Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation

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Author

Buckman, James, 1816-1884

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Produced by Steven Giacomelli, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Agriculture

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eBook-No.

40190

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40190

Release Date

July 10, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SCIENCE AND PRACTICE IN FARM CULTIVATION.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF ROOT CULTIVATION. — CHAPTER I. — ON THE ORIGIN OF ROOT CROPS. — CHAPTER II. — ON THE ORIGIN OF SORTS OF ROOTS. — CHAPTER III. — ON TRUENESS OF SORT IN ROOT CROPS. — CHAPTER IV. — ON DEGENERATE ROOTS. — CHAPTER V. — EFFECTS OF GROWING SEED FROM DEGENERATE ROOTS. — CHAPTER VI. — ON THE ADULTERATION OF SEEDS, MORE PARTICULARLY OF TURNIPS. — CHAPTER VII. — ON THE ART AND MYSTERY OF TURNIP-SEED ADULTERATION. — CHAPTER VIII. — ON THE INJURIES CAUSED BY INSECTS. — GENERAL CONCLUSIONS.
4. 4.HOW TO GROW GOOD GRASSES. — CHAPTER IX. — ON THE NATURE OF MEADOWS AND PASTURES. — CHAPTER X. — ON THE SPECIES OF MEADOW-GRASSES. — CHAPTER XI. — ON MEADOW PLANTS OTHER THAN GRASSES. — CHAPTER XII. — ON THE WEEDS OF PASTURE. — CHAPTER XIII. — ON THE IRRIGATED MEADOW. — CHAPTER XIV. — ON THE LAYING DOWN OF PERMANENT PASTURE. — CHAPTER XV. — ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PERMANENT PASTURES. — CHAPTER XVI. — ON THE MANAGEMENT OF LAWNS.
5. 5.HOW TO GROW GOOD CLOVER. — CHAPTER XVII. — ON THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF THE CLOVER FAMILY OF PLANTS. — CHAPTER XVIII. — ON THE FARM SPECIES OF CLOVERS. — CHAPTER XIX. — ON THE VARIETIES OF RED CLOVERS. — CHAPTER XX. — ON THE CLOVER ALLIES. — CHAPTER XXI. — ON CLOVER SICKNESS. — CHAPTER XXII. — ON THE WEEDS OF CLOVERS. — CHAPTER XXIII. — ON THE PARASITES OF CLOVER.
6. 6.HOW TO GROW GOOD CORN. — CHAPTER XXIV. — NATURE OF CORN. — CHAPTER XXV. — WHEAT: ITS ORIGIN AND ACCLIMATIZATION. — CHAPTER XXVI. — THE WILD OAT AS THE ORIGIN OF THE CULTIVATED VARIETIES. — CHAPTER XXVII. — ON THE SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF BARLEY AND RYE. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — EPIPHYTICAL PARASITES (VEGETABLE BLIGHTS) OF CORN CROPS. — CHAPTER XXIX. — INSECTS (ANIMAL BLIGHTS) AFFECTING CORN CROPS. — CHAPTER XXX. — SCIENCE IN THE CULTIVATION OF CORN. — CHAPTER XXXI. — ON HARVESTING CORN.
7. 7.HOW TO GROW GOOD FENCES. — CHAPTER XXXII. — ON THE NATURE OF FENCES. — CHAPTER XXXIII. — ON THE PLANTS FOR “LIVE” FENCES. — CHAPTER XXXIV. — ON THE REARING AND PLANTING OF HEDGES. — CHAPTER XXXV. — WEEDS OF HEDGE-ROW FENCES. — CHAPTER XXXVI. — ON HEDGE-ROW TIMBER. — CHAPTER XXXVII. — ON THE VERMIN OF FENCES. — CHAPTER XXXVIII. — ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HEDGE-ROW FENCES. — CHAPTER XXXIX. — COVENANTS WITH REGARD TO FENCES, ETC.
8. 8.HOW TO GROW GOOD TIMBER. — CHAPTER XL. — ON THE VALUE OF TIMBER FOR ORNAMENT AND PROFIT. — CHAPTER XLI. — ON THE KINDS OF TIMBER BEST ADAPTED FOR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. — CHAPTER XLII. — ON THE BRITISH OAK. — CHAPTER XLIII. — ON THE CHESTNUT AND WALNUT. — CHAPTER XLIV. — ON THE ELM. — CHAPTER XLV. — ON THE ASH, BEECH, AND OTHER WHITE-WOODED TREES. — CHAPTER XLVI. — ON SOFT-WOODED FOREST TREES.
9. 9.HOW TO GROW GOOD ORCHARDS — CHAPTER XLVII. — ON THE APPLE AND PEAR AS ORCHARD FRUITS. — CHAPTER XLVIII. — ON THE PRODUCTION AND CHOICE OF FRUIT TREES. — CHAPTER XLIX. — ON FRUIT-GATHERING, ETC. — CHAPTER L. — ON CIDER-MAKING AND ITS MANAGEMENT. — CHAPTER LI. — ON THE USES AND ECONOMY OF CIDER AND PERRY.
10. 10.POSTSCRIPT.
11. 11.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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