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An Abridgment of the Six Weeks, and Six Months Tour's of Arthur Young, Esq; through the Southern, and Northern Counties of England and Part of Wales. Containing, all the most important articles of information relating to agriculture, now in practice in the most cultivated counties, with some account of the successful culture of lucerne, cabbages, &c. &c. Intended for the use of the common farmers of Ireland.
Author
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.
Date Added
11 January 2014
Format
Book
Language
English
Publish Date
1771
Publisher
Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, in Dame-Street, Printer to the Society.
Source
McGarrity Books.
Topic
Agriculture > England. Agriculture > Wales. England, Northern > Description and travel. Wales > Description and travel.
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Vol. I1.I..,f-and as a manure in Tmall quantities upon’
Ed. p.x51.clay, it anfwers well‘, ‘but is exp<;nlive;“-
D-Ed-V0l-Sea-weed they fometimesi ufe; lheyeilhu
1- P-325’ lay it on the land as they collect it; ormake
sea-wm1.- heaps of. it until rotten gsbut infgeneralthcy
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-upon which I intend to. trouble him for either
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that all this bulinefs has been carryingonm
xhaslkept in his hands a farm of xooo acre”;
.]and.,,Thefe,itn1ult be confelled l)'yall,m
noble and liplrlt-ed Works--but doth: ml
become aflomfhtng, when you are informal
. that 'all has been executed in lels than (hi
fhortfpace of three.yearfsl.'. This gemye,
man is no fooner conmrzced a mealure 15”
right, than he t1etv2jnn'22e.r; and he executes
with as much quicknefs, as he refolves. sly“.
this celerity which performs in 2. year, what
fo many talk of for atcenttnjy--a.nd coggl
tra8cs the bulinefs of a dream1ng'hfe;im
the fpirited period of a few months!
Thus I haye devoted tw.enty.eightpage;
of this abridgmem, to this able ztndmoll
uncommon cultivator ; and had the
been as many .hundred9, 1I. fhould.havcdo;,,
it with plealurel; .hecaul'e Ihope the reader
willtimitateshis purfuns, as. much as he must
admire them. -. V ‘ V i
reckon. it belt frelh. ,
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so
7 5’ A vety ingenious cotrefpondent of minein
the North of Ireland has long ufed fea-fand with
greatell fu.ccefs’as :1 manure, fome ' infotmatioh
by ztletter, or perfonally .;, with. which, undet
his permilIion,I will oblige the publick.<j.W,B.
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