Rural England: Being an Account of Agricultural and Social Researches Carried Out in the Years 1901 & 1902, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1902 |
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... FARM 528 LORD SALISBURY'S COTTAGES , NEAR HATFIELD 536 99 A HERTFORDSHIRE FARMHOUSE 536 19 A DAIRY COW , KNEBWORTH ESTATE 542 NEW HAY - SWEEP ON A HERTFORDSHIRE FARM 551 " " MOLE - DRAINING DERELICT LAND . 559 99 MOLE - DRAINING PLOUGH ...
... FARM 528 LORD SALISBURY'S COTTAGES , NEAR HATFIELD 536 99 A HERTFORDSHIRE FARMHOUSE 536 19 A DAIRY COW , KNEBWORTH ESTATE 542 NEW HAY - SWEEP ON A HERTFORDSHIRE FARM 551 " " MOLE - DRAINING DERELICT LAND . 559 99 MOLE - DRAINING PLOUGH ...
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... farm is made to contain a stream frontage , a pro- portion of water meadows and of deep soiled arable land running gradually up to the thin - skinned bake , ' or downs which have been put under the plough . This farm , with others ...
... farm is made to contain a stream frontage , a pro- portion of water meadows and of deep soiled arable land running gradually up to the thin - skinned bake , ' or downs which have been put under the plough . This farm , with others ...
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... farms , which might displease their tenants . A farm which up to 1870 used to pay a rent of £ 2,100 a year in 1901 was let for £ 825 , tithe free . A farm of 1,500 acres , in excellent order , with good buildings , & c . , that let for ...
... farms , which might displease their tenants . A farm which up to 1870 used to pay a rent of £ 2,100 a year in 1901 was let for £ 825 , tithe free . A farm of 1,500 acres , in excellent order , with good buildings , & c . , that let for ...
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... farm manure , basic slag , or even road scrapings . Certainly the above instance goes to prove that this is so , and I have seen others quite as striking . Mr. Dibben grew swedes for his ewes and rape and kail for the lambs . The latter ...
... farm manure , basic slag , or even road scrapings . Certainly the above instance goes to prove that this is so , and I have seen others quite as striking . Mr. Dibben grew swedes for his ewes and rape and kail for the lambs . The latter ...
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... farm . He replied that he made a living , and had nothing else to turn to ; but that if he were in his son's place he would not stay a day , ' father or no father . ' How- ever , they did their best to help each other , but his advice ...
... farm . He replied that he made a living , and had nothing else to turn to ; but that if he were in his son's place he would not stay a day , ' father or no father . ' How- ever , they did their best to help each other , but his advice ...
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Rural England: Being an Account of Agricultural and Social ..., Volume 1 Henry Rider Haggard Visualização integral - 1906 |
Rural England: Being an Account of Agricultural and Social ..., Volume 1 Henry Rider Haggard Visualização integral - 1902 |
Rural England: Being an Account of Agricultural and Social ..., Volume 1 Henry Rider Haggard Visualização integral - 1906 |
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