Scabby horses and unrung swine: The regulation of livestock in the early modern period

by Mr John Temperley Kruse

This books complements John Kruses other book on rural byelaws, Customs' duties (KDP, 2012), but whereas that was concerned with the rural infrastructure, natural resources and the built environment, this boook is interested in the farm livestock kept by cultivators.Animals were essential to crop production and to substistence: they supplied manure, food and clothing. However, their presence in the farmed countryside was also a risk, because if they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149433089X
• ISBN13: 9781494330897
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"