The practical farrier : or, Full instructions for country gentlemen, farmers, graziers, farriers, carriers, sportsmen, &c. Containing rules for breeding and training up of colts; a very curious collection of well-experienced observations; and upwards of two hundred practical receipts, for the cure of all common distempers incident to horses, oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, hogs, dogs, digested under their proper heads; many of which have been practised for many years with great success, and the rest taken from the latest and most approved authors, noblemen, and gentlemen, &c. viz. Capt. Burdon, Dr. Bracken, Lord Orrery, General Seymour, Sir John Packington, Portman Seymour, Esq; Mr. Solleysell, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Snape, Mr. Thornton, Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Mascall, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Fitzherbert, Mr. Tyson, &c. By a Society of country gentlemen, farmers, graziers, sportsmen, &c. The fifth edition. With the addition of several curious receipts.
| Author/creator | Society of country gentlemen, farmers, grasiers, sportsmen, &c. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : printed and sold by T. Longman, at the Ship in Pater-noster-Row; and T. Astley, at the Rose, over against the North Door of St. Paul's, 1739. |
| Description | 91, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Full instructions for, country gentlemen, farmers, grasiers, farriers, carriers, sportsmen, &c |
| General note | The first two editions were published in 1732 with the title reading: 'Full instructions for, country gentlemen, farmers, grasiers, farriers, carriers, sportsmen, &c.'. |
| General note | In title, "Horses, ... dogs," is printed in 4 lines, 2 columns with a pair of braces between; "Capt. Burdon, ... Mr. Tyson, &c." is printed in 8 lines, 2 columns with a pair of braces between. |
| General note | Following imrpint: Price 1s. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T211526. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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