Hints on Agricultural Subjects: And on the Best Means of Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes |
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Page xviii
... favour , and reward with approbation , the exertions of those engaged in the labours of Agriculture . To the Board of Agriculture , and to its indefatigable President , Sir John Sinclair , the country is largely indebted . Nor is there ...
... favour , and reward with approbation , the exertions of those engaged in the labours of Agriculture . To the Board of Agriculture , and to its indefatigable President , Sir John Sinclair , the country is largely indebted . Nor is there ...
Page 6
... favour of potatoes , in prefer- ence to hay , is the ease and facility with which they can be conveyed , and likewise their being exempt from injury by water carriage . Were I to contract for my supply , I should be a considerable ...
... favour of potatoes , in prefer- ence to hay , is the ease and facility with which they can be conveyed , and likewise their being exempt from injury by water carriage . Were I to contract for my supply , I should be a considerable ...
Page 7
... favour of the horses fed on potatoes . Six years have now elapsed since I adopted this plan , which must be allowed to have afforded a full and fair opportunity for making a deliberate and dis- passionate estimate of its merits .. First ...
... favour of the horses fed on potatoes . Six years have now elapsed since I adopted this plan , which must be allowed to have afforded a full and fair opportunity for making a deliberate and dis- passionate estimate of its merits .. First ...
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... favour . As a proof sufficient to establish these facts , I should in- stance , that it requires from five to six hours for a horse to masticate a stone of hay , whilst he will eat a stone of potatoes in twenty minutes , or less . The ...
... favour . As a proof sufficient to establish these facts , I should in- stance , that it requires from five to six hours for a horse to masticate a stone of hay , whilst he will eat a stone of potatoes in twenty minutes , or less . The ...
Page 23
... favour of letter , as also for the civilities you showed me when at Workington , where I much wished to have stayed longer had the weather proved fair . I think the weight mentioned in your letter must have been of your turnips ...
... favour of letter , as also for the civilities you showed me when at Workington , where I much wished to have stayed longer had the weather proved fair . I think the weight mentioned in your letter must have been of your turnips ...
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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