Ringsted (Josiah) The Farmer. Comprehending the several most interesting objects and beneficial practices in the culture of wheat, rye, Barley...Together with the Cultivation of Hops, Vines, Forest Trees, Fruit Trees, Kitchen and Flower Garden Productions. Likewise, directions in the breeding and improvement of horses, oxen, Cows, Calves, Sheep, Lambs, and Hogs...Also, rules for the treatment and rearing of poultry, viz. Pheasants, Turkeys, Geese, Fowl, Tame Rabbits, Pigeons, &c. And the ordering of bees, and their Labors..., 3ff. contents / advertisements at end, water-stained, occasional spotting, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in modern pale calf, spine in compartments and preserving original red morocco label, boards rubbed and marked, corners little worn, [British Bee Books 128; Fussell II, pp.99-100; cf. ESTC N18545], 8vo, Printed for J. Dixwell, No. 148, St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross, [?1781].
⁂ Rare. Includes sections on hops, vines, fruit trees, bees, poultry, and flower gardens. Our copy: vii, [1], 166, [6]pp., and is bound before a defective copy of the sixth edition of Ringsted's Cattle-Keeper's Assistant.
Provenance: 'James Knowler Ospringe, April, 29th, 1820' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
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