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For the benefit of all people that keep cattle: being approved of by all those that have ever experienc'd or seen it, to be the cheapest and most lasting Thing of the Kind that ever yet was made; a new-invented toil, four Foot and a half high, for folding of sheep, or parting of any piece of land, much cheaper than Waddle Gates or Hurdles, more durable, and is strong enough for keeping in either Horses or Bullocks, made in quite a different Manner, and of a more durable Cordage than ever yet was made; being a very small Mash, bare three Inches and a half square, so small that neither Sheep nor Lamb can get their Head through, nor Fox creep through it; and so light, that a Man may with ease carry on his Back twenty Rods in length of it. Also all sorts of hop-bagging, sacks and sacking, Home-Made Sheeting Cloth, Ditto Hair Cloth, And Ash Cloths, Rough Hemp, Flax, Tippilings, and Towe, Fine drest Hemp and Flax for Shoe-Makers, And all sorts of Cloth, All sorts of Ropes, Rope Yarn, And Spun Yarn for Thatching, Plow Traces, Halters, Halter Reins, Foddering Lines, Hair Lines, Towing Lines, Packing Lines, Marline, Cloth Lines, Jack Lines, Clock Lines, Wall Lines, Garden Lines, and Fishing Lines, Whip-Cord of all sorts, Bed Cords, Would Cord, Box Cord, Sash Cord, Pack Thred, Shop Thred, Hair Thread, Coller-Makers Thred, Sealing Thred, Hemp and Flax Thred, Bedlam Twine, Fly Nets for Horses, And every sort of Netting Twine. Wholesale or Retail, as cheap as in London, by the maker, John Flaxman, in Stone-Street, Maidstone, in Kent. Note, He likewise sells Russia Yarn, Spinnell, Machine, Black Balls, Cat Gut, and Fish Hooks of all sorts; and gives Ready Money for any Quantity of Cow Tails or Horse Hair.
Flaxman, John.Date: [1760?]- Books
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Every farmer his own cattle-doctor: containing a full and clear account of the symptoms and causes of the diseases of cattle, with the most approved Prescriptions for their Cure. The whole adapted to the Capacities, and suitable to the Circumstances of every Farmer and Countryman. On a Plan more enlarged than any Thing hitherto attempted. By John Swaine. Among an infinite Variety, the following Diseases, with their Causes and Cure, will be found in this Work fully explained, and rendered clear and plain to every Capacity. Of Coughs in Cows and Bullocks. Of the Hide-Bound, and Cure. Of the Rot in Oxen or Cows, with the proper Remedies. A Remedy for Cows strained in Calving. To prevent Cows from casting their Calves. Of the Cure of Surfeits in Cattle. For a Swelling of the Udder Of Consumptions, or inward Wasting of Cattle. Of the best Method of Fattening Calves. Of the proper Treatment of Cattle in Summer. Of the Distemper or Plague among the horned Cattle. Of the Disorders of Sheep. How to prepare Tar for the Disorders of Sheep. Of the Cough and Colds in Sheep, and the Cure. To prevent the Rot in Sheep. To make Ewes have strong Lambs. To Cure the Bites of Flies. To prevent the Wool from falling off in Sheep. Of the Cure of the Rot in Sheep. How to know a sound Sheep from one infected. Of the Cure of Worms in Sheep. Directions for the Care of Mares after Foaling. Of the Cure of Strains in Horses. Of the Cure of Coughs and Colds in ditto. Of the Cure of the Bloody Flux in ditto. Of the Cure of the Mouth and Throat. Of the Cure of the Broken Wind. Of the Cure of the confirmed Jaundice in Horses. The best Method of breeding Horses, Cows, Swine, &c. Of choosing Cows, Oxen, and Calves. The best Method of rearing Sheep, &c. Of breeding Rabbits. Of the Management of Bees, &c. Directions for breeding Pointers. Directions for the Management of a Horse on a Journey, &c.
Swaine, John, veterinary surgeon.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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Postscript to the Edinburgh Evening Courant. Edinburgh, April 21st.
Date: 1719]