Book Description

The System of Husbandry and Gardening: or the gentleman and husbandman's companion shewing I. Many excellent and curious observations and new experiments relating to husbandry and fruit-trees. II.Of meadow pasture and arrable lands; and the several ways of their improvement. III. The benefit of raising planting and propagating of woods. IV. of fruit-trees and garden tillage, and the most expeditious way of propagating fruit-trees. V. A treatise on the best and most popular rules for making sider [sic] rasberry, currant and apricot wines and Mum. VI. An essay towards the discovery of the original of fountains and springs; with five copper draughts curiously engrav'd. Part the Second by J. W. Gent. [John Worlidge] London printed for J Wotton at the three-daggers in Fleet Street 1718. In the contents there are sections on, of the making of cordage, of the making of paper, of several sorts of beast fowls and insects kept for the advantage and use of the husbandman, to make the best butter and cheese, to destroy snakes and adders, etc.etc. In the contents of the treatise on sider [cider] there are sections on, an error in making currant wine corrected, to make apricock [sic] wine, to make rasberry wine, of making chocolate, of making of coffee, of tea etc etc.
Author J. W. Gent. [John Worlidge]
Date 1718
Publisher London printed for J Wotton at the three-daggers in Fleet Street 1718
Condition good

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