CONTENTS.

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CHAP. VII.

ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ARABLE LAND IN SCOTLAND , 341

Preliminary observations, ... ib.

Pa jit l. Of tillage in general, and the operations connected with that

fundamental branch of agriculture,

Sect. 1. Of ploughing,

--2. Of harrowing,

-S. Of rolling, - -

-4. Of scarifying,

—— 5. Of sowing broadcast,

-— 6. Of drilling,

—-7. Of putting in crops without ploughing,

-8. Of changing seed, - * ^

—i— 9. Of horse-hoeing,

-10. Of hand-hoejng,

-11. Of weeding, -

-12. Of reaping and harvesting,

-13. Of stacking,

-14. Of threshing,

-IS. Of dressing grain,

-16. Of gleaning,

-17. Of stubbles, - .

2. Of fallowing, - - - -

Sect. 1. Advantages of fallow,

—— 2. Disadvantages of fallow,

-3. Result of the discussion,

3. Course of crops, - - r

Introductory remarks,

Sect. 1. Rotations on clay soils,

-2. Rotation on loams,

—— 3. Rotations on light land,

-4. Rotation on sandy soils,

-S. Rotation on peat,

—6. Rotations according to elevation and climate,

1. Of elevated pastures,

2. Of the edges of the moors,

3. Of water sides,

— — 7. Of rotations according to the state of culture,—— 8. Miscellaneous circumstances

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