A Prize Essay on the Preparation and Application of Manures

  • Boston: J.H. Eastburn's Press, 1858
By Joseph Reynolds
Boston: J.H. Eastburn's Press, 1858. Very Good. Boston: J.H. Eastburn's Press, 1858. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's pale peach printed wrappers; 21pp. Ex-New York State Library with only their small early 20th century rubber-stamp to front cover and no other institutional markings, wrappers rather dust-soiled, faint vertical crease to front cover, else Very Good, internally sound. At head of title: "No. 4 New Series."

Deep dive into the composition of manure and liquid manure, promising that "experience everywhere teaches us that the free application of manures causes vegetables to grow with much more vigor" (p. 13).

[Sabin 70438]

Quite uncommon, with none in the trade and just four copies located in OCLC as of October, 2022, at U. Delaware, Concord Free Public Library, Massachusetts Historical, and the Library Company of Philadelphia.

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