VI INTRODUCTION. 



by cultivating Wastes ; Inclosing ; Draining ; Manur- 

 ing; Paring and Burning; Fallowing; Weeding; Ir- 

 rigating ; Flooding ; Warping, and Embanking land. 



IV. To explain " the various modes of occupying land " 

 in Arable Culture ; Grass, (including the Dairy Husband- 

 ry) ; Gardens and Orchards ; Woods and Plantations. 

 And, 



V. To offer some General Remarks, on " the means of 

 " improving a country ;" by diffusing Information ; by re- 

 moving Obstacles to Improvement; and, by positive Encou- 

 ragement. 



In the body of the work, general principles are chiefly 

 dwelt upon. Where minute information is necessary, it 

 will be inserted in notes j and some points, which re- 

 quire to be more fully detailed, will be considered in 

 separate papers in an Appendix. 



It is only necessary to add, that in drawing up this 

 summary of. agricultural knowledge, the Author, ha- 

 ving utility, rather than any claim to originality in view, 

 has availed himself of useful information, wherever it 

 was to be found, in writings of acknowledged merit and 

 authority ; and he has not hesitated to adopt the lan- 

 guage and modes of expression he found in them, where 

 they were distinguished for clearness or precision. In 

 composing the work also, he has endeavoured to adopt 

 a style so plain and familiar, that he trusts it will be 

 easily understood by even the humblest cultivator. 

 On questions where a diversity of opinion prevails, he 

 has given the substance of the arguments urged on both 

 sides of the subjects under discussion^ that the reader 

 may be enabled to judge, which ought to be preferred. 



