Chiltern and vale farming explained
1733
Ellis, William
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Publisher
Printed for Weaver Bickerton, at Lord Bacon's Head, without Temple-bar
Pagination
[8], 400, [4] p., [1] leaf of plate : 1 ill. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Language
English
Format
print, unmediated, volume
Note
By William Ellis, of Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, author of The practical farmer, or Hertfordshire husbandman.
Sub Title
according to the latest improvements. Necessary for all landlords and tenants of either ploughed-grass, or wood-grounds. Containing, I. The nature and improvement of the four clays, four loams, four gravels, four chalks and three sands, with an account of the nature and use of stones in the common fields. II. The nature and improvement of the oak, shewing seven several ways to obtain a wood thereof ... III. Of the excellency of the white-lamas-wheat, and all other wheats, barley, rye, oats, peas, beans, thetches and tills ... IV. Of natural and artificial grasses ... V. Of the blights and blasts, their origin and nature, their mischiefs and preventions. VI. Of ploughing in general ... VII. Of sowing in general. VIII. Of seeds, and to know the good from the bad. IX. Of weeds in general, their mischiefs and cures. X. Of an invaluable liquor never before published, to steep grain in for sowing. XI. Of a new method of horse-houghing, its advantages and disadvantages. XII. Of turneps, and how to save them from the slug, fly and caterpillar. XIII. Its several uses on ploughed and sward-grounds ... XIV. Of manures in general, their nature and uses on proper soils, &c
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Booksellers' Advertisements-Great Britain-18th Century.; Text; Work; Monograph; Book
2024-02-27
2025-07-19
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