. Agricultural writers from Sir Walter of Henley to Arthur Young, 1200-1800. Reproductions in facsimile and extracts from their actual writings, enlarged and revised from articles which have appeared in "The Field" from 1903-1907. To which is added an exhaustive bibliography . lundredpointesof good Hufbandric^cis ivellfor the Champion^ or open coiin- trie, as alfo for the woodland, or Scue- rall, mixed in cuericMontli with Huf- \yiffrie,oucr Mudhejye^ the bookj of Ifuffcife- ric,corrcdc(l,bcttcr ordcrcd,and ncwjy niigmen- tcd to a fourth part more , wkli diucrs other kC- fons, as a diet for th
. Agricultural writers from Sir Walter of Henley to Arthur Young, 1200-1800. Reproductions in facsimile and extracts from their actual writings, enlarged and revised from articles which have appeared in "The Field" from 1903-1907. To which is added an exhaustive bibliography . lundredpointesof good Hufbandric^cis ivellfor the Champion^ or open coiin- trie, as alfo for the woodland, or Scue- rall, mixed in cuericMontli with Huf- \yiffrie,oucr Mudhejye^ the bookj of Ifuffcife- ric,corrcdc(l,bcttcr ordcrcd,and ncwjy niigmen- tcd to a fourth part more , wkli diucrs other kC- fons, as a diet for the fcrmcr, of the properties of y^ winds,plaiiets,hopsjherbcSjbces,and approoued remedies for fliccpe and cattle, with many other matters both prohtable and not ynplcaTant for the Reader. Alio a table ofhusbandric at the beginning of this booke: and anotlier of hufwiferic at the end: for tiic brtter and caficr finding of aiiy matter contcined in the lame. ijlclrlp frt fwitli bp lUfionmf; Zu^tt si^cntlcman, fcrumit to t\)c l^ond^ tabic 3lo;Dc Paget of li^CdiiDcfcrt. Imprinted at Lomioii,by Hcnric ftDenhiim, d^dlnij^ in Paterncflcr RoWjat the (Tgncof the FacsimiU of I he tillc pai^e of tin fourth editiun of TiisGood Husbandries died Pointes of 28 A GRIC UL TURA L WRITERS. implements in verse, in whicii he manages with much adroitness toinclude several apparently impracticable names such as : A hand-barrow, wheelbarrow, shoveh and spade,A curry comb, wave-comb, and whip for a jade. It was the approved practice in Tussers time to sow timely thywhite wheat, sow rye in the dust. They were accustomed also to putrye meal into their wheat flour. Thick and thin sowing had even then their respective advocates. Though beans be in sowing but scattered in,Yet wheat, rye and peasen I love not too thin,Sow barley and dredge with a plentiful hand,Lest weed stead of seed over groweth thy land. It is evident that in his days the farmers were not able to grow theirgrain on a variety of soil
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