218 Colman^s European Agriculture, 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. European Agriculture and Rural Economy, from 

 personal observation. By Henry Colman. Yol. I., Part 5. 

 pp. 385 to 492. Boston. 1846. 



The present number of Mr. Colman' s work has been issued 

 some time, and we believe Part VI. is announced as in press. 

 Want of space has, however, prevented our noticing it before. 

 The contents are as follows : — 



LXII. General Remarks ; LXIII. General Remarks and 

 division of the subject of Farming ; LXIV. The Soil ; LXV. 

 Theories of the operation of the Soil ; LXVI. A modern Dis- 

 covery ; LXVII. Soils of Great Britain ; LXVIIl. Classifica- 

 tion of Soils : LXIX. Physical Properties of the Soil ; LXX. 

 Peaty Soil ; LXXI. Loamy Soils ; LXXII. Humus, or Vege- 

 table Mould ; LXXIII. Peculiarities of Soil ; LXXIV. Appli- 

 cation of Chemistry to Agriculture ; LXXV, Theory of Ag- 

 riculture ; LXXVI. Actual Improvements ; LXXVII. Plough- 

 ing; LXXVIII. The English Character; LXXIX. The 

 Perfection of Ploughing ; LXXX. Ploughing Match at Saf- 

 fron Walden ; LXXXI. General Rules for Ploughing ; 

 LXXXII. A Digression ; LXXXIII. Improved Machinery ; 

 LXXXIV. Moral Considerations; LXXXV. Harrowing; 

 LXXXVI. Scarifying, or Grubbing; LXXXVII. General 

 Remarks on the use of Agricultural Machinery ; LXXXVIII. 

 Particular Examples of Improvement ; LXXXIX. Cornwall 

 and the Land's End. Table of Calculations on Ploughing. 



This number we think one of the most valuable which has 

 been issued, being of a more practical character, and convey- 

 ing useful hints and suggestions which cannot fail to be of 

 great service to intelligent farmers. The observations on 

 ploughing are of great importance, and should be well re- 

 membered. The English and Scotch, so far as we had an 

 opportunity of observing during our recent tour, plough far 

 superior to any thing we find among our own workmen, and 

 we were peculiarly struck with the regularity in which the 

 work was done. Mr. Colman devotes a long chapter to the 



