A Treatise on Agriculture, Comprising a Concise History of Its Origin and Progress: The Present Condition of the Art Abroad and at Home, and the Theory and Practice of Husbandry. To which is Added, a Dissertation on the Kitchen and Fruit GardenHarper & Brothers, 1846 - 282 páginas |
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