Tusser redivivus: being part of Mr. Thomas Tusser's Five hundred points of husbandry; directing what corn, grass, & c. is proper to be sown; what trees to be planted; how land is to be improved; with what ever is fit to be done for the benefit of the farmer in every month of the year / To which are added notes and observations [by Daniel Hillman].

  • Tusser, Thomas, 1524?-1580.
Date:
1710
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Credit: Tusser redivivus: being part of Mr. Thomas Tusser's Five hundred points of husbandry; directing what corn, grass, & c. is proper to be sown; what trees to be planted; how land is to be improved; with what ever is fit to be done for the benefit of the farmer in every month of the year / To which are added notes and observations [by Daniel Hillman]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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