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... drill- husbandry , which has proved of such great utility to the nation , appeared a little too early to procure for its author all the credit to which he was entitled . In how small a part of the kingdom , even at this day , is the drill ...
... drill- husbandry , which has proved of such great utility to the nation , appeared a little too early to procure for its author all the credit to which he was entitled . In how small a part of the kingdom , even at this day , is the drill ...
Page 41
... drill , in stitches at three feet distance , and the utmost attention paid to the cleaning of the whole , not only for the benefit of the present crop , but for that of the succeeding ones . The turnips proved a failing crop in many ...
... drill , in stitches at three feet distance , and the utmost attention paid to the cleaning of the whole , not only for the benefit of the present crop , but for that of the succeeding ones . The turnips proved a failing crop in many ...
Page 44
... drill . The last two years , I have not been successful with cabbages , the severity of the winter having destroyed my young plants . Cabbages are a great convenience in case of a long duration of frost , when turnips cannot be procured ...
... drill . The last two years , I have not been successful with cabbages , the severity of the winter having destroyed my young plants . Cabbages are a great convenience in case of a long duration of frost , when turnips cannot be procured ...
Page 47
... drill husbandry is properly at- tended to , will greatly exceed the general estimate of fifteen tons per acre . I shall endeavour to ascertain this fact against another year . The resulting profit upon the milk falls short of what I ...
... drill husbandry is properly at- tended to , will greatly exceed the general estimate of fifteen tons per acre . I shall endeavour to ascertain this fact against another year . The resulting profit upon the milk falls short of what I ...
Page 54
... drill hus- bandry , I conceive the weight will be considerably greater , I have not thought proper to make any alteration in the preceding statement of the supposed weight of green crop , but suffered it to remain as an example of the ...
... drill hus- bandry , I conceive the weight will be considerably greater , I have not thought proper to make any alteration in the preceding statement of the supposed weight of green crop , but suffered it to remain as an example of the ...
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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