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Journal of the House of Lords
… 1 per 100 9,456 Hides, &c.: Buffalo 9,640 37½ 3,615 Cow 2,351 .50 1,175 Deer 2,376 .15 356 Tanned 1,983 .75 1,488 …
Journal of the House of Lords
… by Canals? There is not. What do they use for Fuel besides Cow Dung? Wood is the usual Article of Fuel. Cow Dung is used entirely by Hindoos. Do they use it because …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… not to any great extent. Before going on to the subject of cow-keeping and dairies, Foot now returns to the subject of … 32 Foot summarizes their productiveness as follows:-Each cow on an average gave eight quarts a day, for 365 days, i.e. … over-rate profit as 'When the families leave London, the cow-keepers do not find a ready sale for all their milk; and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for a wheat crop. Perennial red clover, commonly called cow-grass, is also fairly extensively grown, and is treated … red clover, however, should not be mistaken for the true cow-grass, which is the red clover found in very old … this clover seeds so sparingly that no seed of the true cow-grass is sold by seedsmen. The other varieties, such as …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… for nearly half the area was still in extensive sheep and cow common. In most parts of Wiltshire, about 15 per cent. of … market alone in some weeks. 171 Since yields per cow seemed to be fairly steady throughout the period at between 3 to 5 cwt. a cow a year, yields an acre probably increased. In addition …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… use of pure bred males cannot be too strongly impressed on cow owners in important dairy districts', they came as close … been as great as the number of Dairy Shorthorns. 57 The cow was not, of course, the only beast on the farms of the … Agric. Returns G.B. 18701954. 1 Livestock unit = 1 milk cow = 2 other cattle = 5 ewes = 10 other sheep; adopted from …
A History of the County of Northampton
… allowance of 8 d. an acre for the privilege of grazing one cow on the Moor for every 6 a. in the common fields, and a …
Old and New London
… for a halfpenny in the winter, always hot from the cow, as the same was milked and strained. One Trolop, and …