PREFACE gular and careful attention." ix I repeat the assertion, coupled with another, namely, that without regular and careful attention, no live stock is more precarious. May 27, 1816, Letter of the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. to Messrs. Sherwood and Co. GENTLEMEN, (COPY.) I have read over Mr. Moubray's Treatise on Domestic Poultry, which seems to be the best work hitherto printed on that subject; but it might be much improved by á careful examination of all the County Reports, and other recent agricultural publications. The reports should be specifically referred to, when quoted, by the page. I will trouble you to procure from the author, or by any other channel, the names of the principal feeders of poultry, in and about London, and their places of abode. JOHN SINCLAIR. (Signed) Nov. 1815. With the Third Edition, in the hope of PREFACE rendering these pages additionally useful, the reader is presented with the results of the Author's observation and practice in the Family Dairy. The convenience of milk, butter, and cream, in an English Country House, is indispensable; and the object is to obtain those in sufficient plenty, in an ap propriate, husband-like style, and within the fair line of expense. An attention to the rules herein recommended, the author has no reason to doubt, will not fail to assure such desirable effects. March 1, 1819. The FOURTH EDITION Contains an addition on the Nature and Management of Bees; a subject on which there has ever been a notable disagreement amongst Economists, some advocating it as a matter deserving universal attention, others decrying it as a thing of the meanest consequence. The Author has endeavoured to reconcile this difference, and trusts he has succeeded. The Fowls and Animals exhibited in the Frontispiece, were selected individuals, drawn from the life by Mr. Webb. gular and careful attention." I repeat the assertion, coupled with another, namely, that without regular and careful attention, no live stock is more precarious. May 27, 1816. Letter of the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. to Messrs. Sherwood and Co. GENTLEMEN, (COPY. I have read over Mr. Moubray's Treatise on Domestic Poultry, which seems to be the best work hitherto printed on that subject; but it might be much improved by a careful examination of all the County Reports, and other recent agricultural publications. The reports should be specifically referred to, when quoted, by the page. I will trouble you to procure from the author, or by any other channel, the names of the principal feeders of poultry, in and about London, and their places of abode, Nov. 1815. (Signed) JOHN SINCLAIR. With the Third Edition, in the hope of rendering these pages additionally useful, the reader is presented with the results of the Author's observation and practice in the Family Dairy. The convenience of milk, butter, and cream, in an English Country House, is indispensable; and the object is to obtain those in sufficient plenty, in an appropriate, husband-like style, and within the fair line of expense. An attention to the rules herein recommended, the author has no reason to doubt, will not fail to assure such desirable effects. March 1, 1819. |