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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Charred wheat on the floor of room 3 indicates that agriculture was being carried on in the last phase, after the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Strip lynchets surviving in Ickleton may indicate that agriculture had already been introduced in the Bronze Age. … in the villages, mostly with small properties, but agriculture was dominated by the manorial demesnes, which …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… loam, but for the greater part a stiff clay. The system of agriculture, previously to 1790, was in a most neglected … and turnips, with the different grasses. The system of agriculture has of late been greatly improved; the lands have … breadths of sands, dry at low water. The system of agriculture has been gradually improving, and the rotation …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… more adapted to rearing live-stock than to the purposes of agriculture. The surface is varied, consisting of several …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… small. 49 The proportion of the population dependent on agriculture declined from 86 per cent in 1811 to 23 per cent … included builders and navvies. The proportion employed in agriculture had dropped to 1 per cent in 1901. 50 Mills. A … wages to supplement the seasonal work of their husbands in agriculture and brickmaking. 85 As steam laundries developed …