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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... keep them on the land . ' Just then a young man passed driving a water - cart of home manufacture . Two ancient wheels , a large barrel , and a couple of fir poles for shafts - these were its rude but sufficient elements , an indication ...
... keep them on the land . ' Just then a young man passed driving a water - cart of home manufacture . Two ancient wheels , a large barrel , and a couple of fir poles for shafts - these were its rude but sufficient elements , an indication ...
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... he distributed evenly upon a mown clover or other seed layer . During the winter the worms draw it into the soil , which it serves to keep moist and open . In the following year the layer is fed , then broken up 24 RURAL ENGLAND.
... he distributed evenly upon a mown clover or other seed layer . During the winter the worms draw it into the soil , which it serves to keep moist and open . In the following year the layer is fed , then broken up 24 RURAL ENGLAND.
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... keep the ewes suffering the sorrows of Tantalus on the further side . Also they had hay in feeding crates , with cake and other delicacies , since no expense was spared in getting these " creatures up for market . Mr. Dibben's sheep ...
... keep the ewes suffering the sorrows of Tantalus on the further side . Also they had hay in feeding crates , with cake and other delicacies , since no expense was spared in getting these " creatures up for market . Mr. Dibben's sheep ...
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... keep of machinery . I might say more about this typical and interesting farm , had I the space . One adjoining it , of similar character , sold , by the way , not long before my visit , for the miserable sum of £ 6 an acre . So ...
... keep of machinery . I might say more about this typical and interesting farm , had I the space . One adjoining it , of similar character , sold , by the way , not long before my visit , for the miserable sum of £ 6 an acre . So ...
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... keep the labourer on the land . 6 Among the many gentlemen whom I met in this district perhaps the most able and interesting is Mr. Herbert Smith , agent for Lord Lansdowne and Lord Crewe , and author of a well - known and valuable work ...
... keep the labourer on the land . 6 Among the many gentlemen whom I met in this district perhaps the most able and interesting is Mr. Herbert Smith , agent for Lord Lansdowne and Lord Crewe , and author of a well - known and valuable work ...
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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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