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Plain and useful instructions to farmers; or, An improved method of management of arable land; with some hints upon drainage, fences, and the improvement of turnpike and cross roads. Addressed to country gentlemen and farmers in general. By Joseph Hodskinson.
Hodskinson, Joseph.Date: [1794]- Books
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The farmer's lawyer; or, Every country gentleman his own counsellor. Containing all the laws now in force, that particularly concern the farmer, the country gentleman, the clergy-man, the maltster, the hop-planter, the carrier, or any other person whose business or amusements occasion him to reside chiefly in the country. Particulary I. All the laws concerning game brought down to the present period, including two acts passed the last sessions, one relating to moor or hill game, and the other for the better perservation of the game in general. II. The whole law of tithes. III. The act passed last sessions, to reduce into one act of Parliament, all the statutes concerning highways. IV. An act passed last sessions, to reduce into one act of Parliament, all the laws concerning turnpike roads. V. The whole law concerning fishing, fish ponds, rivers, &c. VI. The laws now in force to regulate the making and dury of malt. VII. The laws concerning the making, and selling of cyder, mum and perry. VIII. The laws relative to the growing, bagging, and duty of hops. Together with all the acts of Parliament, and adjudged cases there-upon, relative to cattle, corn, hay, straw, timber and other trees, butter and cheese, and every other article in which the farmer or country gentleman is materially interested. The second edition; to which is added, the law concerning landlords and tenants. By a Gentleman of Lincoln's lnn.
Gentleman of Lincoln's-Inn.Date: M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]- Books
Milked : how an American crisis brought together Midwestern dairy farmers and Mexican workers / Ruth Conniff.
Conniff, RuthDate: 2022- Books
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The universal sportsman: or, nobleman, gentleman, and farmer's dictionary of recreation and amusement. Including a most improved system of modern farriery, and anatomical dissections of a horse; With concise Rules for chusing good Horses, and the Secrets of training them with Wind and Vigour for the Course, Field, Road, and Cavalry. Particular instructions for Riding, Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Hawking, Shooting, Setting, And Fishing; With abstracts from the game laws of great britain and ireland. With the most approved methods of breeding, curing, and managing all sorts of cattle; Particularly Oxen, Cows, Deer, Sheep, And Hogs. The Method Of Preventing The Scab Among Sheep, With A Radical Cure IF Infected. The Method Of Procuring Early Lambs. With an improved mode of docking, nicking, cropping, and breaking colts. Directions for Breeding, Training, and Managing Dogs, Hawks, Cocks, Doves, Pigeons, Singing-Birds, &c. With a new and interesting Description Of All The Traps, Nets, Engines, Baits, And Magical Contrivances, for taking birds, and all sorts of game, alive; and for destroying vermin of every kind that annoy poultry, or infest the farmer's yard. The whole comprized under one alphabetical arrangement, and each article explained under its proper name. Compiled from the latest discoveries, and improved by many years real practice and observation. By William Augustus Osbaldiston, Esq. Embellished with forty-two elegant copper-plates, adapted to each subject.
Osbaldiston, William Augustus.Date: [1795?]- Books
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The British sportsman, or, nobleman, gentleman, and farmer's dictionary, of recreation and amusement. Including a most Improved System of Modern Farriery, And Anatomical Dissections of a Horse; With concise Rules for chusing good Horses, and the Secrets of training them with Wind and Vigour for the Course, Field, and Road. Particular Instructions for Riding, Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Hawking, Shooting, Setting, & Fishing; With the most approved Methods of Breeding, Curing, and Managing all sorts of Cattle; Particularly Oxen, Cows, Deer, and Sheep. With an improved Mode of Docking, Nicking, Cropping, and Breaking Colts. Directions for Breeding, Training, and Managing Dogs, Hawks, Cocks, Doves, Pigeons, Singing-Birds, &c. With a new and interesting Description Of all the Traps, Nets, Engines, Baits, and magical Contrivances, For taking Birds, and all Sorts of Game, Alive; And for destroying Vermin of every Kind that annoy Poultry, or infest the Farmer's Yard. The Whole comprised underone Alphabetical Arrangement, and each Article explained under its proper Name. Compiled from the Latest Discoveries, and improved By Many Years Real Practice and Observation. By William Augustus Osbaldiston, Esq. Embellished with elegant Copper Plates, adapted to each Subject.
Osbaldiston, William Augustus.Date: [1792-96?]- Ephemera
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Arthur Wilson, dairy farmer and contractor : telephone 1127, Ealing : 8, Uxbridge Road, Hanwell, W.7. : Dec. 15, 1919 : Messrs. Francis Cupiss, Ltd., Diss, Norfolk : Dear Sirs, Having used your Constitution Balls for many years to my horses, I feel it a pleasure to tell you that they are far superior to any other medicine I have tried for keeping horses in good health and bloom...
Wilson, F. A. (Frederick Arthur)Date: [1919?]- Books
To repair the world : Paul Farmer speaks to the next generation / edited by Jonathan Weigel ; with a foreword by President Bill Clinton.
Farmer, Paul, 1959-2022Date: [2013]- Archives and manuscripts
Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Dorchester, Vauxhall Farm, Plough Lane, Royal Marsden, cooking apple, Clapham Common, Hackney, Croydon (January-March 1998)
Date: 30/01/1998-11/03/1998Reference: PP/AMI/B/748Part of: Audrey Amiss Archive- Books
The reindeer botanist : Alf Erling Porsild, 1901-1977 / Wendy Dathan.
Dathan, Patricia Wendy, 1934-Date: [2012], ©2012- Books
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An Essay on the present state of our publick roads; Shewing the absolute necessity of a total prohibition of the use of narrow wheels, on all carriages drawn by more than one horse lengthways. And the benefit that will accrue thereby to farmers and carriers, to trade and manufactures, as well as ease, pleasure, and safety to travellers.
Date: 1756- Books
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An Essay on the present state of our publick roads; Shewing the absolute necessity of a total prohibition of the use of narrow wheels, on all carriages drawn by more than one horse lengthways. And the benefit that will accrue thereby to farmers and carriers, to trade and manufactures, as well as ease, pleasure, and safety to travellers.
Date: 1756- Books
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The farmers and traders apprehensions of a rise upon carriage, From the act passed last sessions, for limiting the weight and number of horses drawn in waggons, &c. Impartially examined. In a letter from a county gentleman to a member of Parliament. Recommended to the perusal of all traders in town and country, and to the trustees of all the turnpike roads.
Country Gentleman.Date: 1752- Books
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The particulars of the capital and very valuable freehold estate, desirably situate in the most beautiful part of the county of Essex, Within Three Miles of Chelmsford, on the High Road to Witham, Harwich, and Colchester; comprising the noble and truly-distinguished mansion house, called New Hall, with suitable offices of every denomination, Pleasure Grounds, Plantations, Wilderness, Woods, Fish Ponds, Canal, capital walled Kitchen Garden, and demesne lands, containing six hundred & fifty-two acres, Lying within a Ring Fence, in a high State of Cultivation; with excellent brick farm houses, brick barns, and all other proper out-buildings; The Whole forming one of the compleatest Estates in the Kingdom, now in capital Farms, over which there is an exclusive Right of Sporting: also Old Hall farm, Containing Two Hundred and Forty-Two Acres; together with the manor of Old Hall, With the Annual Quit Rents, Fines at Will of Lord, Courts, Royalties, Fishery, and Immunities: and also Forty-Three Acres of Land, a Brick and Tile Kiln, and a new-erected House, In the High Road to Chelmsford; and a small farm in Springfield Lane: The rental of the whole about Nine Hundred Pounds per Annum, Exclusive of Mansion House and Manor: which will be sold by auction, by Mess. Skinner, Dyke, & Skinner, on Wednesday the 4th of July, 1798, At Twelve O'Clock, At Garraway's Coffee House, 'change Alley, Cornhill, London, in six lots.
Skinner, Dyke, and Skinner (London, England)Date: 1798]- Books
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County of Wexford, to wit. Richard Grandy, of Ballysham, in said county, came this day before us His Majesty's Justices of the peace, and made oath on the Holy Evagelists, that he this examinant was attacked and seized at the cross-roads of Kilbride, on Sunday the 3d of June, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock in the morning, as he was returning from a farm he had on the lands of Kilbride, by several persons armed with guns, pikes and spears; ...
Grandy, Richard.Date: 1798]- Books
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An Act for making and maintaining a navigable cut or canal from, or from some place near Pontnewynydd, into the river Usk, at or near the town of Newport, and a collateral cut or canal from the same, at or near a place called Cryndau Farm, to or near to Crumlin Bridge, all in the county of Monmouth; and for making and maintaining rail ways, or stone roads, from such cuts or canals, to several iron works and mines, in the counties of Monmouth and Brecknock.
Great Britain.Date: 1792]- Books
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The modern husbandman: or, The practice of farming: As it is now carried on by the most accurate farmers in several counties of England. For the month of May. Containing the following particulars: viz. I. Of ploughs and plowing. II. Of barley, wheat, &c. III. Of weeds, and their cure. IV. Of manures and dressings proper for this month. V. Of artificial grasses. VI. Of bulls, cows, and calves. VII. Of cheese. VIII. Of butter. IX. Of hogs. X. Of sheep. XI. Miscellaneous matters in husbandry. XII. Of turneps; a farther account of them. XIII. Of making and repairing roads. XIV. Of horses, mares, and colts. XV. Of trees and insects. By William Ellis, of Little Gaddesden, near Hempstead, in Hertfordshire.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: MDCCXLII [1742]- Books
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The modern husbandman: Or, The practice of farming: as it is now carried on by the most accurate farmers in several counties of England. For the month of May. Containing the following particulars; viz. I. Of ploughs and plowing. II. Of barley, wheat, turneps, &c. III. Of weeds, and their cure. IV. Of manures and dressings proper for this month. V. Of artificial grasses. VI. Of bulls, cows, and calves. VII. Of cheese. VIII. Of butter. IX. Of hogs. X. Of sheep. XI. Miscellaneous matters in husbandry. XII. Of turneps; a farther account of them. XIII. Of making and repairing roads. XIV. Of horses, mares, and colts. XV. Of trees and insects. By William Ellis, of Little Gaddesden, near Hempstead, in Hertforshire.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: M,DCC,XLIII. [1743]- Books
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The modern husbandman: or the practice of farming: As it is now carried on by the most Accurate Farmers in several Counties of England. for the month of May. Containing the following Particulars: Viz. I. Of Ploughs and Plowing. II. Of Barley, Wheat, &c. III. Of Weeds, and their Cure. IV. Of Manures and Dressings proper for this Month. V. Of Artificial Grasses. VI. Of Bulls, Cows, and Calves. Vii. Of Cheese. Viii. Of Butter. IX. Of Hogs. X. Of Sheep. XI. Miscellaneous Matters in Husbandry. XII. Of Turneps; a farther Account of them. XIII. Of Making and Repairing Roads. XIV. Of Horses, Mares, and Colts. XV. Of Trees and Insects. By William Ellis, A Farmer, of Little Gaddesden, near Hempstead, in Hertfordshire.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: MDCCXLI. [1741] [1744]- Books
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The particulars of a very eligible freehold estate, situate in the parishes of Abbott's Roothing and Little Laver, Five Miles from Harlow, Ten from Epping and Bishop's Stortford, and Fourteen from Chelmsford, in the County of Essex; comprising the manor of Abbas Roothing, With Annual Quit Rents, Fines at Will of Lord, Heriots, Palfrey Money, Court Baron, Royalties, and Appurtenances, and two very excellent farms, called Rookwood Hall and Hull Green; Containing about Four Hundred and Eighty-Six Acres of very good Meadow, Pasture, Arable, and Wood Lands, With Two exceeding good suitable Farm Houses, a Cottage, proper Barns and Out-Buildings; in the possession of Mr. William Perr and Mrs. Martha Schooling, on Leases, at Rents amounting to Three Hundred and Thirty-Five Pounds Ten Shillings per annum, Exclusive of the Manor and Woods: which will be sold by auction, by Mess. Skinner, Dyke, & Skinner, on Thursday the 11th of July, 1799, At Twelve O'Clock, At Garraway's Coffee House, 'change Alley, London, in two Lots. (unless the Whole is previously Disposed of by Private Contract.) To be viewed, by Leave of the Tenants, of whom printed Particulars may be had; Also of Mess. Clachar and Co. Chelmsford; Green Man, Harlow; Crown, Hockerill; Epping Place lnn, Epping; of Messrs. Clachar and Daniell. King's Road. Bedford Row; at the Place of Sale; and of Mess. Skinner, Dyke, and Skinner, Aldersgate Street, where a Plan may be seen.
Skinner, Dyke, and Skinner (London, England)Date: 1799]- Books
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Particulars of a valuable and truly eligible freehold estate, delightfully situate in the parishes of Shackleford and Pepper Harrow; in the most pleasant and healthy part of the county of Surry; Consisting of a capital, regular, and exceedingly substantial modern mansion, called Shackleford House, with numerous corresponding attached and detached offices of every description; excellent kitchen garden, inclosed by lofty walls, cloathed with choice fruit trees in full bearing; green house, ice house; farm yard, lodges, &c. Ninety-two acres and upwards of excellent land, about thirty acres of which are fine meadow, the rest arable land and pleasure grounds; and six fish ponds stored with carp, tench, trout, &c. Appearing from the mansion to be, and convertible at a small expence into, one continued sheet of water, of great length. The whole surrounded by plantations and walks in a ring fence, partly inclosed by a new oak paling. The mansion and offices are in perfect repair; the grounds in a high state of cultivation; and form a comforatble, exceedingly convenient, and complete residence for a family of distinction. Also six fields of excellent arable land, containing together twenty-three acres, twenty-nine perch, partly adjoining to, and partly at a small distance from the above, with extensive common rights on Shackleford and Pepperharrow commons, and the right of the private road from Shackleford to the turnpike road between Farnham and Guildford. Which will be sold by private contract, by Mr. Christie.
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730-1803.Date: 1790?]- Books
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A valuable estate beautifully situated within one mile of Northallerton, an excellent Market Town. To be Sold, By Virtue of an Act of Parliament, in the Month of July 1797, if not previously disposed of by private Contract; in one or more Lots; at the Golden Lion in Northallerton; agreeable to Conditions of Sale. A Most desirable Freehold and Tythe Free Estate, situated at Yafforth, adjoining the road from Northallerton to Richmond, comprising Yafforth Hall and about 550 Acres of rich Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, with convenient and suitable Buildings thereon, in good repair, and now let to Mr. Robert Weatherill and Mr. Thomas Wilson, two very respectable Tenants, from Year to Year, who will shew the Premises. There is very fine Clay on this Estate, for the making of Bricks. Also at the same time, in Lots. The great and small Tythes, arising from several very rich Tillage Farms, belonging to Thomas Frankland Esq; and others, situated in the Township of Yafforth aforesaid. Also at the same time, in one or more Lots. A desirable Freehold Estate, situated at Exelby, in the occupation of John Bell. Also at Ripon in Lots. Sundry Rich Meadow and Pasture Fields, situated contiguous to the Town, and let to respectable Tenants. For Particulars apply to W. Leak Esq; Solicitor, Parliament Street, London; or at Mr. Harrison's Office in Ripon.
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The particulars of a valuable, fertile, and very desirable estate, situate at Fifehead, in the county of Dorset, six miles from Shaftesbury, nine from Sherborne, and seven from Wincanton, (all good market towns,) and half-a-mile from the Great Western Road leading through Sherborne and Shaftesubury; comprising the lordship or manor of Fifehead, with five hundred and seventy-four acres, ... of remarkably rich land, lying compact and of different qualities, ...with suitable dwelling-houses and out-buildings, ... and three hundred and forty-six acres, ... of land, similar to the above, with suitable houses and out-buildings granted out by lease and copy, now determinable on one, two, and three lives.This estate and manor are held under the Bishop of Bristol by two freehold leases, ... The manor of Fifehead, bounded in great part by the River Stour, is situate in a pleasant and healthy part of the country, ... The lands are well fenced, wooded, and watered, the out-buildings are convenient, and farm-houses commodious, one of which stands on a delightful eminence, and may, at a small expence, be converted into a desirable residence for a genteel family; the whole forming a most eligible estate, and capable of great improvenment: William Gillett, of Fifehead, will shew the estate: and particulars may be had at the office of Mr. Messiter, Shaftesbury; Messrs. Messiter, Wincanton; or at the Ship Inn, West Stour, near Fifehead.--to treat for the same application may be made personally, or by letter (post paid,) to Mr. Pryce, of Park-Street, Bath, or Mr. Messiter, of Shaftesbury aforesaid.
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