AGRICULTURAL ENQUIRIES ON PLAISTER OF PARIS. Also, facts, observations and conjectures on that substance, when applied as manure. Collected, chiefly from the practice of farmers in Pennsylvania, and published as much with a view to invite, as to give information
Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, No. 104, North Second Street and John Markland, No. 91, South Front Street, 1797. First edition. 8vo. (2), vii, [9]-111, (3) pp. The earliest substantial American book on fertilizer. Peters (1744-1828), a native of Philadelphia and graduate of the College of Pennsylvania, managed Congress's board of War as its secretary for virtually the entire conflict. He served as a Federal judge, 1792-1828, while also managing his farming estate, producing more than 100 papers for the Philadelphia Society for the promotion of Agriculture, this one "exercising a wide influence in introducing the culture of clover and other grasses" (DAB). EVANS: 32673. RINK:1508. ESTC: W37159. Old half-sheep (rubbed, head of spine chipped) and marbled boards (upper edge of rear board chewed). (11190). Item #63738
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