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Title

  • The Farmer's wife, or, Complete country housewife : containing ... to which is added the art of breeding and managing song birds in general, likewise a variety of receipts in cookery, and other particulars well worthy the attention of women of all ranks residing in the country.

Other Title

  • Farmer's wife
  • Complete country housewife

Names

  • Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for Alex. Hogg ..., [1780?]

Contents

  • (from t.p.) Full and ample directions for the breeding and management of turkies, fowls, geese, ducks, pigeons, &c. -- Instructions for fattening hogs, pickling of pork, and curing of bacon -- How to make sausages, hogs-puddings, &c. -- Full instructions for making wines from varous kinds of English fruits, and from Smyrna raisins -- The method of making cyder, perry, mead, mum, cherry-brandy, &c. -- Directions respecting the dairy, containing the best way of making butter, and likewise Gloucestershire, Cheshire, Stilton, sage and cream cheese &c. -- How to pickle common English fruits and vegetables, with other useful recipes for the country house-keeper -- Full instructions how to brew beer and ale, of all the various kinds made in this kingdom -- Ample directions, respecting the management of bees, with an account of the use of honey.

Headings

  • -  Home economics--Early works to 1800
  • -  Cooking, English--Early works to 1800
  • -  Country life--England--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Possibly by Richard Havey; see advertisement on p.[8].
  • -  Signatures: A-L⁶.
  • -  ESTC T55601
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-02-11 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 132 p., 1 leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 18 cm. (12mo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TX144 .F37

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74175162

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. The Farmer's wife, or, Complete country housewife: containing ... to which is added the art of breeding and managing song birds in general, likewise a variety of receipts in cookery, and other particulars well worthy the attention of women of all ranks residing in the country. [London: Printed for Alex. Hogg ..., ?, 1780] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/74175162/.

APA citation style:

Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. (1780) The Farmer's wife, or, Complete country housewife: containing ... to which is added the art of breeding and managing song birds in general, likewise a variety of receipts in cookery, and other particulars well worthy the attention of women of all ranks residing in the country. [London: Printed for Alex. Hogg ..., ?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74175162/.

MLA citation style:

Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. The Farmer's wife, or, Complete country housewife: containing ... to which is added the art of breeding and managing song birds in general, likewise a variety of receipts in cookery, and other particulars well worthy the attention of women of all ranks residing in the country. [London: Printed for Alex. Hogg ..., ?, 1780] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/74175162/>.