AGRICULTURE - Tables adapted to the use of farmers 1813
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COOKE, Layton. Tables adapted to the use of farmers and graziers ... also, tables for reducing measures, of various capacity, to the standard of the Winchester bushel; together, with tables shewing, on new principles, the net profitable weight of cattle of every sort .... London: Printed for the author, 1813. Octavo. (7 15/16 x 5 1/8 inches). [viii], 103, [1, blank]pp. Later green cloth boards. Rothamsted Laboratory (gilt inked stamp on upper cover and inked stamp on pastedown). A detailed work on efficient strategies in agriculture. Layton Cooke was a land and timber surveyor. In this work, he presents numerous tables which relate to agricultural efficiency and improvement along with explanations of each table. Some of the tables show various expenses of labor in relation to implements, such as the expense of making ditches of various dimensions or the manual labour in working an acre with implements of different widths.
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AGRICULTURE - Tables adapted to the use of farmers 1813
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