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Ellis, William (d.1758)

<s>The Compleat planter and cyderist. (Incorrect attribution)
See The Compleat planter and cyderist.  London, 1685 et seq.</s>
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The modern husbandman, or, The practice of farming.
London, T. Osborne, 1744. 4 v. (Dept. Agr.)(Bib. Nat. Paris 1743-47, 14v.)
Contents: i. January-March; ii. April-June;
iii. July-September; iv. October-December.
Each month has separate title-page and pagination: 
titles of Ja.-Feb., Apr. dated 1744;
May-Sept, dated 1742; Oct.-Dec. dated 1743.
Altho the work is not essentially important
in the field of horticulture, it has a few observations 
on fruits scattered throughout the
volumes, and a later ed. is quoted by Hogg in
"The Apple", p.xii.

----- London, 1744-47. 8 v. (Hogg, The Apple (1859)
p.xii)
Dept. Agr. has copy of work entitled: "Agriculture 
improv'd: or, The practice of husbandry ... 
London, T. Osborne, 1746, 45". In 2 v.
This corresponds to the months of May & June,
July & August, each month having separate paging. 
It is not known whether it was also published 
with the title "Modern husbandman" for
the same dates, but it seems likely that this
copy represents part of the work mentioned by
Hogg. See also iii, in next entry.

----- The modern husbandman ... i. The practice of farming ... 
ii. The timber and fruit-tree improved ... iii.
Agriculture improved [vide supra] ... iv. Chiltern and
vale farming explained. London, D. Browne, 1750. 8 v.
(Lib. Cong.; Brit. Mus.)
There is an important bibliographical note
on this work in Britten, James, "Old country
and farming words" (London, 1880), p.viii-x.
Britten states that Ellis' "Practical farmer"
does not differ greatly from his "Modern husbandman", 
but the known copies of the former
are of much earlier date, and it appears to
be a much briefer work than the latter. But
the "Modern husbandman" may have been expanded 
by the inclusion of other early works by
Ellis; for instance, his "Chiltern and vale
farming explained", noted as Part IV of above
edition, was published at least as early as
1733. (MFW)
        