The practical farmer or, the Hertfordshire husbandman: containing many new improvements in husbandry. I. Of Meliorating the different Soils, and all other Branches of Business relating to a Farm. II. Of the Nature of the several Sorts of Wheat, and the Soil proper for each. III. Of the great Improvement of Barley, by Brineing the Seed, after an entire new Method, and without Expence. IV. Of increasing Crops of Peas and Beans by House-Houghing. V. Of Trefoil, Clover, Lucerne, and other Foreign Grasses. VI. A new Method to Improve Land at a small Expence, with Burnt Clay. Vii. Of the Management of Cows, Sheep, Suckling of Calves, Lambs, &c. with Means to prevent, and Remedies to cure Rottenness in Sheep. Viii. How to keep Pigeons and Tame Rabbits to Advantage. IX. A new Method of Planting and Improving Fruit-Trees in Ploughed-Fields. By William Ellis, Of Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire. Part I
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
printed for T. Astley , at the Rose ; and S. Austen at the Angel and Bible, in St. Paul's Church-Yard
1742, MDCCXLII. [1742]
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| Edition: | The fourth edition |
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | Braces in imprint. - English Short Title Catalog, N20712. - In two parts; part 2 has a separate titlepage bearing the statement "The third edition" and without Austen's name in the imprint. - Price from imprint: price Two Shillings, Stitch'd Of whom may be had, The Second Part. - Reproduction of original from William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (UCLA). - With an index |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (171,[8],176-228,[8]p) 8° |