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A History of the County of Middlesex
… holsters, and headstalls. At plough two pair are used; at dung-cart three oxen only are used.' 25 Calves were raised in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acid and potash in different forms. Farm-yard manure (dung) still holds a high place in their estimation and on the … to be. Covered yards are now more common, and when the dung in these is thrown up into a heap drainage and excessive … from 10 s. to 13 s.; dragging, 1 s. 6 d. to 2 s. 6 d.; carting dung and spreading (from 10 to 12 loads per acre), 10 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… means to support his sheep, he was left with insufficient dung for his arable, unless the additional ground was … the fold. In fact, the purpose of the sheep, which was to dung and tread corn land, was inconsistent with the need of … manure were sometimes added, although the difficulty of carting manure up to the hills, 126 and the scarcity of …
A History of the County of Northampton
… horses, which continued to be employed after the war for carting manure, roots and winter fodder, for which they were …