CONTEN rs 



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Agricultural Operation* requiring the Aid of 

 Labouring < attic 



I Operations for the Care of Li ve Stock 



II Laboun with Cattle on the Soil 



III. Labours and Operationi w. it ii the Crop, 

 performed with the Aid of Cattle 



Char III. 



Scicntifi • ()|>orati<>iis, and Operation! of Order 



ami general Management - - 533 I 



ft«e 



I. Scientific operations required of the Agri- 



Culturist - - - - 53S 



I. Measuring relatively to Agriculture - 5: 



8, Taking the Leveli oi Burlacea 



.;. Division and laying out of Lands 



4. Estimating Weight, Power, and Quanti- 



i K i 

 ."■ Estimating the Value of Agricultural La- 



bour and Materials, Rents and Tillage! - 

 8, Professional Routine of l-and Surveyors, 



Appraisers and Valuators, in making up 



their Plans and Report! 

 II. Operations of Order and Management 



535 

 536 



538 



539 



543 

 548 



PART III. 



AGRICULTURE AS PRACTISED IN BRITAIN. 



BOOK I. 



Of THE VALUATION, PURCHASE, AND TRANSFER OF 

 I LNDBD PRoPEHTV. 



Chap. I. 



The different Kind* and Tenures of Landed 



Pro pe rt y in the British Isles - - 551 



I. The Kinds of Landed Property, and its dif- 



ferent Tenures, in England - - 551 



II. The Kind! and Tenures of landed Pro- 



perty in Scotland • - - 552 



III. The Kinds and Tenures of Landed Pro- 



pel ty in Ireland - - - 552 



ClIAP. II. 



Valuation of Landed Property 



Chap. III. 

 Purchase or Transfer of Landed Property 



BOOK II. 



- 55 



557 



LAYING OUT, OR GENERAL ARRANGEMENT, 

 OF LANDED ESTATES. 



Chap. I. 

 Consolidated detached Property 



- 559 



Chap. II. 



Appropriating Commonable Lands - - 560 



I Origin and different Kinds of Commonable 



Lands - - - - 560 



II. General Principles of Appropriating and 



dividing Commonable Lands - - 562 



Chap. III. 

 Choice of the Demesne or Site for the Proprie- 

 tor's Residence - - 565 



Chap. IV. 



Formation and Management of Roads - - 567 



I. Different Kinds of Roads - - 568 



II I. me of Direction, or laying out of Roads . 570 



III. Form and Materials of iloaris - - 574 



1. Formation of Roads, and of their Wear 



or Injury - - - 574 



2. M' Adam's Theory and Practice of Road. 



making - - - - 576 



3. Road making, as treated of and practised 



by various eminent Engineers and Sur- 

 veyon .... 579 



I V. Paved Roads - - - 597 



V. Milestones, Guide-posts, and Toll gates - 602 



VI. Preservation ami Repair of Roads . 605 



VII. Railroads - - 61j 



Chap. V. 

 Formation of Canals - - .616 



I. Utility and Rise of Navigable Canals - 616 



II. Of discovering the most eligible Route for 



a Line of Canal - - 617 



III. Powers granted to Canal Companies by 



Government - ■ - 619 



IV. Execution of the Works - - 619 



(mvp VI. 

 Improvement of Estates bj the Establishment <<( 

 Mill*, Manufactories, Villages, Markets, fcc, ESS 



Chap. VII. 



Of Mines, Quarries, Pits, and Metalliferous 



Bodies - . - ti'^4 



Chap. VIII. 



Establishment of Fisheries - - 629 



I. Marine Fisheries - - - 6'J9 



II. River, Lake, and other Inland Fisheries - 630 



Chap. IX. 



Plantations and Woodlands 



I. Soils and Situations which may be most pro- 



fitably employed in Timber Plantations - 



II. Trees suitable tor different Soils, Situations, 



and Climates - - - 



III. Forming Plantations - - 



IV. Mixture of Trees in Plantations 



V. Culture of Plantations 



1. General Influence of Culture on Trees 



2. Culture of the Soil among Trees 



3. Filling up of Blanks or Failures in Plant- 



ations - - - 



4. Pruning and Heading down Trees in 



Plantations 



5. Thinning young Plantations 



VI. Improvement of Neglected Plantations 



VII. 'Treatment of Injured and Diseased Trees 



VIII. Products of Trees, and their Preparation 

 for Use or Sale - 



IX. Estimating the Value of Plantations and 

 their Products, and exposing them to 

 Sale 



- 633 



633 



634 

 636 

 641 

 645 

 6*5 

 647 



648 



648 

 652 

 654 

 655 



657 



662 



Chap. X. 



Formation and Management of Orchards - 664 



I. Soils and Situations most suitable for Or- 



chards - - - 664 



II. Sorts of Trees and Manner of Planting - 665 



III. Cultivation of Farm Orchards - 669 



IV. Gathering and Keeping of Orchard Fruit - 671 



V. Manufacture of Cider and Perry -671 



VI. Machinery and Utensils necessary for 



Cider-making - - - 675 



Chap. XL 

 Farm and other 



Laying out of F'arm and other Cultivable 



Lands - °7"6 



I. Extent or Size of Farm and Cottage Lands 677 



II Laving out Farms and Farmeries -677 



1 Situation and Arrangement of the Farmery 677_ 



2. Laying out Cottages - - - 685 



3. Laying out the Farm Lands - - 687 



BOOK III. 



OF IMPROVING THE CULTORABLE LANDS OF AN 

 ESTATE. 



Chap. I. 



Draining Watery I-ands - - 690 



I. Natural Causes of Wetness in Lands, and 



the general Theorv of Draining - 690 



II. The Methods of Draining Boggy Land - 6<i3 



III. Draining Hilly Lands - -698 

 IV M.thods of draining Mixed Soils -699 

 \ Methods of draining of Retentive Soils -701 

 VI. Methods of draining Mines, Quarries. Pits, _ 



Ponds, and Lakes - - 705 



