Author: Arthur Harvey (Secretary to the Royal Northern Agricultural Society.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Prize Essay. The Agricultural Labourer: His Present Condition and Means for His Amelioration
Author: Arthur Harvey (Secretary to the Royal Northern Agricultural Society.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Languages : en
Pages : 52
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An Essay on the Best Mode of Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes of Ireland
Author: William Blacker
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Catalogue of Pamphlets in the King
Author: University of Aberdeen. Library
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
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Languages : en
Pages : 1712
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Languages : en
Pages : 1712
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Cottage Gardens and Gardeners in the East of Scotland, 1750-1914
Author: Catherine Rice
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783276622
Category : Cottage gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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This pioneering study tells the story of the emergence of rural workers' gardens during a period of unprecedented economic and social change in the most dynamic and prosperous region of Scotland. Much criticised as weed-infested, badly cultivated and disfigured by the dung heap before the cottage door, eighteenth-century cottage gardens produced only the most basic food crops. But the paradox is that Scottish professional gardeners at this time were highly prized and sought after all over the world. And by the eve of the First World War Scottish cottage gardeners were raising flowers, fruit and a wide range of vegetables, and celebrating their successes at innumerable flower shows. This book delves into the lives of farm servants, labourers, weavers, miners and other workers living in the countryside, to discover not only what vegetables, fruit and flowers they grew, and how they did it, but also how poverty, insecurity and long and arduous working days shaped their gardens. Workers' cottage gardens were also expected to comply with the needs of landowners, farmers and employers and with their expectations of the industrious cottager. But not all the gardens were muddy cabbage and potato patches and not all the gardeners were ignorant or unenthusiastic. The book also tells the stories of the keen gardeners who revelled in their pretty plots, raised prize exhibits for village shows and, in a few cases, found gardening to be a stepping-stone to scientific exploration.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783276622
Category : Cottage gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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This pioneering study tells the story of the emergence of rural workers' gardens during a period of unprecedented economic and social change in the most dynamic and prosperous region of Scotland. Much criticised as weed-infested, badly cultivated and disfigured by the dung heap before the cottage door, eighteenth-century cottage gardens produced only the most basic food crops. But the paradox is that Scottish professional gardeners at this time were highly prized and sought after all over the world. And by the eve of the First World War Scottish cottage gardeners were raising flowers, fruit and a wide range of vegetables, and celebrating their successes at innumerable flower shows. This book delves into the lives of farm servants, labourers, weavers, miners and other workers living in the countryside, to discover not only what vegetables, fruit and flowers they grew, and how they did it, but also how poverty, insecurity and long and arduous working days shaped their gardens. Workers' cottage gardens were also expected to comply with the needs of landowners, farmers and employers and with their expectations of the industrious cottager. But not all the gardens were muddy cabbage and potato patches and not all the gardeners were ignorant or unenthusiastic. The book also tells the stories of the keen gardeners who revelled in their pretty plots, raised prize exhibits for village shows and, in a few cases, found gardening to be a stepping-stone to scientific exploration.
Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
Author: Royal Agricultural Society of England
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Athenaeum
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Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Languages : en
Pages : 852
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The Athenaeum
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
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The Economist
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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journal of the royal agricultural society of england
Author: george nicholls
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Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Languages : en
Pages : 776
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