English Agriculture in 1850-51

acres in extent agricultural annually arable land artificial manures average barley beans better breed bushels an acre cake capital cattle chalk cheese chiefly clay clay land clover corn crops cost cottages cows cultivation dairy district DORSET drainage drains drilled dung ewes expense farm buildings farmers fattened feeding feet fens fields followed four-course furrow grass land green crops ground guano harrowed horses husbandry inches increased injury labour lambs LANCASHIRE landlord lease Leicester light land Lincolnshire loam Lord mangold manure meadows milk nearly Norfolk oats outlay pasture pigs ploughed portion potatoes produce profitable quantity railway red clover rent roots seeds sheep stock soil sown spring straw Suffolk summer superphosphate supply Surrey swedes tenant thrashing tile drainage tillage tithe tract turnip crop usually wages WATER MEADOWS wheat wheat crop white turnips whole winter Wolds wurzel yards yield