
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- THE GENTLEMAN FARMER
- PART I Practice of Agriculture
- CHAP. I Instruments of Husbandry
- CHAP. II Farm-Cattle and Carriages
- CHAP. III Farm-Offices
- CHAP. IV Preparing Land for Cropping
- CHAP. V Culture of Plants for Food
- CHAP. VI Culture of Grass
- CHAP. VII Rotation of Crops
- CHAP. VIII Reaping Corn and Hay Crops, and storing them up for use
- CHAP. IX Feeding Farm-Cattle
- CHAP. X Culture of other Plants proper for a Farm
- CHAP. XI Manures
- CHAP. XII Fences
- CHAP. XIII The proper size of a farm, and the useful accommodations it ought to have
- CHAP. XIV What a Corn-farm ought to yield in rent
- PART II Theory of Agriculture
- APPENDIX
CHAP. IX - Feeding Farm-Cattle
from PART I - Practice of Agriculture
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- THE GENTLEMAN FARMER
- PART I Practice of Agriculture
- CHAP. I Instruments of Husbandry
- CHAP. II Farm-Cattle and Carriages
- CHAP. III Farm-Offices
- CHAP. IV Preparing Land for Cropping
- CHAP. V Culture of Plants for Food
- CHAP. VI Culture of Grass
- CHAP. VII Rotation of Crops
- CHAP. VIII Reaping Corn and Hay Crops, and storing them up for use
- CHAP. IX Feeding Farm-Cattle
- CHAP. X Culture of other Plants proper for a Farm
- CHAP. XI Manures
- CHAP. XII Fences
- CHAP. XIII The proper size of a farm, and the useful accommodations it ought to have
- CHAP. XIV What a Corn-farm ought to yield in rent
- PART II Theory of Agriculture
- APPENDIX
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- The Gentleman FarmerBeing an Attempt to Improve Agriculture by Subjecting it to the Test of Rational Principles, pp. 171 - 214Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1776