The rural Socrates : being memoirs of a country philosopher / translated from the French : to which are added essays on the practical parts of husbandry ; designed to explain several methods of conducting different farms ; including hints to gentlemen farmers relative to the oeconomical management of their business ; containing, among other enquiries, of that proportioned farm, which is the most profitable, of the best method of conducting farms that consist all of grass, or all of arable land, of the means of keeping the year round the most cattle on a given quantity of land, the oeconomical conduct of gentlemen farmers, of the cheapest way of manuring land, of the comparative profit of farming different soils, of the new husbandry, of periodical publications concerning rural oeconomics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirzel, Hans Caspar, 1725-1803.

Standardized Title:

Wirthschaft eines philosophischen Bauers. English. 1779

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Gujer, Jakob, 1716-1785.

Gujer, Jakob.

Agriculture--Early works to 1800.

Agriculture.

Penn Provenance:

Lewis, John F., Mrs. (Donor)

Physical Description:

4 pages, 239 unnumbered pages-434 pages, 1 unnumbered page-231 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

London : Sold by Constable Sewall ..., 1779.

Notes:

"Rural Socrates" is a translation of Hans Caspar Hirzel's Wirthschaft eines philosophischen Bauers; the Essays were written by Arthur Young, and originally published under title: Rural oeconomy.

Works included are in reverse order.

"Addenda": p. 376-434.

Contains:

Young, Arthur, 1741-1820. Rural economy. 1779.

OCLC:

185066170