 So where a man's better will open a gap, Resist not with rudeness, for fear of mishap." He begins his monthly husbandry with September, for that was then the period, as now, when arable land was commonly entered upon by the farmer. He says, in his opening...  The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture - Страница 76по William Blackwood - 1842Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Thomas Tusser - 1812 - 426 страници
...now at the last. 1. AT Michelmas lightly, new farmer comes in ', New husbandry forceth him, new (a) to begin ; Old farmer, still taking, the time to him given, Makes August to last, untill Michelmas even. $. New farmer may enter, (as champions say) % On all that is fallow, at Lent... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1831 - 1038 страници
...September blow «oft, Till fruit be in loft, Forgotten month put, Do now at the last. 1. AT Michelmas lightly, new farmer comes in, New husbandry forceth him, new to begin ; Old fanner, still taking, the time to him given, Makes August to last, untill Michelmas even. 2. New farmer... | |
 | Thomas Tusser - 1848 - 202 страници
...HUSBANDRY. September blow soft, Forgotten month past, Till frnit be in loft. Do now at the last. 1. AT Michaelmas lightly new farmer comes in, New husbandry...taking the time to him given, Makes August to last until Michaelmas even. 2. Provide against Michaelmas, bargain to make, For farm to give over, to keep... | |
 | 1892 - 322 страници
...August,3 in another with September,3 and says : " At Mihelmas lightly new farmer comes in, New husbandrie forceth him new to begin ; Old farmer still taking the time to him given, Makes August to last until Mihelmas even."4 The first work of the winter was the ploughing of the wheat field and the sowing... | |
 | Charles McLean Andrews - 1892 - 318 страници
...August,2 in another with September,3 and says : " At Mihelmas lightly new farmer comes in, New husbandrie forceth him new to begin ; Old farmer still taking the time to him given, Makes August to last until Mihelmas even." 4 The first work of the winter was the ploughing of the wheat field and the sowing... | |
 | Charles McLean Andrews - 1892 - 314 страници
...2 in another with September, 3 and says: " At Mihelmas lightly new farmer comes in, New husbandrie forceth him new to begin; Old farmer still taking the time to him given, Makes August to last until Mihelmas even." 4 The first work of the winter was the ploughing of the wheat field and the sowing... | |
 | Henry Rider Haggard - 1899 - 626 страници
...Thomas Tusser's rhymes, for he talks of the taking over of farms at Michaelmas as a familiar thing : At Michaelmas lightly new farmer comes in, New Husbandry...taking the time to him given, Makes August to last until Michaelmas even. Good farm and well stored, good housing and dry, Good corn and good dairy, good... | |
 | Charles James Longman - 1899 - 604 страници
...Tusser's rhymes, for he talks of the taking over of farms at Michaelmas as a familiar thing. At Michaelma& lightly new farmer comes in, New Husbandry forceth...taking the time to him given, Makes August to last until Michaelmas even. Good farm and well stored, good housing and dry, Good corn and good dairy, good... | |
 | Viscountess Frances Garnet Wolseley Wolseley - 1921 - 360 страници
...land-tenures that St. Michael's day is interesting to us. We are told : " At Michelmas lightly, new tenant comes in, New husbandry forceth him, new to begin...taking, the time to him given, Makes August to last, untill Michelmas even." In allusion to the position of a hired worker at the time, we get the words... | |
 | JOSEPH ROGERSONSS - 1843 - 578 страници
...rents, and was evidently no enemy to the sports of the field. " To hunters and hawkers take heed what ye say. Mild answer with courtesy drives them away ;...several apparently impracticable names, such as — " A bandbarrow, wheelbarrow, shovel, and spade, A curry-comb, mane-comb, and whip for a jade." It was the... | |
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