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Page xviii
... incorporated body , from whose exertions the nation has derived more real benefits than from those of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts , Manufactures , and 1 and Commerce , who have been the patrons of many xviii PREFACE .
... incorporated body , from whose exertions the nation has derived more real benefits than from those of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts , Manufactures , and 1 and Commerce , who have been the patrons of many xviii PREFACE .
Page xxii
... benefit , first in promoting cultiva- tion , and farther by affording employment to a part of that population which the stag- nation of manufactories had deprived of work . Those who concur with me in opinion , that it is more than ...
... benefit , first in promoting cultiva- tion , and farther by affording employment to a part of that population which the stag- nation of manufactories had deprived of work . Those who concur with me in opinion , that it is more than ...
Page 8
... benefits benefits which result from the mixture with straw * . 8 On the Steaming of Potatoes.
... benefits benefits which result from the mixture with straw * . 8 On the Steaming of Potatoes.
Page 9
... benefits which result from the mixture with straw * . In the present season ( 1807 ) , when the crop has fail- ed , I have begun to mix an equal quantity of cut straw and potatoes : to the horses that are below ground , in the coal ...
... benefits which result from the mixture with straw * . In the present season ( 1807 ) , when the crop has fail- ed , I have begun to mix an equal quantity of cut straw and potatoes : to the horses that are below ground , in the coal ...
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... benefit a lasting injury should be done , by discouraging the very general growth of po- tatoes . In the stead of potatoes , four pounds of oats was added per diem to each horse , with six pounds of car- C 2 ..rots rots and steamed ...
... benefit a lasting injury should be done , by discouraging the very general growth of po- tatoes . In the stead of potatoes , four pounds of oats was added per diem to each horse , with six pounds of car- C 2 ..rots rots and steamed ...
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1st Jan acre advantage afford agriculture allowance ascertain attention average barley benefit Bishop of Landaff bread bushels cabbages carrots carts cash paid cattle ciety clover commencement considerable consumption contributed Corn laws cost dairy DISBURSEMENTS ditto drill duce employed equal estimate exertion expense experiment farmer favour feeding four grain grazing green crops green food ground half horses hundred improvements increase interest J. C. CURWEN John Fletcher kohlrabi kylo labour land Little Broughton loss lucerne manure means ment milch cows milk millions mode months oats object oil-cake opinion person plough population potatoes pounds practice produce profit proportion quantity quarts rye-grass saving Schoose Farm season sheep shillings sickness six pence society soiling sold steamed potatoes steaming Steaming House stewards stone straw supply supposed tion tons town turnips twelve Ulverston week weight wheat whole Workington