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A History of the County of Oxford
… and seeds, and sometimes very successfully after old sainfoin; in fact, provided that the land is in fairly good … Very generally the soil of this county suits it well. Sainfoin is still largely grown, especially on the shallow … and chalk soils. The kind chiefly cultivated is the common sainfoin, which lasts longer than the giant variety, and is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Hop-clover, broad-clover, selected perennial ryegrass, sainfoin, and cinquefoil were all introduced in or about … clover and 'seeds', (2) ley, for as long as it would last. Sainfoin was sometimes sown on exhausted land, and cinquefoil … until the land was exhausted, when it was sown to sainfoin for a septennial ley. Another course, practised at …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 92 In bad years the grassland would not be laid down to sainfoin but 'let down' to natural pasture. 93 This … and such a farm should always have 50 of its 600 acres in sainfoin, and that the rest should be employed at the …
A History of the County of Essex
… then owner-occupied, grew linseed, turnips, red clover, sainfoin, potatoes, and mangolds as well as wheat, oats, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… oats, hemp, and hops, 76 and on the inclosed Shield farm sainfoin was introduced before 1673 and clover in the 18th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… presses, 135 and a mustard mill was mentioned in 1634. 136 Sainfoin was introduced at Stonelands before 1687. 137 … relatively high for Oxfordshire. 161 In 1826 turnips, sainfoin, wheat, oats, and barley were grown on one Eton farm …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and pulse, beans, or peas, though oats, maslin, rye, sainfoin, and hops were also mentioned. 20 Cattle, some for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 55 New crops, including turnips, clover, rye grass, and sainfoin, were introduced on the Talbots' manor before 1761. …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… when rape was being grown on pared and burnt ground, and sainfoin in closes. 17 On the eve of inclosure 45 tenants had …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… barley, and oats, with, as fodder crops for the sheep, sainfoin and clover and presumably also turnips. One of the …