AN 



ENCYCLOPAEDIA 



OF 



AGRICULTURE; 



COMPRISING THE 



THEORY AND PRACTICE 



OF THE VALUATION, TRANSFER, LAYING OUT, IMPROVEMENT, AND 

 MANAGEMENT OF 



LANDED PROPERTY; 



AND THE CULTIVATION AND ECONOMY OF 



THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS 



OF AGRICULTURE, 



INCLUDING 



an tfie latent Jmptotiemcnt^ ; 



A GENERAL HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE IN ALL COUNTRIES; 



AND A STATISTICAL VIEW OF ITS PRESENT STATE. 



WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR ITS FUTURE PROGRESS IN THE 

 BRITISH ISLES. 



By J. C. LOUDON, F.L.S., H.S., &c. 



AUTHOR OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH 



UPWARDS OF EIGHT HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD BY BRANSTON. 



, LONDON 



PRINTED FOR 



LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, 



PATERNOSTER-ROW ; 



AND SOLD BY CAREY AND LEA, PHILADELPHIA. 



1826. 



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