THE CUinKXERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTL. 



KNIGHT'S FARMER'S LIBRARY 



CYCLOPEDIA OF RURAL AFFAIRS. 



■li> mini all that could ho useful to the man of the country— all tl. .• 



.nd their arts. In this spirit Varro and Columella, amount the ■■■ 



edge, but cm'- veterinary art, and ei -.. •.. 



icuhural writers followed the same course; and in their " J)i,i',. 



■y ly to technical directions; and, in what they considered a- the 



t and most economical manner." 

 .IBRABY AND CYCLOPEDIA OF RURAL AFFAIRS."— will show that ft 



,ur undertaking, the improved knowledge of our own tim. - enal . s 



iiid interesting to all. It is not necessary, now that the division of 

 ,- lie should -rind the corn whi< h he has raised ; nor how wh n he hxs shorn his 

 peration.s belong to the infancy of society. But it is now in great part necessary, 

 timate commercial reward of his lahours, should lie acquainted with many thinp 

 a Rural Arts in this enlarged sense, our endeavour will he to uni 

 to make the knowledge which we desire to impart at once useful and entertaining. 

 unit sufficiently extensive, including a most fertile and varied field. 



as that now proposed. The settlement of the question of the Con. 

 t produced a general conviction that there is no safety but in the fullest development 

 ling in contributing to the progress of Agricultural enterprise 

 •oviding adequate food for our rapidly increasing population. \\\- ■ 

 ■an advance so much to he desired— of his dependent labourers, v. 

 ee with the lust modes of cultivation in his own country and in « 

 Ivantajres as well as disadvantages of such isolation. The wonderful progreM of 



em] • « lb h a bi tl i cul h t1 ra throughout the land— to c 

 •■ nothing to far from the largest competition, if '<' 



own each. The entire work, which • 

 with Twenty-four coloured Engravii 



VOLUME L VOLUME II. 



s Vor, mi will be devoted to that class of subjects which is peculiarly inter- ' In this VoLUME wiU be treated : ~ ' 4rnir , 



to every country resident, and is essentially the foundation of scientific '■ *• The le »<iing divisions of SCIENTIFIC AND FRACTICAL AGWU 



:--t!.e ANIMAL ECONOMY. It will conaist of the following BOOKS :— | TURE, under the general heads of Soil; Climate; Improve**^ 



Soil ; M, ;::table Physiology; Far* 



. THE OX. By W. C. L. Martin ; late one of the Scientific Officers of I yation ; and Foreign Agriculture ;— digested from the most r« 



the Zoological Society of London. With Directions to the Cowherd. j authorities, with many valuable materials furnished from the sound « 



. THE HORSE. By William Youatt. From the last improved edtom— rimental knowledge contained in the Rev. W. L. Rham's 



the Copyright of the Publisher. With a Treatise on Draught : and tributions to the Science of Agriculture, w> : " u " 



Directions to the Groom. Publisher. Directions to the Ploughma; 



ropvri^ 



4. THE DOG. By William Youatt. 



5. SWINE. By W. C L. Martin. 



6. POULTRY. With Directions to the Poultry-Maid. 



7. BEES. 



These Treatise- ■ Mi i amusing parts of Zoology, i 



se large questions of RURAL ECON^n 

 and ADMINISTRATION, which are so essential to the prosperity o^ 

 residents in the country, under the heads of Landed P* 01 ^^ 

 Tenures; Labour and the Condition of Labourk; ls 

 Tithes, &c. ; Farmers' Accounts and Computations ; Roads an 

 ways ; Rural Architecture. 



TOPICS that belong to country life, under 'J*^. 



now (with Directions to the Gardener) ; * Li - " 



Field Sports. 



, that « THE FARMER'S LIBRARY AND CYCLOPEDIA OF RURAL AFFAIRS 



Part I. will be Puhlishrd on the \ s f „/' March, 1847. 

 LONDON: CHARLES KNIGHT, 22, LU DGATE-STEE ET. 





