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Page 9
... addition , this striking peculiarity - that the farms were exceptionally small , and that this once barren district produced the largest crops , and sustained , in apparent comfort and independence , the densest agricultural population ...
... addition , this striking peculiarity - that the farms were exceptionally small , and that this once barren district produced the largest crops , and sustained , in apparent comfort and independence , the densest agricultural population ...
Page 13
... addition to this , and similar to the process of reclamation which we have already described . On all light - land farms , whatever their size , the land is cultivated in strips , about 6 or 7 feet wide , separated by trenches from a ...
... addition to this , and similar to the process of reclamation which we have already described . On all light - land farms , whatever their size , the land is cultivated in strips , about 6 or 7 feet wide , separated by trenches from a ...
Page 18
... addition a catch - crop of turnips after rye ( invariably ) , some- times sowing carrots in wheat or flax . After a certain number of these crops , varying generally with the quantity of manure he can obtain , but sometimes determined ...
... addition a catch - crop of turnips after rye ( invariably ) , some- times sowing carrots in wheat or flax . After a certain number of these crops , varying generally with the quantity of manure he can obtain , but sometimes determined ...
Page 19
... addition of a very small dressing of dung . Potatoes are grown in this course to the extent which the farmer thinks he will require for his own use ; if he does not want the whole of the shift , and the land is unsuitable for hemp ...
... addition of a very small dressing of dung . Potatoes are grown in this course to the extent which the farmer thinks he will require for his own use ; if he does not want the whole of the shift , and the land is unsuitable for hemp ...
Page 33
... addition , three meals of rye - bread per day , the quantity given being 2 lbs . per head each time . In the winter they each get a daily allowance of nearly 4 bushels of turnips and 1 lb. of meal . One - half the turnips are boiled ...
... addition , three meals of rye - bread per day , the quantity given being 2 lbs . per head each time . In the winter they each get a daily allowance of nearly 4 bushels of turnips and 1 lb. of meal . One - half the turnips are boiled ...
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