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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the Greek term for this tree and for the term chaste. The SEED had a small place in early modern medicine, but it has … was apparently imported. OED earliest date of use: 1398 As SEED: Found in units of DRACHM Found among the DRUGS, rated …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… barley; (5) oats. VII.-Chiswick:- (1) vetches for spring seed, or pease, or beans, to be gathered green; (2) turnips … for its good quality, and has been much sought after for seed'; 14 it was the 'whitest, most thin skinned, and … " Early potatoes from the Scilly and Channel Islands, the Canary Islands, and Portugal have been inimical to high-value …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 3 cwt. of superphosphates per acre drilled in with the seed, this system tends to enrich the soil to a very marked … of sheep-feed. Only occasionally are some allowed to seed. Turnips and swedes are still largely grown in … cut once for hay and the second crop is left to ripen for seed; it is also recognized by farmers to be the best …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the later 16th century. 70 Lime was also used to improve seed dressings. 71 Burnbaking was reintroduced in the Chalk …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ridiculed on market-day or at rent dinners; improvement in seed, stock, equipment, buildings, in markets, transport, the … from a four-course on the poorer sands, through wheat and seed barley and green crops on the more loamy, to wheat every … or sometimes a drill plough was used. There were also seed machines for turnip and clover. By the mid-19th century …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and this operation entailed not only investment in grass seed and in proper tillage preparation, but also the … a factor of production in place of men, horses, sheep, and seed: in general terms to increase the amount of land in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of trees defined as TIMBER TREEs in [Acts (1773)], and its SEED is found for sale, for example [Tradecards (18c.)]. John … and comforting the stomach' [Evelyn (1679)]. Its SEED have been found listed among PHYSICAL HERB seeds …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… The Nomination of Aldermen Ireton and Thompson, John Seed, and Philip Owen had been rejected by the Court, …
A History of the County of Essex
… £8 14 s., and with wheat, oats, and peas, presumably for seed, was leased for £20 a year. 63 In 1325 a villein tenant … the only employers were the miller, a maltster, and a seed grower, each of whom employed 3 men, and a cordwainer …