, FARM-STEWARD, PLOUGHMAN, SHEPHERD, HEDGER, BY HENRY STEPHENS, F. R. S. E. IN THREE VOLUMES. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. VOL. II. "Wherefore, come on, O young husbandman ! Learn the culture proper to each kind." VIRGIL. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH AND LONDON. MDCCCXLIV. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. 31. DRAWING AND STOWING TURNIPS, MANGEL-WÜRZEL, CABBAGE, CARROTS, AND PARSNIPS, 32. THE FEEDING OF SHEEP ON TURNIPS IN WINTER, 33. DRIVING AND SLAUGHTERING SHEEP, 34. REARING AND FEEDING CATTLE ON TURNIPS IN WINTER, 35. DRIVING AND SLAUGHTERING CATTLE, 36. THE TREATMENT OF FARM-HORSES IN WINTER, 37. FATTENING, DRIVING, AND SLAUGHTERING SWINE, 38. THE TREATMENT OF FOWLS IN WINTER, 39. THRASHING AND WINNOWING GRAIN, AND OF THE THRASHING-MACHINE, 40. THE WAGES OF FARM-SERVANTS, 41. CORN MARKETS, 42. THE FARM SMITH, JOINER, AND SADDLER, 43. THE FORMING OF DUNGHILLS, AND OF LIQUID MANURE TANKS, 401 47. THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING FIELD-WORK IN A FORWARD STATE, 479 50. SOWING BEANS, PEASE, TARES, LUCERN, SAINTFOIN, FLAX, AND HEMP, 542 51. SWITCHING, PRUNING, AND WATER-TABLING THORN-HEDGES, 562 |