Proposals for Enriching the Principality of Wales: Humbly Submitted to the Consideration of His Countrymen, by Giraldus Cambrensisauthor; and sold, 1755 - 35 pages |
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... Clover and Rye - grafs Seeds . WHERE the Lands are too light or fandy to produce good Crops , it will be proper to give them a Coat of Clay , of the yellow or blue Kind , which is the best , tho ' the brown cor dark Sort , will do ...
... Clover and Rye - grafs Seeds . WHERE the Lands are too light or fandy to produce good Crops , it will be proper to give them a Coat of Clay , of the yellow or blue Kind , which is the best , tho ' the brown cor dark Sort , will do ...
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... Clover- feed with a Peck of black and white None- fuch , or what is commonly called Rye - grafs . Either of thefe helps to thicken the Sett , makes the Clover , which alone is not , a fafe and rich Pafture for Cattle , and comes on ...
... Clover- feed with a Peck of black and white None- fuch , or what is commonly called Rye - grafs . Either of thefe helps to thicken the Sett , makes the Clover , which alone is not , a fafe and rich Pafture for Cattle , and comes on ...
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... Clover , and it will commonly produce Crops of equal Goodness to those upon Ground thoroughly Summer- tilled . The Clover - land fhould be covered with Dung , and that turned in with the Plough , the Wheat fown above and harrowed twice ...
... Clover , and it will commonly produce Crops of equal Goodness to those upon Ground thoroughly Summer- tilled . The Clover - land fhould be covered with Dung , and that turned in with the Plough , the Wheat fown above and harrowed twice ...
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... Clover , or Clover and Rye - grafs worth two Guineas an Acre ; and a Crop of Wheat worth four or five Pounds . Very great Advantages indeed ! And altho Claying or Marling be a confiderable Ex- pence , amounting to 25 or 30 Shillings an ...
... Clover , or Clover and Rye - grafs worth two Guineas an Acre ; and a Crop of Wheat worth four or five Pounds . Very great Advantages indeed ! And altho Claying or Marling be a confiderable Ex- pence , amounting to 25 or 30 Shillings an ...
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... Clover and Rye - grafs Seeds , with which it fhould be laid down for a Year or two ; and then it will rife fit for Wheat . For it is an indifputable Maxim , that if Land be laid down foul , it will be found so , when it comes again to ...
... Clover and Rye - grafs Seeds , with which it fhould be laid down for a Year or two ; and then it will rife fit for Wheat . For it is an indifputable Maxim , that if Land be laid down foul , it will be found so , when it comes again to ...
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Page 3 - Your erring fathers left too long defpis'd. Leave not to ignorance and low-bred hinds, That nobleft fcience, which in ancient time The minds of fages and of kings employ'd, Solicitous to learn the ways of God, And read his works in agriculture's fchool.