This vintage book contains a comprehensive handbook on farm crops, being
an encyclopedia of common crops with information on cultivation,
history, varieties, land preparation, weeding, propagation, pests and
diseases, harrowing, and much more besides. Although old, the
information contained within this volume is timeless and will be of
considerable utility to modern farmers and allotment owners. Contents
include: "Wheat", "Wheat - Continued", "Oats", "Barley", "Rye and
Maize", "Flax, Hemp and Rape", "Peas", "Beans", "Tares, Vetches,
Lucerne, Sainfoin, and Clover", "Potatoes", "Turnips", "Carrots",
"Parsnips", "Cabbage, Kohl-Rabi, Beet, Mangold-Wurzel, Hops, Grasses",
et cetera. Isabella Mary Beeton (1836-1865) was an English editor,
journalist, and writer. Her most famous work is her first book, "Mrs
Beeton's Book of Household Management" (1861). Many vintage books such
as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this
volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a
specially commissioned new introduction on agriculture and agronomy.