A six months tour through the North of England : containing, an account of the present state of agriculture, manufactures and population, in several Counties of this Kingdom. Particularly, I. The Nature, Value, and Rental of the Soil. II. The Size of Farms, with Accounts of their Stock, Products, Population, and various Methods of Culture. III. The Use, Expence, and Profit of several Sorts of Manure. IV. The Breed of Cattle, and the respective Profits attending them. V. The State of the Waste Lands which might and ought to be cultivated. VI. The Condition and Number of the Poor, with their Rates, Earnings, &c. Vii. The Prices of Labour and Provisions, and the Proportion between them. Viii. The Register of many curious and useful Experiments in Agriculture, and general Practices in rural Oeconomics communicated by several of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. &c. Interspersed With Descriptions of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; and other remarkable Objects; Illustrated with Copper Plates of such Implements of Husbandry, as deserve to be generally known; and Views of some picturesque Scenes, which occurred in the Course of the Journey. La seule vol de se procurer un corps complet Agriculture, seroit, sans doute, de rassembler les diverses observations quaeroient fourni dans chaque province. Encyclopedie. In Four Volumes...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--England--Early works to 1800.

Agriculture.

England--Description and travel.

England.

Great Britain--Economic conditions.

Great Britain.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

4v.,plates,tables : maps ; 8⁰

Edition:

The second edition, corrected and enlarged.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for W. Strahan; W. Nicoll, No 51. in St. Paul's Church-Yard; B. Collins, at Salisbury; and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh, M.DCC.LXX. [1770]-71.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

The dedication signed: Arthur Young.

The imprints to vols. 2-4 read: London, printed for W. Strahan; W. Nicoll; T. Cadell; B. Collins, at Salisbury; and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh, 1771.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T78932.

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