Agriculture improv'd: or, The practice of husbandry display'd. Chiefly shewn by facts, perform'd in all sorts of land, according to the old plain, and the new drill, way of farming. In two volumes: containing, a receipt how to improve an acre of barley for six-pence charge. How to improve that noble large fowl the bustard. The nature of pond-insects; also of serpents; and how to cure their venomous bites, &c. How to prevent the mischiefs done to farmers by sparrows. Of St. Timothy's Grass, (five feet long) which will mow four times a year. Of night as well as day fishing. Tench-broth, its restorative nature; and how to make it. Mr. Worlidge's notes on husbandry commented upon. Of improving of estates, soils, bogs, &c. Of the management of bees. How to prevent damage done to peas by pigeons, &c. Accounts of several new-invented engines and implements, of great use in husbandry. How farming may be carried on by the drill-plough, without dung, manure, or live cattle. How to preserve wheat in g

People / Organizations

• William Ellis (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for T. Osborne in Gray's-Inn, M DCC XLVI. [1746]

Publication year

1745-1746

ESTC No.

T149520

Grub Street ID

195513

Description

2v.,plate ; 8°.

Note

Titlepage to vol.2 dated 1745

Covers the months from May to August, each with separate pagination and register

The parts for June and July have separate titlepages bearing the imprint: London, printed for T. Osborne and sold by M. Cooper, 1745.