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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Printed for the author by N. Nickson, in Thursday-Market,
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| Summary: | 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 suggestions for parliamentary legislation. Varlo (ca.1725-ca.1795) was an agriculturist and inventor of a number of agricultural machines. "In 1784, while he was living in Sloane Square, in London, Varlo became involved in a somewhat ludicrous episode. He had bought papers and charters supposedly granted by Charles I to Sir Edward Plowden, entitling him to colonize New Albion (later New Jersey) in America. This attempt at colonization had failed and in Charles II's reign the charter was superseded by a new grant to the Duke of York. Armed with his papers (which were probably forgeries), Varlo went out to the American colonies in 1784 hoping to be recognized as governor of the province of New Jersey and to take over one-third of the territory. The case was tried before the colonial corts, but Varlo's claim was dismissed... Before returning to England he travelled for a year through New England, Maryland, and Virginia (where he met George Washington)" - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Also Fussell, II, pages 90-91. The original edition is very uncommon. With a six-page list of subscribers. Some browning but a nice set. |
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| Item Description: | Head- and tail-pieces. Volume 1: xv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 17-320 pages, 2 folded leaves of text and woodcut. Signatures: pi⁴ B-2R⁴ Volume 2: viii, 9-319 pages. Signatures: A-2O⁴ Volume 3: viii, 9-347 pages. Signatures: A-2V⁴ 2X² |
| Physical Description: | 3 volumes : frontispiece (folded table) ; 21 cm |