A Short History of English Agriculture eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 420 pages of information about A Short History of English Agriculture.

A Short History of English Agriculture eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 420 pages of information about A Short History of English Agriculture.

‘Hubback’, 234.

Hundred Rolls, 28, 76, 327.

Hunting, 140, 210.

Huntingdonshire, 3, 25n., 72, 120, 123, 222, 306n., 309.

Hurdles, 354.

Husbandry, old and new, see Cultivation.

I

Implements, cost of, rises, 242;
  in seventeenth century, 135, 152-3, 154;
  in eighteenth century, 188, 194, 203, 229, 236;
  in nineteenth century, 271, 273-5, 276, 287n., 303-4, 316;
  improvement in, 113;
  list of, in eleventh century, 17-52;
  prices of, 83, 138.

Importing country, England becomes an, 163.

Imports cause low prices, 295.

Imports
  of clover seed, 166;
  of corn, 20, 63n., 66, 69, 70, 159-61, 183, 184, 223, 224, 230, 240,
    241-4, 247, 248, 249, 262, 266, 267, 277-80, 287, 293, 305, 323-4,
    330, 348-9;
  of dairy produce, 325;
  of fruit, 188, 329;
  of hops, 150;
  of linen, 105;
  of livestock, 161, 280-1, 305, 324-6, 337;
  of meat, 161, 305, 325, 330;
  of wool, 39, 161, 305, 328, 354.

Improvements, amount expended in, 320-1;
  needed in eighteenth century, 191;
  in farming in eighteenth century, 192 (see Agriculture, state of), 193,
    204 (see Farming).

Inbreeding, Bakewell and, 214;
  the Collings and, 234-5.

Income and expenditure of landed classes (1688), 156.

Incubators, early, 132.

India,
  imports from, 324;
  wool from, 328.

Ine, laws of, as to fencing, 5.

Inherent capabilities of the soil, 301.

Inns, markets for produce, 323.

Inoculation of fruit trees, 131.

Intensive cultivation, 2.

Irish imports, 161, 262, 324-5, 328;
  labourers, 209, 306.

Irrigation, 113, 132, 217.

Isle of Wight, 172n.

Italy, exports to, 349;
  wool exported to, 39, 327.

J

Jamaica, wool from, 328.

Jersey cattle, 275, 339, (See Alderney.)

Jus faldae, 64.

Justices regulate wages, 107.

K

Kent, 40, 128, 143-7, 157, 171, 173, 186, 259, 265, 283, 295, 306n., 309.

Kentish
  cattle, 168;
  sheep, 343, 344.

Kerry cattle, 343.

Kett, rising of, 96.

Ketton, 233, 235.

Kilns, hop, 151.

King’s, Gregory, statistics, 120, 140, 141, 155, 258-9, 260, 353.

Kingston, Lord, estate rents of, 116.

Knights Hospitallers’ estates, 40.

L

Labour,
  cost of, per acre, 313;
  services, 6, 12, 25, 27, 42, 45, 56, 61.

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