A General View of the Agriculture of Aberdeenshire: Drawn Up Under the Direction of the Board of Agriculture |
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Aberdeenshire agriculture allowed arable land Banffshire barley bear or bigg belonging black cattle bolls Braemar Buchan clover commodious house common turnips considerable corn cottages counties of Scotland county of Aberdeen cows croft land crop cultivated districts drain drills dung Earl English acres excellent expence extent farm farmers feet fertile fields Fintray Formartin formerly garden Garioch granite grass seeds ground hills hoeing horses husbandry improved inches inclosures inferior Inverury kind labour laid landed proprietors late lease lime manure meadow miles months mountains nearly oats Oldmeldrum parish pasture pease peat persons Peterhead places planted plough potatoes pounds produce proportion quantity raised Report residence river river Dee ruta baga Scotch acre Scotland season SECT shillings situated soil sowing sown grass square miles stones Strathboggie tenant Ther tion trench turnips valuation wheat whole wood Writer
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