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A History of the County of Oxford
… owned by especially wealthy mixed farmers who kept other livestock. 66 Dairying and cheesemaking were recorded in the … contributed to a renewed emphasis on pastoral farming. Livestock in 1893 included 72 cattle, 7 hogs, and, though …
A History of the County of Sussex
… dairy holdings and three holdings specializing in livestock rearing and fattening, mostly of cattle. 61 The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… as late as 1707. 26 Table XXIII Shipton: Land use, livestock, and crops 1867 1891 a 1938 a 1965 a Percentage of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the whole seem to have relied on crops rather than livestock. William Cecil who held 2 yardlands ( c. 60 a.) of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… breed, and great attention is paid to the management of livestock generally. Freestone of excellent quality was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… turf there. 25 Thenceforth too, commoners without any livestock might instead feed three geese on the commons and … Stilton. By the 1840s, however, when the number of livestock was small in proportion to the size of the parish, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was recorded in 1538, 83 and in 1570 two tellers of livestock were elected for the part of the manor in Cokeham. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… into arable, was reconverted into pasture. 46 In 1883 livestock on the combined College and Station farms comprised …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… a St. Catherine's light. 19 None of the gifts of money and livestock recorded in 1547 was of more than four kine. 20 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… with the keeping of beef cattle. 93 Sheep were the main livestock in 1867, when 1,947 were kept; numbers fell to … of 270 in 1917, falling to 28 in 1957. The most numerous livestock in 1957 were fowls, when there were as many as …