CONTENTS. 



Chap. II. 



Page 



Agricultural Operations requiring the Aid of 



Labouring Cattle - - - 524 



I. Operations for the Care of Live Stock - 524 



II. Labours with Cattle on the Soil - - 525 



III. Labours and Operations with the Crop, 



performed with the Aid of Cattle - 530 



Chap. IIL 



Scientific Operations, and Operations of Order 



and general Management - - 535 



Page 

 L Scientific Operations required of the Agri- 

 culturist - - - - 533 



1. Measuring relatively to Agriculture - 534 



2. Taking the Levels of Surfaces - - 535 



3. Division and laying out of Lands - 536 



4. Estimating Weight, Power, and Quanti- 



ties - . . _ 538 



5. Estimating the Value of Agricultural La- 



bour and Materials, Rents and Tillages - 539 



6. Professional Routine of Land Surveyors, 



Appraisers and Valuators, in making up 

 their Plans and Reports - - 543 



II. Operations of Order and Management 548 



PART III. 



AGRICULTURE AS PRACTISED IN BRITAIN. 



BOOK I. 



of the valuation, purchase, and transfer of 

 landed property. 



Chap. L 

 The different Kinds and Tenures of Landed 



Property in the British Isles - - 551 



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



ferent Tenures, in England - - 551 



II. The Kinds and Tenures of Landed Pro- 



perty in Scotland - - - 552 



III. The Kinds and Tenures of Landed Pro- 



perty in Ireland - - - 552 



Chap. II. 

 Valuation of Landed Property 



- 553 



Chap. IIL 

 Purchase or Transfer of Landed Property - 557 



BOOK 11. 



OP THE LA VINO OtJT, 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. Line of Direction, or laying out of Roads . 570 



III. Form and Materials of Roads - - 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- 

 veyors - - - . 579 



IV. Paved Roads . _ .597 



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



VI. Preservation and Repair of Roads - 605 



VII. Railroads - ... 513 



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 - . _ 517 



III. Powers granted to Canal Companies by 



Government - . - 619 



IV. Execution of the Works - . 619 



Chap. VL 

 Improvementof Estates by the Establishment of 

 Mills, Manufactories, Villages, Markets, &c. 622 



Chap. VIL 



Of Mines, Quarries, Pits, and Metalliferous 



Bodies - _ . 624 



Chap. VI IL 



Establishment of Fisheries - . 629 



I. Marine Fisheries - - - 629 



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



Chap. IX. 



Plantations and Woodlands - . 633 



I. Soils and Situations which may be most pro- 



fitably employed in Timber Plantations - 633 



II. Trees suitable for different Soils, Situations, 



and Climates - . - 634 



III. Forming Plantations - - - 636 



IV. Mixture of Trees in Plantations - 644 



V. Culture of Plantations - - 645 



1. General Influence of Culture on Trees - 645 



2. Culture of the Soil among Trees - 647 



3. Filling up of Blanks or Failures in Plant- 



ations - - - - 648 



4. Pruning and Heading down Trees in 



Plantations - . - 648 



5. Thinning young Plantations - . 652 



VI. Improvement of Neglected Plantations 654 

 VI J. Treatment of Injured and Diseased Trees 655 

 VJII. Products of Trees, and their Preparation 



for Use or Sale - - - 657 



IX. Estimating the Value of Plantations and 

 their Products, and exposing them to 

 Sale - - - 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 



Laying out of Farm and other Culturable 

 Lands _ . - 676 



I. Extent or Size of Farm and Cottage Lands 677 



II. Laying 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 ISIPROVING THE CULTURABLE LANDS OF AN 

 ESTATE. 



Chap. I. 



Draining Watery Lands - - 690 



I. Natural Causes of Wetness in Lands, and 



the general Theory of Draining - 690 



n. The Methods of Draining Boggv Land - 693 



III. Draining Hilly Lands - -698 



IV. Methods of draining Mixed Soils - 699 



V. Methods of draining of Retentive Soils - 701 



VI. Methods of draining Mines, Quarries, Pits, 



Ponds, and Lakes . - 705 



