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ОглавлениеGRAIN AND CHAFF FROM AN ENGLISH MANOR
ALDINGTON VILLAGE—THE MANOR HOUSE—THE FARM.
THE HOP FOREMAN AND THE HOP DRIER.
THE HEAD CARTER—THE CARPENTER.
AN OLD FASHIONED SHEPHERD—OLD TRICKER—A GARDENER—MY SECOND HEAD. CARTER—A LABOURER.
CHARACTERISTICS OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS AND VILLAGERS.
MACHINERY—VILLAGE POLITICS—ASPARAGUS.
MY THREE VICARS—CHURCH RESTORATION—CHURCHWARDEN EXPERIENCES—. CLERICAL AND OTHER STORIES.
THE SCHOOL BOARD—RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION—SCHOOL INSPECTIONS—DEAN. FARRAR—COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
VILLAGE INSTITUTIONS: CRICKET—FOOTBALL—FLOWERSHOW—BAND—POSTMAN—. CONCERTS.
DEALERS—LUCK MONEY—FAIRS—SALES—EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON CATTLE AND. SHEEP—AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.
THE DAIRY—CATTLE—SHEEP—LAMBS—PIGS—POULTRY.
TREES: ELM—OAK—BEECH—WILLOW—SCOTS-FIR.
CORN—WHEAT—RIDGE AND FURROW—BARLEY—FARMERS NEWSTYLE AND OLDSTYLE.
HOPS—INSECT ATTACKS—HOP FAIRS.
METEOROLOGY—ETON AND HARROW AT LORD'S—"RUS IN URBE."
CHANGING COURSE OF STREAMS—DEWPONDS—A WET HARVEST—WEATHER. PHENOMENA—WILL-O'-THE-WISP—VARIOUS.
BIRDS: PEACOCKS—A WHITE PHEASANT—ROOKS' ARITHMETIC.
DIALECT—LOCAL PHRASEOLOGY IN SHAKESPEARE—NAMES—STUPID PLACES.
