. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. Chap. III. In-igation, or the Improvement ofCvlturahle Lands and Farmeries by the means of Water. 4380. The improvement o
. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. Chap. III. In-igation, or the Improvement ofCvlturahle Lands and Farmeries by the means of Water. 4380. The improvement of lands by water is of three kinds : — irrigation, or the appli- cation of water to the surface of the soil, and especially of grass lands, as a species of culture; w arping, or the covering of tlie soil with water to receive a deposition of earthy matter; and the procuring or preserving of water by wells, reservoirs, and other means, for tlie use of farmeries, live stock in the fields, or the domestic purposes of the fanner or Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843. London : Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
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