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A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… (608 a.) produced arable crops, mainly cereals with some turnips and peas and small areas of rye, beans, and potatoes. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… grown on Grove farm had been barley, wheat, sainfoin, turnips, and vetches. 180 In 1914 over 70 per cent of …
Broadwell Parish
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… which in the early 19th century was thought excellent for turnips and wheat. Particularly in the southern clay areas, …
Broadwell Parish: Holwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… of his fallow, suggesting innovative husbandry. 11 By 1813 turnips were a significant crop in addition to grain, 12 and … husbandry. Arable productivity was increased by planting turnips and sainfoin (which was pared and burnt to produce … profit. Sheep were also kept, fattened on hay and Swedish turnips in April, and left to roam in summer instead of being …
Broadwell Parish: Kelmscott
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… by the agriculturalist Arthur Young, included rotations of turnips, beans, wheat, and oats or vetches, with some … chief crops being wheat and oats (25 per cent each) and turnips (10 per cent). The Hobbses had over 400 a. under … per cent under sainfoin, and 12 per cent under oats. Peas, turnips, swedes, mangolds, kale, and vetches were planted for …
Broadwell, Langford and Kelmscott: Cotswolds to Thames
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… that were it 'not for sainfoin, paring and burning, and turnips, the Cotswold farmers of Gloucestershire and the …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… produced wheat and barley, whilst other notable crops were turnips (70 a.), rye (54 a.), and peas (29 a.). 11 Orchards … 250 a. of wheat, 219 a. of grass and clover, 166 a. of turnips and swedes, 121 a. of barley, and 51 a. of peas. Some …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… has been inclosed, and produces good crops of clover, turnips, and potatoes. A spring rising among these hills …
A History of the County of Somerset
… wheat and oats were grown together with potatoes, beans, turnips, swedes, and fodder crops. Of the 13 holdings …
Broughton Poggs Parish
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… five-course rotation (or six including sainfoin) of (1) turnips, (2) barley, (3) seeds, (4) wheat, and (5) beans or … crops were wheat, barley, and root vegetables (especially turnips and swedes), with smaller quantities of oats, beans, … 1775, and in 1779 two labourers were accused of stealing turnips from a local husbandman, whose goods were later sold …