| - Book Title: Freams Elements of Agriculture 12th edition
- Author: William Fream. Rowland H Biffen.
- ISBN: MWO059124
- Publisher: John Murray
- Year Published: 1932
- Our Normal Price: £22.00 GBP ($0.00 USD)
- 10% Discounted Price: £19.80 GBP ($0.00 USD)
- Description: John Murray 1932: Blue cloth hardcover approx. 5.2 x 8.75nches tall: 720 pages including index: black and white photographic illustrations, diagrams, charts and tables. Synopsis: The 12th edition of Elements of Agriculture first written and edited by the late Dr. Wm. Fream at the request of the Royal Agricultural Society of England . This edition, the lineal descendant of the first seven editions, an eighth edition edited by Prof J R Ainsworth- Davis in 1911, and the three subsequent editions, was revised and substantially rewritten under the auspices of the staff of the Cambridge School of Agriculture and the editorship of Prof. Sir Rowland H Biffen, and provides a comprehensive picture of English agriculture in the 1930's. Contents: – The formation, distribution, classification and properties of soils. Farm implements. Tillage. Drainage. Manures and manuring. Sequence of cropping. Farm crops. The cultivation and harvesting of cereals. The cultivation of pulse and forage crops. Seed rate and sowing. Weeds. The grasses: systematics and biology of. Grassland: formation and manuring of. Ensilage and haymaking. Hardy fruit culture and market gardening. The diseases of plants caused by fungi. The principles of plant and animal breeding. Structures and functions of the animal body. Foods and feeding. The Horse : breeds and management. Cattle: breeds, types, management and breeding. Sheep: their management and breeds. Pigs: economics, feeding and general management, breeds. Poultry and poultry keeping. Animal production. Dairy products. Animal hygiene. Insects. Index. Condition: slight wear to cover with corners and spine ends bumped: ownership inscription: repair to page 113: contents very clean: overall clean and good
- Condition: See Above
- Dustcover: No
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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