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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. In four volumes

Young, Arthur, 1741-18201770
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Imprint:
London : printed for W. Strahan; W. Nicoll, No 11. in St. Paul's Church-Yard; B. Collins, at Salisbury; and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh, MDCCLXX. [1770]
Collation:
4v.,plates, tables : map ; 8⁰.
Notes:
Dedication signed: Arthur Young. Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1983. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 702, no. 1). Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local class:
C/ G23
Language:
English
BRN:
3021467
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