A Six Months Tour Through the North of England: Containing, an Account of the Present State of Agriculture, Manufactures and Population, ... In Four VolumesW. Strahan; W. Nicoll; T. Cadell; B. Collins, at Salisbury; and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh, 1771 |
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... some places very rapid , and in others calm and smooth ; it takes a waving course through the grounds , and has the noble advantage of a various fhoar , in fome places composed of noble rocks , in others of hanging woods , and also of ...
... some places very rapid , and in others calm and smooth ; it takes a waving course through the grounds , and has the noble advantage of a various fhoar , in fome places composed of noble rocks , in others of hanging woods , and also of ...
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... some eftates fo low as 2 or 300l . a year . Tythes are generally compounded ; Wheat , 85. 6d . Barley , 4s . 6d . Oats , 45 . Beans , 6s . Poor rates 2 d . in the pound . Their em- ployment , fpinning wool and flax . But few drink tea ...
... some eftates fo low as 2 or 300l . a year . Tythes are generally compounded ; Wheat , 85. 6d . Barley , 4s . 6d . Oats , 45 . Beans , 6s . Poor rates 2 d . in the pound . Their em- ployment , fpinning wool and flax . But few drink tea ...
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... Some years they do not get above twenty - four bufhels , but in others fixty . They fow barley after them . In the management of the manure in the farm - yard they have merit , for they stack all their hay at home ; and keep their ...
... Some years they do not get above twenty - four bufhels , but in others fixty . They fow barley after them . In the management of the manure in the farm - yard they have merit , for they stack all their hay at home ; and keep their ...
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... Some few from twenty to thirty . After this liming they cross plow it , and harrow it three or four times ; then fow turneps , which , if well fown , want , according to their notions , no hoeing . They are worth , upon a medium , about ...
... Some few from twenty to thirty . After this liming they cross plow it , and harrow it three or four times ; then fow turneps , which , if well fown , want , according to their notions , no hoeing . They are worth , upon a medium , about ...
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... some coarse hay ; and they calcu → late the whole annual expence at less than 50s . but horfes are the beft , though not in proportion to the expence . The time of breaking up the ftubbles for a fallow is the beginning of March ; and ...
... some coarse hay ; and they calcu → late the whole annual expence at less than 50s . but horfes are the beft , though not in proportion to the expence . The time of breaking up the ftubbles for a fallow is the beginning of March ; and ...
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Страница 152 - ... good burthen, for the African and American trades. The only manufactory in the town is that of cabinet ware. Here are many...
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Страница 191 - ... both for exportation and home consumption, but vastly more for the former than the latter. During the war the demand was extremely brisk : very dull upon the peace, but lately has arisen greatly, though not equal to the war ; and the interruptions caused by the convulsions in America, very severely felt by every workman in this branch : None ever offered for work but they at once had it, except upon the regulations of the colonies cutting off their trade with the Spaniards, and the stamp act....