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" The ground was scourged with a succession of oats after oats, as long as they would pay for seed and labour and afford a small surplus of oatmeal for the family ; and then remained in a state of absolute sterility or over-run with thistles, till rest... "
Records of the Burgh of Prestwick in the Sheriffdom of Ayr. 1470-1582: With ... - Page xxii
edited by - 1834 - 147 pages
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 616 pages
...recently emerged, or in which it was about forty years ago. By the practice of agriculture at that time, the ground was scourged with a succession of oats...for seed and labour, and afford a small surplus of oatmeal for the family ; and then remained in a state of absolute sterility, or over-run with thistles,...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 636 pages
...recently emeigtd, or in which it was about forty years ago. By the practice of agriculture at that time, the ground was scourged with a succession of oats after oats, as long as they would pay for seed ai.d labour, and afford a small surplus of oatmeal for the family ; and then remained in a state of...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 616 pages
...was about forty years ago. By the practice of agriculture at that time, the ground was scourged will) a succession of oats after oats, as long as they would pay for seed and labour, and aflbrd'a smill surplus of oatmeal for the family ; and then remained in a state of absolute sterility,...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 616 pages
...recently emerged, or in which it was about forty years ago. By the practice of agriculture at that time, the ground was scourged with a succession of oats after oats, as ]ong as they would pay for seed and labour, and afford a small surplus of oatmeal for the family ;...
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A Statistical Account of the British Empire: Exhibiting Its Extent ..., Volume 2

John Ramsay McCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - Great Britain - 1839 - 760 pages
...turned with the axle, and supported the wretched vehicle, hardly able to carry five hundred weight. The ground was scourged with a succession of oats...for seed and labour, and afford a small surplus of oatmeal for the family, and then was left in a state of absolute sterility, or overrun with thistles,...
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A Statistical Account of the British Empire: Exhibiting Its Extent ..., Volume 2

John Ramsay McCulloch - Great Britain - 1839 - 736 pages
...turned with the axle, and supported the wretched vehicle, hardly able to carry five hundred weight. The ground was scourged with a succession of oats...for seed and labour, and afford a small surplus of oatmeal for the family, and then was left in a state of absolute sterility, or overrun with thistles,...
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A Descriptive and Statistical Account of the British Empire ..., Volume 2

John Ramsay McCulloch - Great Britain - 1854 - 846 pages
...vehicle, hardly able to carry five hundred weight. The ground was scourged with a succession of oats alter oats, as long as they would pay for seed and labour, and afford a small surplus of oatmeal for the family, and then was left in a state of absolute sterility, or overrun with thistles,...
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Curiosities of Glasgow Citizenship: As Exhibited Chiefly in the Business ...

George Stewart (of Glasgow.) - Glasgow (Scotland) - 1881 - 310 pages
...on their wooden axletrees, the wretched vehicle hardly fit to " carry and draw five hundredweight. The ground was scourged " with a succession of oats after oats, as long as it could pay for seed " and labour, and afford a small surplus of meal for family use, and "then it...
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Historic Ayrshire: Being a Collection of Historical Works Treating ..., Volume 1

William Robertson - Ayrshire (Scotland) - 1891 - 272 pages
...tumbler.wheels, whieh turned with the axletree, and supported the wretehed vehicle, hardly able to draw 5 ewt. The ground was scourged with a succession of oats...for seed and labour, and afford a small surplus of oatmeal for the family ; and then remained in a state of absolute sterility, or over.run with thistles,...
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