CHAPTER V.

Scientific Farming: Its State, Implements, and Admirers, Ancient and Modern -- Agricultural Pursuits delighted in by the greatest Men of all Ages -- Attachment of the Roman Nobility to them -- Cicero’s enthusiastic Encomiums on Country Affairs -- Farming now practised as a Science -- Vast Improvements during the last Century -- Multiplicity of its Modern Implements -- Benefits derived from Chemistry and Mechanics -- Progressive Improvements in Tillage, Breed of Cattle, Wool, Machinery, etc. by Tull, Menzies, Bakewell, Lord Somerville, Coke, Duke of Bedford, the Culleys, etc. -- by Periodicals and Associations -- Men to whom Agricultural Interests are peculiarly Indebted -- Characters of the Duke of Buccleugh and Lord Somerville, by Sir Walter Scott -- Anecdote of the Duke of Portland 49