FARM LIVE STOCK OF GREAT BRITAIN.
By Robert Wallace, F.L.S., F.R.S.E., &c., Professor of Agriculture and Rural Economy in the University of Edinburgh. Third Edition, thoroughly Revised and considerably Enlarged. With over 120 Phototypes of Prize Stock. Demy 8vo, 384 pp., with 79 Plates and Maps, cloth
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“A really complete work on the history, breeds, and management of the farm stock of Great Britain, and one which is likely to find its way to the shelves of every country gentleman’s library.”—The Times.
“The latest edition of ‘Farm Live Stock of Great Britain’ is a production to be proud of, and its issue not the least of the services which its author has rendered to agricultural science.”—Scottish Farmer.
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NOTE-BOOK OF AGRICULTURAL FACTS & FIGURES FOR FARMERS AND FARM STUDENTS.
By Primrose McConnell, B.Sc., Fellow of the Highland and Agricultural Society, Author of “Elements of Farming.” Sixth Edition, Re-written, Revised, and greatly Enlarged. Fcap. 8vo, 480 pp., leather.
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Summary of Contents: Surveying and Levelling.—Weights and Measures.—Machinery and Buildings.—Labour.—Operations.—Draining.—Embanking.—Geological Memoranda.—Soils.—Manures.—Cropping.—Crops.—Rotations.—weeds.—Feeding.—Dairying.—Live Stock.—Horses.—Cattle.—Sheep.—Pigs.—Poultry.—Forestry.—Horticulture.—Miscellaneous.
“No farmer, and certainly no agricultural student, ought to be without this multum-in-parvo manual of all subjects connected with the farm.”—North British Agriculturist.
“This little pocket-book contains a large amount of useful information upon all kinds of agricultural subjects. Something of the kind has long been wanted.”—Mark Lane Express.
“The amount of information it contains is most surprising; the arrangement of the matter is so methodical—although so compressed—as to be intelligible to everyone who takes a glance through its pages. They teem with information.”—Farm and Home.