The farmer. : Comprehending the several most interesting objects and beneficial practices in the culture of wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, peas, beans, tares, rape, hemp, flax, weld, turnips, carrots, potatoes, cabbages, clover, lucerne, saintfoin, &c. &c. &c. With the application and value of their products, &c. Together with 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. Also rules for the treatment and rearing of poultry, viz. pheasants, turkeys, geese, fowl, tame rabbits, pigeons, &c. And the ordering of bees, and their labors. 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 /
Niall Kenny description: Author's advert on page ii is, in fact, a copy of the title page of the 3rd edition of the “Cattle-Keeper's Assistant ...” which states it has just been published; the contents pages are on a separate quire. This edition, unlike the first, mentions fish ponds on th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition, with additions. |
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| Summary: | Niall Kenny description: Author's advert on page ii is, in fact, a copy of the title page of the 3rd edition of the “Cattle-Keeper's Assistant ...” which states it has just been published; the contents pages are on a separate quire. This edition, unlike the first, mentions fish ponds on the title page. The date of the first edition is uncertain but the earliest advertisement found for the first edition of this work in 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers is from 1781. From manuscript dates in copies I have examined the date of this book must be after 1779 but before 1781. This is confirmed by the dates of the books in the publisher's adverts in this 2nd edition. |
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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. Below imprint in square brackets: Price two shillings and sixpence. Below price on title page: Where may be had the two other above-mentioned publications by the same author. Signatures: A⁴ a² B-X⁴ |
| Physical Description: | xii, 160 pages ; 21 cm |