The gentleman farmer [electronic resource] : or, certain observations made by an English gentleman, upon the husbandry of Flanders; and the same compared with that of England. Wherein Upon a Careful Examination of the Soils of each Country, and from some New Experiments made in our own Agriculture, it is demonstrated, That a Younger Brother, with only Five hundred Pounds, laid out as directed, shall be able to spend more than his Elder Brother, who has a Thousand Pounds a Year; and so for any Sum, in a less, or, greater Proportion. Also a certain Method of Improving Meadow Grounds, from Forty Shillings to Six pounds an Acre, by Fish-Ponds. Written by a person of honour in the county of Norfolk.
1726
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The gentleman farmer [electronic resource] : or, certain observations made by an English gentleman, upon the husbandry of Flanders; and the same compared with that of England. Wherein Upon a Careful Examination of the Soils of each Country, and from some New Experiments made in our own Agriculture, it is demonstrated, That a Younger Brother, with only Five hundred Pounds, laid out as directed, shall be able to spend more than his Elder Brother, who has a Thousand Pounds a Year; and so for any Sum, in a less, or, greater Proportion. Also a certain Method of Improving Meadow Grounds, from Forty Shillings to Six pounds an Acre, by Fish-Ponds. Written by a person of honour in the county of Norfolk.
Uniform Title
Discourse of fish and fish-ponds.
Publication Details
London : printed for E. Curll over-against Catherine-Street, in the Strand, M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[6],38;[6],94,[6]p. ; 12⁰.
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Sometimes attributed to Sir Richard Weston.
Includes: 'A discourse of fish and fish-ponds', by Robert North, which is a reissue, without the titlepage, of the separately published second edition, London, 1715.
Price from imprint: Price 2 s. 6 d.
Reproduction of original from University of London's Goldsmiths' Library.
Includes: 'A discourse of fish and fish-ponds', by Robert North, which is a reissue, without the titlepage, of the separately published second edition, London, 1715.
Price from imprint: Price 2 s. 6 d.
Reproduction of original from University of London's Goldsmiths' Library.
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Goldsmiths', 6434
Hanson, 3562
English Short Title Catalog, T122876.
Hanson, 3562
English Short Title Catalog, T122876.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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