London edition includes Dumaa on manures; Becquerel and 

 Lawes on the action of salt in vegetation and its uses in 

 agriculture. 



Tull, Jethro 



Horse-Hoeing Husbandry; or, An Essay on the Principles of Vege- 

 tation and Tillage. Designed to introduce A New Method of Cul- 

 ture; Whereby the Produce of Land will be increased, and the usual 

 Expense lessened. Together with Accurate Descriptions and Cuts 

 of the Instruments employed in it. ed. 3 corr. 



London, 1751. A. Miller. xvi&426 p., plates. 22 cm. orig. calf, new 

 gold back. 



Many statistics g'iven in proof of superiority of results obtained 



by using horse-drawn plows. 



Tusser, Thomas 



Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. As well for the Cham- 

 pion or open Countrey, as also for the Woodland or Several, mixed 

 in every Moneth, with Houswifery, over and besides the Book of 

 Houswifery Corrected, better ordered, and newly augmented to a 

 fourth part more, with divers other lessons, as a diet for the Farmer, 

 of the properties of Winds, Plants, Hops, Hearbs, Bees, and ap- 

 proved Eemedies for Sheep and Cattel; with many other matters both 

 profitable, and not unpleasant to the Eeader. Also two Tables, one 

 of Husbandry, and the other of Houswifery, at the end of the Book, 

 for the better and easier finding out of any matter contained in the 

 same. Newly set forth by Thomas Tusser, Gent. 

 London, 1672. Printed by T. E. and M. D. for the Company of 

 Stationers. 146 p., exclusive of tables. 20 cm. lea. 

 In small to black letter. Closely printed. The edition of 1672 

 has some corrections and improvements on the editions closely 

 preceding it. 



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 The standard editions of this work are those of 1580 and 1585. 

 The first edition appeared in 1557. — "A Hundred good Pointes 

 of Husbandrie." The edition of 1562 probably "contained the 

 germ of the Book of Huswifery." 



The book abounds in amusing yet wise advice and quaint ob- 

 servations. Many well-known sayings and proverbs originate 

 in Tusser or were recast by him. 



"Seek home for rest, for home is the best." 

 "At Christmas play and make good cheer, 

 For Christmas comes but once a year." 

 One of the foundation books on agriculture. 



Tusser, Thomas 



Five hundred points of Good Husbandry . . . together with A Book 

 of Huswifery ... A new edition with notes, Georgical, illustrative, 

 and explanatory, a glossary, and other improvements by William 

 Mavor, L.L.D. v 



London, 1812. Lackington, Alien, and co. 36&XL&338 p. 24 em. 

 full Morocco gilt edge and back. 



A very fine copy. Beautifully rebound by Riviere. Printed in 

 red and black, with an extra, decorated title-page. 

 There is a biographical sketch of Tusser, which, with the text 

 itself gives a good picture of English country life in the six- 

 teenth century. 

 A "Catalogue of the editions of Tusser" is a valuable feature. 



United States Agricultural Society 



Quarterly journal of agriculture . . . for January, 1860; ed. by Ben. 

 Perley Poore. Vol. 7, no. 4, p285-388. 



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