THE GENTLEMAN FARMER; BEING AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURE, BY SUBJECTING IT TO THE TEST OF RATIONAL PRINCIPLES. The Sixth Edition. To which is added, A Supplement, containing An Account of the Present State of Agriculture, and of the Improvements Recently Introduced.
Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute... 1815. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. pp: (iv), 555, (3) ads; three engaved plates. Chapters include: Instruments of Husbandry (plow, brake, harrow, roller, fanner); Farm Cattle and Carriages (horses, oxen, breeding cattle, wheel carriages; Farm Offices; Culture of Plants for Food; Rotation of Crops; Feeding Farm Cattle; Manures; Fences; etc. Recently rebound in half calf and marbled boards, gilt spine rules, red leather label. 9" x 5.5" Very Good. Item #040154
Kames's Gentleman Farmer was first published in 1776. Here, the editor has added a Supplement (pp. 447-548), updating Kames's work.
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