2i8 AGRICULTURAL WRULERS. 



1789. — Wright, Rev. Thomas, Rector of Ould, in Xorthamptor.shire. 



Account of the Advantages and Method of Watering Meadows by Art, as practised 



in the County . f Gloucester. London. Svo. 

 The Art of Floating Land, as it is practised in the County uf Gloucester, shown to 



be preferable to any other Method in use in this Country; with minute and 



plain Directions, and Three descriptive Plates. London, 1799. Svo. 

 On the Formation and Management of Floated Meadows ; with Corrections of 



Errors found in the Treatises of Messrs. Davis, Marshall, Boswell, Young, 



and Smith, on the subject of Floating. 1808. Svo. 



1790. — X.\ISMITH, JoHX, an ingenious cultivator in Clydesdale. 



Thoughts on various Objects of Industry pursued in Scotland. Edinburgh. Svo. 

 General View of the Agriculture of the County of Clydesdale. 4to. 1794. 

 Observations on the different Breeds of Sheep, and the State of Sheep Farming in 



Southern Districts of Scotland. Edinburgh. 1/95- 4to. 

 Elements of Agriculture ; being an Essay towards establishing the Cultivation of 



the Soil, and promoting V'egetation on steady Principles. London, 



1S07. Svo. 



Curtis, Willi.\m, an eminent botanist, born in Hampshire, 1746, died 1798 : author o^ 



various works on practical botany and th- culture of plants. 

 Practical Observations on the British Grasses best adapted to the laying down or 

 improving of Meadows or Pastures. Lo don. Svo. Other editions, 

 1798, 1S05, 18 1 2, and 1834. 



Ssv.WNE, G., A.M., \'icar of Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire. 



Gramina Pascua ; or, a Collection of the Specimens of the Common Pasture 

 Grasses. London. Folio. 8 pages and 6 plates. 



SiNCL.\iR, Right Hon. Sir John, Bart., LL.D., M.P., Founder and President of the 



Board of Agriculture, author of " The Code of Health and Longevity," 

 and various other compilations. Born at Thurso in 1754; died 1835. 

 In 1791, the idea occurred of the statistical account of Scotland, which 

 was done by the clergyman of each parish, and was finished in seven 

 years. This cost much labour and perseverance ; but it amply repaid 

 every exertion by the vast mass of information it conveyed on general 

 statistics. In 1793 the plan was circulated for establishing a Board of 

 Agriculture, and, after some little opposition, a yearly grant of ;^3,ooo was 

 obtained, and a charter from the Crown, and also the privilege of franking, 

 in order to save the enormous expense of postage in the necessary com- 

 munications. The extensive and very useful labours of this Board are well 

 known ; each county in the kingdom was surveyed by competent persons, 

 and a large and interesting correspondence was established. The com- 

 munications were collected and published in volumes, which added very 

 much to the utility of the establishment. Sir John Sinclair strongly 

 advocated a bill of general enclosure, and partly succeeded ; he wrote much 

 on finance, taxation and revenue. He corresponded with many eminent 

 men over the world, and was conbulted by foreign governments on agri- 

 cultural subjects, to whom he ever recommended experimental farms. 



Report on the Subject of Shetland Wool. London. Svo. 



Address to the Society for the Improvement of British W^ool, constituted at Edin- 

 burgh, 1791. London. Svo. 



Account of the Origin of the Board of Agriculture and its Progress for Three Years 

 after its Establishment. London, 1796. 410. 



Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Blight, the Rust, and the Mildew. 

 1809. Svo. 



An Account of the Systems of Husbandry adopted in the more improved Districts 

 of Scotland; with some observations on the Improvements of which they 

 are susceptible. Edinburgh, 1809, 1S12, and 1813. Svo. With numerous 

 plates. 



The Agriculture of the Netherlands. 1816. Svo. 



The Code of Agriculture. Svo. 1820. 



