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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Industrial Revolution, 1 Shropshire was mainly an agricultural county until recent times. From the first … Telford, the county's landscape remained largely rural and agricultural. 3 The main crises in the long history of … Economic Community (E.E.C.), 6 the community's common agricultural policy (C.A.P.) seemed to promise a continuation …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Agriculture Agriculture IN dealing with Oxford from an agricultural point of view it is necessary to treat of the … 26 bushels an acre; and taking the average yield from the Agricultural Returns for the ten years 18941903, we have 29 … improvements and additions have been made to hay-making machinery, such as tedders, swath-turners, horse-rakes, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of the manufacturing districts increased while that of the agricultural districts declined. At Monkton Deverill before … fields. 58 Common-field husbandry did not in itself impede agricultural progress. 'Custom' was not something done of … centuries, and also in the 18th, there was considerable agricultural improvement. The Cheese and Butter countries …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… AGRICULTURE c. 1793 c. 1870 In 1794 T. Davis wrote: 'The agricultural pursuits of the inhabitants of every county or … was the century of improvement: improvement fostered by agricultural societies and publications, and by exciting and … of small farms (Edington 1851), the use of steam power and machinery in agriculture (Kingston Deverill 1871,) all were …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wiltshire, and the fundamental explanation of the county's agricultural history therefore lies outside the scope of this … the county reacted to changes in the comparative costs of agricultural production in England and in overseas exporting … than its cost, has encouraged investment in labour-saving machinery, so that while the amount of labour employed in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a few miles above the village. The population is chiefly agricultural, but some of the inhabitants find employment in … are common or waste. Limestone is quarried, and used for agricultural purposes. The living is a rectory, valued in the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 40 In 1811 one in 17 families was supported chiefly by non-agricultural occupations, and in 1821 and 1831 one in nine. … smiths, and farriers recorded between 1845 and 1938. 43 An agricultural engineering business there was mentioned in …
Old and New London
… passed through the office. This work is now performed by machinery. The total number of letters which passed through … language on a long piece of paper that unrolls itself by machinery in tape-like fashion beneath a revolving wheel, one …