1880 1ed Dairy Farming by Sheldon Agriculture Cattle Color Illustrated Milk Cows

1880 1^ed Dairy Farming by Sheldon Agriculture Cattle Color Illustrated Milk Cows

John Sheldon’s ‘Dairy Farming’ is one of, if not the most important late 19^th-century British treatises on farming and maintaining dairy cattle. This book covers a variety of topics including how to breed dairy cows, feeding with plants and weeds, milking, how to sell and trade milk, as well as the milk and dairy industry in various countries including America and Canada.

While the contents of this work are important, accurate, and still viable, the color illustrations are without question the most desirable aspect of this book. Illustrated with 25 chromolithographic plates of cows, barns, and farm plans.

Item number: #7014

Price: $499

SHELDON, John P

Dairy Farming, being the theory, practice and methods of dairying. By J.P. Sheldon. Assisted by leading authorities in various countries.

London : Cassell Petter, Galpin, & Co. [1880]. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [xxii], 570
  • Illustrated with 25 chromolith engravings + hundreds of small, black and white in-text figures
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~11in X 9in (28cm x 22cm)

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