LONGMAN AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW,

AND THOMSON, BOOKSELLER, PRESTON.

M.DCCCXLIII.

Printed by A. THOMSON,

Preston.

CONTENTS.

Exposition of Subject.

All good Farming comprised in three things;-

1.-Laying Land dry,

2.-Making it rich,

3. Keeping it clean.

These three heads explained generally.

Scotch Farming considered.

Lancashire Farming contrasted.

Causes of bad Farming in Lancashire.

Letting by ticket.

Old method of Marling followed by successive White

Crops.

Remedies to be applied.

Management of Ploughed Land.

Not more Land under the Plough than can be

well managed.

Teams to be kept constantly employed.

Management of Grass Land.

Laying down Land to Grass.

Sheep.

Irrigation.

Formation of Butts in Grass Land.

The same in Ploughed Land.

Subsoiling system.

Draining with Stones,-with Tiles,-with Turves.

Cost per Acre with Turves.

Draining of Ploughed Land.

Manure.

Enclosed Farm Yard, with Steaming Apparatus.

Formation of Dung Hill, with Reservoir.

Making of Compost heaps and New Manures.

Spade Husbandry.

Dr. Gelloly's plan for substituting Spade Husbandry,
for the use of the Plough.

Trenching with Spade, for laying down Land to

Grass.

The same for preparing for Planting.

Allotment System ;-

Two kinds, one like a large garden, the other of a

few acres.

Plan of managing half a quarter of an acre, according
to the "Cottage Farmer's Assistant."

Plan of Mr. Cobbett's for keeping a Cow on

quarter of an Acre.

Plan of Mr. Blacker, and others.

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An Overlooker to be appointed for superintending

allotments.

Cottage Property.

Improvements going on upon the Lytham property.

Agricultural Society.

Large cut for carrying off an overflow of water.

River Ribble Navigation.

General remarks in conclusion.

THE

INTRODUCTION.

THE following remarks originated in some desultory

Tideas,

ideas, which the Author threw together for the purpose of instituting an Agricultural Library for the use of his tenants. On entering upon the subject more at large, he found its interest increase with its importance. It then struck him that it might be desirable to bring before the public certain branches of farming management, which materially concerned a large and important part of the community. On a nearer view he became more sensible of the present defective state of Lancashire farming, and how far it was behindhand in the race of agricultural competition now going forward. -He therefore thought it would be of use to point out, in a brief and compendious form, what he considered to be the essentials of all good farming, how far Lancashire farming fell short of these, and what means were to be applied in order to bring it to an equality with

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