Scotland > 1852, 1857 - Directory to noblemen and gentlemen's seats, villages etc. in Scotland > 1852

Books PuMslied Tjy 'William Blackwood and Sons.
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THE BOOK OF THE: FARSI Continued.
SFXIXNG.
SUMMARV OF THE FIELD-OPERATIONS AND OP
THE WEATHER IN SPRING.
ADVANTAGES OF HAVING FIBl.D-WORK ALWAYS
IN A STATE OF FORWARDNESS.
CALVING OF COWS.
WILKING OF COWS.
P.EARING OF CALVES.
SOWING OF SPRING WHEAT.
DRILLING UP OF LAND.
SOWING OF OATS — EEANS — PEASE — TARES.
ROLLING OP LAND.
TRANSPLANTING OF TURNIP-BULBS FOR PRO-
DUCING SEED.
LUCERNE.
SAINFOIN.
LAMBING OF EWES.
CROSSPLOCGHINO LAND.
RIBBING LAND FOR THE SEED-FURROW,
SOWING OF GRASS-SEEDS.
SOWING OF BARLEY.
TURNING OF DUNGHILLS.
PLANTING OF POTATOES.
PARING AND ELR.NING THE SURFACE.
FARROWING OF SOWS.
HATCHING OF FOWLS.
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SUMMARY OF THE FIELD-OPERATIONS AND OF
THE WE.ATHER I.V SUM.MER.
ON THE HAY GIVEN TO FARW-HORSES.
SOWI.NG AND SUJI.MER TREAT.1IKNT OP FLAX
— HE.MP — HOPS — TURNIPS — KOHL-RABI — THE
CAIIBAGE — ilI.4NG0LD-WlIRZEL — THE CAR-
ROTS — PARS.NIP.S — RAPE — BUCKWHEAT —
SUNFLOWER — MADIA — AND MAIZE.
THE RATIONALE OF THE GERMINATION OF
SEEDS.
ON SOWING BROADCAST, DRILLED, AND DIBBLED
—THICK AND THIN — ^AND AT DIFFERENT
DEPTHS.
REPAIRING THE FENCES OP PASTURE-FIELDS.
DISPOSAL OF THE FAT SHEEP — AND FAT CATTLE.
MARES FOALING.
PASTURING OF SHEEP AND CATTLE IN SUMMER.
TREATMENT OF BULLS IN SUMMER.
WEANING OF CALVES.
PASTURING OF FAR.II-HORSES IN SUMMER.
SOILING OF STOCK ON F0R.4GE PLANTS.
WASHING AND SHEARI.NG OF SHEEP.
ROLLING OF FLEECES, AND ON THE QUALITY OP
WOOL.
SUMIVIER CULTURE OF BEANS AND PEASE.
WEANING OF LAMBS.
DRAFTING OF EWES AND GIMMERS.
MARKING OF SHEEP.
HAV-MAKI.VG.
SUMMER CULTURE OP WHEAT — BARLEY — OATS
— RYE AND POTATOES.
SUMMER FALLOW.
REAPING OF TURNIP-SEED.
MAKING BUTTER AND CUEESB.
AUTUBSW.
SUMMARY OP THE FIELD-OPERATIONS AND OP
THE WEATHER IN AUTUMN.
SOWI.NG OF THE STONE TURNIP, AND ON THE
SOWING OF TURNIP FOR SEED.
SOWING OF WINTER TARES— RAPE — CRIMSON
CLOVER^BOKHARA CLOVER — RED CLOVER
FOR SEED — AND ITALIA.N RYE-GRASS.
FICKING .AND DRYING OF HOPS.
SOWING OF WINTER BEANS.
PULLING, STEEPING, AND DRYI.NQ OF FLAX AND
HE.MP.
REAPI.NG WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, RYE, BEANS,
PEASE AND TARES WHEN GROWN FOR
SEED.
CARRYING AND STACKING OP WHEAT, BARLEY,
OATS, BEANS, AND PEASE.
REAPING BUCKWHEAT, SUNFLOWER, AND MAIZE.
THE COMMON JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE.
BIRDS DESTRUCTIVE TO THE GRAIN-CROPS.
PUTTING THE TUPS TO THE EWES.
BATHING AND SMEARING OF SHEEP.
LIFTING POTATOES.
STORING POTATOES.
SOWING WHEAT, BARLEY, A.ND PEASE
AUTUMN.
SOWING SEVERAL VARIETIES OP GRAIN
G ETHER.
PLANTING POTATOES IN AUTUMN.
THE EFFECTS OF SPECIAL MANURES.
ROTATION OF CROPS.
FERTILITY OF SOILS.
DISPOSAL OF THE FAT PIGS.
MANAGEMENT OF FOWLS.
ANIMALS DESTRUCTIVE TO POULTRY.
EEALISATION.
DIFFERENCES IN THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OP
FARMS.
CLUIATE AND ITS EFFECTS.
THE JUDGING OF LAND.
ESTIMATING THE KENT OF A FARM.
THE MODE OF OFFERING FOR A FARM.
NEGOTIATING THE COVENANTS OF THE LEASE.
ENTERI.NG TO A FARM.
THE STOCKING OF A FARM.
CHOOSING THE SITE, ON BUILDING, AND ON
THE EXPENSES OF ERECTING THE STEAD-
I.VG.
THE FAR.M-HOUSE.
COTTAGES FOR F.AR.M-SERVANTS.
INSURANCE AGAINST FIRE AND DISEASE.
THE PRINCIPLES OF E.NCLOSURE, AND ON SHEL-
TER.
THE PLANTING AND REARING OF THORN-
HEDGES.
THE BUILDING OP STONE-FENCES.
WIRE-FENCES.
EMBANKING AGAINST RIVULETS.
CONSTRUCTION OF FIELD-GATES.
DRAINI.VG OF LAND.
IMPROVING WASTE LAND.
TRENCH AND SUBSOIL PLOUSHING.
LIMING OF LAND.
FOR.MING WATER-MEADOWS.
IRRIGATION.
TREATMENT OF DRAUGHT-STALLIONS.
BREAKING-IN OF VOU.NG DRAUGHT-HORSES.
BREAKING-IN Y^OUNG SADDLE-HORSES.
TRAINING AND WORKING THE SHEPHERD'S DOO,
SLAUGHTERING OXEN, SHEEP, AND PICS.-