. 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 . m SX .5. Frontispiece of James Lamberts Countrvmans Ti sure. See ^i 134 A GRIC UL rURAL WRITERS. Lambert states in his address to the reader that he had practisedwith very good success for above five-and-thirty years, and now freelycommunicates his knowledge to all his countrymen. Here are samplesof his cures : A s
. 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 . m SX .5. Frontispiece of James Lamberts Countrvmans Ti sure. See ^i 134 A GRIC UL rURAL WRITERS. Lambert states in his address to the reader that he had practisedwith very good success for above five-and-thirty years, and now freelycommunicates his knowledge to all his countrymen. Here are samplesof his cures : A special remedy for sore eyes in Bull, Ox, Cow, or Calf , Take six eggshells and put the meat clean forth and lay the shells betwixt twotile stones, and lay the stones and shells in the hot, glowing fire, and burn them well,and cover the edge of the titles with clay for to keep the ashes from the shells ; and,when they are burnt, pound them to powder, and with a quill blow the powder intobeasts eye, and it will mend presently ; and blow it in three times a daj-. An excellent cure for the Murrain in Cattel : Take for every beast a quart of old wash and a good quantity of hens dung, andlay the latter to steep eight or ten hours, and then strain the dung forth, and break toevery bea
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