 | 1839 - 520 Seiten
...light, the labour of digging is not great. The stock on the small farms which we examined consists of a couple of cows, a calf or two, one or two pigs, sometimes a goat or two, and some poultry. The coins are altogether stall-fed." He then describes the mode of feeding. In page 167, he says — "... | |
 | Sir George Nicholls - 1838 - 32 Seiten
...his wife and children, excepting sometimes in harvest, when we found he occasionally obtained the aid of a neighbour, or hired a labourer at a franc per...boiling up potatoes, peas, beans, bran, cut hay, &c., into one mess, and which being given warm, is said to be very wholesome, and to promote the secretion... | |
 | George Nicholls - 1838 - 192 Seiten
...his wife and children, excepting sometimes in harvest, when we found he occasionally obtained the aid of a neighbour, or hired a labourer at a franc per...boiling up potatoes, peas, beans, bran, cut hay, &c., into one mess, and which being given warm, is said to be very wholesome, and to promote the secretion... | |
 | Sir George Nicholls, Great Britain. Home Office - 1838 - 202 Seiten
...his wife and children, excepting sometimes in harvest, when we found he occasionally obtained the aid of a neighbour, or hired a labourer at a franc per...are altogether stall-fed, on straw, turnips, clover, rve, vetches, carrots, potatoes, and a kind of soup made by boiling up potatoes, peas, beans, bran,... | |
 | 1838 - 528 Seiten
...he occasionally hired a labourer at a franc (tenpence) per day. The whole of the land is dug; with a spade, and trenched very deep ; but as the soil is...boiling up potatoes, peas, beans, bran, cut hay, &c., into one mess, and which, being given to the cattle warm, is said to be very wholesome, and to promote... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1842 - 744 Seiten
...wheelbarrow, which we observed, was a light wooden harrow, which might be dragged by the hand. The farmer had no assistance besides that of his wife and children,...boiling up potatoes, peas, beans, bran, cut hay, &c., into one mess, and which, being given warm, is said to be very wholesome, and to promote the secretion... | |
 | Ireland - 1842 - 204 Seiten
...that of his wife and children, excepting sometimes ia harvest, when he occasionally obtained the aid of a neighbour, or hired a labourer at a franc per...; and a, kind of soup made by boiling up potatoes, pease, beans, bran, cut hay, &c., into one mess, and which being given warm, is said to be very wholesome,... | |
 | 1844 - 444 Seiten
...labour of digging is not great. The stock on the small farms consisted of a couple of cows, a calf or two, pigs, sometimes a goat or two, and some poultry....boiling up potatoes, peas, beans, bran, cut hay, &c., into one mess, and which given to the cattle warm, is said to be very wholesome, and to promote the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell Foster - 1846 - 994 Seiten
...which is in striking contrast with the plan of cropping and fallowing the land prevalent in Ireland. The cows are altogether stall-fed, on straw, turnips,...boiling up potatoes, peas, beans, bran, cut hay, &c., into one mess, and which being given warm, is said to be very wholesome, and to promote the secretion... | |
 | Joseph Kay - 1850 - 680 Seiten
...Lahooring Classes in Holland and Belginm. times in harvest, when we found he occasionally obtained the aid of a neighbour, or hired a labourer at a franc per...or two, and some poultry. The cows are altogether stall fed, on straw, turnips, clover, rye, vetches, carrots, potatoes, and a kind of soup made by boiling... | |
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... hired a labourer at a franc per day. The whole of the land is dug with the spade, and trenched very deep ; but as the soil is light, the labour of digging is not great. The stock on the small farms which we examined consisted of a couple of cows,... 
