William Youatt

The Complete Grazier Ad Farmer and Cattle-Breeder&Apos;S Assistant: A Compendium of Husbandry, Especially in the Departments Connected with the Breeding, Rearing, Feeding and General Management of Stock, the Management of Dairy, Etc. With Directions from the Culture and Management of Grass Land, of Grain and Root Crops, the Arrangement of Farm Offices, the Use of Implements and Machines, and on Draining, Irrigation, Warping, Etc. And the Application and Relative Value of Manures

London, Lockwood & Co. 1864. Leather. Large farming volume by William Youatt, lavishly illustrated. Eleventh edition, enlarged and renewed by Robert Scott Burn. William Youatt's farming volume contains much information on cattle-breeding, and on the general management of stock, dairy, grass land, &c. A complete farming and agricultural compendium of the important branches of husbandry. Illustrated in text with numerous figures.William Youatt was an English veterinary surgeon and author of animal welfare. Rebound in quarter morocco binding over cloth covered boards, titles in gilt to spine, new endpapers. Externally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Odd minor spotting to odd leaf, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 831A108

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: youattts farming grazing farming Not Stated

[Arthur Young]

The Farmer&Apos;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.

London; Salisbury; Edinburgh, W. Strahan; W. Nicoll; B. Collins; J. Balfour, 1771. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Arthur Young's influential travel survey of agriculture across the east counties of England, complete with many folding plates. The first edition.Complete in four volumes.ESTC citation number T78928.Illustrated with three folding plates and three plates to Volume I, nine folding plates and five plates to Volume II, five folding plates and two plates to Volume III, and one folding plate and one plate to Volume IV.Half-title to Volume I as called for.Four leaves of adverts to the rear of Volume IV. Collated, complete.A unique take on the travel genre, this work explores the East of England through the eye of an agriculturist, told through a series of sixty letters, an appendix, and an addenda.'The Farmer's Tour Through the East of England' looks at the methods of cultivating soil across the counties, the conduct of life stock, breeding, the state of the population, the value of soil, and more.The author claimed that this work contained the only first hand information of the rentals, produce, and stock in the East of England.An interesting look an agriculture in England during the mid-eighteenth century. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Some wear to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities, with some loss to the head of the spines of Volumes I and II. Light surface cracks to the spines. Some marks and a little rubbing to the boards and spines. Label to the rear board of Volume II. Front joint of Volume II is cracked. Crack to the head of the rear joint of Volume III. Front joint and hinge of Volume I starting but firm. Volume I bound without a front endpaper. Bookplate to the front paste down of Volume IV, with evidence of a bookplate being removed from the front paste downs of Volumes II and III. Ink inscription to the front paste downs of Volumes II, III, and IV. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with the occasional spot. Plate facing page 482 of Volume III is detached but present. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 830P38

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: The Farmer's Tour Through the East of England farming agriculture east of england farming Not Stated