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The rural economy of the West of England: including Devonshire; and parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Cornwall. Together with minutes in practice. By Mr. Marshall. In two volumes. ...
Marshall, Mr. (William), 1745-1818.Date: M,DCC,XCVI. [1796]
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The practical farmer, or, The Hertfordshire husbandman: containing many new improvements in husbandry ... / By William Ellis.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: 1732- Books
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The modern husbandman: or, The practice of farming: as it is now carried on by the most accurate farmers in several counties of England. For the month of January. Containing, I. Why and where wheat may be sown late; with remarks on Mr. Yelverton's great crop of wheat in Ireland; and instructions concerning new broken-up ground. II. New ways of sowing pease. III. Various ways of sowing lent grain. IV. How the author sent a banking plough to a gentleman for destroying the ant-hills of 300 acres of land. V. How he sent two sorts of drill ploughs, and the new invented, most profitable horse break, to a gentleman. VI. How rogues stole and sold sheep, and the subtle method a farmer took to recover his stolen fowls. VII. How a person made a great profit by transplanting turneps. VIII. Copy of a letter from a learned gentleman, how to drain wet land in the cheapest manner, with the author's answer. With many other serviceable matters, never before published. By William Ellis, of Little Gaddesden, near Hempstead, in Hertfordshire.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: M,DCC,XLIV. [1744]- Books
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A treatise of husbandry on the improvement of dry and barren lands. Shewing, I. The many Advantages which would arise to the Nation in general, by destroying of Warrens, and converting the Lands into Tillage, Pasture, &c. II. Pointing out new and cheap Methods to make growing Fences upon the most Barren Soils, and how to Till and Manure the same at a low Expence. III. How to prepare the Land, and Raise upon it Various Sorts of Plants, to produce both Poles and Timber. By Thomas Hitt, Author of a Treatise on Fruit-Trees.
Hitt, Thomas, -1770?.Date: M,DCC,LXI. [1761]- Books
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The rural economy of the southern counties; comprizing Kent, Surrey, Sussex; the Isle of Wight; the chalk hills of Wiltshire, Hampshire, &c: and including the culture and management of hops, in the Districts of Maidstone, Canterbury, and Farnham. By Mr. Marshall. In two volumes. ..
Marshall, Mr. (William), 1745-1818.Date: 1798