WORKS ON AGRICULTURE, ETC. 



In Foolscap Svo, jn-ice 4s. Sd. 



TESTER DEEP LAND-CULTURE: 



BEING A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE METHOD OP CULTIVATION WHICH HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY 

 PRACTISED FOB SEVERAL YEARS BY THE MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE AT YESTER. 



By HENRY STEPHENS, F.R.S.E. 



Author of the ' Book of the Farm.' 



THE characteristic of the new system for it may be well so named, different as it is from 

 any now in use is the complete pulverisation of the subsoil, and its mixture with the 

 upper soil, the treatment being of a very substantial and permanent nature. The work is 

 divided into the following sections : 



(I.) The physical geography and climate of the Tester Farms. From the details here given on these 

 points, it will be seen that the great results obtained were not those induced by the propitious nature of the 

 soils treated, but, from the fact that the fields operated upou were, on the contrary, by no means promising 

 subjects for the expenditure of capital, the best evidence is obtained of the excellence of the principle upon 

 which the improvements were founded. (2.) Thorough-draining the soils and subsoils. (3.) Deep-ploughing 

 the soils and subsoils. (4.) Subsoil trench-ploughing. (5.) The Tester Plough. (6.) Swing-trees for three 

 and four horses. The last four sections comprise descriptions of the peculiarities of construction of the 

 ploughs used, and the method of working, them. (7.) The physical benefits derived from the thorough- 

 draining and subsoil trench-ploughing. \8.) The economical benefits. (9.) The system of farming now 

 adopted at Tester Farm. (10.) Results of the system. (11.) The working strength of Tester Farm. (12.) The 

 concluding chapter gives a detail of the advantages derivable from the thorough pulverisation of the sub- 

 soil, the whole of which abounds in suggestions of great value to the practical man. 



In, 2 vols. 8vo, with ATLAS in Folio, price 30s. Second Edition. 



ITALIAN IRRIGATION: 



A REPORT ON THE AGRICULTURAL CANALS OF PIEDMONT AND LOMBARDY, ADDRESSED TO 

 THE HON. THE DIRECTORS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY J 



WITH AN APPENDIX, 



OOlfTAIWINQ A SKETCH OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIA. 



By Lieut.-Col. R. BAIRD SMITH, F.G.S. 



Captain, Bengal Engineers. 



WHILE " Irrigation works," varying widely in character and importance, have been carried 

 out in this country, and attention directed to their details, through the medium either of 

 special worka or periodical publications, information has been scarcely obtainable, except 

 in small measure, and through the medium of isolated and rarely met with reports, of the 

 nature, extent, and details of the system adopted iu Italy, " the classic land of irrigation," 

 where its influence has tended, even from the earliest period of history, to make her plains 

 the richest on the face of the earth. And yet when we consider that the machinery of 

 this grand system for the distribution of water, in order to the cultivation of the land, 

 over which it is made to spread in fertilising streams, is " considered by most observers to 

 come nearest to the type of theoretical perfection," some idea of the value of a work may 

 be obtained which would show, in a clear, explicit, and practical manner, the various 

 relations of the system, the details of its works, and the practical operation of its mechan- 

 ism. These and many other details, interesting in a historical and social point of view, it 

 is the object of the present work to lay before the reader. In addition to the letterpress, 

 which fully exhausts the theory and the practice on which this the most extensive as well 

 as the most efficient system in the world is founded and carried out, the work is enriched 

 by a large folio Atlas of Plates, abounding in hints and suggestions on various points of 

 constructive detail. 



