The practical farmer, or, The Hertfordshire husbandman : containing many new improvements in husbandry / by William Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.

Series:

Making of the modern world

Making of the Modern World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Early works to 1800.

Agriculture.

Farm management--Early works to 1800.

Farm management.

Agriculture--England.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

The third edition.

Other Title:

Practical farmer

Hertfordshire husbandman

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for T. Astley and S. Austen, 1738.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

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 ...

III. Of the great improvement of barley ...

IV. Of increasing crops of pease and beans by horse-houghing

V. Of trefoyle, 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 ...

VIII. How to keep pigeons and tame rabbits to advantage

IX. A new method of planting and improving fruit-trees in ploughed-fields

X. Of various manures and dungs, proper for every soil

XI. Of the usefulness, culture, method of raising, drying, and the virtues of hops

XII. Of foreign wheats

XIII. General observations on the year 1734

XIV. A comparison of different methods of farming in several countries.

Notes:

Part 2 has separate t.p. with imprint: London: Printed for W. Bickerton, 1732.

Includes index (8 p., 4th group).

Publisher's advertisements (p. [1]-[5], 2nd group).

Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 07561.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns

OCLC:

65344341

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.