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STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE 



Part IV. 



Choice Experiments, and Observations on Building, Hus- 

 bandry, &c. Lond. 8to. 



172i3. Molesworth, Robert, Viscount, ambassador 

 of William III. to the Danish court; bom at 

 Dublin, 1756; died 1725. 



Considerations for Promoting Agriculture. Dublin. 



1724. Benson, William, A.M. of Oxford, a critic 

 of some fame: was born in London 1682; died 

 1754. 



Virgil's Husbandry ; with Notes Critical and Rustic. Lond. 



1726. Laivrence, John, M.A. author of The Cler- 

 gyman^s Recreation, a gardening work of use in its 

 time ; he died in Durham, 1732. {Encyc. of Gard. 

 p. 1102.) 



The Ne. , 



of Husbandry and Gardening in all the paru of them. Lond 

 fol. 



1729. Mackintosh, Roland. 



Essay on Ways and Means for Inclosing, Fallowing, Plant 

 ing, &c. Scotland, and that in sixteen years at farthest. din. 

 6to. 



1730. Richards, John. 



The Gentleman's StewMd and Tenant of Manors instructed. 

 Lond. 8vo. 



1730. Rye, George. 

 Observations on Agriciilture. Dub. 8vo. 



1731. TuU, Jethro, was born in Oxfordshire ; he 

 was a barrister, and made the tour of Europe ; after 

 which he settled on his paternal estate, which he 

 cultivated with so much attention as brought on a 

 disorder in his breast ; he then went abroad, and 

 on his return, fixed his residence on a farm in 

 Berkshire, where he renewed his experiments in 

 horse-hoeing husbandry ; he died in 1740. His son, 

 John TuU, was an officer in the army, but ruined 

 himself by projects, and died in the Fleet, in 1764. 

 {Gent. Mag.) 



1. Specimen of a Work on Horse-hoeing Husbandry. Lond. 

 4to. 



2. New Horse-hoeing Husbandry ; or an Essay on the Prin- 

 ciples of Tillage and Vegetation, wherein is shown a Method 

 of introducing a sort of Vineyard Culture into the Corn Fields 

 in order to increase their Product, and diminish the common 

 Expence by the use of Instruments,' described in Cuts, 1733. 

 fol. 



3. Supplement to the New Horse-hoeing, &c, Lond. 1739. 



1732. Ellis, William, a farmer at little Gaddesdon, 

 near Hempstead in Hertfordshire. 



1 Practical Farmer, or Hertfordshire Husbandman. Lond. 

 8vo 



2 Chiltem and Vale farming explained. Lond. 1733. 8vo. 



3 New Experiments in Husbandry. Lond. 1736. 2 vols. 

 8vo. 



4. The Timber Tree improved. Lond. 1738. 8vo. 



5. The Modem Husbandman ; or. Practice of Farming. 

 Lond. 1744. 8vo. 



6. The Country Housewife's Family Companion. Lond. 

 1750. 8vo. 



7. The Complete Planter and Cyderist. Lond. 1757. 8vo. 



8. Ellis's Husbandry abridged and methodized. Lond. 1772. 

 2 vols. 8vo. 



1737. Albin, Eleaxer. 



1. Natural History of English Song Birds, and other Foreign 

 ones as are esteemed for their singing, with the Cock, Hen, 

 and Egg of each Species. Lond. 8vo. 



2. The History of Esculent Fish. 1794. 4to. 

 1737. PhUlips, Robert. 



Dissertation concerning the present State of the High Boads 

 of England, especially those near London, wherein is proposed, 

 a New Method of repeiiring and maintaining them. Lond. 8vo. 

 1739. Trowel, Samuel. 



Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening. Lond. 8vo. 

 1744. Claridge, John. 



The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to know of the Change of 

 the Weather. Lond. 8vo. 



1756. White, Stephen, M.A., Rector of Holton, in 

 Suffolk. 



Collateral Bee-boxes, &c. Lond. 8vo. 



1757. Home, Francis, M. D., Professor of Mate- 

 ria Medica in the University of Edinburgh. 



The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation. Lond. 8vo. 

 1757. Lisle, Edward, Esq., late of Crux-Easton, 

 in Hampshire. 

 Observations on Husbandry. Lond. 2 vols. 8vo. 

 1759. StiUing fleet, Renjamin, grandson to the 

 bishop of that name, and an ingenious naturalist and 

 miscellaneous writer, was born about 1702, died 

 1771. 



1. Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Natural History, Hus- 

 bandry, and Physic. Translated from the Latin ; with notes. 

 Lond. 8vo. 



2. Calendar of Flora, Swedish and English, made in the 

 year 1755. Lond. 8vo. 1761. 



1759. Mills, John, F.R.S., author and translator 

 of several works, and among others of Gyllinborg's 

 Natural and Chemical Elements of Agriculture, an 

 ingenious work for its time and country. 



1. A Practical Treatise of Husbandry. Lond. 4to. 



2. A New and Complete System of Practical Husbandry. 

 Lond. 1763-5, 5 vols. 8vo. 



3. An Essay on the Management of Bees. Lond. 1766. 

 vo. 



4. An Essay on the Weather ; with Remarks on the Shep- 



herd of Banbury's Rules for Judging of its Changes, and Di- 

 - " ij; Hives and Buili" ' ' ' ' ' 



jightning. 

 5. A Treatise on.Cattle, &c. Lond. 1776. 8vo. 



ildings from the fatal 



1760. Hitt, Thomas, 'gardener to Lord Manners, 

 at Bloxholme in Lincolnshire, and author of a me-' 

 ritorious work on fruit trees. 



A Treatise of Husbandry ; or the Improvement of Dry and 

 Barren Lands. Lond. 8vo. 



1760. North, Richard, nursery gardener, near 

 Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth. UEncy. of 

 Gard. 1805.) u y y 



An Account of the different kinds of Grasses propagated in 

 England, for the Improvement of Com and Pasture Lands. 

 Lond. 8vo. 



1761. Rocque, Bartholomew, market gardener at 

 Walham Green, London. By advertisements and 

 other means, he brought the burnet into undeserved 

 repute. He sowed different sorts of grasses, and 

 when they had formed a turf, he sold them as spe- 

 cimens by the square inch. {Ency. of Gard. 1104.) 



1. A Practical Treatise on Cultivating Lucerne Grass. 

 Lond. 4to. 



2. Some Hints relative to Burnet and Timothy Grasses. 

 Lond. 1764. 8vo. 



1761. Wark, Dr. David, Minister of Haddington. 

 On the Use of Furze in Fencing the Banks of Rivers. (Phil. 

 Tram. xi. 514.) 



1761. Mordant, John. 



The Complete Steward ; or the Duty of a Steward to his 

 Lord. Lond. 2 vols. 8vo. 



1762. Dickson, Adam, A.M., minister of Dunse 

 in Scotland. Considered a good classical scholar, 

 and an excellent practical farmer. He died before 

 The Husbandry of the Ancients was prepared for 

 the press, which is the occasion of some defects in 

 that work. 



1. Treatise on Agriculture. Edin. 8vo. This is one of the 

 best works on tillage that ever has appeared. 



2. The Husbandry of the Ancients. Edin. 1778. 2 vols. 

 8vo. 



1764. Ladnar, of Kroy, in Yorkshire. 

 The Farmer's New Guide. Lond. 8vo. 



1764. Randall, J., some time master of the Acade- 

 my at Heath, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. 



1. The .Semi- Virgilian Husbandry, deduced from various 

 experiments. Lond. 8vo. 



2. Construction and extensive Use of a new invented Seed 

 Furrow Plough, suited to all Soils ; of a Draining Plough, and 

 of a Potatoe Drill Machine ; with the Theory of a Common 

 Plough : illustrated with 7 plates. Lond. 1764. 4to. 



1765. Fordyce, George, M,D., F.R.S., a distin- 

 guished physician, and teacher of medicine in 

 London, was born at Aberdeen, 1736 ; died 1802. 



Elements of Agriculture and Vegetation. Edin. 8vo. 



1766. Morgan, John, M.D., F.R.S. ; died at Phila- 

 delphia, 1789. 



Essay on the Expressing of Oil from Sun Flower Seed, &c. 

 (Trails. Amer. Sue. i. 305.) 



1766. Homer, Henry, an excellent classical scholar, 

 was born in Warwickshire, 1752 ; died 1791. 



1. An Essay on the Nature and Method of ascertaining the 

 specific Shares of Proprietors upon the Inclosure of Common 

 Fields. Lond. 8vo. 



2. An Inquiry into the Means of Preserving and Improving 

 the Public Roads of this liingdom. Oxf. 1767. 8vo. 



1767. Young, Arthur, F.R.S., an eminent agri- 

 culturist, Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, 

 was the son of Arthur Young, a prebend of Canter- 

 bury, and author of An Historical Dissertation 

 of Cori-uptions in Religion. He was born in 1741. 

 He served his apprentice.ship to a wine merchant ; 

 but on entering into the possession of his paternal 

 estate, near Bury St. Edmunds, he became a farmer; 

 and impoverished himself by experiments. After 

 this he set up as a teacher of others ; and in 1770, 

 published a volume called The Farmer's Calen- 

 dar ; which was followed by a periodical work, 

 entitled The Annals of Agriculture, in which he 

 had the honor of having his late Majesty for a corres- 

 pondent. Young also made excursions through the 

 British islands, and on the continent, to collect in- 

 formation on subjects of rural economy. At length 

 a Board of Agriculture was established, of which he 

 was appointed secretary, with a salary of six hundrd 

 a year. He became blind some years before his 

 death, which happened February 20, 1820. His 

 works are numerous, and his travels amusing. 

 (Annual Biograplty.) 



1. The Farmer's Letters to the People of England, &c. 

 Lond. 8vo. 



2. The Farmer's Letters to the Landlords of Great Britain. 

 Lond. 1771. 8vo. 



3. A Six Weeks' Tour through the the Southern Counties of 

 England and Wales. Lond. 1768. 8vo. 



4. Treatise on the Management of Hogs. Lond. 1769. 

 8vo. 



5. A Six Months' Tour through the North of England. 

 Lond. 1770. 4 vols. 8vo. 



6. The Farmer's Guide in Hiring and Stocking Farms, &c. 

 Lond. 1770. 2 vols. 8vo. 



7. Rural Economy ; or Essays on the Practical Part of Hus- 

 bandry. Lond. 1770. 8vo. 



8. A Course of Experimental Agriculture. Lond. 1770. 

 2 vols. 4to. 



9. The Farmer's Tour through the East of England. Lond. 

 1770. 4 vols. 8vo. 



