Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture; : containing communications on various subjects in husbandry and rural affairs. : Vol. IV. : [Three lines of quotations].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson, H. (Hugh), 1782-1866, engraver.

Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 45300.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture.

Agriculture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Societies, etc.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--History.

History.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, xx pages, 3 unnumbered pages, x-xxxv pages, 4 unnumbered pages, vi-xl, 41-45 pages, 1 unnumbered page, lii pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 318 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 318-332 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Published by Benjamin Warner, no. 147, Market Street., 1818.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Contents:

Preface

Laws

Officers of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Elected at the annual meeting, in January, 1818

A list of the members of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Elected since the publication of the last volume

Library

A discourse on agriculture. Its antiquity; and importance to every member of the community; the obligations all are under to encourage it;

and the necessity of diffusing a knowledge of its principles, and systematical practice, as the first step towards its advancement. Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, at their request, on their annual meeting, the 9th of January, 1816 / By Richard Peters, their president

An address on the progress of agriculture, with hints for its improvement in the United States: delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, at their annual meeting, January 14th 1817 / By James Mease, M.D. one of the vice-presidents of the Society

Notices for a young farmer; particularly one on worn lands; being some rudiments for an epitome of good husbandry; and subjects promotive of its prosperity / By Richard Peters

Memoirs of the Agricultural Society of Philadelphia

Index.

Notes:

Some plates signed: H.A. [i.e., Hugh Anderson].

Error in paging: p. 18 misnumbered 81.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 45300).

Includes bibliographical references.

Errata, in Peters' A discourse on agriculture, page xxxv, and in memoirs, page [328].

Contains:

Peters, Richard, 1743-1828. Discourse on agriculture.

Mease, James, 1771-1846. Address on the progress of agriculture.

Peters, Richard, 1743-1828. Notices for a young farmer.

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