Comprehensive encyclopedia of practical agriculture published in 1837, focusing on industrial crop cultivation and domestic animal husbandry. This second volume covers oleaginous plants including colza, hemp, flax, and cotton; textile plants; medicinal herbs for pharmacists and herbalists; aromatic plants for perfumers and distillers; dye plants such as madder, woad, and indigo; and plants useful in various arts. The agricultural section includes detailed anatomy and physiology of domestic mammals, conformation and age determination of animals, veterinary chirurgy and pharmacology, and extensive chapters on horse, cattle, sheep, pork, donkey, and mule breeding. Features over 2000 illustrations of instruments, machines, apparatus, animal breeds, trees, shrubs, plants, and rural buildings. Compiled by leading agronomists and practitioners affiliated with French agricultural societies.

Table of Contents:

General Observations .... page 1
Chapter I. Oleaginous Plants and Their Special Culture .... page 2
Section 1. Colza .... page 2
Section 2. Cabbage .... page 7
Section 3. Navette .... page 8
Section 4. Camelina .... page 8
Section 5. White and Black Mustard .... page 10
Section 6. Julienne .... page 11
Section 7. Oil Radish .... page 11
Section 8. Alénois Cress .... page 11
Section 9. Poppy .... page 11
Section 10. Sunflower .... page 13
Section 11. Sesame Jugoline .... page 14
Section 12. Castor .... page 14
Section 13. Spurge .... page 15
Section 14. Earth Pistachio .... page 15
Chapter II. Textile Plants or Filamentous and Their Special Culture .... page 16
Section 1. Flax and Its Culture .... page 16
Section 2. Hemp and Its Culture .... page 23
Section 3. Cotton, Its Varieties and Its Culture .... page 26
Section 4. Various Other Textile Plants .... page 30
Chapter III. Economic Plants .... page 45
Section 1. Beetroot .... page 45
Section 2. Chicory .... page 46
Section 3. Tobacco .... page 47
Section 4. Potato .... page 52
Chapter IV. Vegetable Plants .... page 52
Section 1. Artichokes .... page 53
Section 2. Asparagus .... page 53
Section 3. Cabbage .... page 54
Section 4. Squash, Pumpkins, Gourds, etc. .... page 55
Section 5. Onions .... page 55
Chapter V. Medicinal Plants for Druggists, Pharmacists and Herbalists .... page 56
Section 1. Marshmallow .... page 56
Section 2. Licorice .... page 57
Section 3. Pavot .... page 59
Section 4. Rhubarb .... page 60
Section 5. Hyssop, Melissa, Mint and Sage .... page 61
Section 6. Absinthe, Tansy and Roman Chamomile .... page 62
Section 7. Squill .... page 63
Section 8. Elder, Linden, Hops and Mustard .... page 63
Chapter VI. Aromatic Plants for Perfumers, Distillers, Confectioners, etc. .... page 64
Section 1. Anise .... page 64
Section 2. Caraway and Coriander .... page 64
Section 3. Angelica .... page 65
Section 4. Lavender .... page 66
Section 5. Carnation .... page 67
Section 6. Jasmine .... page 67
Section 7. Tuberose .... page 68
Section 8. Roses .... page 68
Section 9. Orange Trees .... page 68
Chapter VII. Tinctorial Plants and Their Special Culture .... page 69
Section 1. Madder .... page 69
Section 2. Weld .... page 78
Section 3. Woad .... page 80
Section 4. Indigo Plant .... page 82
Section 5. Saffron .... page 84
Section 6. Safflower .... page 86
Section 7. Other Tinctorial Plants .... page 88
Chapter VIII. Plants Useful in Various Arts .... page 91
Section 1. Plants for Tanning .... page 91
Section 2. Fuller's Teasel .... page 92
Section 3. Plants Suitable for Furnishing Soda .... page 94
Chapter IX. Vine and Its Culture .... page 95
Chapter X. Hops and Its Culture .... page 118
Chapter XI. Mulberry and Its Special Culture .... page 121
Chapter XII. Trees and Shrubs with Oleaginous Fruit .... page 132
Section 1. Olive Tree and Its Culture .... page 132
Section 2. Walnut .... page 140
Section 3. Some Other Trees or Oleiferous Plants .... page 144
Chapter XIII. Border Plantations, Rural Orchards and Planted Pastures and Trees Composing Them .... page 145
Section 1. Apple Tree and Pear Tree .... page 145
Section 2. Some Other Trees or Plants Whose Fruits or Sap Are Suitable for Giving Vinous Liquors, Alcohol, etc. .... page 149
Section 3. Chestnut .... page 151
Section 4. Hazel or Hazelnut .... page 153
Section 5. Border Plantations, Rural Orchards and Planted Pastures in General .... page 153
Chapter XIV. Indigenous Uncultivated Plants and Recently Introduced Ones, Whose Products Could Be Used .... page 155
Section 1. Forage Plants .... page 155
Section 2. Food Plants .... page 157
Section 3. Plants Useful in Various Arts .... page 158
Section 4. Artificial Watercress Beds .... page 160
Book Three. Domestic Animals - Introduction .... page 161
Title One. Mammals .... page 162
Chapter I. Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals .... page 162
Article 1. Animal Tissues .... page 162
Section 1. Cellular Tissue .... page 163
Section 2. Adipose Tissue .... page 163
Section 3. Serous Tissue .... page 164
Section 4. Fibrous Tissue .... page 164
Section 5. Cartilaginous Tissue .... page 165
Section 6. Osseous Tissue .... page 165
Section 7. Vascular Tissue. Arteries, Veins, Lymphatic Vessels .... page 166
Section 8. Nervous System .... page 167
Section 9. Muscular Tissue .... page 167
Section 10. Integumentary System in General, Mucous Membranes, Skin .... page 168
Article 2. Organs or Groups of Organs .... page 169
Chapter II. External Conformation of Domestic Animals .... page 191
Introduction .... page 191
Section 1. Consideration on the Animal Machine and Its Movement Apparatus .... page 191
Section 2. Division of the Horse .... page 193
Chapter III. Knowledge of the Age of Domestic Animals .... page 213
Section 4. Robes .... page 216
Section 5. Proportions .... page 217
Section 6. Plumbs .... page 219
Table of Plumbs and Their Defects .... page 230
Section 7. Attitudes .... page 231
Section 8. Progressive Movements .... page 234
Chapter III. Surgery .... page 237
Section 1. What Should Be Done Before Operations .... page 238
Chapter IV. Veterinary Pharmacy .... page 289
Chapter V. Pathology .... page 298
Chapter VI. Farriery .... page 346
Chapter VII. Livestock Economy .... page 368
Chapter VIII. Principal Horse Breeds and Their Rearing .... page 391
Chapter IX. Harnessing .... page 422
Chapter X. Donkey and Mule .... page 437
Chapter XI. Bovine Breeds and Their Rearing .... page 445
Chapter XII. Pig .... page 488
Chapter XIII. Sheep .... page

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