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DISEASE IN SHEEP. 

 OBSERVATIONS on tbc DISEASE which has lately been 

 so destnictive to 8HEEI*, called BANE or COATH ; particHlanzing 

 the Causes, and niinutely describin}; tiie Modes of efiecting ita Cnre; and 

 pointing out tliose means wliich oiight to be adopted to prevent its recur- 

 reuce. By John Davf.y, Bart. Being au Essay read at the last 

 Anuual Meetingof tiie Bath aud West of England Society, and ordered 

 to be printed. In 8vo. Price 2s. 6d. 



DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 

 The COMPLETE HISTORY of DAIRY HUS- 



BANDRY ; aud particuiarly with reference to tlie Systeni pursued for 

 uiany years at the celebrated Establishnient at Willow Bank, near 

 Glasgow ; including improved Modes for Ventilatiug Stables, Reclaiming 

 VVaste Lands, Managenient of Hedge Row Fenccs, and other Information 

 higlily important to the Farmer and Rural Economist. By WiLLiAM 

 Harley. One vol. 8vo. Copper-plates. Price 21s. bouud in Cloth. 



Second Edition. Price 3s. 6d. 

 IMPROVED SHORT HORNS, and their Pretensions 

 stated ; being au Account of tliis celebrated Breed of Cattle, derived 

 from Authentic Sources; to whicli is added, au luquiry as to their 

 Value for General Purposes, placed in competition witli the Improved 

 Herefords. Dedicated to SiR Charles Morgan, Bart. M.P. By the 

 Rev. Henry Berry. 



RURAL IMPROVER; a Praclical Treatise on the 

 Management of such Rural Scenes and Oi)jects as are uecessary to pro- 

 mote thc Comfort, Convenience, and Embellishment of the Residences 

 of the higher Ranks of Society. With Plates. By William Pontey, 

 Ornaiuental Gardener and Nurseryman. One vol. 4to. Price £2. 2s. 



TheFOREST-PRUNER; or, Timber-Owner's Assis- 

 tant: a Treatise on tlie Training and Management of British Timber 

 Trees; vvhetlier inteuded for Use, Ornament, or Shelter; including au 

 Explauation of tlie Causes of their General Diseases and Defects, with 

 the Meaus of Preventiou, and Remedies, wheie practicable. Also, an 

 Examinatiou of tiie Properties of English Fir Timber; with Remarks on 

 the Old, and Outlines of a New System, for the Management of Oak 

 Woods. Witli Explanatory Platcs. By William Pontey. 



" The mischief and damage arising to plantations in general, from a 

 bad svstem of Pruning, or ueglect, induced the late public-spirited Duke 

 of Bedford to direct a series of Experiments to be made, at his expense, 

 hy W. Pontey, of Huddersfield, on his extensive plantations in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Woburn. Mr. Pontey has shewn great industry aud judgment 

 in his selection of specimens, and in the clear detail relative to Pruuiug 

 Forest Trees, whicli he lias communicated in a publication, intitled the 

 Forest-Pruncr, presented by him to the Society. 



" This system has been pursued by Mr. Salmon, Ageut to the present 

 Duke of Bedford, under his Grace's auspices, aud confirmed by his Cer- 

 tificate, as noticed in the present Vohime. We are happy to add, it is 

 continuing with spirit nnder his Grace's particnlar protection aud atten- 

 Xiox\."—Extractfroin 'fransactions of the Societij of Arts, Vol. 24, page 8. 



The PROFITABLE PLANTER ; a Practical Treatisc 

 on Planting Forest Trees, in every description of Soil and Situation. By 

 W. Pontey. One vol. 8vo. Plates. Price IOa'. 6d. boards. Fourth Edition. 

 " Pontey, one of the most extensive and successful Planters now liying, 

 and also a Laudscape Gardener of uo small distinction."— Vide Sir H. 

 Stuart, Bart. on Planting, p. 62. 



