CONTENTS. 



I. Operations for the Caro of Live Stock 



II. Labors witli Cattle on the Soil 



III. Labors and Operations with the Crop 



Page 



- 468 



- 470 



- 474 



Chap. III. 

 Scientific Operations, and Operations of Order 



and general Management - -4/7 



I. Scientific Operations required of the Agri- 

 culturist - - - - ,!?o 

 - 1. Of Measuring relatively to Agriculture 4/8 



Pago 



2. Of taking the Levels of Surfaces . 479 



3. Of the Division and Laying out of Lands 480 



4. Of estunating Weight, Power, and Quan- 



tities - - - - 482 



5. Of estimating the Value of Agricultural 



Labor and Materials . - . 483 



a Of the Professional Etiquette of Land 

 Surveyors, Appraisers, and Valuators, in 

 making up their Plans and Re|)orts - 487 

 II. Operations of Order and Management ^ 41)1 



PART III. 



AGRICULTURE AS PRACTISED IN BRITAIN. 



BOOK I. 



OF THE VALUATION, PUllCHASE, AND THANS- 

 FER OF LANDED PROPERTY. 



Chap. I. Page 



Of the different Kinds and Tenures of laiuled 

 Property in the British Isles - - 494 



I. Of the" Kinds of landed Property, and its 



different Tenures in England - - ib. 



II. Of the Kinds and Tenures of landed Pro- 



perty in Scotland . . - 495 



III. Of the Kinds and Tenures of landed Pro- 



perty in Ireland ^ - - - - 496 



Chap. II. 



Of the Valuation of landed Property - - ib. 



Chap. IIL 

 Of the Purchase or Transfer of landed Property .500 



BOOK II. 



OF THE LAYING OUT, OR GENERAL AR- 

 RANGEMENT OF LANDED ESTATES. 



Chap. I. 

 Of consolidating Detached Property - - 502 



Chap. II 

 Of appropriating Commonable Lands 



- 503 



I. Of the Origin and different Kinds of Com- 



monable Lands . - - ib. 



II. Of the general Principles of appropriating 



and dividing Commonable Lands - 505 



Chap. III. 

 Of the Choice of the Demesne or Site for the 

 Proprietor's Residence - . . 508 



Chap IV. 

 On the Formation of Roads 



I. Of the difterent Kinds of Roads 



II. Of the Line of Direction or laying out of 



Roads - - _ . 



III. Of the Form and Materials of Roads 



1. Of the Formation of Roads, and of their 



Wear or Injury - - - . 



2. Of M' Adam's Theory and Practice of 



Road-making . - . . 



3. Road-making as treated of and practised 



by various eminent Engineers and Sur- 

 veyors . . - - . 



IV. Ofi)aved Roads - - - - 



V. Of Railroads - - - . 



VI. Of the Preservation and Repair of Roads - 



Chap. V. 



Of the Formation of Canals - . - -550 



I. Utility of Navigable Canals - - ^ - ib. 



II. Of discovering the most eligible Rout for a 



Line of Canal - - , . 551 



III. Ot" the Powers granted to Canal Com- 



panies by Gbvernnient - - 553 



IV. Of the Execution of the Works 



Page 



- 554 



Chap. VI. 

 Of the Improvement of Estates by the Estab- 

 lishment of Mills, Manufactories, Vil- 

 lages, Markets, &c. 556 



Chap. VII. 



Of Mines, Quarries, Pits, and Metalliferous 



Bodies ,. . . - 560 



Chap. VIIL 



Of the Establishment of Fisheries - - 5(^i^ 



I. Of Marine Fisheries - - - ib. 



II. Of River, Lake, and other Inland Fisheries 565 



Chap. IX, 



Of Plantations and Woodlands - - 568 



I. Of the Soils and Situations which may be 



most profitably employed in Timber 

 Plantation - - - . mj 



II. Of the Trees suitable for ditterent Soils, 



Situations and Climates - - ib, 



III. Of terming Plantations - - 571 



IV. Of the Mixture of Trees in Plantations - 578 



V. Of the Culture of Plantations. - - 580 



1. Of the Culture of the Soil among Trees - ib. 



2. Of the Filling up of Blanks or Failures in 



Plantations - - . ib. 



3. Of Pruning and Heading Down Trees in 



Plantations - - . rm 



4. Of Thinning Young Plantations -584 



VI. Of the Improvement of Neglected Plan- 



tations - - - - 586 



VII. Of the Treatment of Injured and Dis- 

 eased Trees - - . - 587 



VIII. Of the Products of Trees and their Pre- 

 paration for Use or Sale. - - 589* 



IX. Of estimating the Value of Plantations 



and their Products, and of exposing them 



to Sale . - . - 595 



Chap. X. 



Of the Formation and Management of Orchards b^G 



I. Of the Soils and Situations most suitable for 



Orchards - - - - 597 



II. Of the Sorts of Trees and Manner of 



Planting - - - - ib. 



III. Of the Cultivation of Farm Orchards - 601 



IV. Of the Gathering ajid Keeping of Orchard 



Fruits - - . . 602 



V. Of the Manufacture of Cider - -603 



VI. Of the Machinery and Utensils necessary 



for Cider making . . - 606 



Chap. XL 



Of the laying out of Farm and other Culturable 

 Lands - - . - - 608 



I. Of the Extent or Size of Farm and Cottage 



Lands - - . . ^ Jb. 



II. Of laying out I'arms and Farmeries - Cil 



1. Of the Situation and Arrangement of t!:!e 



Farmery - . . . ib, 



2. Of laying out Cottages - . . 619 



3. Of laying out the Farm Lands . - 621 



