Cattle and Cattle-breedersWilliam Blackwood, 1869 - 135 páginas |
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... never going beyond £ 11 per head . The highest figure at that time for feeding - cattle at Falkirk Tryst was about £ 13 . On Tuesday morning he came to my cattle , and inspected them first of any he looked at , and asked their price ...
... never going beyond £ 11 per head . The highest figure at that time for feeding - cattle at Falkirk Tryst was about £ 13 . On Tuesday morning he came to my cattle , and inspected them first of any he looked at , and asked their price ...
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... never lived ; perhaps a little decided in his manner , but of great ability and perseverance . As copartners we were not very regular book - keepers , and our accounts got confused . At the wind - up at Hallow Fair , as we had the ...
... never lived ; perhaps a little decided in his manner , but of great ability and perseverance . As copartners we were not very regular book - keepers , and our accounts got confused . At the wind - up at Hallow Fair , as we had the ...
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... never liked . to show less than forty in a lot , but sixty will look better than forty , and eighty better still . I never would break a lot of beasts except for a con- sideration in price , as the cattle left behind never have the same ...
... never liked . to show less than forty in a lot , but sixty will look better than forty , and eighty better still . I never would break a lot of beasts except for a con- sideration in price , as the cattle left behind never have the same ...
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... never bought ; and when the lot was counted to be joined to the drove , they would not number more than ninety - five . I advertised for them , and had a man in Buchan a week searching for them ; and when I told Thom in Edinburgh that ...
... never bought ; and when the lot was counted to be joined to the drove , they would not number more than ninety - five . I advertised for them , and had a man in Buchan a week searching for them ; and when I told Thom in Edinburgh that ...
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... never regretted my resolution . The lean- cattle trade was difficult to manage , and in fact was most dangerous . Many a day , when attending Hallow Fair , I have got up by four or five o'clock in the morning , breakfasted , and not ...
... never regretted my resolution . The lean- cattle trade was difficult to manage , and in fact was most dangerous . Many a day , when attending Hallow Fair , I have got up by four or five o'clock in the morning , breakfasted , and not ...
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