THE CULTIVATOR, A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FLORICULTURE, AND TO DOMESTIC AND RURAL ECONOMY. ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS OF FARM HOUSES AND FARM BUILDINGS. IMPROVED BREEDS OF CATTLE, HORSES, SHEEP, SWINE AND POULTRY, FARM IMPLEMENTS, DOMESTIC UTENSILS, &C. NEW SERIES - VOL. II. No. I. JANUARY, 1845. ? Vol. II. No. 12. [Together 12 consecutive issues for 1845].

Tucker, Luther (1802-1873).

Published by Published by Luther Tucker, editor and proprietor. 1845., Albany, New York:, 1845

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Folio. pp. [9]-392. Never bound, in self-wraps as issued. Toned with scattered foxing, soiling and stains. Good. Illustrated with text engravings and full sheet plates. A farming journal well ahead of its time. Shows the latest improvements in agriculture, including organic farming, latest equipment, etc. Trees, shrubs, vegetables, cultivation of asparagus (how to cook) to Jerusalem artichokes, landscape gardening, cheese, farm animals, cotton growing in the south, travel diaries/letters, making fences, curing meat, buildings (including one for plantation laborers, slave dwellings), Lettuce, Q & A from readers, veterinary science, truffles (tuckahoe), bee hives, preserving, influence of electricity on geminating seeds, much on potato diseases which corresponds with the beginning of famine in Ireland. The journal was published in various incarnations for about 30 years, (1834-1865). Seller Inventory # 003450

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Title: THE CULTIVATOR, A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO...

Publisher: Published by Luther Tucker, editor and proprietor. 1845., Albany, New York:

Publication Date: 1845

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good