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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was, with the same object, sown with vetches, peas, beans, turnips, or even potatoes in place of grass. 13 But these … 100 to 400 after inclosure. Light lands capable of growing turnips increased in value especially. 33 This brought in a … either with hay from racks placed on the ground or with turnips. Frequently this meant wintering some in the north of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… on to show that of the important feed crops, the yield of turnips had been good every year, and the hay crop was good … relation to the decline in the other. On the one hand turnips and mangolds, most suitable for folding by hurdle …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were wheat, oats, seeds, including clover, tares, and turnips. 5 Thereafter the proportion of pasture increased. In …
A History of the County of Essex
… and marling was practised in the early 19th century. 77 Turnips, clover, and grasses were being grown by 1782. 78 In … a.), and peas (66 a.), with smaller acreages of beans, turnips or rape, and potatoes. 86 In 1824 there were 15 farms … (3) peas, beans, or clover, and (4) summer fallow, or turnips or colewort (cabbage or greens) eaten off by cattle. …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… 294 a. of meadow, 83 a. of corn, and 49 a. of fallow and turnips. 59 Only 77 a. were returned as under crops in 1801. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… chief crops were barley and wheat, with some swedes and turnips and a few mangolds and potatoes. 101 Similar patterns …
A History of the County of Warwick
… sown together with oats or barley. 26 The cultivation of turnips for sheep feed began on the heath in 1729 and was … forms; that for the heath, 172932, for instance, being turnips, barley and clover, lay for sheep pasture, and wheat. … in the Black Ground 171921, before the introduction of turnips, was wheat; summer fallow; barley or oats, and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… parish were returned as under crops, mainly wheat, barley, turnips, and clover or grass seeds, compared with 531 a. of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… for planting the seeds, as also Indian corn, beans, peas, turnips, carrots, and potatoes and grape vines, and for …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of a sandy nature, and produces good crops of corn, hay, turnips, and potatoes. Limestone of very excellent quality is … and are best adapted for the culture of barley, peas, turnips, &c. Free loams, of a rather better quality than the … cultivated so well and so extensively as in this island. Turnips were first introduced as an agricultural crop in …