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A History of the County of Somerset
… arable and produced wheat, barley, beans, and peas but no turnips. Pasture was probably scarce and the best was worth …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… returned as under crops, chiefly oats (245 a.), peas, and turnips or rape. 32 At Langwith in 1841 there were 327 a. of …
A History of the County of Essex
… (152 a.), oats (91 a.), peas (45 a.), beans (36 a.), turnips or rape (24 a.), and potatoes (6 a.). 70 A tenant in … forbade the ploughing of two closes of meadow. 72By 1769 turnips and clover were being grown instead of a fallow. … (91 a.), peas (78 a.), mangold (72 a.), beans (55 a.), and turnips (42 a.); soft fruit was grown on 4 a. A total of 76 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… rich, producing fine crops of wheat, barley, oats, and turnips. The village, which is large, is neatly built on the …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… they say that there is now not enough rain for the turnips so they will make them dear! A large fire broke out … Raining very hard in afternoon and evening. Good for the turnips. No news. The Times of yesterday comments very …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… taken place. The crops are, grain of every kind, potatoes, turnips, and the different grasses. The lands have been … crops are, wheat, barley, bear, oats, beans, potatoes, and turnips, with the different grasses. The system of … plan is now prevalent; the chief crops are, oats, barley, turnips, and potatoes. The farms mostly vary from 300 to 700 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in 1870, 32 a. in 1900, 4 a. in 1920). There were 8 a. of turnips and 7 a. of carrots in 1870 but the area of other …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… small amounts (in descending order) of peas, potatoes, turnips or rape, and beans. 27 In 1838 two fifths of the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… for the invention of drawing low wines and spirits from turnips, carrots, and parsnips, sufficient in quantity and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and gardens. The eastern side is the better land, bearing turnips, and being easily convertible; the soil of the …