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The gentleman farmer : or, certain observations made by an English gentleman, upon the husbandry of Flanders; and the same compared with that of England. Wherein Upon a Careful Examination of the Soils of each Country, and from some New Experiments made in our own Agriculture, it is demonstrated, That a Younger Brother, with only Five hundred Pounds, laid out as directed, shall be able to spend more than his Elder Brother, who has a Thousand Pounds a Year; and so for any Sum, in a less, or, greater Proportion. Also a certain Method of Improving Meadow Grounds, from Forty Shillings to Six pounds an Acre, by Fish-Ponds. Written by a person of honour in the county of Norfolk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Person of Honour in the County of Norfolk.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fish culture--Early works to 1800.
- Fish culture.
- Agriculture--Flanders--Early works to 1800.
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture--Belgium--Brabant--Early works to 1800.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([6],38[6],94,[6]p. )
- Other Title:
- Gentleman farmer
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for E. Curll over-against Catherine-Street, in the Strand, M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]
- Notes:
- Sometimes attributed to Sir Richard Weston.
- Includes: 'A discourse of fish and fish-ponds', by Robert North, which is a reissue, without the titlepage, of the separately published second edition, London, 1715.
- Price from imprint: Price 2 s. 6 d.
- Reproduction of original from University of London's Goldsmiths' Library.
- Cited in:
- Goldsmiths', 6434
- Hanson, 3562
- English Short Title Catalog, T122876.
- OCLC:
- 642335942
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