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A History of the County of Somerset
… best in the county, as well as wheat, peas, potatoes, and mangolds. Farms remained small, only seven over 150 a. 13 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 114 of barley, and 65 of beans, besides peas, coleseed, mangolds, and mustard, and 104 sacks of potatoes. 30 The fens …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… or as fodder crops on farms. The highest acreages were of mangolds (29 a. in 1870, 32 a. in 1900, 4 a. in 1920). There …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the arable, but the fodder crops swedes, turnips, and mangolds were also grown in some quantity. 57 In the mid 20th …
A History of the County of Somerset
… pastoral but women were employed to pull turnips and mangolds, plant beans, and hoe wheat. Young boys kept sheep … blackberrying, keeping sheep, and harvesting potatoes and mangolds. 8 A market garden had been established by 1891. 9 …