CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



AGRICULTURE CONSIDERED AS TO ITS ORIGIN, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT STATE, 

 AMONG DIFFERENT NATIONS, GOVERNMENTS, AND CLIMATES. 



BOOK I. 



HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE AMONG ANCIENT 

 AND MODERN NATIONS. 



Chap. I. Page 



Of the History of Agriculture in the Ages of 

 Antiquity ; or from the Deluge to the Esta- 

 blishment of the Roman Empire in the cen- 

 tury preceding the vulgar jera - - 4 

 I. Of the Agriculture of Egypt - - 5 

 IL Of the Agriculture of the Greeks - 7 

 III. Of the Agriculture of the Jews, and other 



Nations of Antiquity - - - 9 



Chap. II. 

 History of Agriculture among the Romans, or 

 from the Second Century B. C. to the Fifth 

 Century of our sera - - -12 



I. Of the Roman Agricultural Writers - ib. 



II. Of the Proprietorship, Occupancy, and 



General Management of Landed Pro- 

 perty among the Romans - - 13 



III. Of the Surface, Soil, Climate, and other 



Agricultural Circumstances of Italy, 

 during the time of the Romans - - 16 



IV. Of the Culture and Farm Management of 



the Romans - - - - 17 



1. Of the Choice of a Farm, and of the Villa 



or Farmery - _ . ib. 



3. Of the Servants employed in Roman Agri- 



culture - - - . - 19 



3. Of the Beasts of Labor used by the 



Romans - - - - 21 



4. Of the Agricultural Implements of the 



Romans - - - . -23 



5. Of the Agricultural Operations of the 



Romans - . - - 25 



6. Of the Crops cultivated, and Animals 



reared by the Romans - - - 29 



7. Of the General Maxims of Farm Manage- 



ment among the Romans - . 30 



V. Of the Produce and Profit of Roman Agri- 



culture - - - - - 31 



VI. Of the Roman Agriculturists, in respect to 



general Science, and the Advancement 

 of the Art ... 32 



VII. Of the Extent to which Agriculture was 

 carried in the Roman Provinces, and of 



its Decline - - - - 33 



Chap. III. 

 History of Agriculture during the Middle Ages, 

 or from the Fifth to the Seventeenth Cen- 

 tury - - - - - ib. 



I, History of Agriculture in Italy during the 



Middle Ages - - - - 34 



I I. History of Agriculture in France from the 



Fifth to the Seventeenth Century - 2li 



HI. Of the Agriculture of Germany and other 

 Northern States from the Fifth to the 

 Seventeenth Century ... ib. 

 IV. History of Agriculture in Britain from the 



Fifth to the Seventeenth Century - 36 



1. History of Agriculture in Britain during 

 the Anglo-Saxon Dynasty, or from the 

 Fifth to the Elevcjith Century - ib. 



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2. Of the State of Agriculture in Britain 



after the Norman Conquest, or from the 

 Eleventh to the Thirteenth Century - 37 



3. History of Agriculture in Britain from 



the Thirteenth to the Seventeenth Cen- 

 tury - - - . - 40 



4. History of Agriculture from the Death 



of Henry VIII. in 1547, to the Revo- 

 lution in 1688 - - .41 

 V. History of Agriculture in ultra European 



Countries during the Middle Ages . 47 



Chap. IV. 

 Present State of Agriculture in Europe . 48 



I. Of the Present State of Agriculture in Italy ib. 



1. Of the Agriculture of Lombardy . ib. 



2. Of the Agriculture of Tuscany . 51 



3. Of the Agriculture of the Maremmes, or 



the District of Pestilential Air _ 55 



4. Farming in the Neapolitan Territory, or 



the Land of Ashes - . .57 



II. Of the Present State of Agriculture in 



Switzerland - - . - 59 



1. Of the Agriculture of the Swiss Cantons ib. 



2. Agriculture of the Duchy of Savoy - 62 



III. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



France - - - -65 



1. Progress of French Agriculture from the 



time of Louis XIV. to the present Time ib. 



2. Of the general Circumstances of France 



in respect to Agriculture - -66 



3. Of the common Farming of France - 67' 



4. Farming in the warmer Climates of France 70 



IV. Present State of Agriculture in Holland 



and the Netherlands - - - 72 



1. Present State of Agriculture in Holland ib. 



2. Present State of Agriculture in the Ne- 



therlands - - - - 73 



V. Present State of Agriculture in Germany 87 



1. General View of the Agricultural Circum- 



stances of Germany - - . ib. 



2. Agriculture of the Kingdom of Denmark, 



including Greenland and Iceland - 89 



3. Agriculture of the Kingdom of Prussia 90 



4. Agriculture of the Kingdom of Hanover 93 



5. Present State of the Agriculture of Saxony 95 



6. Present State of the Agriculture of the 



Kingdom of Bavaria - . .96 



' 7. Present State of the Agriculture of the 



Empire of Austria ... ib. 



VI. Of the present State of Agriculture in the 



Kingdom of Poland ... 100 



VII. Present State of the Agriculture of 

 Russia - - . .104 



VIII. Present State of the Agriculture of Swe- 

 den and Norway - . _ log 



IX. Present State of the Agriculture of Spain 



aiKl Portugal - - - - 113 



1. Present State of Agriculture in European 

 Turkey - - - - .120 



Chap. V. 

 Modern History and present State of Agricul- 



ture in the British Isles - . 122 



I. Political History of Agriculture in Britain 

 from the Revolution in 1668, to the pre- 

 sent Time - - - .123 



