456 



Abstract Report of Agricultural DUciissiom. 



farms — of every 1000 lioldiugs in ten English counties, there were 

 only 220 over 100 acres each. I take, therefore, only 20 per cent, 

 of the whole number in the Census returns to be available as pur- 

 chasers of agricultural boolis. To 30,000 landowners, therefore, 

 add 50,000 farmers, and some 10,000 farm-bailiffs and agricultural 

 students, and you have 90,000 altogether. If to this there be 

 added the corresponding numbers in Scotland and Ireland, we may 

 assume that the " jiublic " of an agricultui'al publisher in this country 

 nomibers at least 120,000 i)crsons. 



Now, what are the sales of agi'icultural books ? Messrs. Longman 

 have sold about 9000 copies of Loudon's ' Cyclopaedia of Agi-iculture,' 

 since 1825. Fullarton has sold 9500 copies of his ' Rural Cyclo- 

 pa3dia,' published 1848-52, in four vols., at 20s. each: and 5500 of his 

 ' Farmers' Cyclopaedia,' jjublished in 1853-5G, price 40&\ Blackie has 

 sold 8500 copies of the ' Agricultiu-al Cyclopaedia,' imblished in 1856, 

 in two vols., for 3/. IGs. Of Professor Low's excellent book on 

 ' Practical Agriculture,' the first edition of which was published in 

 Edinbm-gh, Longmans have since sold 5091 copies up to Jimc, 18G4. 



Of other books I add the following list : — 



Mesm-s. A. & C. Blacl: 

 Mr. Wilson's Bi-itisli Fanning 



Messn. Blachie tt Co. 



Webb's Farmers' Guide 



The Agriculturist's Calculator 



Professor Wilson's Farm Crops 



New Farmer's Almanac 



Messrs. Fullarton. 

 Fanner's Cash-book 



Messrs. Lonrjinan. 



Handbook of Dairy Husbandry 



, , Farm Labour 



Low's Domesticated Animals 



, , Landed Property 



, , Breeds of Domesticated Animals . . 

 The remainder of the Editions of Professor 



Low's work have been disposed of to Bohn. 



Messrs. Bidrju-aij. 

 Mr. C. W, Johnson on Fertilisers 



Eev. S. Smith's books on Lois-Wcedon Husbandry 



Squarey's Agricultural Chemistry 



Main's Farmer's Manual 



Morton on Soils 



Cottage Farmer's Assistant 



Johnson and Shaw's Farmer's Almanac during 

 >^ twenty-four years, 373,000 ; averaging 



