British Farmer's Magazine, Issue 65James Ridgway, 1873 - Agriculture |
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... land system throughout the Austrian empire . Previous to that period the peasantry were serfs . They were legally subject to forced labour , and it was by this forced labour of the peasants that the estates of the great proprietors were ...
... land system throughout the Austrian empire . Previous to that period the peasantry were serfs . They were legally subject to forced labour , and it was by this forced labour of the peasants that the estates of the great proprietors were ...
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... land being richer , the wheat and other growing crops show remark- ably strong and healthy . South - east of Nancy the great amount of rain has done harm , and the wheat crops are the worse for it . The old primitive farm imple- ments ...
... land being richer , the wheat and other growing crops show remark- ably strong and healthy . South - east of Nancy the great amount of rain has done harm , and the wheat crops are the worse for it . The old primitive farm imple- ments ...
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... land as could have been ploughed in . There may be good sound reasons for thus applying the manure , but we failed to see its advantages . When passing from Vienna to Dresden we saw much good farming , particularly about Cäslau Station ...
... land as could have been ploughed in . There may be good sound reasons for thus applying the manure , but we failed to see its advantages . When passing from Vienna to Dresden we saw much good farming , particularly about Cäslau Station ...
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... land . But I am not now going to discuss its merits or demerits , but having alluded to it , I will merely satisfy your possible curiosity by saying that it has been drawn up primarily in the interest of the tenant - farmer ; therefore ...
... land . But I am not now going to discuss its merits or demerits , but having alluded to it , I will merely satisfy your possible curiosity by saying that it has been drawn up primarily in the interest of the tenant - farmer ; therefore ...
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... land , but , at the same time , there is a very fair chance that the means would be forthcoming , if he could only have security for his outlay ; for those who go to work with a will , who put their shoulder to the wheel and do their ...
... land , but , at the same time , there is a very fair chance that the means would be forthcoming , if he could only have security for his outlay ; for those who go to work with a will , who put their shoulder to the wheel and do their ...
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