AN 



ENCYCLOPAEDIA 



OF 



AGRICULTURE: 



COMPRISING THE 



THEORY AND PRACTICE 



OF THE VALUATION, TRANSFER, LAYING OUT, IMPROVEMENT, AND 

 MANAGEMENT OF 



LANDED PROPERTY; 



AND THE CULTIVATION AND ECONOMY OF 



THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS 



OF AGRICULTURE, 

 INCLUDING 



an tfie Utm Jmprotiement^ | 



A GENERAL HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE IN ALL COUNTRIES; 



AND A STATISTICAL VIEW OF ITS PRESENT STATE, 



WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR ITS FUTURE PROGRESS IN THE 

 BRITISH ISLES. 



By J. a LOUDON, F. L. G. Z. & H.S. &c. 



AOTHOR OP THE ENCYCLOP-fflDIA OF GAp,DKNING, 

 AND CONDUCTOR OF THE GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, AND OF THE MAGAZINE OF NATURAL IHSTORY. 



SECOND EDITION. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH 



UPWARDS OF ELEVEN HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD BY BRANSTON 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR 



LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEl^, 



PATERNOSTER-ROW. '^'' 



1831. 



