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Rural oeconomy; or, Essays on the practical parts of husbandry : designed to explain several methods of conducting different farms; including hints to gentlemen farmers relative to the oeconomical management of their business; containing, among other enquiries: of that proportioned farm, which is the most profitable; of the best method of conducting farms that consist of all grass, or all of arable land; of the means of keeping the year round the most cattle on a given quantity of land; the oeconomical conduct of gentlemen farmers; of the cheapest way of manuring land; of the comparative profit of farming different soils; of the new husbandry; of periodical publications concerning rural oeconomics; to which is added, The rural Socrates: being memoirs of a country philospher

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Rural oeconomy; or, Essays on the practical parts of husbandry : designed to explain several methods of conducting different farms; including hints to gentlemen farmers relative to the oeconomical management of their business; containing, among other enquiries: of that proportioned farm, which is the most profitable; of the best method of conducting farms that consist of all grass, or all of arable land; of the means of keeping the year round the most cattle on a given quantity of land; the oeconomical conduct of gentlemen farmers; of the cheapest way of manuring land; of the comparative profit of farming different soils; of the new husbandry; of periodical publications concerning rural oeconomics; to which is added, The rural Socrates: being memoirs of a country philospher / by the author of The farmer's letters.
Author
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.
Publication
London : Printed for T. Becket, 1773.

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Additional Authors
Hirzel, Hans Caspar, 1725-1803.
Description
1 l., 434 p.; 21 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Rural oeconomy
  • Essays on the practical parts of husbandry
  • Rural economy
  • Rural oeconomy; or, Practical essays
  • Rural Socrates.
Subjects
Note
  • "The rural Socrates; or, A description of the oeconomical and moral conduct of a country philosopher / written in German by M. Hirzel ... 2nd ed. 1764": p. [237]-375. [The country philosopher: Jakob Gujer, called Kliyogg]
  • Attributed to Arthur Young. Cf. NUC-pre56.
  • Translation of: Wirthschaft eines philosophischen Bauers.
  • Caption title: Rural oeconomy; or, Practical essays.
Language (note)
  • English translation from the French version of The rural Socrates (Le Socrate rustique); Originally written in German.
Call Number
VPE (Young, A. Rural economy. 1773)
OCLC
31967697
Author
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820. Attributed name
Title
Rural oeconomy; or, Essays on the practical parts of husbandry : designed to explain several methods of conducting different farms; including hints to gentlemen farmers relative to the oeconomical management of their business; containing, among other enquiries: of that proportioned farm, which is the most profitable; of the best method of conducting farms that consist of all grass, or all of arable land; of the means of keeping the year round the most cattle on a given quantity of land; the oeconomical conduct of gentlemen farmers; of the cheapest way of manuring land; of the comparative profit of farming different soils; of the new husbandry; of periodical publications concerning rural oeconomics; to which is added, The rural Socrates: being memoirs of a country philospher / by the author of The farmer's letters.
Imprint
London : Printed for T. Becket, 1773.
Edition
2nd ed., corrected.
Language
English translation from the French version of The rural Socrates (Le Socrate rustique); Originally written in German.
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Hirzel, Hans Caspar, 1725-1803. Wirthschaft eines philosophischen Bauers. English.
Caption Title
Rural oeconomy; or, Practical essays
Added Title
Rural Socrates.
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VPE (Young, A. Rural economy. 1773)
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