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The complete farmer or, a general dictionary of husbandry in all its branches; containing the various methods of cultivating and improving every species of land, according to the precepts of both the old and new Husbandry. Comprising every Thing valuable in the best Writers on this Subject, viz. Linnaeus, Chateauvieux, the Marquis of Turbilly, Platt, Evelyn, Worlidge, Mortimer, Tull, Ellis, Miller, Hale, Lisle, Roque, Mills, Young, Marshall, &c. &c. Together with A great variety of new discoveries and improvements. Also The whole Business of Breeding, Managing, and Fattening Cattle and Poultry of all Kinds; and the most approved Manner of curing the various Diseases to which they are subject. Together with the Manner of raising Bees, and of acquiring large Quantities of Wax and Honey, without destroying those laborious Insects. Also, the Management of Vines, and the best Method of making all Sorts of Wines. Illustrated with a great variety of copper-plates, accurately engraved; exhibiting all the Instruments used in Husbandry; particularly those lately invented, as well as those presented to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c. in London; many of which have never yet approved in a Work of this Nature. The fourth edition, considerably improved, and greatly enlarged. By a society of gentlemen, members of the society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce.
- Title
- The complete farmer [electronic resource] : or, a general dictionary of husbandry in all its branches; containing the various methods of cultivating and improving every species of land, according to the precepts of both the old and new Husbandry. Comprising every Thing valuable in the best Writers on this Subject, viz. Linnaeus, Chateauvieux, the Marquis of Turbilly, Platt, Evelyn, Worlidge, Mortimer, Tull, Ellis, Miller, Hale, Lisle, Roque, Mills, Young, Marshall, &c. &c. Together with A great variety of new discoveries and improvements. Also The whole Business of Breeding, Managing, and Fattening Cattle and Poultry of all Kinds; and the most approved Manner of curing the various Diseases to which they are subject. Together with the Manner of raising Bees, and of acquiring large Quantities of Wax and Honey, without destroying those laborious Insects. Also, the Management of Vines, and the best Method of making all Sorts of Wines. Illustrated with a great variety of copper-plates, accurately engraved; exhibiting all the Instruments used in Husbandry; particularly those lately invented, as well as those presented to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c. in London; many of which have never yet approved in a Work of this Nature. The fourth edition, considerably improved, and greatly enlarged. By a society of gentlemen, members of the society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce.
- Author
- Society of Gentlemen.
- Publication
- London : printed for T. Longman, B. Law, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, R. Baldwin, W. Otridge, and W. Lowndes, 1793]
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gale (Firm)
- Description
- [720]p.,plates; 2⁰.
- Uniform Title
- Eighteenth century collections online.
- Subject
- Agriculture > Dictionaries > Early works to 1800
- Genre/Form
- Dictionaries.
- Note
- Date from frontispiece.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Indexed In (note)
- Goldsmiths'
- English Short Title Catalog
- Reproduction (note)
- Electronic reproduction.
- OCLC
- 642632478
- T56446
- Author
- Society of Gentlemen.
- Title
- The complete farmer [electronic resource] : or, a general dictionary of husbandry in all its branches; containing the various methods of cultivating and improving every species of land, according to the precepts of both the old and new Husbandry. Comprising every Thing valuable in the best Writers on this Subject, viz. Linnaeus, Chateauvieux, the Marquis of Turbilly, Platt, Evelyn, Worlidge, Mortimer, Tull, Ellis, Miller, Hale, Lisle, Roque, Mills, Young, Marshall, &c. &c. Together with A great variety of new discoveries and improvements. Also The whole Business of Breeding, Managing, and Fattening Cattle and Poultry of all Kinds; and the most approved Manner of curing the various Diseases to which they are subject. Together with the Manner of raising Bees, and of acquiring large Quantities of Wax and Honey, without destroying those laborious Insects. Also, the Management of Vines, and the best Method of making all Sorts of Wines. Illustrated with a great variety of copper-plates, accurately engraved; exhibiting all the Instruments used in Husbandry; particularly those lately invented, as well as those presented to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c. in London; many of which have never yet approved in a Work of this Nature. The fourth edition, considerably improved, and greatly enlarged. By a society of gentlemen, members of the society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce.
- Imprint
- London : printed for T. Longman, B. Law, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, R. Baldwin, W. Otridge, and W. Lowndes, 1793]
- Series
- Eighteenth century collections online.
- Indexed In:
- Goldsmiths', 15586
- Reproduction
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Indexed In:
- English Short Title Catalog, T56446.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain England London.
- Added Author
- Gale (Firm)