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A History of the County of Hampshire
… chalk, and the chief crops are barley, swedes, clover and sainfoin. Ramsdell, formerly a tithing in the north of this …
Rural Parishes: Harpsden
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… a substantial acreage was also used for turnips, swedes, sainfoin and clover. 2 Around 250350 a. (1317 per cent of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the village in Leys furlong and Cause furlong (later Sainfoin ground) in the Court field, and in the north part of … as poultry and bees; a hemp plot was recorded in 1666, and sainfoin was grown by 1695. 56 The tenant farmers on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… grasses are the common broad clover, rye-grass, trefoil, sainfoin, and lucern. Burnet forms a large portion of the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… realized 11,745 guineas, an average of 430 guineas apiece, Sainfoin (by Springfield out of Landon), winner of the Derby …
A History of the County of Somerset
… a flock of nearly 400 sheep, and beans, oats, vetches, and sainfoin were sown. Milk, butter, eggs, and poultry were sold …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… beet, tares, cole-seed, red and white clover, trefoil, sainfoin, hemp, and hops. The culture of carrots in the … one of the principal crops; and the cultivation of sainfoin is particularly extensive in the chalky subsoils. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… sown; and large tracts of chalky soil are occupied by sainfoin, most of which is made into hay. The Farnham hops …
A History of the County of Oxford
… He experimented in grass seedswhite clover, hay seeds, and sainfoin. The last he valued highly and grew much of it. He … arable was normally divided into seven parts,1/7th under sainfoin, 2/7ths under seeds, 3/7ths under corn, and 1/7th …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… crops, the latter including large areas of clover and sainfoin. Turnips accounted for 77 a. 85 and were grown on a …