Hints on Agricultural Subjects: And on the Best Means of Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes |
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... tion of this work , under many disadvantages , has operated together with other circum- stances to induce me , not only to undertake the revision , but to make considerable ad- ditions , with the hope of correcting not only the errors ...
... tion of this work , under many disadvantages , has operated together with other circum- stances to induce me , not only to undertake the revision , but to make considerable ad- ditions , with the hope of correcting not only the errors ...
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... tion in which the nation is placed , and re- frain from giving active support to every measure by which the cultivation of the soil can be promoted ? Can this be too often or too strenuously impressed on the public ? But But a few years ...
... tion in which the nation is placed , and re- frain from giving active support to every measure by which the cultivation of the soil can be promoted ? Can this be too often or too strenuously impressed on the public ? But But a few years ...
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... 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 probable that our fo- reign trade may ...
... 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 probable that our fo- reign trade may ...
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... the people in the occu- pations of agriculture , and by early atten- tion to the education of the rising generation , that probity , industry , and frugality may be be generally re - established , and a superi ority PREFACE . xxiii.
... the people in the occu- pations of agriculture , and by early atten- tion to the education of the rising generation , that probity , industry , and frugality may be be generally re - established , and a superi ority PREFACE . xxiii.
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... tion of my time to the superintendance of it . I notice this , to prove to others , who may be disposed to adopt this mode of feeding , the necessity they will be under , ยท of either giving their own attention , or procuring a person ...
... tion of my time to the superintendance of it . I notice this , to prove to others , who may be disposed to adopt this mode of feeding , the necessity they will be under , ยท of either giving their own attention , or procuring a person ...
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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