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The farmer's magazine, and useful family companion : Consisting of practical essays, ... on the different branches of husbandry, ... A miscellaneous collection of valuable family receipts, ... Useful hints and curious observations ... By Agricola Sylvan, gentleman.

Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication Info[London, England] : Printed for R. Snagg, no. 129, Fleet-Street, London; and R. Cruttwell, in Bath; and sold by every bookseller, stationer, and news-carrier, in the kingdom, MDCCLXXVI. [1776-1780]
Description5 volumes, plates (some folded) : illustrations, tables ; 20 cm (8⁰)
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Uniform titleFarmer's magazine, and useful family companion (London, England : Annual : R. Snagg)
Portion of title Farmer's magazine
Caption title Farmer's magazine
FrequencyAnnual (Collected issues)
General note'Agricola Sylvan' is a pseudonym.
General noteMonthly issues include individual title pages and caption titles.
General noteImprints include year of publication in roman.
General noteImprints vary; later vols. read: Printed for W. Goldsmith, no. 24, Pater-Noster-Row, London; and R. Cruttwell, in Bath; ...
General noteFrontis. = plate, with additional plates and drawings showing new farm machinery and grain crops.
General noteTables show weather, crop yields, prices, farm expenses.
General noteArticles on farming and rural life, including information on world wide agricultural practices, country by country, with specific advice on crops, new machinery, and costs and profits. Includes poetry selections, reivews of new books, occasional correspondence.
General noteReproduction of original from the Bodleian Library (Oxford).
References NCBEL, II:1305
References Crane & Kaye, 234
References Times handlist, p. 44
References English Short Title Catalog, ESTCP6021.
Special numberingVolumes lack chronological designation.
Special numberingFirst monthly issue lacks designation, as do monthly issues for 1777 and Jan.-Feb. 1778.
Special numberingFrom March 1778 monthly issues have chronological designations.
Special numberingMonthly issues include volume numbers on direction line.
Special numberingCollected slightly irregularly: vol. I includes 10 issues; vol. II includes 11 issues; vols. III-V include 12 issues for the calendar year.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements
Indexes Subjects in each volume.
Title history noteCollects, with added prefatory material, monthly issues of: The farmer's magazine, and useful family companion.
Title history noteAnother edition with re-issued title pages has imprints reading: C. Dilly, in the Poultry and R. Cruttwell, Bath.
Genre/formPeriodicals England 18th century.

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