Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . eeiD-shearings were meeting-places for practical andtheoretical agricultin-ists, for farmers of every district, andbreeders of every kind of stock. In 1776 Coke came into his estate, with the King ofDenmark as his nearest neighbour. Excluded by his politicsfrom Court and Parliament, he devoted all his energies tofarming. He reaped a rich i-eward. Dr. Rigby, writing in 1816,stated that the rental of the Holkh
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . eeiD-shearings were meeting-places for practical andtheoretical agricultin-ists, for farmers of every district, andbreeders of every kind of stock. In 1776 Coke came into his estate, with the King ofDenmark as his nearest neighbour. Excluded by his politicsfrom Court and Parliament, he devoted all his energies tofarming. He reaped a rich i-eward. Dr. Rigby, writing in 1816,stated that the rental of the Holkham estate rose from £2,200in 1776 to £20,000 in 1816. When Coke took his farm inhand he determined that he would grow wheat on the sandysoil, which then yielded only a thin crop of rye, and a baresubsistence for a few milch cows and Norfolk sheep. Hemarled his land, purchased large quantities of manure, trebled AGRICULTURE. 1S0S-18S2. 109 his live-stock, and in nine years attained his oKjeet A \ork-shire foxhnnter in 1772 accidentally discovered the value otbones as manure, and Coke at once realised the nnportance otthe new tertiliser. He also introduced into the country oil-caUc. THOMAS CUKi: OI. IIOLKIIAM. UV T. GAINSBOROUGH. R A. (Un of the llujht the End of Lckcster.) and other artiticial foods, which, with the addition of turnips,abled Norfolk to carry live-stock. He se the cattle,example of stall-feeding and the grass ^^^^^^^ °/^° /.ancestors had fed their beef and .-ere ^ese ted orthe Eastern Counties. Without deep heavy ch ^;^dscould not compete with the lighter sods under the new .3stem. 110 PEACE, RETRENCHilENT, AND EEFOBM. Pasture. Landlordand Tenant. and the older, but inferior, iniplement was discarded. TheNorfolk fairs were crowded with lialf-fed Galloway Scots, High-landers, Lowland Scots, and Skje cattle, as well as beasts fromless remote districts, which were fattened in the Eastern Countiesfor the London market
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