Hints on Agricultural Subjects: And on the Best Means of Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes |
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... ground with all ranks : in the last ten years their progress has been most rapid . The general spirit with which agricultural improvements have been embraced in various parts of the empire , has had the happy effect of advancing our ...
... ground with all ranks : in the last ten years their progress has been most rapid . The general spirit with which agricultural improvements have been embraced in various parts of the empire , has had the happy effect of advancing our ...
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... ground of the best quality , be little above the third of an acre ; the saving would con- sequently be , two acres and a half on each horse , or 250 upon the number I am obliged to keep . I was very sanguine in my expectations , of suc ...
... ground of the best quality , be little above the third of an acre ; the saving would con- sequently be , two acres and a half on each horse , or 250 upon the number I am obliged to keep . I was very sanguine in my expectations , of suc ...
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... ground , in the coal - works , and obliged to remain there , I am under the necessity of allowing a propor- tion of hay , as well as potatoes : formerly it was 14 lb. ; I have now reduced it to 9 lb. of hay , and 5 lb. of straw , and ...
... ground , in the coal - works , and obliged to remain there , I am under the necessity of allowing a propor- tion of hay , as well as potatoes : formerly it was 14 lb. ; I have now reduced it to 9 lb. of hay , and 5 lb. of straw , and ...
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... ground , 2000 stone may reasonably be ex- pected , at 251. per acre * . The cost of managing an acre of potatoes , in a complete manner , is 151 .; but this mode of culture is nearly equal to a fallow , and puts the ground in high ...
... ground , 2000 stone may reasonably be ex- pected , at 251. per acre * . The cost of managing an acre of potatoes , in a complete manner , is 151 .; but this mode of culture is nearly equal to a fallow , and puts the ground in high ...
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... ground , is deserving of serious attention ; and viewing it in this light , I could not withhold my as- sent to the republishing of this essay , with a view to its more general circulation . The circumstances of the country its 18 On ...
... ground , is deserving of serious attention ; and viewing it in this light , I could not withhold my as- sent to the republishing of this essay , with a view to its more general circulation . The circumstances of the country its 18 On ...
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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