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The American farm book, or, Compend of American agriculture : being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining, irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market / by R. L. Allen (author of diseases of "Domestic animals," and editor of "The American agriculturist").
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, R. L. (Richard Lamb), 1803-1869, author.
- Series:
- Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890.
- Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Agriculture.
- Corn.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 pages, 48 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- [Revised edition].
- Other Title:
- Compend of American agriculture
- Place of Publication:
- New York : C. M. Saxton, 1850.
- Notes:
- "Illustrated by more than 100 engravings."
- "The American farm book was first published two years since, under the title of 'A brief compend of American agriculture.'" -- page [iv].
- Includes index.
- Publisher's advertisements: [10] pages at end.
- Reproduction of the original from the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London.
- Shelfmark number: [G.L.] 1850 [Allen].
- Local Notes:
- "Goldsmiths' Library."
- OCLC:
- 1198243852
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
- Bound With:
- With: The hasty-pudding : a poem in three cantos : written at Chamrery, in Savoy, January, 1793 / by Joel Barlow. With A memoir of maize or Indian corn / compiled by D.J. Browne. - New York : C.M. Saxton, [1850].
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