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    Dec. 6,1888 The Publishers' Circular ill...

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    Dec. 6,1888 The Publishers' Circular Ill...

    Dec . 6 , 1888 The Publishers' Circular illustrations 10 5

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    _ - ~ ¦ - » ¦ 2 _ ^ ' ^^^ rm ^^ A ^ M ^ mj ^ MS ^^^^^^ KII ^^^^^^^^ K ^^^^^^^^^ K ^^^^^^^^^^^ BBS ^^^ SPECIMEN OF ILLUSTRATIONS . —BERKSHIRE BOAR . In course of Publication . New and Enlarged Edition . , — . ^^— + «» + « . . — . - # * STEPHENS' •* # - BOOK OF THE FARM . DETAILING THE LABOURS OF THE FARMER , FARM STEWARD , PLOUGHMAN , SHEPHERD , IIEDGER , FARM-LABOURER , FIELD-WORKER , AND CATTLE-MAN . „„ " , „ ,,. . „ ,,. -., , , „ , .. Ml .-. qi . 1 W-l M || l--l ||| i-l « l' -1 || I ¦•• . | , | , y -. Illir •¦„ , -. „ , M .-. W-., ,.-1 « ,-W .. « .. ' ., ,, < -W ' 'W- < H « -. | I | JM •(«! . ¦ ¦ I « .. ' »« M'I « I r - »¦ M ' l ) l' -l || l' -l || .- " » Fourth Edition , Revised , and in great part Rewritten , -Me By JAMES MACDONALD , of the ' Farming World' & C-. 3 NAssisted by many of the Leading Agricultural Authorities of the Day . I Ulnstrateb toii | r numerous ' ^ axtrniU ot Q nimnls mxb Mnqxubhxy * of $ m $ hmmte & t . I Now Heady , DIVISION I ., price lOs . 6 d . 1 ! TO BE COMPLETED IN SlX DIVISIONS , STRONGLY BOUND IN CLOTH . 1 is hoped that this , the Fourth Edition of ' The Book of the Farm , ' in its greatly extended and and IT profit thoroug . hl Farming y revised , if form it is , may to continue efficiently to hel maintain p the farmer its importance to pursue as his an occupation industry , must with , like pleasure any other difficult business than , ever be conducted to accomp at lish a profit this . . More With than reduced ever prices , therefore and other , it is magnified important obstacles that the it is farmer more should Farm' fortif is capable y himself of affording with all the to him guidance . The , stimulus work is , desi and gned encouragement as a guide wHich to him- ' The in every Book piece of the of practical a faithful work compendium and every of item the experience of farming of business a whole he army is called of agricultural upon to engage ' specialists in . , It 7 and presents thus form itself s as in itself Note a comprehensive . In this New professional Edition library the old for convenient every well arrangement -equipped farmer and . characteristic features which a gained nd broug for the ht work down its to wide date popularity . Many have of the been Sections retained dealing . Every with pagre departments has been of carefull Farm y work revise in d regard to which recent discoveries , developments , and exigencies have introduced fundamental change A s special , have been feature almost of the entire New ly rewritten Edition is . the exhaustive treatment of the Breeding , Rearing , and Sewag Feeding e of 1 ' Insect Live Stock Pests , ; ' while * Tobacco new Culture chapters are , ' Bee devoted -keeping to 'En , ' & silage c . The , ' modem the 'Utili improvements sation of in Farm This , M Edition achinery will and contain Implements a New have Series also been of Animal dealt with Portraits , and rr . anjr representing new Engravi typ ngs ical introduced animals of . , all the leading British breeds of Cattle , Horses ^ tieep , and Swine . WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS , Edinburgh and London .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1888, page 105, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121888/page/302/