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PREFACE. ^ 



The subject of Agriculture admits of two grand division.. *^.. ' 

 general management of Janded property, which mavbeterrd^ v ?rr.provement and 

 the cultivation and treatment of its mor^ useful anL.l.nr ^'T';^,^^^ ^^onomy ; and 

 are called Husbandry, or ^.nW^.^rra^ore Sed LnseT he 2"'"^'""^' ^'"^^-^ 

 have been the publications on rural matters durinrth^T f. ' ^""^^''ous as 



two or three of them whose titles mSlptHt^^ ^ ""'^"'^ ^^^""^^ ^^'^^^ '^'^ >"t 

 of these departments. S not oTtl^n dfd em^brL'T^^ ''''' '""'^ ^"'^^^^"^^ ^^^^ 

 appearance of this Encyclop.diarm^r ct'fi^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^--^V to the 



comp hin Jv'en If t "^^^^ an^c^e/o^^.i^ ./ ^.riculture, in account of its superior 

 experience anrobs Sn "s^^^e cL^';^"^ composition from the author's practice 

 embrace everv part Tf thrsubTec^ anTwh^.T^ "''''". -^[^"^ ^^^^^- ^' P'-f^ to 

 a general Histo'ry of Agricu ^^^ ^^ ^"^"'^*'^^' ^ g^^ 



state in every county of the Brkish I lef ^sv.^l^^ "'^^ '^ 

 far the best for instruction and ako Zt' . ^^'^.'^^^^^t'^ arrangement is adopted as by 

 time, a copious Ge^ra Jz^dex 1 supohed to rf T ?# "^/f^P'-T""- ^' ^^e same 

 as a book of reference. So much nfnl T *^\^^h^^^"'-k of the easiest access 



In describmg the AffriculturP nf Kr-it^ir. ,L u """"-ri>M>oa Dy all classes of readers, 

 bailiffs, and othTr irvW aJ^^fcuISs w.^h''' discussmg the duties of land stewards, 



from their extensive colLr:admoreVSa;w "' "^ '"^ '""''""^ 



which the late Mr. Weir invented .,! Pf "!'^""'"y "' "lose implements and machines 



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