General View of the Agriculture of the County Palatine of Chester: With Observations on the Means of Its ImprovementC. MacRae, 1794 - 88 strán (strany) |
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acre agriculture alfo Bakewell Barl barley beans breed bull bushels calves cattle cheefe cheeſe chiefly clay coal common considerable corn cows crop cultivated curd dairy dales ditto drains Duke of Rutland dung eastern Moorlands enclofed expence fallow falt fame farm farmers fhould fide fmall foil fome foon fuch fufficient Grass Grass Grass ground guineas harrow horfes horses Howardian hills husbandry improvement inches labour laid land landlord lease lime lime-stone loam manufactures manure meadow Melton Mowbray miles milk mode moft moors North Riding oats old encloſure paring and burning parish pasture Persefield places planted plough potatoes pounds prefs principal produce proprietors purpoſe quantity red clover river river Tees roads Ryedale salt sheep shillings soil sown stone summer tenant thefe thofe tillage turnips ufually uſed Vale of York wheat whey white clover whole winter wood
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Strana 9 - Europteus), brakens (pterisaquilina}, thistles and coarse grass, with but little ling, are to be met with. But wherever ling is the chief produce, the top soil is invariably black moor or peat, in some places of a firmer texture than in others.
Strana 53 - The sheep of the old stock of the northern part of the vale of York, and of Cleveland, generally called Tees-water sheep, are very large, coarse boned, slow feeders, and the wool dry and harsh : they feed...
Strana 36 - disorder in neat cattle and horses.' Line. 29. Picklock. ' In Herefordshire the dearest class of wool [is] called picklock.' Middx. (P. Foot) 61. Because the locks are picked or selected. Pies. ' These are large heaps of potatoes laid upon the surface of the ground, and carefully covered with straw.
Strana 33 - ... join, which should be very fine and graceful, being perfectly free from any coarse leather hanging down ; the shoulders broad and full, which must at the same time join so easy to the collar forward, and chine backward, as to leave not the least hollow in either place ; the mutton upon his arm, or...
Strana 5 - Wiske, is mostly cold and wet, some of which has a moorband under it; but on the west side of this tract there is some clayey loam of pretty good quality, and a little excellent gravelly loam, which last is chiefly employed as grazing ground. " On each bank of the river Swale, and between that river and the Wiske, and south of Scorton and Danby Wiske, to the junction of the Ure and Swale, is a very fertile country.; consisting of rich gravelly loam, and some fine sandy soil, with, in some places,...
Strana 43 - ... where it is entirely lost to the farmer. A few attentive farmers are in the practice of having a year's manure beforehand ; while others, as soon as the fold-yards are cleared of cattle, have all the manure turned over and laid more compact, which brings on a strong fermentation, and makes it tolerably fit to use for turnips that year. Lime is generally used, and when the land has not been long in ploughing, is found to answer very well on all soils, but incomparably well upon land fresh pared...
Strana 4 - ... and of enabling every one, to contribute his mite, to the improvement of the country. The Board has adopted the fame plan, in regard to all the other counties in the united kingdom ; and will be happy to give every afiifhnoe in its power, to any perfon who may be dcfirous of improving his breed of cattle, fiiccp, &c.