A six months tour through the north of England : containing, an account of the present state of agriculture, manufactures and population, in several counties of this kingdom: particularly, I. The nature, value, and rental of the soil ; II. The size of farms, with accounts of their stock, products, population, and various methods of culture ; III. The use, expence and profit of several sorts of manure ; IV. The breed of cattle, and the respective profits attending them ; V. The state of the waste lands which might and ought to be cultivated ; VI. The condition and number of the poor, with their rates, earnings, &c. ; VII. The prices of labour and provisions, and the proportion between them ; VIII. The register of many curious and useful experiments in agriculture, and general practices in rural oeconomics communicated by several of the nobility, gentry, &c. &c. interspersed with descriptions of the seats of the nobility and gentry ; and other remarkable objects: illustrated with copper plates of such implements of husbandry, as deserve to be generally known ; and views of some picturesque scenes, which occurred in the course of the journey
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Dublin :
Printed for P. Wilson [and 11 others],
1770
Dublin, Printed for P. Wilson, J. Exshaw, 1770 London : Printed for W. Strahan, W. Nicoll, no. 51 in St Paul's Church-yard, B. Collins, at Salisbury, and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh, MDCCLXX [1770] London : Printed for W. Strahan, 1770 London : Printed for W. Strahan; W. Nicoll ...; B. Collins, at Salisbury; and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh., MDCCLXX. [1770] Dublin : 1770 |
Series: | Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ;
no. 10638.9 Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; no. 10638.9 Making of the Modern World |
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