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5°°1 HUS urged by professional sportsmen, that, without being chased, wild animals would multiply in such numbers as to become dangerous to man and cattle. This plea, however specious, is not conclu- sive ; because we are in possession of various methods by which ani- mals of prey might be entrapped, taken, or otherwise exterminated, without any danger or inconve- nience to the huntsmen. But, while this amusement is restrained within due bounds, and not carried to such extremes as are, or at least were, till lately, practised in France and Germany, we hesitate to pro- nounce unqualified censure ; espe- cially as it frequently contributes to the health and vivacity of its vota- ries. Hurr-bur. See Burdock. Hurtle-berries. See Bil- berries. Hurt-sickle. See Corn Blue- bottle. HUSBANDRY, strictly speak- ing, comprehends the whole busi- ness of a farmer, or a man who maintains himself and family by cultivating the earth. In this light, husbandry includes ftot only agriculture, but several other branches connected with it. Of this description are the rearing of cattle-, the management of the dairy, or the making of butter and cheese; the treatment of bees ; the raising of flax, timber, hops, &c. To these may be added horticul- ture, as far as it respects orchards, and the making of cyder and per- ry ; the domestic economy of the farm-house, and various other ob- jects, of which we treat in their respective order of the alphabet. Such are the numerous branches "which demand the husbandman's attention ; and to complicated in- n u s deed are they, as to call forth every exertion and ingenuity, for the pur- pose of facilitating the different operations, and to ]7romote their more or less important objects. Hence various societies, both pub- lie and private, have been insti- tuted 3 which, by judicious premi- ums, and other modes of encou- ragement, have advanced this in- teresting science perhaps to the highest degree of perfection of which it is susceptible, if the occa- sional difference of* opinion were ultimately settled. We shall, there- fore, subjoin a list of such works as will amplv repay the time and attention which may be spent in perusing them, and which reflect lustre and credit ori the country in which they have been published'. The Communications to the Board of Agriculture, and the Transac- tions of the Society for the Encou- ragement of Arts, &~c. possess the first place in the scale of merit. With these may also be classed the Letters and Papers of the Bath and West of England Society, and Mr. A. Young's Annals of Agri- culture; works which have been carried on for a series of years, and which progressively become more interesting and useful. Beside these collective and na-» tional works, there have lately ap- peared various detached treatises, relative to the principal branches of husbandry, the perusal'- of which cannot fail to be attended with con- siderable advantage. Among these are, 1. Lord BoMERVille's Sys* tern followed during (lie tiro last- Years, li/ the Board of Agricul- ture, &c". (Svo. pp. 300. 2d edit. Miller, 1800) ; a work replete with information and philanthropic pro- posals — 2. Dr. Ax ok icon's Es- says on Agriculture (bvo. 'J vols.