A Short History of English Agriculture

by W. H. R. Curtler

[405] Cunningham, Industry and Commerce, ii. 458.

[406] Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 129. These words were written about 1656.

[407] See Victoria County History: Rutland, Agriculture. Stilton was eaten in the same condition as many prefer it now, 'with the mites round it so thick that they bring a spoon for you to eat them.'

[408] Defoe, Tour, i. (1) 78. Cheshire cheese was 2d. to 2¹/₂d. per lb., Cheddar 6d. to 8d. in 1724, an extraordinary difference.

[409] Bradley, i. 172.

[410] Preface to Horse-hoeing Husbandry, (ed. 1733).

[411] Horse-hoeing Husbandry, p. vi.

[412] The West Country Farmer, above quoted, says wheat growing (in 1737) paid little. Before a bushel can be sold it costs £4 an acre, and the crop probably fetches half the money.

[413] R.A.S.E. Journ. (3rd Ser.), ii. 20.

[414] Cullum, Hawsted, p. 216.