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... sheep ; principally fed on the hills , ( about 30 on the farm of Drum- moor excepted ) , and small parcels of petts , as they are com- monly called , or half mugs , which run among the milk cows , greatly to the injury of the cow ...
... sheep ; principally fed on the hills , ( about 30 on the farm of Drum- moor excepted ) , and small parcels of petts , as they are com- monly called , or half mugs , which run among the milk cows , greatly to the injury of the cow ...
Page 19
... sheep do not exceed 160 in number ; and little or no pains is taken to improve the breed . There are about 300 swine , fatted an- nually . They are mostly falted , made into hams , and fent into England . There are , one year with ...
... sheep do not exceed 160 in number ; and little or no pains is taken to improve the breed . There are about 300 swine , fatted an- nually . They are mostly falted , made into hams , and fent into England . There are , one year with ...
Page 30
... sheep farms in these hills , one of which It is fuppofed from fome faint called Mahoe , or fome fuch name , to whom the church was dedicated , which maintains about fixty , and the other from twenty 30 Statistical Account Kirkmahoe.
... sheep farms in these hills , one of which It is fuppofed from fome faint called Mahoe , or fome fuch name , to whom the church was dedicated , which maintains about fixty , and the other from twenty 30 Statistical Account Kirkmahoe.
Page 31
... sheep ; but being in many hands , the number cannot be so well af certained . They probably , however , amount to , at least , twen- ty score more . Progrefs of Improvement . - When the prefent incumbent was ordained , An . 1750 ...
... sheep ; but being in many hands , the number cannot be so well af certained . They probably , however , amount to , at least , twen- ty score more . Progrefs of Improvement . - When the prefent incumbent was ordained , An . 1750 ...
Page 52
... sheep , reared in the parish , are confumed in it . The mutton of fuch as feed on the sea coast , is reckoned remarkably high - flavoured . Prices of Provifion and Labour . - Beef , mutton , and lamb , fell at 3d . - and pork at about 2 ...
... sheep , reared in the parish , are confumed in it . The mutton of fuch as feed on the sea coast , is reckoned remarkably high - flavoured . Prices of Provifion and Labour . - Beef , mutton , and lamb , fell at 3d . - and pork at about 2 ...
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