THE FARMER'S LETTERS TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, CONTAINING THE SENTIMENTS OF A PRACTICAL HUSBANDMAN, ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE... TO WHICH ARE ADDED SYLVAE: OR OCCASIONAL TRACTS ON HUSBANDRY AND RURAL OECONOMICS.
London, England: W. Nicoll, at the Paper-Mill,No. 51, in St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1768. Second Edition (Corrected and Enlarged). Leather-bound. 8vo. Contemporary smooth calf, double border-ruled in gilt. Five raised bands; gilt title on replaceement red panel on spine. Shelfwear, nicks and gouges, but solidly bound. Provenance note to front pastedown "Purchased by N.W. Saffon from Lowe's of Birmingham 18/6/55."
No half title page; author's name written on title page. 482 pp. Good Plus. Item #84166
Letters include: I) Considerations on the importance of agriculture, compared with that of manufactures -- the high price of provisions. -- of Riots, Taxes, &c.; II) The exportation of corn considered; III) The different circumstances of large and small farms examined -- Quantity and value of their product -- Number and value of the hands employed in them -- Landlord's advantage -- Grass-farms; IV) Proportion between the arable and grasslands of a farm--Arrangement of crops -- Great importance of working with oxen; V) The price of provisions considered -- Balance between labour and provisions -- Many vulgar errors -- State of the labouring poor; VI) Remarks on the conduct of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce -- Of their premiums for agriculture -- Experiments proposed -- Of husbandry writings; VII) Of timber --- Preservation of it--Planting; VIII) Of population -- Remarks on the Poor Laws of England 00 Alterations proposed. Of hundred houses of industry -- State of marriage -- Of the English colonies, in respect of our own agriculture and population; IX) Of the means of promoting the agriculture and population of Britain -- Never prohibit exportation -- Abolish tythes -- Fram new Poor Laws -- Convert the wasteland of the kingdom into arable farms -- Finish the enlargement of the capital -- Reduce the prices of necessaries -- Unite Ireland to Great Britain -- Consequence of debts and taxes.
SYLVAE:
Comparitive profit of pasture and arable land; Expences and profit of a dairy; Improvement of wet pastures; Common farmers vindicated; Of mowing wheat; Of Lucerne; Of manuring land; Of broad-wheeled waggons; Reasons why farming so often proves unprofitable; Propositions for acquiring a complete knowledge of foreign agriculture; Of the Rev. Mr. Harte's Essays on Husbandry.
Price: $350.00