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Survey of London
… cheap temporary structures, as in the barrel-roofed timber drill shed for the 1st Middle-sex Volunteers; and there was …
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward I
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward II
… that John Burdet, Thomas de Bisshopesthorpe, Nicholas Drill', John de Newebelle, Gilbert de Houton, John Moreys, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… any instance of Mr. Ducket's simple, cheap, and effectual drill being used in this county.' 38 He also is opposed to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rather than risk the failure of late drilled corn, drill roots again, as the danger of finger-and-toe is small, … sheep; then wheat is sown and this often shows well in the drill in November; thus we have actually four different crops … drilling (dry), 2 s. to 2 s. 6 d.; drilling (with water drill), 4 s. to 5 s.; horse hoeing, 2 s.; hand hoeing, 5 s. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a drainage plough and later invented a steam plough. 276 A drill for corn, not unlike the modern one, was invented in … by hand. 279 Beans were sometimes dibbled, or sometimes a drill plough was used. There were also seed machines for …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 28 Jackson was one of the earliest and most successful drill farmers in the county. 29 In 1812 the Crofts Farm was …