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Matthew and George Culley by Matthew Culley & George Culley & Anne Orde
Travel Journals and Letters, 1765-1798
The travel journals and letters of Matthew and George Culley give a fresh and practical picture of agriculture and related conditions in England and Scotland in the late eighteenth century, as seen by two successful farmers who pioneered and spread improved methods and livestock breeds in Northumberland and beyond. The brothers Matthew and George Culley were successfully improving farmers in north Northumberland. They were instrumental in introducing into northern England the methods and the new Leicester sheep of Robert Bakewell, the pioneer livestock breeder. They themselves developed the Border Leicester, which became a basis for sheep flocks especially in northern England and southern Scotland. They promoted an efficient type of mixed arable and livestock husbandry suited to their area. Both brothers travelled extensively in England and Scotland, observing farming methods and expanding trade, and keeping journals of their travels. These journals and letters, never published before, provide a detailed picture of English and Scottish agriculture in a significant period of change. The Culleys, from a middling social class, were forward-looking men of wide interests.
Their down-to-earth journals are worthy to stand alongside such famous contemporary works as Arthur Young's Tours and John Byng's Diaries. |
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| Author(s) : Anne Orde | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0197262759 | ISBN-13 : 9780197262757 |
| RRP : £40.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Records of Social & Economic History, New Series
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 24/10/2002
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page Length : 282mm
Page Size : 234mm