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100 1 _aTull, Jethro,
_d1674-1741
245 1 0 _aHorse-hoeing husbandry
250 _aFourth edition.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-11-14
508 _aPeter Becker, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Horse-hoeing Husbandry: or, an Essay on the Principles of Vegetation and Tillage" by Jethro Tull is a scientific publication written in the early 18th century. The work lays out Tull's innovative method of agriculture, focusing on principles of tillage, vegetation, and the benefits of using specialized instruments for better crop yield. It aims to advocate for a new approach to farming that would increase productivity while reducing costs. The opening of the text consists of a preface followed by an introduction to Tull’s theories on agricultural practices. It discusses the shortcomings of traditional farming methods and highlights the significance of his principles, such as horse-hoeing and the use of drills for sowing seeds. Tull emphasizes the need for farmers to embrace new techniques to improve their yields, particularly in light of economic pressures. The text persuades readers to reconsider conventional methods and introduces various instruments designed to enhance efficiency in cultivation, hinting at the profound shift in agricultural practices he proposes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: A. Millar, 1762
653 _aAgriculture -- Early works to 1800
653 _aPlows
653 _aTillage
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/horsehoeinghusba00tull
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74741
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