The manuscript contains the preface, giving the purpose of the work and biographical information (folio 1); part 1, 'General view of husbandry & agriculture', in two chapters (folio 12); part 2, 'Of soil as a principle in the science of agriculture', in five chapters (folio 47); part 3, 'Of climate and vegetation', in seven chapters (folio 148); part 4, 'Of Seed, or the science of propagating useful plants', in four chapters (folio 315); and part 5, 'Of Labour and oeconomy', chapter 1 and 2 beginning (folio 448).