The gentleman farmer: or, certain observations made by an English gentleman, upon the husbandry of Flanders; and the same compared with that of England. Wherein Upon a Careful Examination of the Soils of each Country, and from some New Experiments made in our own Agriculture, it is demonstrated, That a Younger Brother, with only Five hundred Pounds, laid out as directed, shall be able to spend more than his Elder Brother, who has a Thousand Pounds a Year; and so for any Sum, in a less, or, greater Proportion. Also a certain Method of Improving Meadow Grounds, from Forty Shillings to Six pounds an Acre, by Fish-Ponds. Written by a person of honour in the county of Norfolk

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  • The gentleman farmer: or, certain observations made by an English gentleman, upon the husbandry of Flanders; and the same compared with that of England. Wherein Upon a Careful Examination of the Soils of each Country, and from some New Experiments made in our own Agriculture, it is demonstrated, That a Younger Brother, with only Five hundred Pounds, laid out as directed, shall be able to spend more than his Elder Brother, who has a Thousand Pounds a Year; and so for any Sum, in a less, or, greater Proportion. Also a certain Method of Improving Meadow Grounds, from Forty Shillings to Six pounds an Acre, by Fish-Ponds. Written by a person of honour in the county of Norfolk
  • Discourse of fish and fish-ponds.
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Imprint
London : printed for E. Curll over-against Catherine-Street, in the Strand, M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]
Added name
North, Roger, 1653-1734.
Publication year
1726
ESTC No.
T122876
Grub Street ID
173436
Description
[6],38;[6],94,[6]p. ; 12°.
Note
Sometimes attributed to Sir Richard Weston

Includes: 'A discourse of fish and fish-ponds', by Robert North, which is a reissue, without the titlepage, of the separately published second edition, London, 1715

Price from imprint: Price 2 s. 6 d.
Uncontrolled note
G. E. Fussell in 'Old English farming books' states this is a reprint of Weston's 'Discours of husbandrie used in Brabant & Flanders'; upon comparison of the two this appears to be incorrect. Second leaf of 'Discourse of fish and fish-ponds signed A3. May have had a titlepage only a divisional titlepage at present