THE COMPLETE GRAZIER; OR, FARMER'S AND CATTLE BREEDER'S AND DEALER'S ASSISTANT

London: Cradock and Co., 1846. A Compendium of Husbandry: Containing Full Instructions relative to the Breeding, Rearing, General Management, and Medical Treatment of Cattle, Horses, Poultry, Sheep, and Swine; -- the Management of the Dairy, and the Arrangement of the Farm Offices, &c. &c. Also a Description of the Newest and Best Agricultural Implements; Directions for the Culture and Management of Grass Land and the Raising of Grain and Root Crops, as well as an Account of the Nutritive Value of these, and of the Various Natural and Artificial Grasses; Sub-Soil, Ploughing, Draining, and Irrigation; and a Detailed Account of the Preparation, Application, and Relative Value of Manures, According to the Latest Authorities. By a Lincolnshire Grazier. Illustrated with 123 Engravings. Eighth Edition: Edited, Enlarged, and Partly Re-Written. 692 pages with index. Brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges rubbed, scuffing and soiling to cover faces, joints are torn and separated from covers, spine ends are torn and fraying, some evidence of bug damage to lower spine. Covers are nearly separated from book. Broken hinges. Endpapers are tanning. Previous owner's name and date written on free endpaper. Interior pages are browning along edges, foxing throughout, light tanning to pages. Text is easily legible. Back free endpapers are missing, and last page of advertisements has separated from rest of book. Overall book in Fair to Good- condition.. Eighth Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Farm Animals.