The farmer : comprehending the most interesting objects and beneficial practices in the culture of wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, peas, beans, tares, rape, hemp, flax, weld, trunips, carrots, potatoes, cabbages, clover, lucerne, saintfoin, &c. &c. &c. with the application and value of their products, &c. Also, the cultivation of hops, vines, forest trees, fruit trees, kitchen and flower garden productions. Likewise, directions in the breeding and improvement of horses, oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, and hogs; with remarks for purchasing, feeding, and disposing of them to greatest advantage; and the methods of preventing and removing their most fatal disorders. Together with rules for the treatment and rearing of poultry, viz. pheasants, turkeys, geese, fowl, tame rabbits, pigeons, &c. And the ordering of bees, and their labours, To which is annexed, a comprehensive sketch of the formation and management of carp and other fish ponds for the use and improvement of watery and boggy lands, and for other valuable purposes /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Fourth edition, with additions. |
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| Item Description: | The words "wheat, rye, barley, ... lucerne, saintfoin, &c. &c. &c." on the title page are printed in 4 columns separated by double rules. The words "pheasants, turkeys, ... pigeons, &c." on the title page are printed in 3 columns separated by double rules. 2 pages of publisher's advertisements between page 165 and title page of The cattle-keeper. Bound with: The cattle-keeper, Thirteenth edition improved and enlarged / Josiah Ringsted (London : J. Smeeton, [1800]). Separate title page: "The cattle-keeper; or compete directory for country gentlemen, sportsmen, farmers, graziers, farriers, game and cow keepers, horse dealers, carriers, &c. Being a valuable collection of observations in the choice of cattle, and receipts (made by persons of note and experience) for the cure of every distemper incident to horses, oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, hogs, and dogs. (With descriptions of the symptoms) digested under their proper heads. To which is added, strictures on the management of cattle, in order to a healthy propagation and increase of their several species, and a prevention of their maladies. N.B. This edition contains an intire new method of preventing the cutting or interfering of horses." |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 165 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 92 pages ; 22 cm. |