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STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE. 



Part IV, 



he publighed ; another on Agriculture, which he did 

 not live to complete ; and a Jiural Institute, in which 

 he was supplanted by the Board of Agriculture. 



1. Minutes of ARriculture, made on a Farm of 300 acres, of 

 rarious soils, near Croydon, Surrey. Lond. -ito. 



2. Experiments and Observations concerning Agriculture 

 and the Weather. Lond. 1779. 4to. 



3. The ;Rural Economy of Norfolk. Lond. 1788. 2 voU. 

 Svo. 



4. The Rural Economy of Yorkshire. Lond. 1788. 2 vols. 

 Sto. 



5. The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire. GIouc. 1789. 

 2 vols- 8vo. 



6. Rural Economy of the Midland Counties. Lond. 1790. 

 2 vols. Svo. 



7. Rural Economy of the West of England. Lond. 1796. 

 H, vols. 8ro. 



8. The Rural Economy of the Southern Counties of Eng- 

 land. Lond. 1798. 2 vols. 8vo. 



9. Proposals for a Rural Institute, or College of Agriculture, 

 and other Branches of Rural Economy. Lond. 1799. Svo. 



10. On the Appropriation and Enclosure of Commonable 

 and Intermixed Lands. Lond. 1801. Svo. 



11. An Elementary and Practical Treatise on the Landed 

 Property of England, containing the Purchase and Improve- 

 ment of Landed Estates. Lond. 1804. 4to. 



12. Treatise on the Management of Landed Estates. A 

 <jeneral Work for the Use of Professional Men, being an 

 Abridgment of the former. Lond. 1808. Svo. 



13. A Review and Complete Abstract of the Reports of the 

 Board of Agriculture from the several Departments of Eng- 

 land. Lond. 1817. 5 vols. Svo. 



14. Of the Black Canker Caterpillar which destroys the 

 Turnips in Norfolk. (PAi/. Tra/w. yl6r. xv. 386.) 1783. . 



1779. Girton, Daniel, of the county of Bucks. 



The Complete llgeon Fancier ; or a New Treatise on Do- 

 mestic Pigeons ; containing the most valuable Information 

 concerning the Nature, Properties, and Management of all 

 tiieir rarious Species. Lond. l2mo. Plates. 



1780. Truster, Rev. John, LL.D., author of a 

 great variety of petty works on education, morals, 

 manners, and domestic economy. He was also a 

 farmer for some time. He published his works on 

 his own account, and by prudent conduct, lending his 

 money at annuity interest, speculating on the leasesof 

 houses, &c., contrived to realize a considerable pro- 

 perty, and for many years before his death to keep 

 his carriage and live in a very gentlemanhke style 

 at Bath. 



1. Practical Husbandry, or the Art of Farming with a 

 Certainty of Gain. Lond. Svo. 



2. On the Importance of a Farmer's Life, 1793. Svo. 

 1780. Boswell, George, a cultivator of his own 



estate in Gloucestershire. 



Treatise on Watering Meadows; wherein are shown the 

 many Advantages arising from that mode of Practice, parti- 

 cularly on coarse, boggy, or barren Lands. Lond. 8vo. 



1783. Raiey, William. 



A Treatise on the Management of Potatoes. Lond. Svo. 



1784. Small, James, a plough-wright and small 

 farmer in Roxburghshire ; but afterwards settled at 

 Edinburgh as an agricultural machinist. 



Treatise on Ploughs and Wheel Carriages. Edin. Svo. 

 1784. Turner, Nicholas. 



An Essay on Draining and improving Peat Bogs. Lond. 

 Svo. 



1784. Cooke, James, a clergyman of Norfolk, in. 

 ventor of a new drill machine, for a long time 

 deservedly popular, and still preferred to most 

 others for drilling the cereal grasses, and hoeing 

 between the rows. 



Drill Husbandry Perfected. 12mo. 



1785. Stone, Thomas, lately a surveyor and land- 

 agent to the Duke of Bedford, died at Paris 1815. 



1. An Essay on Agriculture, with a View to inform Gen- 

 tlemen of landed Property whether their Estates are ma- 

 naged to the greatest Advantage. Lond. Svo. 



2. General View of the Agriculture of the County of 

 Huntingdon. Lond. 1793. 4to. 



3. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Bed- 

 ford. Lond. 1794. 4to. . ^ ^ 



4. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Lin- 

 coln. Lond. 1794. 4to. 



5. A Review of the corrected Agricultural Survey of Lin- 

 colnshire, by Arthur Young, Esq. Lond. 1800. Svo. 



6. A Letter on the Drainage of the East, West, and Wild 

 Moor Fens. Lond. 1800. Svo. 



7. Letter on the intended Drainings and Inclosures of the 

 Moor Fens in the County of Lincoln. 1801. 



1786. Horne, or Horn, John. 



The Description and Use of a New-invented Patent Uni- 

 versal Sowing Machine, for Broadcasting or Drilling every 

 kind of Grain, Pulse, and Seed. Lond. 8vo. 



1786. Young, David, of Perth. 



Natural Improvements in Agriculture, in Twenty-seven 

 Essays. Edin. Svo. 



1786. Culley, George, born at Denton, in the 

 county of Durham. In 1762 he went to Dishley 

 and remained some time a pupil with Bakewell : he 

 then returned and took the farm of Fenton, in 

 Northumberland, in 1767, and died in that county, 

 at Fowberry tower, in 1813, aged 79. 



1. Observations on Live Stock ; containing Hints for chusing 

 and" improving the best Breeds of the most useful kinds of 

 Domestic Animals. Lond. Svo. o , . , , j 



2 General View of the Agnculture of Northumberland. 

 (SeeBaUey,J. A. D. 1797.) 



1787. Ley, Charles, land surveyor. 



The Nobleman, Gentleman, I^and Steward, and Surveyor's 

 Complete Guide; in which is described every Circumstance 

 relative to the proper Management of Estates; comprehend- 

 ing the Duty and Office of a Land Steward in all its Parts ; 

 with some useful Hints to Surveyors : also the Current Prices 

 of Estates throughout the Kingdom, by which any Gentle- 

 rnan or Steward may ascertain the exact Value of any 

 Estate whether in Fee, Copy, or Leasehold. Lond. Svo. 



1787. Winter, George, a practical agriculturist. 



A new and compendious System of Husbandry ; containing 

 the mechanical, chemical, and philosophical Elements of 

 Agriculture. Brist. Svo. 



1789. Falconer, William, M.D, F.R.S. physician 

 to the General Hospital, Bath, author of several 

 agreeable and interesting works on natural philo- 

 sophy, in which he has distinguished himself by 

 generalizing the subjects treated of. 



An Essay on the Preservation of the Health of Persons 

 employed in Agriculture ; and on the Cure of Diseases inci- 

 dent to that way of Life. Lond. Svo. 

 1789. Adam, James, Esq. 



Practical Essays on Agriculture. Lond. 2 vols. Svo. 



1789. Bertezen, S. 



Thoughts on the different kinds of Food given to young 

 Silk Worms, and the Possibility of their being brought to 

 Perfection in the Climate of England, founded on Experi- 

 ments made near the Metropolis. l>ond. Svo. 



1789. Wright, Rev. Thomas, Rector of Auld, in 

 Northamptonshire. 



1. Account of the Advantages and Method of Watering 

 Meadows by Art, as practised in the County of Gloucester. 

 Lond. Svo. 



2. The Art of Floating Land, as it is practised in the 

 County of Gloucester, shown to be preferable to any other 

 Method in use in this (Country; with minute and plain 

 Directions, and Three descriptive Plates. Lond. 1799. Svo. 



3. On the Formation and Management of Floated Mea- 

 dows ; with Corrections of Errors found in the Treatises of 

 Messrs. Davis, Marshall, Boswell, Young, and Smith, on 

 the Subject of Floating. 1810. Svo. 



1790. Naismith, John, an ingenious cultivator in 

 Clydesdale. 



1. Thoughts on various Objects of Industry pursued in 

 Scotland. Edin. Svo. 



2. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Clydes- 

 dale. 4to. 1794. 



3. Observations on the different Breeds of Sheep, and the 

 state of Sheep Farming in the Southern Districts of Scot- 

 land. Edin. 1795. 4to. 



4. Elements of Agriculture ; being an Essay towards esta- 

 blishing the Cultivation of the Soil, and promoting Vegetation 

 on steady Principles. Lond. 1807- Svo. 



1790. Curtis, Willia?n, an eminent botanist, born 

 in Hampshire, 1746, died 1799 ; author of various 

 works on practical botany and the culture of plants. 



Practical Observations on the British Grasses best adapted to 

 the laying down or improving of Meadows and Pastures. 

 Lond. Svo. 



1790. Swayne, G. A.M. Vicar of Pucklechurch, 

 Gloucestershire. 



Gramina Pascua ; or, a Collection of the Specimens of 

 the Common Pasture Grasses. Lond. fol. 8 pages, and 6 

 plates. 



1790. Sinclair, Right Hon. Sir John, Bart. LL.D. 

 M.P. Founder of the Board of Agriculture, author 

 of J'he Code of Health and Longevity, and various 

 other ponderous compilations. 



1. Report on the Subject of Shetland VVool. Lond. Svo. 



2. Address to the Society for the Improvement of British 

 Wool, constituted at Edinburgh, 1791. Lond. Svo. 



3. Account of the Origin of the Board of Agriculture, and 

 its Progress for Three Years after its Establishment. Lond. 

 1796. 4to. 



4. Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Blight, the 

 Rust, and the Mildew. 1809. Svo. 



5. An Account of the Systems of Husbandry adopted in 

 the more improved Districts of Scotland ; with some Observa- 

 tions on the Improvements of which they are susceptible. 

 Edin. 1812. Svo., with numerous plates. 



6. The Agriculture of the Netherlands. 1816. Svo. 



7. The Code of Agriculture. Svo. 1820. 

 1792. May, Thomas. 



Minutes of Agriculture, and the Description of Machines 

 and Implements of Husbandry, in reply to Cooke's Anno- 

 tations. Lond. Svo. 



1792. Clarke, Charles. 



Treatise on the Earth called Gypsum. Lond. Svo. 



1793. Claridge, John, ^of London, an eminent 

 land valuer and agent. 



General View of the Agriculture of the County of Dorset. 

 Lond. 4to. 

 1793. Elstobb, W. 



Historical Account of the great Level of the Fens, called 

 Bedford Level, and other Fens, Marshes, and low Lands in 

 this Kingdom, and other Places. Lynn, Svo. 



1793. Fullarton, Colonel. 



General View of the Agriculture of the County of Ayr ; 

 with Observations on the Means of its Improvement. Edin. 



1793. Lcbrocq, Philip, M. A. and curate of 

 Ealing. 



The Outlines of a Plan for improving the Tract of Land 

 called the New Forest. Lond. Svo. 



1793. Eraser, Robert, Esq. 



1. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Devon. 



2. General View of the Agriculture and Mineralogy, pre- 

 sent State and Circumstances, of the .County of Wicklow. 

 Dub. 1801. Svo. ^ . 



3. Gleanings in Ireland ; particularly respecting its Agri- 

 culture, Mines, and Fisheries. Lond. 1802. 8vo. 



