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... ton ; a further and still more serious cause of anxiety arose from there being every reason to be- lieve , that no considerable supply could be obtained at those or any other prices . Alarmed by a danger which threatened to affect , so ...
... ton ; a further and still more serious cause of anxiety arose from there being every reason to be- lieve , that no considerable supply could be obtained at those or any other prices . Alarmed by a danger which threatened to affect , so ...
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... ton and a half per acre , each horse would consume the produce of three acres . Two stone of potatoes , per diem , would , on ground of the best quality , be little above the third of an acre ; the saving would con- sequently be , two ...
... ton and a half per acre , each horse would consume the produce of three acres . Two stone of potatoes , per diem , would , on ground of the best quality , be little above the third of an acre ; the saving would con- sequently be , two ...
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... ton . pear , it is no less matter of fact , that several of 1. per ton . Strange as it may ap- my own farmers bought hay for the feeding of their horses , which were employed in the same work as mine that were fed on potatoes , imported ...
... ton . pear , it is no less matter of fact , that several of 1. per ton . Strange as it may ap- my own farmers bought hay for the feeding of their horses , which were employed in the same work as mine that were fed on potatoes , imported ...
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... tons per day , which is my daily consumption ; the surface of a square yard containing only four stone eight pounds weight of potatoes . have have found the saving very great by cutting hay and as a Substitute for Hay .
... tons per day , which is my daily consumption ; the surface of a square yard containing only four stone eight pounds weight of potatoes . have have found the saving very great by cutting hay and as a Substitute for Hay .
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... , and heard the report of its success , may induce his Grace to be the intro- ducer of it into Bedfordshire . The Rev. St. John Priest Priest attended the Agricultural Meeting at Working- ton this year as a Substitute for Hay . 17.
... , and heard the report of its success , may induce his Grace to be the intro- ducer of it into Bedfordshire . The Rev. St. John Priest Priest attended the Agricultural Meeting at Working- ton this year as a Substitute for Hay . 17.
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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