Thomas Tusser
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    Thomas Tusser

    Thomas Tusser(c. 1524–1580)

    English poet best known for Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, a long-running compendium of agricultural and household counsel in verse. The work mixes practical instruction with moral observation, offering a portrait of early modern rural economy and domestic management.

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    Husbandry

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    Five hundred points of husbandry directing what corn, grass, &c. is proper to be sown; what trees to be planted; how land is to be improved: with whatever is fit to be done for the benefit of the farmer in every month of the year

    The Dial's edition: London, 1744

    A classic of English agricultural literature, offering practical advice on farming, household management, and rural life in memorable verse, interspersed with proverbs and moral wisdom that shaped English folk consciousness for centuries.

    Full textSurvives at Houghton Library

    Read by Alcott (see Alcott's Library)