A course of experimental agriculture : containing an exact register of all the business transacted during five years on near three hundred acres of various soils; including a variety of experiments on the cultivation of all sorts of grain and pulse, both in the old and new methods; the raising large crops of turnips, cabbages, carrots, potatoes, &c. and several plants not usually cultivated, as food for cattle; and the application of them to feeding or fattening of oxen, cows, horses, hogs, sheep, &c. Also the management of the artificial grasses, particularly clover, lucerne, sainfoine, burnet, &c. in the broad-cast, drilling, and transplanting methods; and their uses in feeding several sorts of cattle. The cultivation of madder. A particular comparison between the old and new husbandry. The management of pasture lands. On ploughing, harrowing, and other operations of tillage relative to the season, number, depth, &c. On the general feeding and fattening of cattle on various articles of food; the expences, profit, quantity eat, &c. The implements of husbandry, their defects, improvements, &c. With other subjects of importance to the country gentleman and farmer, the whole stated in near two thousand original experiments.
Jonathan A. Hill, bookseller, description: A fine collection of most of Young's agricultural writings, all in octavo, handsomely bound in contemporary half russia and marbled boards (head of one spine carefully repaired, minor wear to corners), flat spines gilt. Ten works (including two by othe...
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Printed for J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, J. Potts, D. Chamberlaine, W. Sleater, J. Hoey, Jun. J. Williams, J. Porter, R. Moncrisffe, and T. Walker,
MDCCLXXI [1771]
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| Summary: | Jonathan A. Hill, bookseller, description: A fine collection of most of Young's agricultural writings, all in octavo, handsomely bound in contemporary half russia and marbled boards (head of one spine carefully repaired, minor wear to corners), flat spines gilt. Ten works (including two by other authors) bound in 19 volumes. Engraved armorial bookplate in each volume of the Earl of Granard. Arthur Young (1741-1820) "was not only the best-known agricultural reformer and publicist of his time, with an international reputation, but also a figure of importance in the political and social issues of the day. He had and extraordinary capacity for work ... In an age of hazardous roads he travelled many thousands of miles, a high proportion of them on horseback or on foot, and he still found energy to write up his day's notes and perhaps some letters in his inn room at night. Some modern historians have criticized his agricultural work and have compared him unfavourably with his rival, William Marshall, but it is often overlooked that their approaches were different: Marshall gave an account of the farming of a region as a whole, while Young was not concerned with presenting a rounded picture of contemporary farming; his interests lay entirely in reporting on new advances and condemning old and inefficient methods. His enthusiasm often led him into hyperbole, but he was realistic in appreciating that farmers would only take up what could be shown to pay. Some of his own experiments were misconceived, but in his day the true factors in plant growth were far from understood. As a pioneeding scientific spirit he was very widely respected, and his knowledge, wit, and pleasant personality made him welcome in both aristocratic mansion and modest farmhouse." - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
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| Item Description: | Dedication signed: Arthur Young. Half title pages. An edition in 2 volumes was published in 1770. |
| Physical Description: | 4 volumes, folded plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |