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BKITISH AGEICULTURE. 
INTEODUCTION. 
'he object of this book is to describe the present state of General con- 
griculture in the British Islands, for the information of the of this 
Lgricultural Congress which will be held during the period of 
le International Exhibition at Paris, and in which the agricul- 
ire of the United Kingdom will be practically illustrated bv 
ve-stock, machinery, implements, and agricultural products, 
t begins with a description of the annual supplies required for 
le food and woollen clothing of the population, and of the 
nurces whence these are derived, and the proportion in which 
hey are the produce of home and foreign growth. A narrative 
s then given of any considerable changes which have occurred 
a the objects and processes of agriculture in recent times, and 
f the value of the improvements which have been made. The 
ast increase in agricultural wealth arising from the demands of 
'i prosperous people will be noticed, and the influence which 
as thus been exercised on the modes of husbandry. The great 
usiness which has arisen in the importation and manufacture 
f manures and of cattle-food will be referred to. A sketch 
dll be given of the extent and agricultural resources of the 
lOuntry, of its climate and soil, and the peculiarities of manage- 
lent arising therefrom, and of the different classes employed 
1 its agriculture and their influence upon, and relation to each 
ther. The leading features of the agricultural management of 
16 three nations which compose the British people will be 
escribed, and the general results of their system. Reference 
'ill also be made to the public institutions connected with 
igriculture, the revenues arising from land devoted to charitable, 
ducational, and religious objects, and their management, and 
le slight direct connection of Government with the land, and 
s general freedom from State control. Farm capital, with the 
rice and rent of land and the wages of labour, and the general 
jOndition and educational arrangement of the agricultural popu- 
jition, with the financial system and legislation as affecting 
