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General view of the agriculture of the county of Somerset : with observations on the means of its improvement. Drawn up in the year 1795, for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. By John Billingsley, Esq; ... and now re-printed with considerable additions and amendments, .. / John Billingsley
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5) CONTENTS.

PAGE R I CHAP. IVe L Mode of Occupation= 24 1 i Di SxzcrT. 1. Size of Farms; Character of Farmers 34 Bi 2, 3» 4. Rent, Tithes, and Poor-rates= zT/ Li Mr. Pews Twenty Minutes advice on the

Poor Laws 38

ce eaſes; Clauſes in= 42

6. Expences and Profits of lixty acres of Graſs Land 44 | Ro CHAP. V. Di : Cr

y« Y- 0 Y, A_] rs Implements, Waggons, Carts, Ploughs,&c. 40 Te UY CHAP: VI,

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Incloſing, Fencing,&c. Mendip-Hills. 48

Six Objetions againft Incloing 49 Firſt objeétion anſwered; ſuppoſed invafion of rights of Y)

Cottagers D

Second obje&tion anſwered; ſuppoſed injury to the

Breeding Syſtem 53 Third obje&ion anſwered; expences of A&s of Parlia- ment, Commiſſioners,&c. cs Expences of Incloſing Lowland and Upland 7 Fourth objeCtion anſwered; Expences of Cultivation, Buildings,&c. 62 Fifth obje&ion anſwered; ſuppoſed quality of Wool deteriorated, and guantity leſſened 68 Sixth-objeCion anſwered; ſuppoſed diminution of the Value of Eſtates Lias 73 R Pariſhes incloſed and unincloſed on Mendip Foreſt 76 è Wall Fences, expences of 79 Quick Hedges, expences of So Wall and Quick Hedges, expences of 84\ Planting full-grown Thorns= 85 Buildings to new Incloſures 86 Pools or Reſervoirs of Water, expences of 89 dEC Lime-kilns, ſhape and expences of ermano 90