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A History of the County of Stafford
… during the winter and to keep the number up to 200. The herd numbered 240 in 1724. 10 In 1770 and 1771 all the deer …
Brightwell Baldwin
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… them. All the farms remained mixed and each had a cattle herd, although sheep were present only on Brightwell and … Park was run by R.N. Richmond-Watson, who kept a herd of pedigree cattle and worked c.140 a. in and around the …
Broadwell Parish: Broadwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… farm with a bias towards livestock, supporting a pedigree herd of Red Poll dairy cattle, sheep which contributed to the … livestock comprised over 250 cattle (including a dairy herd) and over 1,000 sheep, together with some pigs. The … crops. Cripps's Filkins farm (let to A. V. Arkell) had a herd of 95 cows including 33 dairy cattle, while at Ivy House …
Broadwell Parish: Holwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… 20 s. a year was for the poor, with 10 s. for the 'common herd' or herdsman, and the remaining 30 s. for church repairs …
Broadwell Parish: Kelmscott
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… stock-breeding, their greatest successes being with their herd of Dairy Short Horn cows, which won numerous awards … were also grown. The dairying tradition continued with a herd of 201 cows and 56 bulls, and there was a substantial … oats, barley, sainfoin, and fodder crops, maintaining a herd of 73 dairy cows, and, like Hobbs and Davis, keeping …
Broughton Poggs Parish
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… cut more extensively in the north to feed a larger cattle herd, while sheep grazing was more important in the south. 25 … reared on a considerable scale, mostly for beef: the dairy herd comprised only 13 cows. 17 Dairying increased with the … most of the remainder planted with fodder crops. The dairy herd continued to expand, though sheep numbers were beginning …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and sainfoin, began the 1680s by supporting a dairy herd of over 60, a flock of 340 sheep, and a profitable …