A new system of husbandry. : From experiments never before made public. With tables shewing the expence [as printed] and profit of each crop. How to stock farms to the best advantage. How the crops are to follow each other by the way of rotation. On trench-ploughing, shewing how to raise good crops without manure. On rearing, breeding, and feeding cattle, shewing the sorts of food that lays on fat and lean. On a new discovered cheap food for cattle. A description of a most valuable moving sheep-house for eating turnips on the ground without waste. How to raise cabbages for feeding cattle. On all sorts of manures, marls, clays, sands, &c. Likewise a few chapters humbly offered for the perusal of the Legislature in regard to two or three Acts of Parliament which might be passed for the good of the public. With many chosen recepts for the cure of all sorts of cattle. All which are calculated both for profit and amusement of the country gentleman and farmer /

Jonathan A. Hill, bookseller, description: First edition of this important miscellany of practical observations on various aspects of farming including the raising of sheep and cattle, the cultivation of turnips and cabbages, and a great deal more. Also included are several chapters containing sugge...

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