Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ...was only ploughed one; and such is the modem practice, when barley is to follow turnips, or other grecu crop, eaten down by sheep. But on page 17 our author tells us he always set the fold on lands which were to receive rye or maslin. A summer fallow for wheat or rye will now be ploughed several times, the clods turned with a heavy horse drag, and then harrowed. I add a few notices of the ancient practice as to fallows, and their prices. "1678, II acres of fallow for twice ploughing, 11. lit. 6d.; 1666, o acres of land twice ploughed for barley, and barley fit to sow there, 71.10s.; 1688, 8 acres 3 roods of summer fallow three times ploughing, 16V; 1631, for ploughing an acre and a half of land four times, 6.; 1679, 13 acres of summer fallow four times ploughed, 4/. 6. 84.; 1683, 4 acres of fallow manuring and five times ploughing, and the hemp green, 3/. 13. id.; 1698, 4 acres and a half of manured fallows, 71. 10. 6 acres of nnmanured fallows, 61. 6Y; 1767, 6 acres of fallow making, 6V. 6s." 1568, 22 acres of summer faugh barley, 20/.; 1680, 16 acres of winter faugh, very coarse, 8/.; 30 acres of summer faugh barley, 30/.; 1618, one acre of summer faugh, 90s. up your skinnes one above another, but to hange them out theire full breadth with the woll downewards, and then shall yow not neede to feare the breedinge of malkes; and after they are once dry, sell them or pull them immediately, before the wooll dry in or beginne to shewe hairy. Plough folkes are not to goe with over deepe hold on such lands as are fold-mucked; for if they doe they bury the mucke deepe in fallowinge, and soe the landes are neaver better for foldinge. FOR MARKETTINGE AND SELLINGE OF CORNE. Barley will usually outselle oates 8s. a quarter. Rye will...