Observations on Live Stock; Containing Hints for Choosing and Improving the Best Breeds of the Most Useful Kinds of Domestic Animals. By George Culley.The Third Edition, Altered And Enlarged.

CULLEY, George (1735 - 1813) -:

Published by London: Printed for G G & J Robinson Paternoster-Row, 1801

About this Item

A very good original half leather binding. 8vo. pp.vii/[1p.]/pp.xx/pp.21 - 222 + 2 engravings and one folding table (carefully repaired). 21.7cm x 13.5cm x 1.8cm. Brown calf spine and corners over marbled boards. Edges rubbed and bumped. Smooth spine with gilt banding and original crimson leather title label. Previous owner's signature to front endpaper: "J. Grieveson". George Culley (baptised 1735 1813) was an English agriculturist. The younger son of Matthew Culley, in early life he concentrated on agriculture, and in particular cattle breeding. He was the first pupil of Robert Bakewell, and with his brother Matthew gained an international reputation. "The Culley breed" at the time referred to sheep, a cross of Bakewell's Leicester breed rams with Teeswater ewes. Visitors came to the Culley farm at Fenton, near Wooler, Northumberland, to see innovations in drainage and crop rotation. Culley published works on agriculture, mostly with John Bailey, and was in correspondence with Arthur Young. He died, after a short illness, at Fowberry Tower, Northumberland, on 7 May 1813. " - See Wikipedia.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Observations on Live Stock; Containing Hints for Choosing and Improving the Best Breeds of the Most Useful Kinds of Domestic Animals. By George Culley.The Third Edition, Altered And Enlarged.
• Publisher: London: Printed for G G & J Robinson Paternoster-Row
• Publication Date: 1801
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • FARMING::19TH CENTURY