£6.2RAIN than to see his drains running merrily. In permanent grass they may be placed anywhere, and some unobtrusive corner can generally be found for them in arable land. We finish with masonry every important outfall, and consider the few shillings which this costs one of the most satisfactory items in our drainage expenditure. July 20, 1850. No. 1.-Section of Land before it is Drained. No. 2.-Section of Land after it is Drained. No. 3. SKETCH OF THE WHEAT PLANT at different periods of Vegetation, showing the depth to which the fibrous roots can be generally traced in free mould, taken from a drawing in the Drummond Agricultural Museum in Sterling. ANCIENT AGRICULTURAL LITERATURE. CONTENTS. British Writers on the subject-Adam Dickson, C. W. Hoskyns Roman Agricultural Writers-Cato, Varro, Virgil, Columella, Agriculture not a progressive Art during eight centuries Farm Buildings and Landlord's Villa PAGE 134 140 144 144 147 149 154 Division of Farm Labour; Farm and Household Wages; Food, &c. 156 General opinion of Roman agricultural Authors against the profit ableness of High Farming; meaning of the term Management of Pastures and Water Meadows Management of arable Land, and course of Cropping Green Crops for Cattle Turnip Culture; its estimation Roman opinions on the exhaustion and improvement of Land by certain Crops Various methods of reaping and harvesting Grain Notice of Reaping Machines used in Gaul, propelled by Oxen 169. 198 Threshing and Winnowing Machines Use of Straw for Fodder and Litter . Manures; their management, methods, and seasons of applying. Marl; great use of in Gaul and Britain, described by Roman Fallows; their treatment; number, depth, direction, and precision Cato's famous Maxim on the use of the Plough and Dung Numerous forms of Plough in use |