The Farmer's Calendar Young Paperback Cambridge University Press 9781108037167

The Farmer's CalendarContaining the Business Necessary to be Performed on Various Kinds of Farms during Every Month of the Year\nAuthor(s): Arthur Young\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108037167, 978-1108037167\nSynopsis\nA prolific writer, farmer, and secretary to the Board of Agriculture, in the closing decades of the eighteenth century Arthur Young [tel] encouraged a generation of farmers to embrace new agricultural technologies. Books deriving from his tours of Britain, examining in detail the agricultural practice of various parts of the country, were immediately successful and remain a valuable historical resource. In 1771 Young produced the first edition of his Farmer's Calendar. Another overnight success, his well-informed and accessible timetable of the farming year went through ten editions in the author's own lifetime. Arranged by month, the chapters provide a valuable account of B.