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A History of the County of Sussex
… later. 11 Crops grown in the Middle Ages included wheat, barley, 12 flax, hemp, and apples, while cattle, … 28 Crops grown in the 17th and 18th centuries 29 were wheat, barley, oats, peas, vetch, and tares, with clover seed by 1731; wheat seems usually to have had the highest acreage. Hemp 30 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… quality. 66 In the spring of 1321 106 a. was sown with wheat, 42 a. with oats, 35 a. with barley, and c. 50 a. with … produced in the previous year; another third, mainly of wheat, was delivered to the sheriff, and most of the rest was … 1801 404 a. of arable in the whole parish produced mainly wheat, barley, and oats but also potatoes, peas, beans, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the earl with cash profits. The most important crops were wheat (97 qr. in 1278-9, of which 73 qr. were sold), barley … from the 16th century were the usual ones of barley, wheat, maslin, beans, and peas. In 1587 barley seems to have … and presumably earlier, a notable centre for raising pigs. Wheat was the principal arable crop, with barley and oats …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… fertile, and in some parts adapted to the growth of wheat; but 300 acres more of the pasture or waste land might … at a moderate cost. The chief crops are barley, oats, and wheat, with potatoes and turnips. The system of agriculture … and five shift courses now prevail; the chief crops are, wheat, barley, and oats, of which a considerable portion is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1683 had cattle worth c. £44, hay worth £46 10 s., and wheat, barley, oats, and pulse worth c. £60; there were a few … 79 Yelford's principal crops in the mid 19th century were wheat, barley, beans, and turnips, 80 and many livestock were … sold over 30 cattle, 30 sheep, 25 pigs, and 2 ricks of wheat, and in 1862 another sale at Yelford included 68 dairy …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… diversity of soils and situations, are extremely various. Wheat is grown to a great extent on all the lower and more … soils, more particularly of the North Riding, where wheat is not unfrequently mixed with it: of this mixture, … and excellent quality of its oats, as Cleveland is for its wheat: two crops are here always taken in succession, and …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… to be held at an annual rent of 10 12s. 8d., 37 bushels of wheat, 24 capons, and 51 hens, from the feast of St. Martin …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Grain Aphis ( Siphonophora granaria, Kirby), which attacks wheat, barley, oats and rye, sometimes doing much injury; the …