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A History of the County of Shropshire
… 52 Clover was being sown at Wappenshall by the 1720s. 53 Turnips were being grown by the 1660s but were not an … acreage, barley for 31 per cent, and oats for 26 per cent. Turnips and rape were then widely grown, as were potatoes. 67 … the fodder by-products of Allscott sugar factory, 72 and turnips and swedes gave way to sugar beet as the main root …
A History of the County of Essex
… that under crops. The main crops were barley, wheat, and turnips, with about 50 a. each, while there were smaller …
A History of the County of Essex
… followed by a fallow which could be replaced by clover, turnips, peas, or beans. 57 Yields of wheat and barley were … (331½ a.), and oats (214 a.), with smaller amounts of turnips or rape, peas, and beans. 59 In 1843 the parish … The fallow course had one third 'dead fallow', one third turnips, and one third tares. Grassland, mainly flat meadows …
A History of the County of Stafford
… fallow, wheat, and barley or oats; in the latter it was turnips, barley, clover and rye-grass, and oats or wheat. For turnips lime was applied at the rate of 8 or 10 quarters an … covered with growing crops; and other parts preparing for turnips, or in fallow, and coming round in course'. 90 The …
The Environs of London
… annually cropped with potatoes, and about 200 with turnips. The soil, except in the marshes, is for the most …
A History of the County of Essex
… were then being cropped with potatoes and 200 a. with turnips. According to the crop returns of 1801, thought … including 575 a. of potatoes, 272 a. of wheat, 87 a. of turnips, 67 a. of oats, and 25 a. of rye. 41 Potatoes had …
A History of the County of Sussex
… beans, and hemp were mentioned in the 17th century, and turnips, clover, and apples in the 18th. 56 In 1801 there … and 160 a. of oats, besides smaller acreages of peas and turnips or rape. 57 In 1808 the open fields and downs of the … land generally being extremely fertile. 60 Wheat, oats, turnips, mangel-wurzels, and peas and beans were grown in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… with smaller acreages of barley, oats, peas, potatoes, and turnips. 95 Hops were being grown in the early 18th century, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the latter including large areas of clover and sainfoin. Turnips accounted for 77 a. 85 and were grown on a …