CONTENTS. 



Page 



VII. Formation of Drains, and Materials used 



in filling them - - - 706 



VIII. Of the Implements peculiar to Draining 712 



Chap. II. 



Embanking and otherwise protecting Lands 

 from the Overflowing or Encroachment of 

 Rivers or the Sea - . - 713 



I. Embanking Lands from Rivers or the Sea - 713 



1. General Principles of designing Embank- 



ments . . - . 714 



2. Different Descriptions of Banks in general 



Use for excluding Waters - - 71.^ 



II. Guarding the Banks and otherwise improv- 



ing the Courses of Rivers and Streams - 719 



1. Guarding River Banks - - 719 



2. Changing the Courses of Rivers, deepening 



their Beds, or raising their Waters to a 

 higher Level - - - 721 



Chap. III. 

 Irrigation, or the Improvement of Culturable 

 Lands and Farmeries by the means of Water 722 



I. Irrigation, or the Preparation of the Surface 



of Lands for the profitable Application 

 of Water - - -723 



1. Soils and Situations suitable for Watering 723 



2. Implements made Use of in Watering 



Lands ; and the Terms of Art peculiar to 

 such Operations - - - 723 



3. Preparation of Surfaces for Irrigation - 725 



II. Warping, or the Improvement of Land by 



muddy Water - - . 730 



1. Irrigation of Arable Lands, and Subter- 

 raneous Irrigation . . 731 



III. Artificial Means of Procuring Water for 



the Use of Live Stock - - 732 



Chap. IV. 

 Improvement of Lands lying Waste, so as to fit 



them for Farm- Culture - - 739 



I. Mountainous and hilly Grounds and their 



Improvement - _ - 740 



II. Rocky or Stony Surfaces - .740 



III. Improving Woody Wastes or Wealds . 742 



IV. Moors and their Improvements - - 743 



V. Peat Mosses, Bogs, and Morasses, and their 



Improvement ... 744 



VI. Marshes and their Improvement - - 747 

 VIL Downs and other Shore Lands - - 748 



Chap. V. 



Improvement of Lands already in a State of 



Culture - . - . 749 



L General Principles and Modes of Procedure, 

 in improving Estates already more or less 

 improved . . . 750 



II. Improvement of Farmeries and Farm 



Lands . . .750 



Chap. VI. 



Execution of Improvements - . 756 



I. Different Modes of procuring the Execution 



of Improvements on Estates - - 756 



II. General Cautions on the Subject of Execut- 



ing Improvements - _ 757 



BOOK IV. 



MANAGEMENT OF LANDED PROPERTY. 



Chap. I. 

 Superintendents, or Executive Establishment of 



an Estate . . . .759 



L Steward or Manager of an Estate, and his 



Assistants . . . 759 



II. Land Steward's Place of Business, and what 



belongs to it . . . 751 



Chap. II. 



Duties of Managers of Estates . . 762 



I. General Principles of Business considered 



^Relatively to Land Stewardship - .763 



I L Management of Tenants . .763 



1. Proper Treatment of Tenants . . 763 



2. Business of letting Farms . -764 



3. Different Species of Tenancy . . 764 



4. Rent and Covenants of a Lease . . 766 

 ..% Receiving Rents . . .768 

 m. Keeping and Auditing Accounts . 769 



BOOK V. 



SELECTION, HIRING, AND STOCKINQ OF FARMS. 



Chap. I. Page 



Circumstances of a Farm necessary to be con- 

 sidered by a proposed Tenant - . 771 



I. Climate, in respect to farming Lands - 771 



II. Soil in respect to farming Lands - 773 



III. Subsoil relatively to the Choice of a Farm 774 



IV. Elevation of Lands relatively to Farming - 773 



V. Character of Surface in regard to farming 



Lands - - . .775 



VI. Aspect in regard to farming Lands . 776 



VII. Situation of Farm Lands in regard to 



Markets - . - .776 



VIII. Extent of Land suitable for a Farm . 777 



IX. Tenure on which Lands are held for Farm. 



ing - . . .777 



X. Rent . - . . 777 



XI. Taxes and other Burdens which affect the 



Farmer . .... 779 



XII. Other Particulars requiring a Farmer's 



Attention, with a View to the Renting 

 of Land . . . 779 



Chap. II. 



Considerations respecting Himself, which a 

 Farmer ought to keep in view in selecting 

 and hiring a Farm . . . 78O 



I. Personal Character and Expectations of a 



professional Farmer . . 78O 



II. Capital required by the Farmer . . 781 



Chap. IIL 



Choice of Stock for a Farm . - .782 



I. Choice of Live Stock . . ,. 782 



1. Live Stock for the Purposes of Labour . 782 



2. Choice of Live Stock for the Purposes of 



breeding or feeding - . 733 



II. Choice of Agricultural Implements, Seeds, 



and Plants . . . 785 



III. Choice of Servants . - - 788 



Chap. IV. 



General Management of a Farm . .789 



I. Keeping Accounts - - .789 



II. Management of Servants . -795 



III. Arrangement of Farm Labour - 796 



IV. Domestic Management and personal Ex- 



-797 



BOOK VI. 



culture of farm lands. 



Chap. L 



General Processes common to Farm Lands - 798 



I. Rotation of Crops suitable to different De- 



scriptions of Soils . - - 798 



II. The working of Fallows - . 800 



III. General Management of Manures . 803 



1. Management of Farm-yard Dung - 804 



2. Lime, and its Management as a Manure 805 



IV. Composts and other Manures - - 807 



Chap. XL 



Culture of the Cereal Grasses . . 808 



I. Wheat . - . - 811 



II. Rye - _ . .821 



III. Barley . . .822 



IV. The Oat ... 826 



V. Cereal Grasses cultivated in Europe, some 



of which might be tried in Britain - 828 



1. Maize, or Indian Corn - - 829 



2. Canary Corn - - .832 



3. The Millets - - .832 



4. Rice, and some other Cereal Gramina . 834 



Chap. III. 



Culture of Leguminous Field. Plants, the Seeds 

 of which are used as Food for Man or 

 Cattle . - . .834 



I. The Pea . . . . 835 



II. The Bean - . - 838 



III. The Tare . . - . 841 



IV. Various Legumes which might be culti- 



vated in British Farming ., .843 



