قراءة كتاب Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation
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SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
IN
FARM CULTIVATION.
BY
JAMES BUCKMAN, F.L.S., F.G.S.
LATE PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AND RURAL ECONOMY AT THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
LONDON:
ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192, PICCADILLY.
1865.
COX AND WYMAN,
ORIENTAL, CLASSICAL, AND GENERAL PRINTERS,
GREAT QUEEN STREET, LONDON, W.C.
TO
JOHN CHALMERS MORTON, ESQ.,
The talented Editor of the “Agricultural Gazette,”
MANY OF THE FACTS AND OPINIONS ALREADY DETAILED
IN WHICH INFLUENTIAL JOURNAL
ARE HERE BUT REPEATED,
THIS WORK
IS DEDICATED
AS A SMALL TOKEN OF ADMIRATION AND RESPECT,
BY HIS FAITHFUL FRIEND,
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
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| PART I. | ||
| HOW TO GROW GOOD ROOTS. | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | On the Origin of Root Crops | 1 |
| II. | On the Origin of Sorts of Roots | 9 |
| III. | On Trueness of Sorts in Roots | 13 |
| IV. | On Degenerate Roots | 18 |
| V. | Effects of Growing Seed from Degenerate Roots | 23 |
| VI. | On the Adulteration of Seed, more particularly of Turnips | 29 |
| VII. | On the Art and Mystery of Turnip-seed Adulteration | 37 |
| VIII. | General Conclusions | 49 |
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| PART II. | ||
| HOW TO GROW GOOD GRASSES. | ||
| IX. | On the Nature of Meadows and Pastures | 51 |
| X. | On the Species of Meadow Grasses | 56 |
| XI. | On Meadow Plants other than Grasses | 73 |
| XII. | On the Weeds of Pastures | 78 |
| XIII. | On the Irrigated Meadow | 87 |
| XIV. | On the Laying Down of Permanent Pastures | 92 |
| XV. | On the Management of Permanent Pastures | 98 |
| XVI. | On the Management of Lawns | 102 |
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| PART III. | ||
| HOW TO GROW GOOD CLOVERS. | ||
| XVII. | On the Nature and Properties of the Clover Family of Plants | 109 |
| XVIII. | On the Farm Species of Clovers | 113 |
| XIX. | On the Varieties of Red Clovers | 121 |
| XX. | On the Clover Allies | |