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A treatise on agriculture, intitled the Yorkshire farmer. In two volumes. This treatise explains and exemplifies ... methods of husbandry, and of reclaiming bog and mountain ... Also a monthly kalendar of works ... with several cuts of machines, tools, &c. Likewise ... offered to the legislature, and friends of Ireland, a scheme for maintaining the poor thereof. ... By Charles Varley.
Varlo, Charles, approximately 1725-approximately 1795.Date: 1766- Books
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Experiments in agriculture, made under the directions of the Right Honourable and Honourable Dublin Society, in the year 1773. In which the culture of wheat is carried on in comparative methods, and particularly the importance of sowing wheat upon clover-lay, supported by incontestible facts.-.The infinite value of clover proved by various experiments upon a large scale, both as to its merit in pasture and hay, with a continuation of the minute experiments. By John Wynn Baker, F.R.S. member of the argiculture Society, for the hundred of Salford in the county Palatine of Lancaster, and experimenter in agriculture to the Dublin Society.
Baker, John Wynn, approximately 1730-1775.Date: M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]- Books
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The farmer's tour through the East of England. Being the register of a journey through various counties of this Kingdom, to enquire into the state of agriculture, &c. Containing, I. The particular Methods of cultivating the Soil. II. The Conduct of live Stock, and the modern System of Breeding. III. The State of Population, the Poor, Labour, Provisions, &c. IV. The Rental and Value of the Soil, and its Division into Farms, with various Circumstances attending their Size and State. V. The Minutes of above five hundred original Experiments, communicated by several of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. With Other Subjects that tend to explain the present State of English Husbandry. By the author of the Farmer's letters, and the Tours through the North and South of England. In Four Volumes. ...
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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Experiments in agriculture, made under the directions of the Right Honourable and Honourable Dublin Society, in the year 1772. In which, further comparative methods are carried on in the culture of wheat, and the importance to the community and the farmer of [s]owing wheat, upon Clover-Lay, confirmed by further experiments; the same compared with beans, as a preparation for wheat; the culture of carrots and parsnips, horse-beans, clover and cabbages, with a numerous set of minute experiments, taking in all articles of cultivation within the farmers department, ultimately tending to discover the most advantageous courses of crops, for the production of wheat and other grain, independent of fallow. By John Wynn Baker, F.R.S. member of the Agriculture Society, for the hundred of Salford in the county Palatine of Lancaster, and experimenter in agriculture to the Dublin Society.
Baker, John Wynn, approximately 1730-1775.Date: M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]- Books
Methods for the examination of poultry biologics : a report of the Poultry Disease Subcommittee, Committee on Animal Health, Agricultural Board, Division of Biology and Agriculture, in cooperation with the Regional Technical Committees on Respiratory Diseases of Poultry of the Agricultural Experiment Stations.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Animal Health.Date: 1963- Books
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The new handmaid to arts, sciences, agriculture, &c. Containing 1. Monthly observations in the orchard, Kitchen and Flower Garden. 2. Observations in Husbandry. 3. The Art of Breeding and Managing Canary Birds, &c. 4. Complete Farriery, or Rules for the Management of Horses. 5. The Vermin Killer, containing Methods to prevent and destroy Bugs, Fleas, Lice, Pismires, Files, and all other Kinds of Vermin: also, the most rare, Secret how to catch Fish; and the method to make Bird-Lime. 6. The whole Art of Painting in Oil and Water Colours: also, the whole Art of Gilding with Gold and Silver, and mixing water colours, &c. 7. Directions for making of, Colours for divers purposes, in the Art of painting Prints with Water Colours. 8. The mystery of dying silks, Stuffs, Cloth, Thread, Nankeen, Turkey Red on Cotton and other Things. - To stain Wood, Horn, Bone, Leather, &c. of various Colours. To extract Lake, and other curious Colours from Flowers, Herbs, Seeds, &c. together with many curious Receipts to take Spots or Stains, Pitch, Tar, Rosin, Wax and Ironmoulds out of Silks, Stuffs, Linen or Woollen, and to recover faded Silks; with many other Things worthy of Note. To which are added, a curious collection of miscellaneous articles.
Date: 1790- Books
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A treatise on agriculture, intitled the Yorkshire farmer. In two parts. This treatise explains and exemplifies in a simple and demonstrative Manner, the several useful methods of husbandry, and of reclaiming bog and mountain. Also a monthly calendar of works to be done, as they come in Season throughout the Year. With several cuts of machines, and tools, &c. Likewise here is humbly offered to the legislature, and Friends of Ireland, a scheme for maintaining the poor thereof. By Charles Varley.
Varlo, Charles, approximately 1725-approximately 1795.Date: 1765- Books
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Experiments in agriculture, made under the direction of the Right Honourable and Honourable Dublin Society, in the year 1771. In which, three comparative methods for the culture of wheat are particularly explained; the Importance to the Community and the Farmer, of sowing Wheat upon Clover-Lay, exemplified by Experiment, upon a large Scale; the Culture of Carrots upon Stiff Ground; the Culture of Horse-Beans, preparatory to Wheat; further Experiments upon Cabbages, and Clover; and other Subjects, interesting to the Husbandry of Ireland. By John Wynn Baker, F. R. S. Member of the Agriculture Society, for the Hundred of Salford, in the County Palatine of Lancaster. And Experimenter in Agriculture to the Dublin Society.
Baker, John Wynn, approximately 1730-1775.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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A six months tour through the North of England. Containing, an account of the present state of agriculture, manufactures and population, in several counties of this kingdom. Particularly, I. The nature, value, and rental of the soil. II. The size of farms, with accounts of their stock, products, population, and various methods of culture. III. The use, expence, and profit of several sorts of manure. IV. The breed of cattle, and the respective profits attending them. V. The state of the waste lands which might and ought to be cultivated. VI. The condition and number of the poor, with their rates, earnings, &c. VII. The prices of labour and provisions, and the proportion between them. VIII. The register of many curious and useful experiments in agriculture, and general practices in rural occonomics, communicated by several of the nobility, gentry, &c. &c. Interspersed with descriptions of the seats of the nobility and gentry; and other remarkable objects: illustrated with copper plates of such implements of husbandry, as deserve to be generally known; and views of some picturesque scenes, which occurred in the course of the journey. In four volumes.
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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A six weeks tour, through the southern counties of England and Wales. Describing, particularly, I. The present state of agriculture and manufactures. II. The different Methods of cultivating the Soil. III. The Success attending some late Experiments on various Grasses, &c. IV. The Prices of Labour and Provisions. V. The state of the working poor in those Counties, wherein the Riots were most remarkable. With descriptions and copper-plates, of such newly invented Implements of Husbandry as deserve to be generally known: Interspersed With Accounts of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, and other Objects worthy of Notice. In Several Letters to a Friend. By the author of the farmer's letters.
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
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The modern improvements in agriculture. Containing the principles of tillage and vegetation, and present practice of the most skilful husbandmen in the culture of corn and pulse, and of the grasses, plants and roots for feeding cattle: and a comparative view of their uses and advantages, from authentic experiments made by many ingenious persons, particularly in Britain and Ireland. Likewise the most approved methods of watering land, draining, and other valuable improvements. Illustrated with copper-plates, and descriptions of several new instruments; one a horse-hoe in vented by the author, of very general use, for hoeing all crops planted in rows, with wide or narrow spaces. Part I. By a Practiser of both the old and new husbandry.
Practiser of both the old and new husbandry.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
A method of inoculating cattle against trypanosomiasis / by Ll.E.W. Bevan.
Bevan, Ll. E. W.Date: 1929- Books
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A six months tour through the North of England: containing, an account of the present state of agriculture, manufactures and population, in several Counties of this Kingdom. Particularly, I. The Nature, Value, and Rental of the Soil. II. The Size of Farms, with Accounts of their Stock, Products, Population, and various Methods of Culture. III. The Use, Expence, and Profit of several Sorts of Manure. IV. The Breed of Cattle, and the respective Profits attending them. V. The State of the Waste Lands which might and ought to be cultivated. VI. The Condition and Number of the Poor, with their Rates, Earnings, &c. Vii. The Prices of Labour and Provisions, and the Proportion between them. Viii. The Register of many curious and useful Experiments in Agriculture, and general Practices in rural Oeconomics communicated by several of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. &c. Interspersed With Descriptions of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; and other remarkable Objects; Illustrated with Copper Plates of such Implements of Husbandry, as deserve to be generally known; and Views of some picturesque Scenes, which occurred in the Course of the Journey. La seule vol de se procurer un corps complet Agriculture, seroit, sans doute, de rassembler les diverses observations quaeroient fourni dans chaque province. Encyclopedie. In Four Volumes. ...
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]-71- Books
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A general treatise of agriculture, both philosophical and practical; displaying the arts of husbandry and gardening: in two parts. Part I. Of husbandry; Treats of the Nature of the Soil, Air, and Situation proper for the Production of Vegetables; the different Methods of Improving Lands; the Manner of Planting and Raising Timber; the Stocking of Farms with Cattle, Poultry, Fish, Bees, Grass, Grain, &c. with Estimates of the Profits arising thereon, &c. Part II. Of gardening; Treats of the Circulation of the Sap in Vegetables; the Generation of Plants, and their Distribution into Genera; the different Kinds and particular Management of Fruit and Fruit-Trees; the Methods of Grafting, Inarching, and Inoculating; the Dispositions of Gardens in General; the Cultivation and Improvement of the Kitchen and Pleasure Gardens; the Manner of managing Exotic Plants and Flowers, and naturalizing them to our Climate; together with an Account of Stoves, Artificial Heats, &c. Originally written by R. Bradley, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F.R.S. And now not only corrected and properly methodised, but adapted to the present practice, and improved with the late Theories, in many large Notes, wherein the several Methods of Culture, and the different Systems of Botany and Vegetation, according to the most approved Writers of the present Period upon these Subjects, are delivered. With a Compleat Index of all the Matters contained in the Book. Illustrated with twenty copper-plates.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
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A six months tour through the North of England. Containing, an account of the present state of agriculture, manufactures and population, in several Counties of this Kingdom. Particularly, I. The Nature, Value, and Rental of the Soil. II. The Size of Farms, with Accounts of their Stock, Products, Population, and various Methods of Culture. III. The Use, Expence, and Profit of several Sorts of Manure. IV. The Breed of Cattle, and the respective Profits attending them. V. The State of the Waste Lands which might and ought to be cultivated. VI. The Condition and Number of the Poor, with their Rates, Earnings, &c. Vii. The Prices of Labour and Provisions, and the Proportion between them. Viii. The Register of many curious and useful Experiments in Agriculture, and general Practices in rural Oeconomics communicated by several of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. &c. Interspersed With Descriptions of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; and other remarkable Objects: Illustrated with Copper Plates of such Implements of Husbandry, as deserve to be generally known; and Views of some picturesque Scenes, which occurred in the Course of the Journey. In four volumes. ...
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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A six months tour through the north of England. Containing, an account of the present state of agriculture, manufactures and population, in several counties of this kingdom. Particularly, I. The Nature, Value, and Rental of the Soil. II. The Size of Farms, with Account of their Stock, Products, Population, and various Methods of Culture. III. The Use, Expence, and Profit of several Sorts of Manure. IV. The Breed of Cattle, and the respective Profits attending them. V. The State of the Waste Lands which might and ought to be cultivated. VI. The Condition and Number of the Poor, with their Rates, Earnings &c. Vii. The Prices of Labour and Provisions, and the Proportion between them. Viii. The Register of many curious and useful Experiments in Agriculture, and general Practices in rural Oeconomics communicated by several of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. &c. Interspersed with Descriptions of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; and other remarkable Objects: Illustrated with Copper Plates of such Implements of Husbandry, as deserve to be generally known; and Views of some picturesque Scenes, which occurred in the Course of the Journey. Experiments on Rearing and Fattening of Hogs. As laid before the Society of Arts, &c. In three volumes. ...
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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The gardeners dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery; As also for Performing the Practical Parts of agriculture: including The Management of vineyards, with the Methods of making and preserving wine, According to the present Practice of The most skilful Vignerons in the several Wine Countries in Europe. Together with directions for propagating and improving, From real Practice and Experience, all sorts of timber trees. The eighth edition, revised and altered according to the latest system of botany; and Embellished with several Copper-Plates, which were not in some former Editions. By Philip Miller, F.R.S. Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanic Garden in Chelsea, and Member of the Botanic Academy at Florence.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.LXVIII. [1768]- Books
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The gardeners dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery; As also for Performing the Practical Parts of agriculture: including The Management of Vineyards, with the Methods of making and preserving the wine, According to the present Practice of The most skilful Vignerons in the several Wine Countries in Europe. Together with directions for Propagating and Improving From real Practice and Experience, all sorts of timber trees. The seventh edition, revised and altered according to the latest system of botany, and embellished with Several copper-plates, which were not in the former Editions. By Philip Miller, F.R.S. Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden in Chelsea, and Member of the Botanick Academy at Florence. ...
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: M.DCC.LXIV. [1764]- Books
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A six weeks tour through the southern counties of England and Wales. Describing, particularly, I. The present state of agriculture and manufacture. II. The different methods of cultivating the soil. III. The success attending some late experiments on various grasses, &c. IV. The various prices of labour and provisions. V. The state of the working poor in those counties, wherein the riots were most remarkable. With descriptions and models of such new invented implements of husbandry as deserve to be generally known. Interspersed with accounts of the seats of the nobility and gentry, and other objects worthy of notice. In several letters to a friend. By the author of the Farmer's letters.
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: M DCC LX Viii. [1768]- Books
Goethe's botany : the Metamorphosis of plants (1790) and Tabler's Ode to nature (1782) / with an introduction and translations by Agnes Arber.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.Date: [1946]- Books
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The panorama of science and art. Embracing the sciences of aerostation, agriculture and gardening, architecture, astronomy, chemistry ... the arts of building, brewing, bleaching ... the methods of working in wood and metal ... and a miscellaneous selection of interesting and useful processes and experiments / By James Smith.
Smith, James, 1759-1828?Date: 1815- Books
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The gardeners dictionary. Containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery, as also for performing the practical parts of agriculture ... together with directions for propagating and improving from real practice and experience, all sorts of timber trees / by Philip Miller.
Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.Date: 1764- Books
Fact-finding with rural people : a guide to effective social survey / prepared by Hsin-pao Yang.
Date: 1955- Books
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A new system of agriculture; or, a plain, easy, and demonstrative method of speedily growing rich: ... Together with several very curious instructions, ... By a country gentleman.
Country Gentleman.Date: 1755- Books
Experiments and observations in connection with (1). rinderpest immunisation (2). pleuro-pneumonia contagiosa bovum (lung-sickness), and the preventive method of innoculation / by J. Walker.
Walker, JDate: [1921]