An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic 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 . encyclopdiaofa01loud Year: 1831 assemblages of log-houses all of one size and shape, with a
An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic 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 . encyclopdiaofa01loud Year: 1831 assemblages of log-houses all of one size and shape, with a small wooden church. The mansions of the poorer nobles are merely cottages on a larger scale, with two apart- ments ; one used for the purposes of the kitchen and other domestic offices, and the other for all the purposes of the family living-rooms: the more wealthy have wooden or brick houses stuccoed, or mudded, and whitewashed. One nobleman in the neigh- bourhood of Moscow has a British steward, who has drained, enclosed, and greatly improved his estate, and has built some farmeries {Jig. 77.) which might be mistaken for those of another country. 673. The agricultural products of Russia may be known from its climates. The vegetables of the most northerly region are limited to lichens, some coarse grass, and some birch, abele, and wild pine forests. The animals there are the reindeer, bear, fox, and other beasts of the chase, or in esteem for their furs or skins. Some cows and sheep are also pastured in the northern parts of that region during the summer months. 674. The farming crops of the more southern regions are the same as in similar climates and countries. Winter and summer rye and oats are cultivated in every part of the empire south of latitude 60° ; winter wheat only in Russia as far as the Kama ; summer wheat botli in Russia and Siberia; barley and spelt plentifully in Russia. Peas, vetches, and beans are not cultivated in great quantities: but buckwheat is
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