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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in the Dictionary Archive, except as the source of ASSES MILK. OED earliest date of use: c1000 See also ASS SKIN, … Sources: Patents. References: Singer et al. (1957). Asses milk The MILK from an ASS, believed to have therapeutic and medicinal …
A History of the County of Somerset
… due on ancient meadow and on cows and heifers in lieu of milk tithe. The largest holding was Pedwell farm with over …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Asthall farms until the early 1970s and 1997. 171 Milk produced on Asthall farm was used for butter-making … exported for bottling following the introduction of the Milk Marketing Board. Wheat replaced barley as the principal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the names Windmill field, recorded in 1432, and Mill (or Milk) Ford and brook, so called by the 17th century perhaps …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and cattle raising in 1866 when totals of 1,550 sheep, 202 milk cows, and 727 other cattle were returned. 88 By 1896 the … enterprises, particularly to dairying. In 1896 375 cows in milk or in calf were returned, 89 and among the farms then … had been converted to grassland. In 1926 579 cows in milk or in calf were returned. Other livestock enterprises …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… noted for its superior dairy productions, butter and new-milk cheeses. The village is pleasantly situated near the …