Practical Husbandry, or, the Art of Farming, with a certainty of gain: as practised by judicious farmers in this country. The result of experience and long observation. In this work is contained all the knowledge necessary in the plain business of farming, unincumbered with theory, speculation, or experimental enquiry; also, a number of estimates of the expences and profits of different crops in the common way, taken from minutes kept; and a variety of useful remarks, not to be met with in any books of agriculture. Together with directions for measuring timber. The third edition.

TRUSLER, John.

Edité par Printed for the Author; at the Literary-Press, No. 62, Wardour-Street, Soho. 1790, 1790

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[12], 162, [2]pp ads. 8vo. Foxing & browning to some leaves, pencil note to one page. Contemporary calf, gilt banded spine, red morocco label; joints cracked but firm, head & tail chipped, wear to corners. Armorial bookplate & signature of John Attree Fuller. ESTC T98026. John Trusler, in his introduction, explains that his manual was written 'to give Gentleman… such an insight into the nature of farming, as will enable them to check the negligence, correct the ignorance, or detect the imposition, of servants'.

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• Titre: Practical Husbandry, or, the Art of Farming, with a certainty of gain: as practised by judicious farmers in this country. The result of experience and long observation. In this work is contained all the knowledge necessary in the plain business of farming, unincumbered with theory, speculation, or experimental enquiry; also, a number of estimates of the expences and profits of different crops in the common way, taken from minutes kept; and a variety of useful remarks, not to be met with in any ...
• Éditeur: Printed for the Author; at the Literary-Press, No. 62, Wardour-Street, Soho. 1790
• Date de parution: 1790
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