WARING'S BOOK OF THE FARM; BEING A REVISED EDITION OF THE HANDY-BOOK OF HUSBANDRY. A GUIDE FOR FARMERS

(AGRICULTURE). WARING, GEORGE E., JR.

Verlag: Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, 1877

Beschreibung

195 x 125 mm. (7 5/8 x 4 7/8"). 542 pp. Publisher's green pictorial cloth, upper cover with gilt centerpiece depicting a mare nursing a foal, smooth spine with large gilt ornament composed of farming tools, gilt titling. With numerous illustrations in the text, a few of these full-page. Front flyleaf with ink stamp of J. F.[?] Sprague. â A breath of rubbing to extremities, leaves a little yellowed with age, but a fine, unworn copy with no signs of use. This is an excellent copy of an indispensable guide to buying and running a successful farm, written by the prominent agricultural and sanitary consultant, George Waring (1833-98). Although Waring established himself as authority on agriculture through the publication of this work and others, he is primarily remembered as an advocate for and designer of sanitation systems. According to DNB, "His practice and advocacy of sanitary engineering represented a major contribution to the eradication of his generation's enormous accumulations of urban wastes and hence to the improvement of the quality of life of the people who lived in cities.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ST15736k

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Titel: WARING'S BOOK OF THE FARM; BEING A REVISED ...

Verlag: Porter & Coates, Philadelphia

Erscheinungsdatum: 1877