CONTENTS. 



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The economy and laws of vegetation 188 



The classification and nomenclature of vegetables 188 



The properties of vegetables 1 89 



The uses of vegetables 191 



General view of the animal kingdom, as subservient to the purposes 



of husbandry 192 



The animal economy, physiology, anatomy, &c 192 



The classification and nomenclature of animals 193 



The natural properties of animals 194- 



Their uses or subserviency to mankind 194 



General view of the mineral kingdom, as subservient to the purposes 



of husbandry 195 



General view of the mechanical powers, with a reference to the pur- 

 poses of husbandry 196 



Gravity, cohesion, extension, motion 196 



General view of husbandry, with a reference to country residences... 197 

 The ignorance of professors in the different branches of 

 husbandry, has been the grand source of error in ru- 

 ral improvement, and the ruin of many individuals... 198 

 Proposed arrangement of the branch of husbandry under consider- 

 ation, namely, agriculture 199 



CHAP. I. Of the improvement &f the soil and surface 200 



Draining , 200 



of springs 200 



■ of lakes, bogs, and morasses 202 



surface or Essex draining 203 



Embanking, general view of. 203 



Of the general causes of the failure of embankments al- 

 ready made 205 



Of the forms of the most secure natural shores, with the 



causes of their security ... 208 



Of the modes of imitating these forms by art, or of improv- 

 ing upon them 210 



Of the preservation of embankments or banks of rivers, by 



erecting piers or projections to ward off the current... 213 

 Of the materials with which embankments are constructed 215 



Of the expense of forming embankments 218 



Of the management of land gained from the sea 219 



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