red ground
red Nourished by the decaying grasses of the inverted sod, these crops [turnips and cabbage] grew best on ploughed ley. In the second year of cultivation they cross-ploughed the plot, breaking up the surviving sods, and planted this "red ground" with potatoes. Usually no more than an acre...
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| Summary: | red Nourished by the decaying grasses of the inverted sod, these crops [turnips and cabbage] grew best on ploughed ley. In the second year of cultivation they cross-ploughed the plot, breaking up the surviving sods, and planted this "red ground" with potatoes. Usually no more than an acre was sown and, provided the remaining area within the field was little more than an acre (as in the case of the "back meadow" in Figure 14) it was planted with oats. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story JUL 1974 JH JUL 1974 used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn |
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