The Theory and Practice of Sweet Ensilage

George Fry

Published by The Agricultural Press Co. (Limited), 1885

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Sweet Ensilage

By George Fry
Published in London by The Agricultural Press Co. (Limited), 1885
Hardback

Description and Subject Matter

An 1885 first edition of Sweet Ensilage by George Fry, published in London by The Agricultural Press Co. (Limited). The book shows discolouring, toning, and sunning to the boards and spine consistent with age and agricultural use. Despite this external wear, the volume remains structurally sound and complete. A genuine late-Victorian agricultural working book.

Sweet Ensilage is an early and important contribution to the nineteenth-century debate on silage and scientific fodder preservation. At a time when British farmers were seeking more efficient winter feed solutions and improved livestock productivity, Fry?s work promoted the advantages of ensilage as a practical and economical innovation. The book reflects the period?s increasing reliance on agricultural science, experimentation, and technical improvement, and forms part of the broader movement toward modernised farming practices in the late Victorian era.

Included with this copy is an original issue of Bell's Weekly Messenger, No. 4482, published on Monday Evening, 2 March 1885, described as ?The Oldest Agricultural Newspaper.? The newspaper is in excellent condition for its age and provides valuable contemporary agricultural reporting from the same year of publication as the book. Its presence adds significant historical and collectible interest, offering a direct primary-source context to Victorian farming concerns and rural affairs.

A scarce and historically appealing pairing for collectors of agricultural history, Victorian farming literature, rural science, and nineteenth-century agricultural journalism.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1771503521390

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Theory and Practice of Sweet Ensilage
• Publisher: The Agricultural Press Co. (Limited)
• Publication Date: 1885
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair