Cottage Economy

Number of Chapters: 11

Length: 5 hours and 50 minutes

Language: English

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 social and industrial change, a radical politician and a prolific writer, Cobbett is opinionated, passionate and enlightening, making 'Cottage Economy' a fascinating and entertaining window on daily life for the smallholders of his day, and still inspirational, almost 200 years later, to those who seek 'a good living' as the foundation of happiness. (Introduction by Philippa)

The figures referred to in the section on ice houses can be viewed here

01 - No. 1: Introduction; Brewing Beer (Philippa)

02 - No. 2: Brewing Beer (continued) (Philippa)

03 - No. 3: Making Bread (Philippa)

04 - No. 4: Making Bread (continued); Brewing Beer; Keeping Cows (Philippa)

05 - No. 5: Keeping Cows (continued); Keeping Pigs (Philippa)

06 - No. 6: Keeping Pigs (continued); Salting Mutton and Beef (Philippa)

07 - No. 7, part 1: Bees; Geese; Ducks; Turkeys; Fowls; Pigeons (Philippa)

08 - No. 7, part 2: Rabbits; Goats and Ewes; Candles and Rushes; Mustard; Dress, Household Goods, and Fuel; Hops; Yeast; Swedish Turnip (Philippa)

09 - No. 8, part 1: English Straw Plat; Postscript on Brewing (Philippa)

10 - No. 8, part 2: Ice Houses (Philippa)

11 - Addition: Mangel Wurzel; Cobbett's Corn (Philippa)

The audiobook Cottage Economy falls under the genres of *non-fiction, House & Home. It is written by William Cobbett.

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