Brett's colonists' guide and cyclopaedia of useful knowledge : being a compendium of information by practical colonists upon ...

Maker and Role
Publisher: H. Brett
Editor: Thomson W. Leys (b.1850, d.1924)
 Production date
1897
 Description
The farm / by a Farmer of Forty Years' Colonial Experience; Agricultural calendar / by G.L. Peacocke; Sheep / by Reginald Foster; Horticulture / by W. Goldie; Hop cultivation / by I.G. Carrie; Insects, useful and injurious / by Thos. Broun; Practical arobriculture / by J.B. Armstrong; Tobacco culture / by Austin Walsh; The family doctor / by A. Osborne Knight; Legal memoranda / by F.D. Fenton; The mining guide / by James Park; Mining laws / by Jackson Palmer.

Object detail

Production Place
Auckland/Auckland Region/New Zealand
Object Type
book
Edition
2nd ed.
Media/Materials Description
2 inclusions inside front cover in acidfree envelopes
Measurements
1208 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Keywords
Encyclopedias - New Zealand; New Zealand - History ; Immigrants - History - Guide books; Agriculture; Canning; Cookery; Homeopathy; Gardening; Curing; Canning; Insects; Mining; Poultry; Soap making; Tanning; Tobacco; Veterinary; Viticulture; Weeds; Sprays; Paintig; Horticulture; Cottages; Maori medicine; Machines; Devices;
Maker
Subjects
Agriculture - New Zealand
Do-it-yourself work
Home economics
Accession Number
NPM2009.75.1
Other Reference Numbers
630 BRE
Credit Line
Leys, T.W. (Ed). 1897. Brett's colonists' guide and cyclopaedia of useful knowledge: Being a compendium of information by practical colonists. Auckland, N.Z.: H. Brett.

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