The "Code of Agriculture," in one vol. 8vo., published in 1817, professes to be 

 " a general view of the principles of the art, and an account of its most approved prac- 

 tices." (Pref. p. 1 1.) By inspecting the contents of the work, however, it will be found 

 that the term Agriculture, when applied to the Code, must be taken in its more limited 

 sense, and that the book, like the " Complete Farmer, 'V extends only to the husbandry 

 department. 



The Encyclopaedia of Agriculture combines territorial economy and husbandry : it is 

 arranged on the model of the Encyclopaedia of Gardening, and some idea of its com- 

 prehensiveness may be formed from the following outline of its contents. 



PART I. HISTORY. 



BOOK I. Among ancient and modern nations. 

 Chap. I. Ages of antiquity. Sections and subsections. Egypt, Greece, Jews, &c. 



II. Romans. Roman authors, proprietors, occupants, natural circumstances, culture, produce, 



science of Roman farming, extent and decline of Roman agriculture. 



III. Middle ages. Italy, France, Germany, Britain, Saxon Britons, Norman Britons, &c. &c. 



Ultra European countries. , 



IV. Modern times. Italy, Switzerland, France, Holland, Germany, Poland, Russia, Sweden, 



Norway, Spain, Portugal, European Turkey, Britain. 



V. Ultra European countries. Asia, Asiatic Turkey, Persia, Tartary, Arabia, Hindostan, 

 Cochin China, China, Australasia, &c. Africa, Abyssinia, Egypt, Coast, Cape of Good 

 Hope, Islands. North, America, United States, British Possessions, Mexico, West Indies. 

 South America. 



BOOK II. Agriculture, as influenced by geographical, civil, and political circumstances. 

 Chap. I. Geographical. 



II. Civil and political. 

 III. Character of the agriculture of Britain. 



PART II. SCIENCE OF AGRICULTURE. 



BOOK I. Vegetable kingdom. 

 Chap. I. Systematic botany. 



II. Vegetable anatomy. External structure, internal structure. 



III. Vegetable chemistry. Compounds, simple^ 



IV. Vegetable physiology. Germination, food, nutrition, developement, sexuality, propagation, 



vitality. 



V. Vegetable pathology. Wounds, diseases, decay. 

 VI. Vegetable distribution. Geographical, physical, civil, characteristic, economical, systematic, 



arithmetical distribution in Britain. 

 VII. Vegetable culture. Its origin and principles. 



BOOK II. Animal kingdom. 

 Chap. I. Systematic soology. 



II. Animal anatomy. External, internal. 



III. Animal chemistry. Simples, compounds. 



.. IV. Animal physiology. Digestion, circulation, reproduction. ' 

 V. Animal pathology! Diseases, accidents, decay. 

 VI. Animal distribution. 

 VII. Principles of animal culture. Breeding, rearing, fattening. 



BOOK III. Mineral kingdom and the atmosphere in reference to agriculture. 

 Chap. I. Geological structure of the globe. 



II. Earths and soils. Classification, nomenclature, analysis, use, improvement, &c. 



III. Manures. Animal, vegetable, theory of action, species, preservation, application. Mineral 



manures, operation, species, application, &c. 



IV. Meteorology. Heat, light, electricity, water, air, climate of Britain. 



BOOK IV. Mechanical agents employed in agriculture. 

 Chap. I. Implements. Tools, instruments, utensils, hand-machines. 



II. Machines and implements for beasts of labor. Ploughs, cultivators, hoes," drills,' harrows, 

 rollers, rakes, reaping machines, threshing machines, hay machines, carts, waggons, 

 steamers, boilers, cutters, &c. 



III. Edifices. Farm house, houses for live stock, dead stock, crop, labor, sheds, shelters, &c. 



IV. Fences, gates, &c. 



BOOK V. Operations of agriculture. 

 Chap. I. Manual. Common, simple, on the soil, with plants, with animals, mixed. 



II. Operations with laboring cattle. On the soil, on the road, in machinery, mixed. 



III. Scientific operations. Of measurement, quantities, value, accounts, order, neatness, and 



propriety. 



PART III. AGRICULTURE AS PRACTISED IN BRITAIN. 



BOOK I. Valuation, transfer, purchase, &c. of landed property. 

 Chap. I. Tenures. 

 II. Estimation. 

 HI. Sale. 



IV. Purchase. 



BOOK II. Laying out of landed property. 

 Chap. I. Appropriating commonable lands. Origin, general principles, practice of commissioner* of 



enclosure. 

 II. Consolidating detached property. By exchange, purchase, &c. 



III. Roads. Former principles, general principles, principles of M'Adam, kinds, direction, form, 



materials, paved roads, rail roads, preservation, repairs, &c. 



