Agriculture - Economic aspects - Great Britain

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Observations on the agricultural and political tendency of the commercial treaty
Date: 1787
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The landlord's companion: or, ways and means to raise the value of land. Containing, I. Considerations on the Reasonableness and Necessity of advancing the Tarming Interest; particularly the Corn Trade. II. Considerations on the Cattle Trade, and the Methods of raising the British Rents. III. Considerations on other Methods of relieving our Landholders. With political discourses on the land-tax, war, and other subjects, occasionally intermixed. By William Allen, Of Fbston in Pembrokeshire, Esq
Allen, William, of Fobston, Pembrokeshire.Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]
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The duty of a steward to his Lord , represented under several plain and distinct articles; wherein may be seen the Indirect Practices of several Stewards, tending to Lessen, and the several Methods likely to Improve their Lords Estates. To which is added an appendix, shewing the way to plenty, proposed to the farmers; wherein are laid down general Rules and Directions for the Management and Improvement of a Farm. Both Design'd originally for the Use of the several Stewards and Tenants of His Grace the Duke of Buckingham, and now Improv'd and publish'd for the general Use and Interest of All the Nobility and Gentry throughout England. By Edward Laurence, Land-Surveyor.
Laurence, Edward, d. 1740?.Date: 1727
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Agriculture considered as a moral and political duty; in a series of letters, inscribed to his Majesty. And Recommended To the Perusal and Attention of every Gentleman of Landed Property in the three Kingdoms, as they are Calculated For the Entertainment, Instruction, and Benefit of Mankind. By William Donaldson, Late Secretary to the Government of Jamaica
Donaldson, William, d. 1789.Date: 1775
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Observations on the present high price of corn, with hints on the cultivation of waste lands. By a Farmer
FarmerDate: 1795