COTTAGE ECONOMY; 



CONTAINING 



INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE BREWING OF BEER, MAKING OF BREAD, 

 KEEPING OF COWS, PIGS, BEES, EWES, -GOATS, POULTRY, AND RABBITS, 

 AND RELATIVE TO OTHER MATTERS DEEMED USEFUL IN THE CONDUCT- 

 ING OF THE AFFAIRS OF A LABOURER'S FAMILY ; TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 

 INSTRUCTIONS RELATIVE TO THE SELECTING, THE CUTTING AND THE 

 BLEACHING OF THE PLANTS OF ENGLISH GRASS AND GRAIN, FOR THB 

 PURPOSE OP MAKING HATS AND, BONNETS ; AND ALSO INSTRUCTIONS 

 FOR ERECTING AND USING ICE-HOUSES, AFTER THE VIRGINIAN MANNER. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED 



THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND; 



on, 



A DEFENCE OF THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO DO THE WORK, 

 AND FIGHT THE BATTLES. 



BY WILLIAM COBBETT. 



NEW YORK : 

 PUBLISHED BY JOHN DOYLE, 12, 



Sorrw? $Y CONNER 

 1833. 



