The farmer's compleat guide, through all the articles of his profession; the laying out, proportioning, and cropping his ground; and the rules for purchasing, managing, and preserving his stock. In particular, The choice and culture of wheat, barley and oats, from the seed to the barn. The most profitable way of raising turnips, with a proposal for introducing the northern turnep, called the naper, which will live on bogs. The management of meadow and pasture ground, and raising of artificial grasses. The culture of beans, pease, tares, and thetches. The raising of hemp, flax and hops; and an account of the new lucerne. The raising of hedge shrubs, copppice wood, and timber trees. The whole doctrine of soils and manures, and the ways of suiting one to the other in all instances. And cheap and effectual remedies for all the diseases of cattle.
Niall Kenny description: Pagination errors: p 58-59 as '43-44', p 62-63 as '47-48', p 212 as '112'; a general rural guide but the last 50 pages concern animal husbandry
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