Made at the desire of the Board of Agriculture;

Illustrative also of the best practices in the neighbouring Counties,

KENT, SUSSEX, &c.

IN WHICH IS COMPRISED

AN ANALYSIS OF MANURES

Shewing their Chemical Contents, and the proper application of them

to Soils and Plants of all descriptions,

ALSO

AN ESSAY ON TIMBER

Exhibiting a view of the increasing scarcity of that important Article, with

Hints on the Means of Counteracting it;

TOGETHER WITH

A VARIETY OF MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS

Peculiarly adapted to the present state of the Internal Economy of the

Kingdom.

BY JAMES MALCOLM,

Land Surveyor to their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
and the Dukes of York and Clarence.

VOL. II.

Argumentum locuples habui. Strada Prol. Acad.
Res spectatur non verba, Cic.

London:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY C. AND R. BALDWIN,

NEW BRIDGE-STREET.

men call

HAVING VING intended to have given a chapter in illustration of such parts of the system of chemistry as relate either immediately or remotely to agriculture, I have on more mature consideration withdrawn it. I proceed, therefore, to consider the several sorts of manures which are actually employed at this time in the county, either as stimulants or correctors of the several soils to which they are applied; together with such other kinds as from my own experience and observation, or from the most respectable communications, I should recommend to be occasionally introduced.

It will not be deemed necessary for me, I presume, to expatiate upon the advantages to be derived from a judicious application of manures.

Their importance in husbandry is admitted as well by the farmer of 1000 acres, as by him who occupies but 30 acres. Even the very boy who drives the plough is not ignorant, that the farmer who dresses his land best, and keeps it cleanest, has