l-jor, 



STATISTICS OF AGRICULTll B E. 



IV. 



Mincrnlt. IlcMtli* bn*alt, limestone, op-nn. 

 woods oi wood imI, HuidstoiMi Acc« tM I ii i i.l. 1 ln< Bo 'I- 



WOodj 01 !(Ii I "!iinui\ of 



■ ; natoT) oftbi oriidn of coal. No! 



ding Mi I- ■<- i'i whlcfa H la (bund, tin 



l>irk and u dnct, and the rintp denoting tha 



.ri'iu ii growth of tha u<xni majr be ooantwL In wnfM lattanom 

 ■ of the drew maj be tra iL 01 the onlj t*<> coal 

 min i which aro wrouxht in the u 



one .11 Antrim, it Ball) Castle. The i ■• ira bttaniinous, 

 an i of i h td qualltj ; t r. »t part of them are exported. 



/• .;,,. Ettafc 

 . ither tnnn dlaie p i"t- from lha < ro i n, or bald under thot ■ 

 i ttloru are the propcrtlet ui 



verj lain. The Marqnaa. 

 ... H rtfbrd and the Antrim I i of Ibe major 



part of lha county. The former haa 64,000 gr tnaent; thai 

 ],. i .mM capable of tillage, and Independentlj <>t' l>og and 

 mountain. Hod of tl itata ^ let on p xpetuity, in 



hrm worth WOOL or 30001. per annum. The other great 

 proprietor! are the Marqueai of Donegal, i-tiI TVinpk't<Mi,.-m<i 

 Lord 0*Neil< The estate of I>onl Templcton, howerer, is 



i taahoid under the Marquess of D gal, who lets I La land 



i i tMs on la ITS and B Irffe, but renews at the end of a few 

 r r i prli ''• 



I ■',.■ ' trmi are In general very small. The principal feature 

 in the tillage nstem is the potato fallow. The small size of 

 thefarmSiandftnsotne plaices, the roefciness of the soil, precludes 

 the DSC of the ordinary means of culture, and therefore a part 



dna with the apada. The quantltj of potato-land 



of manure thai I in I • I oUected. 



Has is town, and the ipiantity of tl.ix ground is 



regulated bj the abllitj t.> purchase the seed. .\ crop of oat* 



alar rotation. When the gretmd Is exhanttasL 



n la turn ■ Ii, >' Ii ■ufltflred t.. lie till Ii is coven *\ 



w,th ii.itur.il erase. Bach ia the man general plan of husbandry 



pursued ni Antrim. In thnrr pans a here the ntrms are too 



the spade culture, the land i- ploughed bi three or 



four neighbours nmti"g tneb itrength; one lupplying the 



plough, and the oth rs bringing a horse, bullock, or even a 



eatiaa pi. mi or repj modern mtroduction in 



A Tit rim, and very little of it is sown. 



lost Important crop is flax. 



The cattle consist chief. > of milch cows, belonging to small 

 occupiers* of a small stuiurd breed. Sheep are very little 

 attended to; and the few th t are kept are of a vi-ry inferior 

 kind. Goats are Dumerous In the mountainoua parts of the 

 county. Pigs also are kept in great numbers. 



This county by no means abounds a ith wood ; nor are fruit- 

 trees cultivated m great abundance, or n ith very much success. 

 Of the applp, however, bi vera! new and valuable rarletiei hare 

 lately been introduced, and advantageous] cultivated. 



Antrim has long been distinguish d for Ira tinea mam\PMcbm ; 

 but latterly the manufacture of cotton h i>. In Bome measure, 

 supplanted it, especially in the vicinity of Belfast. 



1 here is a considerable salmon-fishing on the oust. 



The stupendous assemblage -»t b ksaltic columns, called " the 

 Giant's Causeway," lies on the maritime confines of Antrim. 



Chap. IV. 



Literature and Bibliography of Agriculture. 



789f>. The first books on agriculture were written by the Greeks before the Christian 

 .xra, and by the Romans about the commencement of that period. Hesiod is the only 

 writer of the former people exclusively devoted to husbandry : the curliest Roman author 

 is Cato ; and the latest, Palladius, in the fourth century A.D. The works of these and 

 the other agricultural writers of antiquity have been already enumerated (2.5. and 44.), 

 and the most interesting have lately been re-translated (71 10. anno 1800). 



7897. In the dark ages few books were written except on religion. The first author 

 that appeared on the revival of the arts was Crescentius in Italy, in the fifteenth cen- 

 tury ; and soon after, in the sixteenth, Fitzherbert in England, Olivier des Serres in 

 France, Heresbach in Germany, and Herrera in Spain. Since these works appeared, 

 many others have been published in every country in Europe, especially in England, 

 Prance, and Germany. Though our business is chiefly with the works which have 

 appeared in Britain : yet we shall, after enumerating the chief of them, notice also what 

 lias been done in other countries; many foreign works, especially of France, Germany, 

 .ind Italy, being familiar, either in the original or by translations, to the reading 

 agriculturists of this country. All the works of importance, whether foreign or domestic. 

 published or to be published since 1825, will be found noticed or reviewed in the Gar- 

 dener's Magazine, commenced in that year, and in continuation, 



Sect. I. Bibliography of British Agriculture. 



7"98. A general view of the literature of British agriculture having been already given (801.), we have 

 here only to supply the bibliographical enumeration confirmatory of that view. Of agricultural books very 

 few at the present day are worth reading for their scientific information ; they are chiefly to be considered 

 as historical documents of the progress of opinions and practices ; and this is the reason we have arranged 

 them in the order of their appearance, instead of classing them according to the subjects treated of. 

 Those who wish to see them so classed will be amply gratified by Watts's Bibliographia Britdnnica. In 

 our list we have omitted many works on subjects belonging to political agriculture, as the corn laws, tithes, 

 poor-rates, &C ; and also most of those on veterinary surgery, horsemanship, bees, hunting, planting, Sec, 

 u not strictly belonging to the subject, and as being for the greater part, those on the veterinary art in 

 ]. irticular, worse than useless. In short, the improvements in chemistry, animal and vegetable physio- 

 logy, and the comparatively clear views of political economy which have taken place chiefly since the 

 commencement of the present century, have rendered most books on agriculture, whether political or 

 professional, not published within the last ten years, of very little value, and a number of them more 

 injurious than useful This Becond edition of British authors on agriculture is considerably reduced, in 

 order to render it more select ; and, through the obliging disposition of Mr. Forsyth, perhaps the only man 

 in existence thoroughly acquainted with the bibliography of British agriculture and gardening) it is 

 rend red much more accurate. 



1557. Tiisser, Thomas, styled the British Varro, 

 was born near Witham, in Essex, ISIS ; received a 

 libi ui education at Eton School, and at Trinity 

 Hall, Cambridge ; lived many years as a farmer in 

 Sulliilk, and afterwards removed to London, and 

 published his experience in agriculture and gar- 

 dening. He died in 1580. 



1. A liundreth ciood Pointes of Efusbandrie. Lond. 4tn. 



Z. Five Hundred) Pain's of Good Husbandry, suited to as 

 m n, it Good Huswifere; with divers approved lessons oon." 

 ccming Hops and (iardeninR. Lond. 4dj. 1573, 



1581. Mascall, Leonard, author of a work on 

 sowing, planting, and grafting trees, &c. 1578 



1. The Husbandljc Ordering and Government of Poultrie, 

 &c. Ixind. Svo. 



2. The Kir,) BookofCattel, &c Lond. 1587. Un. 

 :,. A Book) ol Pishing with Hooke and Lin , and al' mher 



[b tramenu thereunto bi notlici of Sundrie Engines 



• ' top of Lincoln. 



ll.re |.,.: neth ■> Treat; i of Hu bandry. which Mavster 



(»n»h <' colne, mule and translated 



ott' of FMnaanc in: Ixmd. 4to. 



VOsherbert, or Fitxherbarde, Sir Anthony, 

 a vi iv learned lawyer, and also known as the father 

 of English husbandry, was born at Norbury, in Der 



I n«h ire, and died there in 15 X He was made judge 



of the Common Pleas in the 15th of Henry VI II., 

 and wrote several books on law. 



I. The K.Hik of Hinhindrv, verv profitable and necessary 

 for all per* ins. Ixind. 1.W3," 4to ; '1531, lfimo. 



S. Svtrve ine. Lond. 1523,4to; 1539, l'jmo. 



3. l< i U ... rii. Lond. 1 539. 



Beuete, Sir Richard, Canon of Marton Ab- 

 bev, near Ixnidon 



Thv Manner of Measuring; all ' md. Ifimo. 



