CONTENTS. 



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8. Working of Homed Cattle - - 10-'9 



9. Anatomy ano Physiology of the Bull and 



Cow - '- - 1031 



10 Diseases of Horned Cattle - - 1032 



II. The Butt'aio - - - 1035 



Cha<\ V. 



The Dairv and its Management - - 10S5 



I. Chemical Principles ol Milk, and the Proper- 



ties of the Milk of different Animals - 1036 



II. The Dairy House, its Furniture and Uten- 



sils ... 1037 



III. Milking and the general Management of 



Milk - - - - 1040 



IV. Making and Curing of Butter - - 10+1 



V. Process of Cheese-making - - 1013 



VI. Catalogue of the different Sorts of Cheeses 



and other Preparations made from Milk 1045 



Chap. VI. 



The Sheep ... - 1049 



I. Varieties of Sheep - - - 1049 



II. Criteria of Properties in Sheep - - lti52 

 HI. Breeding of Sheep - -1053 



IV. Rearing and general Management of 



Sheep - - - 1055 



1. Rearing and Management of Sheep on 



rich grass and arable Lands - - 1056 



2. Rearing and general Management of 



Sheep on Hilly and Mountainous Dis- 

 tricts, or what is generally termed Store 

 Sheep Husbandry - 1058 



V. Folding of Sheep ' - - - 1061 



VI. Of Fattening Sheep and Lambs -1062 



VII. Probable Improvement to be derived 

 from Crosses of the Merino Breed of 

 Sheep - - - - 1063 



VIII. Anatomy and Physiology of Sheep .1064 



IX. Diseases of Sheep - - 1064 



Chap. VII. 

 The Swine .... 1067 



I. Varieties of the Common Hog - - 1068 



II Breeding and Rearing of Swine - -1069 



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III. Fattening of Swine . . 1070 



IV. Curing of Pork and Bacon . . 1070 



V. Diseases of Swine - - - 1071 



Chap. VIII. 



Of the Goat, Rabbit, Hare, Dormouse, Deer, 

 and various other Animals, that are or may 

 be subjected to British Agriculture - - 1071 



Chap. IX. 



Animals of the Bird Kind employed in Agri- 

 culture .... 1083 



I. Poultry Houses and their Furniture and 



Utensils - - - 1083 



II. Gallinaceous Fowls, their Kinds, Breeding, 



Rearing, and Management - - 1084 



III. Anserine or Aquatic Fowls - - 1001 



IV. Diseases of Poultry - - R95 



V. Birds of Luxury which are or may be cul- 



tivated by Farmers ... 1095 



Chap. X. 



Fish and Amphibious Animals subjected to 



Cultivation - - - 1100 



Chap. XI. 



Insects and Worms which are or may be sub- 

 jected to Culture - - - 1104 



Chap. XII. 



Animals noxious to Agriculture 



I. Noxious Mammalia 



II. Birds injurious to Agriculture 



III. Insects injurious to Agriculture 



1. Physiology of Insects 



2. Arrangement or Classification of Insects 



3. Insects injurious to live Stock 



4. Insects injurious to Vegetables 



5. Insects injurious to Food, Clothing, &c. 



6. Operations for subduing Insects 



IV. Worm-like Animals injurious to Agri 



culture 



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 1112 

 1112 

 1112 

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 1114 

 1115 

 1118 

 1119 



. 1120 



PART IV. 



STATISTICS OF BRITISH AGRICULTURE. 



BOOK I. 



OF THE PRESENT STATE OF AGRICULTURE IN ' 

 BRITISH ISLES. 



Chap. I. 



Different Descriptions of Men engaged in the 

 Practice or Pursuit of Agriculture 



I. Operators, or serving Agriculturists 



II. Commercial Agriculturists 



III. Agricultural Counsellors, Artists, or 



Professors . - - 



IV. Patrons of Agriculture 



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 1121 

 1122 



1123 

 1123 



Chap. II. 



Different Kinds of Farms in Britain relatively 

 to the different Classes of Society who are 

 the Occupiers - - - - 1124 



Chap. III. 



Topographical Survey of the British Isles 



respect to Agriculture 



I. Agricultural Survey of England 



II. Agricultural Survey of Wales 



III. Agricultural Survey of Scotland 



IV. Agricultural Survey of Ireland 



in 



- 1125 



- 1125 

 . 1173 

 . 1178 



- 1198 



Chap. IV. 



Literature and Bibiiogaphy of Agriculture - 1206 



I. Bibliography of British Agriculture - - 1206 



II. Bibliography of Agriculture in Foreign 

 Countries .... 1214 

 1. Bibliography of French Agriculture - 1214 



Calendarial Index 

 Glossarial Index 

 General Index 



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Bibliography of German Agriculture - 1219 

 Bibliography of Italian Agriculture - 1221 

 Bibliography of the Agriculture of other 



Countries of Europe - - 1222 



Agricultural Bibliography of North Ame- 

 rica - - * 1 *-3 



Chap. V. 



Professional Police and Public Laws relative 

 to Agriculturists and Agriculture - - 122.3 



BOOK II. 



OF THE FUTURE PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE IN 

 BRITAIN. 



Chap. I. 

 Improvement of Agriculture, by refining the 

 Taste of the Purchasers of its Products, and 

 the Knowledge of Agricultural 



creasing 

 Patrons 



- 1225 



Chap. II. 

 Improvement of Agriculture, by the better 

 Education of those who are engaged in it as 

 a Profession - - - - 



I. Degree of Knowledge which may be at- 

 ' tained by Practical Men, and general Powers 



of the human Mind as to Attainments 



II. Professional Education of Agriculturists - 



III. Conduct and Economy of an Agricul- 



turist's Life - 



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 - 1241 



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