Hardcover reprint of the original 1860 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Allen, Richard Lamb. The American Farm Book: Or, Compend Of American Agriculture; Being A Practical Treatise On Soils, Manures, Draining Irrigation, Grasses, Grain, Roots, Fruits, Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar Cane, Rice, And Every Staple Product Of The United States, With The Best Methods Of Planting, Cultivating, And Preparation For Market ;Illustrated By More Than 100 Engravings. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Allen, Richard Lamb. The American Farm Book: Or, Compend Of American Agriculture; Being A Practical Treatise On Soils, Manures, Draining Irrigation, Grasses, Grain, Roots, Fruits, Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar Cane, Rice, And Every Staple Product Of The United States, With The Best Methods Of Planting, Cultivating, And Preparation For Market ;Illustrated By More Than 100 Engravings, . New York: C.M. Saxton, Barker & Co.; San Francisco: H.H. Bancroft & Co., 1860. Subject: Agriculture

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Excerpt from New American Farm Book This work was originally written by Richard L. Allen, then one of the editors of the "American Agriculturist." It was published in the year 1846, the first and only complete work of kindred character in this country, down to that time. It was an able compilation of valuable matter, some portions of it then existing in various miscellaneous publications of the day, crystalized, and brought into available shape, through the industry of its experienced author. The volume - then among the best agricultural books of the day, and upon subjects less investigated and studied than now - had a wide circulation, and met with general approval by those competent to judge of the topics on which it treated. It was a work of ability, of laborious research, and study; but, like similar books in a rapidly progressive age, has had its day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A pocket-sized guide to American agriculture.

Richard Allen's 1850 work is a comprehensive introduction to American agriculture for the practical farmer. This volume is bound together with Joel Barlow's famous agricultural poem "The Hasty-Pudding, a poem in Three Cantos" and with "A Memoir on Maize or Indian Corn," compiled by D.J. Browne."