The Code of Agriculture; including Observations on Gardens, Orchards, Woods, and Plantations.
London : For Sherwood, Neely and Jones, et al... 1817. First Edition
8vo, viii, 492, 96 pp, eng. portrait and 10 eng. plates, cont. half calf, paper bds, slight wear.
Sinclair was the founder and first president of the Board of Agriculture, and introduced systematic reports on agriculture county by county. He initiated sheep-shearing, improved methods of tillage, and new breeds of live stock in Scotland.
Reference: Goldsmiths’ Library 21760 Not in Kress
Stock No: HMF116
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