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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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Main Author:	Ringsted, Josiah, -1812
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Edition:	Second edition, with additions.
Subjects:	Agriculture > Early works to 1800. Domestic animals > Early works to 1800. Animal culture > Early works to 1800. Agriculture. Animal Husbandry. Livestock.

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