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 work on Agriculture in the Earjlish Language: Gardener s Chronicle. 



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LOUDON'S 



ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF AGRICULTDEE, 



comprising the theory and practice of the 



VALUATION ■ TRANSFER. LAYING OUT, IMPROVEIENT, AND MANAGEMENT 



OF LANDED PROPERTY, AND OP THE CULTIVATION AND ECONOMY OP 



THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS OP AGRICULTURE. 



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 providrtlieir Tenants with a complete work on the Theory and Practice of Agriculture The work 

 cSts of above 1400 closely-printed pages, minutely classifiel m all the divisions of Laying Out 

 Cumvation, Improvement, and Managemen°t of large and ^'^-^Farms, and every descnptiono^ Landed 

 Property ; illustrated with above Twelve Himdred Engravings on Wood^ A figm^ 

 reference to every paragraph ; and the whole number is upwards of Eight Thousand Five Himdied ihe 

 ¥awL of Contents aud Illnstratious occupy Sixteen Pages, printed, m double columns. The foUowing 

 sXuons indicate the general nature and variety of the subjects comprised in the work :- 

 Machines for Layinf? Land even 



History of Agriculture among An- 

 cient and Modern Nations 

 History of Agriculture during the 

 Middle Ages, or from the Fifth to 

 the Seventeenth Century 

 Present State of Agriculture m 

 Europe ^c. ^ c 



Modern History and present State oi 



Agriculture in the British Isles 

 Of the present State of Agriculture 



in Ultra-European Countries 

 Agriculture as influenced by Geogra- 

 phical, Physical, Civil, and Politi- 

 cal circumstances 

 Of the Study of the Vegetable King- 

 dom with a view to Agriculture 

 Of the Study of the Animal Kingdom 



v^ith reference to Agriculture 

 Animal Chemistry; or the Sub- 

 stances which enter into the Com- 

 position of the Bodies of Animals 

 Principles of Improving the Domes- 

 tic Animals used in Agriculture 

 Of the Study of the Mineral King- 

 dom and the Atmosphere, with 

 reference to Agriculture 

 Of Earths and Soils 

 Of the Uses of the Soil to Vegetables 

 Of the Improvement of Soils 

 Rotation of Crops Of Manures 

 Of the Agency of Heat, Light, Elec- 

 tricity, and Water in Vegetable 

 Culture [Vegetation 



Of the Agency of th" Atmosphere m 

 Of Agricultural Implements and Ma- 

 chines drawn by Beasts of Labour 

 Machines for Sowing and Planting 

 Harrows or Pronged Instruments 



for Scratching the Surface Soil 

 Boilers [the Crop 



Machines for reaping and gathering 



Machines for threshing and other- 

 wise preparing Corn for Market 

 Mechanical and other fixed Appara- 

 tus for the Preparation of Food for 

 Cattle, and for grinding Manure 

 Buildings for Live Stock 

 Buildings as Kepositories, and tor 



performing in-door Operations 

 The Farmer's Dwelling-house 

 Cottages for Farm Servants 

 Stack-yard, Dung-yard, and other 

 Enclosures immediately connected 

 with Farm Buildings „ ., , 



Union of the different Farm Build- 

 ings and Enclosures in a Farmery 

 Fences used in Agriculture . 

 Gates and Bridges appropriate to 



Agriculture 

 Of the Operations of Agriculture 

 Manual Labours and Operations 

 Agricultural Operations requiring 



the Aid of Labouring Cattle 

 Of the Valuation, Purchase, and 



Transfer of Landed Property 

 Of the Laying Out, or general Ar- 

 rangement, of Landed Estates 

 Plantations and Woodlands 

 Orchards [of an Estate 



Of Improving the Culturahle Lands 

 Embanking and otherwise pro- 

 tecting Lands from the Over- 

 flowing or Encroachment of Rivers 

 ' or the Sea 



Irrigation, or the Improvement ot 

 Culturable Lands and Farmeries 

 by the means of Water 

 Irrigation of Arable Lands, and 



Subterraneous Irrigation 

 Artificial Means of Procuring Water 

 for the Use of Live Stock 



Improvement of Lands lying Waste, 



so as to fit them for Farm-Culture 

 Improvement of Lands already in a 



State of Culture 

 Management of Landed Property 

 Duties of Managers of Estates 

 Selection, Hiring, and Stocking of 



Farms 

 Considerations, respecting Himself, 



whioli a Farm er ought to keep in 



view in selecting and hiring a Farm 

 Choice of Stock for a Farm 

 General Management of a Farm 

 Culture of Farm Lands 

 Weeds or Plants injurious to those 



cultivated in Agriculture 

 The Economy of Live Stock and the 



Dairy 

 The Horse 



Varieties of the Horse 

 Diseases of the Horse 

 Veterinary Operations 

 Veterinary Pharmacopoeia 

 The Ass The Mue and Hinny 

 Neat or Horned Cattle The Ox 

 Breeding of Horned Cattle 

 The Dairy and its Management 

 The Sheep The Swine 



The Goat, Rabbit, Hare, Dormouse, 



Deer, and various other Animals 

 Animals of the Bird kind employed 



in Agriculture 

 Fish and Amphibious Animals sub- 

 jected to Cultivation 

 Insects and Worms which arc or may 



be subjected to Culture 

 Animals noxious to Agriculture 

 Of the present State of Agi-ioulture 



in the British Isles . 



Of the future Progress of Agriculture 

 in Britain 



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