The practice of farming and husbandry in all sorts of soils, according to the latest improvements, very useful for all landlords and tenants, of ploughed, grass, or wood lands Containing, I. The nature and improvement of the four clays, four loams, four gravels, four chalks and three sands, with an account of the nature and use of stones in the common fields. II. The nature and improvement of the oak, shewing seven several ways to obtain a wood thereof, also of the beech, the manner of extracting its sap after three different methods for its long duration. The ash, elm, witchelm, horn-beam, maple, lime, sycamore, horse and sweet chesnut, walnut, hazel, white-elder, and the case of the black-cherry. And also of the asp, sallow, poplar, alder, and other aquaticks. III. Of the excellency of the whitelamas-wheat, and all other wheats, barley, rye, oats, peas, beans, thetches and tills, with a copy of two letters from William Hayton, Esq; of Clarkenwel, and the author's answer concerning the propagating of wheat and rye in Northumberland. Also an estimate of the loss and profit of crops for the year 1732. IV.
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| Language: | English |
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Dublin
Printed for William Williamson, bookseller, at Mecn̆as's-Head in Bride-street
1758, MDCCLVIII. [1758]
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | English Short Title Catalog, T174247. - Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library. - The book is Ellis's 'Chiltern and vale farming explained' under disguise. - The half-title gives the author as William Ellis |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource ([10],317,[1]p) 8° |