The Farmer's Calendar: Containing the Business Necessary to Be Performed on Various Kinds of Farms During Every Month of the Year

by Arthur Young

Book Overview

A prolific writer, farmer, and secretary to the Board of Agriculture, in the closing decades of the eighteenth century Arthur Young (1741-1820) encouraged a generation of farmers to embrace new agricultural technologies. Books deriving from his tours of Britain, examining in detail the agricultural practice of various parts of the country, were immediately successful and remain a valuable historical resource. In 1771 Young produced the first edition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110803716X
• ISBN13: 9781108037167
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 626 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"