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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. In which every Thing valuable from the best Writers on this Subject will be extracted, viz. Linnaeus, Chateauvieux, the Marquis of Turbilly, Platt, Evelyn, Worlidge, Mortimer, Tull, Ellis, Miller, Hale, Lisle, Roque, Mills, &c. Together with A Great variety of new discoveries and improvements. Also The Whole Business of Breeding, Managing, and Fattening Cattle of all Kinds; and the most approved Methods of curing the various Diseases to which they are subject. Together with the Method of raising Bees, and of acquiring large Quantities of Wax and Honey, without destroying those laborious Insects. Likewise the useful Parts of Gardening; or those necessary for the Farmer, and Country Gentleman. Illustrated with a great Variety of Folio Copper-Plates, finely engraved; exhibiting all the Instruments used in this necessary Art; particularly those lately invented, and presented to the Society for the Encouragement arts, &c. in London; many of which have never yet appeared in any Work of this Nature. By a society of gentlemen, Members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for the authors; and sold by S. Crowder, at the Looking-Glass; J. Coote, at the King's Arms, in Paternoster-Row; and F. Blythe, near the Royal Exchange MDCCLXVI. [1766]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: FOLIO 1766 SOCIETY.
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A new and complete system of practical husbandry containing all that experience has proved to be most useful in farming, Either in the Old or New Method; With a Comparative View of Both; And whatever is beneficial to the Husbandman, or conducive to the Ornament and Improvement of the Country Gentleman's Estate. By John Mills, Esq; Editor of Du Hamel's Husbandry. ... by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Longman, J. Coote, J. Hinxman, W. Nicoll, and S. Davis MDCCLXII. [1762]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (5)Collection, call number: HUSBANDRY OCTAVO 1762 MILLS VOL. 1, ...
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644.
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A practical treatise of husbandry wherein are contained, many useful and valuable experiments and observations in the new husbandry, collected during a series of years, by the celebrated M. Duhamel du Monceau, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, Fellow of the Royal Society, London, &c. Also, the most approved practice of the best English farmers, in the Old Method of Husbandry. With copper-plates of several new and useful Instruments by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for J. Whiston and B. White in Fleet-Street, R. Baldwin in Pater-Noster-Row, W. Johnston in Ludgate-Street, P. Davey and B. Law in Ave-Mary-Lane MDCCLIX. [1759]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: HUSBANDRY QUARTO 1759 DUHAMEL.
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645.
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The practical husbandman Being a collection of miscellaneous papers on husbandry, &c. By Robert Maxwell, Esq; of Arkland by Language: English
Publication details: Edinburgh Printed by C. Wright and Company, for the author: sold by him; J. Paton, Hamilton and Balfour, Kincaid and Donaldson, W. Sands, W. Miller, G. Crawfurd, W. Gordon, Yair and Fleming J. Brown, C. Wright, L. Hunter, Gray and Peters, Booksellers, Edinburgh: A. Stalker, D. Baxter, J. Gilmour, Booksellers, Glasgow: F. Douglas, Aberdeen: J. More, Dundee; and E. Wilson, Dumsries M.DCC.LVII. [1757]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1757 MAXWELL.
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646.
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The farmer's instructor; or, the husbandman and gardener's useful and necessary companion. Being a new treatise of husbandry, gardening, and other curious matters relating to country affairs. Containing A Plain and Practical Method of improving all Sorts of Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land, &c. and making them produce greater Crops of all Kinds, and at much less than the present Expence. With Many New, Useful, and Curious Improvements, never before Published. First begun by Samuel Trowell, gent. and now compleated with a Supplement to every Chapter on Husbandry; giving an Account how poor Land, not worth above Five Shillings an Acre, may be made to bear as good Crops of Grain, Grass, &c. as the richest, after a very cheap Manner of Performance, by the Use of a New-Invented Excellent Four-Wheel Drill-Plough, which carries on it a Seed-Hopper and a Manure-Hopper, with a little Harrow; all which are so light, that a Man may easily draw it. By William Ellis, Farmer, At Little-Gaddesden, in Hertfordshire. by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, over-against St. Magnus Church, London-Bridge 1747
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: AGRICULTURE OCTAVO 1747 TROWELL.
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647.
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The surveiors dialogue very profitable for all men to peruse, especially lords of mannors, Stewards of Mannor-Courts, Tenants, farmers and husbandmen. Divided into three books, carefully revised and corrected; together with an exact index. by
Edition: The fourth edition Language: English
Publication details: London printed for R. Montagu, at the Book Ware-House, the General Post-Office, in Great Wilde-Street, near that End of Great Queen-Street, next Drury-Lane 1738
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1738 NORDEN.
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648.
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The duty and office of a land steward represented under several plain and distinct articles; wherein may be seen the Indirect Practices of several Stewards, tending to Lessen, and the several Methods likely to Improve their Lords Estates. To which is added an appendix, Shewing The Way to Plenty; Proposed to the Farmers: Wherein are laid down General Rules and Directions for the Management and Improvement of a Farm. The second edition, with alterations and additions. By Edward Laurence, Land Surveyor. by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for J. and J. Knapton, at the Crown, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; J. Pemberton, at the Buck, against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-Street; J. Osborn and T. Longman, at the Ship, in Pater-Noster-Row; and J. Shuckburgh, at the Sun, near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleet-Street M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: LANDOWNING & ESTATE MANAGEMENT OCTAVO 1731 LAURENCE.
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649.
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The gentleman's steward and tenants of manors instructed Containing rational, easy, and familiar rules and tables for finding the value of estates of freehold, copyhold, or leasehold, as well on lives as for years absolute, &c. With an enquiry into the nature of the annual disbursements, precariousness of the tenure, and casualties, that estates in fields or houses, or both, are charged with, or liable to; and how they are to be accounted for in the valuation. Wherein the errors and absurdities of all the common methods of valuation, and the disadvantages thence accruing, sometimes to the landlord and sometimes to the tenant, are justly expos'd. The tables for valuing estares on lives being founded on Dr. Halley's hypothesis, and calculated by the method laid down by Mr. Abr. De Moivre, to 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 per cent. To which is added, an appendix: containing the description and use of an instrument for discovering the number of feet contained in any timber-trees before they are cut down, by inspection only. By John Richards of Exon. by Language: English
Publication details: London Printed for John Stxex, at the Globe against St. Danstan's Church in Fleetstreet; and William Innys, at the west end of St. Paul's MDCCXXX. [1730]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: LANDOWNING & ESTATE MANAGEMENT OCTAVO 1730 RICHARDS.
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A sure method of improving estates By plantations of oak, elm, ash, beech, and other timber-trees, coppice-woods. &c. Wherein is demonstrated, the necessity and advantages thereof; their manner of raising, cultivating, selling, &c. in all kinds of soils, whereby estates may be greatly improv'd. Offered to the consideration of the nobility and gentry of Great-Britain. By Batty Langley, of Twickenham. by Language: English
Publication details: London Printed for Francis Clay, at the Bible, and Daniel Browne, at the Black-Swan, without Temple-Bar MDCCXXVIII. [1728]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: LANDOWNING & ESTATE MANAGEMENT OCTAVO 1728 LANGLEY.
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Systema agriculturae the mystery of husbandry discovered. Treating of the several new and most advantagious ways of tilling, planting, sowing, manuring, ordering, improving of all sorts of gardens, orchards, meadows, pastures, corn-lands, woods & coppices. As also of fruits, corn, grains, pulse, new-hays, cattle, fowl, beasts, bees, silk-worms, fish, &c. With an account of the several instruments and engines used in this profession. To which is added kalendarium rusticum: or, the husbandmans monthly directions. Also the prognosticks of dearth, scarcity, plenty sickness, heat, cold, frost, snow, winds, rain, hail, thunder, &c. And dictionarium rusticum: or, the interpretation of rustick terms. The whole work being of great use and advantage to all that delight in that most noble practise. The fourth edition carefully corrected and amended, with one whole section added, and many large and useful additions throughout the whole work By J. W. Gent. by Language: English
Publication details: London printed, and are to be sold by John Taylor, at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard M DC XCVIII. [1698]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: FOLIO 1698 WORLIDGE.
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655.
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Systema agriculturae the mystery of husbandry discovered. Treating of the several new and most advantagious ways of tilling, planting, sowing, manuring, ordering, improving of all sorts of gardens, orchards, meadows, pastures, corn-lands, woods & coppices. As also of fruits, corn, grains, pulse, new-hays, cattle, fowl, beasts, bees, silk-worms, fish, &c. With an account of the several instruments and engines used in this profession. To which is added kalendarium rusticum: or, the husbandmans monthly directions. Also the prognosticks of dearth, scarcity, plenty sickness, heat, cold, frost, snow, winds, rain, hail, thunder, &c. And dictionarium rusticum: or, the interpretation of rustick terms. The whole work being of great use and advantage to all that delight in that most noble practise. The fourth edition carefully corrected and amended, with one whole section added, and many large and useful additions throughout the whole work By J. W. Gent. by Language: English
Publication details: London printed, and are to be sold by Nath. Rolls in Petty-Cannons Hall, near the North side of St. Paul's Church 1697
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: FOLIO 1697 WORLIDGE.
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Systema agriculturae the mystery of husbandry discovered: treating of the several new and most advantagious ways of tilling, planting, sowing, manuring, ordering, improving of all sorts of gardens, orchards, meadows, pastures, corn-lands, woods & coppices. As also of fruits, corn, grain, pulse, new-hays, cattle, fowl, beasts, bees, silk-worms, &c. With an account of the several instruments and engines used in this profession. To which is added kalendarium rusticum: or, the husbandmans monthly directions. Also the prognosticks of dearth, scarcity, plenty, sickness, heat, cold, frost, snow, winds, rain, hail, thunder, &c. And dictionarium rusticum: or, the interpretation of rustick terms. The whole work being of great use and advantage to all that delight in that most noble practice. The second edition, carefully corrected and amended; with many large and useful additions throughout the whole work: by the author. Published for the common good: by J.W. Gent. by Language: English
Publication details: London printed by J[ames]. C[ottrell]. for T. Dring; and are to be sold by Charles Smith and Tho. Burrell, at the Angel neer the Inner-Temple-gate, and the Golden Ball under St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street 1675
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: AGRICULTURE OCTAVO 1675 WORLIDGE.
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Rei agrariae auctores legesque varae by Language: Latin
Publication details: Amstelredami apud Joannen Janssonium a Waesberge 1674
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1674 GOESIUS.
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England's improvement reviv'd in a treatise of all manner of husbandry & trade by land and sea. Plainly discovering the several ways of improveing all sorts of waste and barren grounds, and enriching all earths; with the natural quality of all lands, and the several seeds and plants which most naturally thrive therein. Together with the manner of planting all sorts of timber-trees, and under-woods, with two several chains to plaint seeds or sets by; with several directions to make walks, groves, orchards, gardens, planting of hops and good fences; with the vertue o trees, plants, and herbs, and their physical use; with an alphabet of all herbs growing in the kitchin, and physick-gardens; and physical directions. Also, the way of ordering cattel, with several observations about sheep, and choice of cows for the dairy, ... with many other remarks never before extant. Experienced in thirty years practise, and digested into six books, by John Smith, gent. Published for the common good by Language: English
Publication details: London printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Benjamin Southwood, at the Star next to Sergeants-Inn in Chancery-lane; and Israel Harrison near Lincolns-Inn 1673
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: HUSBANDRY OCTAVO 1673 SMITH.
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Five hundred points of good husbandry As well for the champion or open countrey, as also for the woodland or several, mixed in every moneth, with houswifery, over and besides the book of houswifery. Corrected, better ordered, and newly augmented to a fourth part more, wit divers other lessons, as a diet for the farmer, of the properties of winds, plants, hops, hearbs, bees, and approved remedies for sheep and cattel; with many other matters both profitable, and not unpleasant to the reader. Also two tables, one of husbandry, and the other of houswifery, at the end of the book, for the better and easier finding out of any matter contained in the same. Newly set forth by Thomas Tusser, gent. by Language: English
Publication details: London printed by T[homas]. R[atcliffe]. and M[ary]. D[aniel]. for the Company of Stationers 1672
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: HUSBANDRY OCTAVO 1672 TUSSER.
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