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THE BOOK OF THE FARM. THE SECOND VOLUME,

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Professor Johnston's Works.
I.

A CATECHISM OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.

Price 10d.

II.

The Third Edition, greatly Enlarged, price 4s.,

ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
AND GEOLOGY.

BY JAMES F. W. JOHNSTON, M.A., F.R.SS.L. & E.,
Fellow of the Geological Society,

Honorary Member of the Royal Agricultural Society, Foreign Member of the Royal
Swedish Academy of Agriculture, &c. &c., Chemist to the Agricultural
Chemistry Association of Scotland, and Reader in Chemistry and

Mineralogy in the University of Durham.

This little work is intended to give a familiar and condensed outline of the subjects treated of more fully in the Lectures.

III.

LECTURES ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
AND GEOLOGY.

PART I. ON THE ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS OF PLANTS, price 68.
PART II. ON THE INORGANIC CONSTITUENTS OF PLANTS, price 4s. 6d.
PART III.-ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOIL BY MECHANICAL MEANS AND
BY MANURES, price 7s. 6d.

PART IV.-In course of publication-ON FEEDING OF STOCK, &c.

"Unquestionably the most important contribution that has recently been made to popular science, and destined to exert an extensively beneficial influence in this country."- Silliman's American Journal of Science (Rev. of the American Edition.)

"When finished, this book will form the

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only complete treatise on the whole subject to be found in any language."-Blackwood's Magazine.

"The most complete account of Agricultural Chemistry we possess."-Royal. Agr. Jour. "A valuable and interesting course of Lectures."-Quarterly Review.

SUGGESTIONS FOR EXPERIMENTS IN PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.

No. I. SUGGESTIONS FOR EXPERIMENTS WITH UNMIXED MANURES, price 3d. No. II. RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE, MADE IN 1841, price 3d.

No. III. RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE, MADE IN 1842, WITH REMARKS AND ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS, price 10d.

No. IV. RESULTS OF ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS, WITH REMARKS AND SUGGESTIONS, price 2d.

"Competitors are strongly recommended to peruse Mr Johnston's Suggestions and Account of Experiments received in consequence there

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of, and published by Messrs Blackwood, Edinburgh."-Highland and Agricultural Society's Directions to Competitors for Premiums.

Price 18.

WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR ENGLISH AGRICULTURE? A LETTER TO THE MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON

President of the Royal Society.

VI.

Price 2s. 6d.

THE ECONOMY OF A COAL FIELD.

THE GRASSES OF SCOTLAND,

Containing a Scientific Description of each Species, with Remarks on their uses in Agriculture. BY RICHARD PARNELL, M.D., F.R.S.E.

Illustrated with a Figure of each Species, and several Varieties, amounting to 130, drawn and engraved by the Author.

In One Vol. royal 8vo, handsomely bound in cloth, price 20s.

SEVEN LITHOGRAPHED DESIGNS

FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF FARM COTTAGES AND STEADINGS,
WITH DESCRIPTIONS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND ESTIMATES,
Remarks on the Accommodations required under the Modern System of Husbandry, and the
Defects of existing Farm Buildings.

BY JAMES CUNNINGHAM, SURVEYOR.

Price 68. 6d.

THE AGRICULTURIST'S MANUAL;

Being a familiar Description of the Agricultural Plants cultivated in Europe, including Practical Observations respecting those suited to the climate of Great Britain.

BY PETER LAWSON & SON,

SEEDSMEN TO THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.

8vo, price 10s. 6d.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR,

A TREATISE ON THE CULTIVATED GRASSES AND OTHER HERBAGE AND FORAGE PLANTS,

With the Kinds and Quantities of Seeds for sowing down Land to alternate Husbandry, Permanent Pasture, Lawns, &c.

Price One Shilling.

BLACKWOOD'S COUNTY ATLAS OF SCOTLAND; CONSISTING OF THIRTY-ONE MAPS,

Including the ORKNEY, SHETLAND, and WESTERN ISLANDS, with the Parochial Boundaries carefully coloured.

In One Volume 4to, price 21s. handsomely bound in cloth.

SEPARATE MAPS OF THE COUNTIES,

Coloured as above, and neatly put up in a Case for the Pocket, price 1s. each.

ON RIVER ANGLING FOR SALMON AND TROUT,

MORE PARTICULARLY AS PRACTISED IN THE

TWEED AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.

BY JOHN YOUNGER, ST BOSWELL'S.

Price 1s. 6d.

THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE,

AND

Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. The First Number of the New Series will be Published on the 30th of June.

STABLE ECONOMY.

A TREATISE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HORSES, IN RELATION TO STABLING, GROOMING, FEEDING, WATERING, AND WORKING.

BY JOHN STEWART,

Veterinary Surgeon, Author of "Advice to Purchasers of Horses," and Professor of Veterinary
Medicine in the Andersonian University, Glasgow.

A New Edition in Foolscap Octavo, with numerous Woodcuts, price 7s. 6d., bound in cloth.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR,

ADVICE TO PURCHASERS OF HORSES;

Being a Short and Familiar Treatise on the External Conformation of the Horse; the Nature of Soundness and Unsoundness, and the Laws relating to Sale and Warranty; with copious Directions for discovering Unsoundness prior to purchasing.

WITH THREE ENGRAVINGS.

Price 2s. 6d., bound in cloth.

"The buyer hath need of a hundred eyes, but the seller of only one."
Tenth Thousand.

Quarto, Price 10s. 6d.,

A SYSTEMATIC TREATISE ON THE THEORY & PRACTICE OF DRAINING LAND, &c.,

According to the most approved Methods,

And adapted to the various Situations and Soils of England and Scotland; also on Sea, River, and Lake Embankments, Formation of Ponds and Artificial Pieces of Water.

THE WHOLE ILLUSTRATED BY PLANS AND SECTIONS.

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THE THEORY AND PRACTICE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES ;

In which the use of the various Instruments employed in Surveying, Levelling, &c. is clearly elucidated by Practical Examples.

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BY JOHN AINSLIE, LAND SURVEYOR.

With a Treatise on Trigonometrical Surveying, Levelling, and Railway Engineering. BY WILLIAM GALBRAITH, M.A,

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