The farmer's magazine, and useful family companion : ... By Agricola Sylvan, gentleman.

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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, [1776-1779]
Descriptionvolumes, plates (some folded) : illustrations, tables ; 20 cm (8⁰)
Supplemental ContentFull text online
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Uniform titleFarmer's magazine, and useful family companion (London, England : Monthly)
Variant title Farmer's magazine
Caption title Farmer's magazine
Running title Farmer's magazine, and useful family companion
FrequencyMonthly
General note'Agricola Sylvan' is a pseudonym.
General noteWith title pages and caption titles.
General noteTitle and imprint from Number II. (May 1776.); first issue lacks title page.
General noteImprint lacks date; years of publication from dates of issues.
General noteImprints vary; from no. 3 (June 1776) R. Snagg is replaced by: W. Goldsmith, no. 24, in Pater-noster-Row.
General note"Price 6 d." follows designation.
General noteTitle pages include table of contents.
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 Bodleian Library (Oxford).
References NCBEL, II:1305
References Crane & Kaye, 234
References Times handlist, p. 44
References English Short Title Catalog, P6022.
Special numberingIssues from [Feb. 1777] to Dec. 1780 lack numerical designation.
Special numberingFirst issue and issues from [Feb. 1777] to [Feb. 1778] lack chronological designation.
Special numberingIssues include volume numbers on direction line.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexes No. X. (Jan. 1777), includes subject index for vol. I, as does last issue of each subsequent volume.
Title history noteCollected annually, with added prefatory material, as: The farmer's magazine, and useful family companion.
Genre/formPeriodicals England 18th century.

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