- Publication Date
- Volume I. [[April 1776]-number X. (January 1777)]-[volume V. (January-December 1780)]
- Description
- 5 v., plates (some fold.) : ill., tables; 20 cm (8⁰)
- Uniform Title
- Farmer's magazine, and useful family companion (London, England : Annual : R. Snagg).
- Alternative Title
- Farmer's magazine
- The farmer's magazine
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Periodicals – England – 18th century.
- Note
- 'Agricola Sylvan' is a pseudonym.
- Monthly issues include individual title pages and caption titles.
- Imprints include year of publication in roman.
- Imprints vary; later vols. read: Printed for W. Goldsmith, no. 24, Pater-Noster-Row, London; and R. Cruttwell, in Bath; ...
- Frontis. = plate, with additional plates and drawings showing new farm machinery and grain crops.
- Tables show weather, crop yields, prices, farm expenses.
- Articles on farming and rural life, including information on world wide agricultural practices, country by country, with specific advice on crops, new machinery, and costs and profits. Includes poetry selections, reivews of new books, occasional correspondence.
- Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
- Indexed In (note)
- NCBEL
- Crane & Kaye
- Times handlist
- English Short Title Catalog
- Numbering (note)
- Volumes lack chronological designation.
- First monthly issue lacks designation, as do monthly issues for 1777 and Jan.-Feb. 1778.
- From March 1778 monthly issues have chronological designations.
- Monthly issues include volume numbers on direction line.
- Collected slightly irregularly: vol. I includes 10 issues; vol. II includes 11 issues; vols. III-V include 12 issues for the calendar year.
- Reproduction (note)
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Linking Entry (note)
- Collects, with added prefatory material, monthly issues of: The farmer's magazine, and useful family companion.
- Another edition with re-issued title pages has imprints reading: C. Dilly, in the Poultry and R. Cruttwell, Bath.
- OCLC
- Title
The farmer's magazine, and useful family companion. [electronic resource] : Consisting of practical essays, ... on the different branches of husbandry, ... A miscellaneous collection of valuable family receipts, ... Useful hints and curious observations ... By Agricola Sylvan, gentleman.
- Imprint
[London, England] : Printed for R. Snagg, no. 129, Fleet-Street, London; and R. Cruttwell, in Bath; and sold by every bookseller, stationer, and news-carrier, in the kingdom, MDCCLXXVI. [1776-1780]
- Current Frequency
Annual (Collected issues)
- Indexed In:
NCBEL, II:1305
Crane & Kaye, 234
Times handlist, p. 44
- Numbering
Volumes lack chronological designation.
First monthly issue lacks designation, as do monthly issues for 1777 and Jan.-Feb. 1778.
From March 1778 monthly issues have chronological designations.
Monthly issues include volume numbers on direction line.
Collected slightly irregularly: vol. I includes 10 issues; vol. II includes 11 issues; vols. III-V include 12 issues for the calendar year.
- Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, P6021.
- Indexes
Subjects in each volume.
- Linking Entry
Collects, with added prefatory material, monthly issues of: The farmer's magazine, and useful family companion.
Another edition with re-issued title pages has imprints reading: C. Dilly, in the Poultry and R. Cruttwell, Bath.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Great Britain England Bath.
- Other Editions:
Farmer's magazine, and useful family companion (London : Annual : Dilly) (Uk-ES)T185293
- Related To
Farmer's magazine, and useful family companion (London : Monthly)