《马首农言》是清代地方性农书中很有代表性和很有价值的一种。作者是山西省寿阳县名宦　祁藻。该书包括地势气候、种植、农器、农谚、占验、方言、五谷病、粮价物价、水利、　畜牧、备荒、祠祀、织事、杂说等１４节，反映了十九世纪上半叶寿阳的农业生产和农村经济　社会状况 “Ma Shou Nongyan” is a very representative and valuable book in local Qing Dynasty. The author is the name of the official office in Shouyang County, algae. The book covers 14 sections of terrain, climate, planting, farming, farming proverbs, accountability, dialects, grain diseases, food price, water conservancy, livestock husbandry, preparation for wasteland, shrine worship, weaving, Agricultural production and rural economic and social conditions