General View of the Agriculture of the County of Huntingdon. With Observations on the Means of Its Improvement. By Thomas Stone, ... Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement

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J. Nichols, 1793 - 35 ページ
 

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5 ページ - ... and of enabling every one to contribute his mite to the improvement of the country. The Board has adopted the same plan, in regard to all the other counties in the united kingdom ; and will be happy to give every assistance in its power, to any person, who may be desirous of improving his breed of cattle, sheep, &c.
5 ページ - ... transmitted to the Board of Agriculture, at its office in London, by whom the same shall be properly attended to; and when the returns are completed, an account will be drawn, up, of the state of agriculture in the North Riding, from the information thus accumulated, which,' it is believed, will be found greatly superior to any thing of the kind ever yet made public.
5 ページ - Relieved, will be found greatly fuperior, to any thing of the kind, ever yet made public. The Board has adopted the fame plan, in regard to all the other counties in the united kingdom; and...
5 ページ - ... improvement, drawn up for the confideration of the Board of Agriculture, is now printed, merely for the purpofe of its being circulated there, in order that every perfon, interefted in the welfare of that county, may have it in his power to examine it fully before it is publifhed. It is therefore...
5 ページ - Carmarthen, and the means of its improvement, drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture, is now printed, merely for the purpose of its being circulated there, in order that every person interested in the welfare of that county, may have it in his power to examine it fully before it is published. It is therefore requested...
30 ページ - ... Improvement; of the Fen," will serve to give some general ideas respecting the DRAINAGE of the Lowlands of CAMBRIDGE &c. ; as well as of the various interests that are connected with their Improvement. P. 30. " A bill was brought into Parliament in the last sessions, for the purpose of altering the course of the river Ouze, from a place called Eau-brink, below St. German's Bridge, to the port of Lynn, as a means of improving the outfall of the river, and thereby to produce a better drainage of...
13 ページ - The fen it generally unproductive, being constantly either covered with water, or, at least, in too wet a state for cultivation; and considerable parts are very frequently forfeited to the corporation of the Bedford Level, the tax annually charged upon the fen for its drainage, far exceeding any advantages the proprietors can derive from the soil in its present state, so that they rather prefer relinquishing their estates, than to pay the taxes imposed upon them.
16 ページ - ... corn; and were it not from the accidental peregrinations of the Irish, of manufacturers from Leicestershire, and persons of other distant counties, the corn must be spoiled in the fields. Hence it results, that in some parts of the county, in times when labourers are scarce, a guinea and upwards per acre is frequently paid for reaping wheat and oats, which, according to an equal scale in the price of labour, might otherwise be performed for seven shillings ; and it has often occurred, that at...
30 ページ - The water, from so ex* panded a course, is certainly the slower in its progress to the present out-fall, and, consequently deposits in its course a considerable quantity of its impurities ; which have, from a great length of time, tended to choak up the out-fall, to the prejudice of the navigation of the river, and the draining of "the fens. "The most zealous promoters of this plan, are those gentlemen, whose estates are situate nearest to the intended out-fall, whose immediate benefits are certain,...
16 ページ - Oak timber is not much raised in this county, and there is very little fit for the navy; it is usually Cut down when it begins to be' most valuable for that purpose, and consequently when it ought to be spared.

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