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Cottage Economy by William Cobbett
How can you tell when your pig is fat enough? Why should you never buy mustard? What"s wrong with eating potatoes? Which is better, beer or tea? And what type of straw makes the best bonnets? William Cobbett is the man to ask. Here is his book of practical advice to the rural labouring "cottager" (first published as a part-work in 1821-22), the precursor in many ways to the handbooks on self-sufficiency that today entice so many city-dwellers. A champion of the rural working class at a time of huge
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04 - No.4: Making Bread (cont.); Brewing Beer;...
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05 - No. 5: Keeping Cows (continued); Keeping Pigs
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06 - No. 6: Keeping Pigs (continued); Salting Mutton...
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07 - No. 7, part 1: Bees; Geese; Ducks; Turkeys;...
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08 - No. 7, part 2: Rabbits; Goats and Ewes; Candles...
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09 - No. 8, part 1: English Straw Plat; Postscript on...
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