. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. assemblages of log-houses all of one size and shape, with a small wooden 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 theother for all the purposes of the family living-rooms: the more wealthy have woodenor brick houses
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. assemblages of log-houses all of one size and shape, with a small wooden 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 theother for all the purposes of the family living-rooms: the more wealthy have woodenor brick houses stuccoed, or mudded, and whitewashed. One nobleman in the neigh-bourhood of Moscow has a British steward, who has drained, enclosed, and greatlyimproved his estate, and has built some farmeries {Jig. 77.) which might be mistakenfor those of another 673. The agricultural products of Russia may be known from its climates. TheVegetables of the most northerly region are limited to lichens, some coarse grass, andseine 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 sheepare 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 climatesand countries. Winter and summer rye and oats are cultivated in every part of theempire south of latitude 60° ; winter wheat only in Russia as far as the Kama ; summerwheat both in Russia and Siberia; barley and spelt plentifully in Russia. Peas, vetches,and beans are not cultivated in great quantities: but buckwheat is extensively grown,and there is a large variety, called the Tartarian millet ; Fanicum gcrmanicum and maizeare grown in Taurida. Ri X is cultivated in some parts of Tauri
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