The Correspondence of the Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart: With Reminiscences of the Most Distinguished Characters who Have Appeared in Great Britain, and in Foreign Countries, During the Last Fifty Years. Illustrated by Facsimiles of Two Hundred Autographs ...H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831 - Agriculturists |
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Page 23
... crop , at the price the article bears in the market . Two or three years ago I sent Mr Young a sketch of these farms , with all the fields , meads , and lots , with their relative situations laid down from actual surveys . I have but ...
... crop , at the price the article bears in the market . Two or three years ago I sent Mr Young a sketch of these farms , with all the fields , meads , and lots , with their relative situations laid down from actual surveys . I have but ...
Page 27
... crop of wheat this year , from the best information I have been able to obtain , will be found very short ; owing to three causes , - an uncommon drought last autumn , - -a severe winter , with but little snow to protect it , —and ...
... crop of wheat this year , from the best information I have been able to obtain , will be found very short ; owing to three causes , - an uncommon drought last autumn , - -a severe winter , with but little snow to protect it , —and ...
Page 28
... crops of grain are , in places , tolerable , but , upon the whole , belong mediocrity in quantity , whilst the grain is fine . This also , that is the shortness of the crop , will assist in reducing the price of lands still lower . An ...
... crops of grain are , in places , tolerable , but , upon the whole , belong mediocrity in quantity , whilst the grain is fine . This also , that is the shortness of the crop , will assist in reducing the price of lands still lower . An ...
Page 31
... crops winter grain are better ; but , on the whole , they are remarkably short . With very great esteem and respect , I have the honour to be , Sir , your most obedient and obliged humble servant , Go . WASHINGTON . of No. 15 . SIR ...
... crops winter grain are better ; but , on the whole , they are remarkably short . With very great esteem and respect , I have the honour to be , Sir , your most obedient and obliged humble servant , Go . WASHINGTON . of No. 15 . SIR ...
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... crops are very fine ; and although the Hessian fly made great ravages in the wheat this spring , the favourable weather seemed to coun- teract its effects . But I am sorry to say that our wheat is generally more filthy , or contains ...
... crops are very fine ; and although the Hessian fly made great ravages in the wheat this spring , the favourable weather seemed to coun- teract its effects . But I am sorry to say that our wheat is generally more filthy , or contains ...
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