General View of the Agriculture of the County of Wilts: With Observations on the Means of Its Improvement: Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement |
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acre agriculture almoſt alſo anſwer arable land barley beſt breed cafe cattle chalk cheeſe clover common fields confequence confiderably corn courſe cows crop cuſtom dairy defcription diſtrict divifion draining dung eſpecially ewes expence faid fallow fame fand fand land fand veins farms fatting feed feems feldom feveralty fheep fhould firſt fize flock fmall foils and fituations fold fome fometimes foon fowing fown fpring frequently ftate ftill ftock ftrong fuch fufficient fummer fyftem grafs graſs greateſt horfes horſes houſes huſbandry improvement incloſed incloſures increaſe inftances inſtead kind of land labourers lambs leaſt lefs loams manors manure Marlborough Downs moft moſt muſt neceffarily neceffary obfervation oxen particularly paſture perhaps plough plowing poffible prefent purpoſe quantity reafon ſheep ſheep-fold ſmall ſome South Wiltſhire ſowing ſtate ſtill ſtock ſuch ſyſtem tenant thefe theſe thofe thoſe turnips ufually uſed uſually water meadows wheat Wiltſhire downs Wiltſhire farmers winter