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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... best advantage . The first point to which we were conducted , is a feat in a small circular plot , among the wood , north of the houfe , from which Chester steeple is caught in a very picturefque manner , between two projecting hills of ...
... best advantage . The first point to which we were conducted , is a feat in a small circular plot , among the wood , north of the houfe , from which Chester steeple is caught in a very picturefque manner , between two projecting hills of ...
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... best . The product of a cow they lay at 57. but on land of 20 s . an acre , they fuppofe it may amount to 9 or 10 % . A good one will give nine gallons of milk per day . Ten will maintain five or fix fwine . Their winter food is hay and ...
... best . The product of a cow they lay at 57. but on land of 20 s . an acre , they fuppofe it may amount to 9 or 10 % . A good one will give nine gallons of milk per day . Ten will maintain five or fix fwine . Their winter food is hay and ...
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... Their breed of cattle is the fhort horned , but apprehend the long to be best , and are accordingly getting into them . They fat their oxen up to one hundred and fifty stone weight , weight , and reckon 41. 4s . the profit on [ 31 ]
... Their breed of cattle is the fhort horned , but apprehend the long to be best , and are accordingly getting into them . They fat their oxen up to one hundred and fifty stone weight , weight , and reckon 41. 4s . the profit on [ 31 ]
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... best on ftrong lands , plow- ing much steadier and deeper . They break their ftubbles for a fallow in autumn . The price of plowing is 6s . per acre , and the depth five to feven inches . They know nothing of chopping ftraw for chaff ...
... best on ftrong lands , plow- ing much steadier and deeper . They break their ftubbles for a fallow in autumn . The price of plowing is 6s . per acre , and the depth five to feven inches . They know nothing of chopping ftraw for chaff ...
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... best on stoney and on unlevel ground ; but on other land horfes . The time of breaking up their ftubbles for a fallow is at Candlemas . Their depth of plowing four inches , and 6 s . the hire per acre . That of a cart and horses 3s . 6 ...
... best on stoney and on unlevel ground ; but on other land horfes . The time of breaking up their ftubbles for a fallow is at Candlemas . Their depth of plowing four inches , and 6 s . the hire per acre . That of a cart and horses 3s . 6 ...
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