. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. liely , and themselves severely fined and , it was said, were paid to the amount of thirty thousandpounds. I his was enough to put a stop to the illegal cultiva- 1009. tion of tobacco; but, perhaps rather unfortunately, it haslikewise put a stop to the cultivation of that limited quantity,half a rod, which the law allows to
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. liely , and themselves severely fined and , it was said, were paid to the amount of thirty thousandpounds. I his was enough to put a stop to the illegal cultiva- 1009. tion of tobacco; but, perhaps rather unfortunately, it haslikewise put a stop to the cultivation of that limited quantity,half a rod, which the law allows to be planted for the purposesot physic and chirurgery, or destroing insects. Mustard grown in considerable quantities in the neighbour-hood of \ ork, and fields of it may be met with in other partsoi the Riding. It is prepared for use in the city of York,where there are and machinery- for the purpose; and it isafterwards sold under the name of Durham mustard; on land pan il and burned, or prepared and manured astor turnips. Sitd, one to two pecks per acre broadcast, in theearly pan of May. No culture whilst growing, except necessary. Shorn with the sickle in September,and generally stacked in the field, and threshed out upon acloth, at the convenience of the fanner. Two quarters peracre is thought a good crop. Teasd grown on strong soils ; seed, two peeks a little before .^1 n da ; dug or
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