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It also includes a chapter on political economy related to the narrow margin of British food supplies, in view of the outbreak of war with France in 1793, and mentions developments on the Somerset coalfield. [1] His General View of the Agriculture of the County of Somerset divided the county into three districts- north-east, middle and south-west.
General View of the Agriculture of Somerset. The General View series of county surveys was an initiative of the Board of Agriculture of Great Britain, of the early 1790s. Many of these works had second editions in the 1810s. The Board, set up by Sir John Sinclair, was generally a proponent of enclosures. [1]
By Messrs. Rennie, Brown, and Shirreff, London, 1794, written for the Board of Agriculture's General View of Agriculture county surveys. Other writing, co-authored by the science writer Robert Brown , discussed the practical application of new techniques. [ 2 ]
Somerset County is a county located in the north-central part of the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's 13th-most-populous county, [8] with a population of 345,361, [5] [6] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 21,917 (+6.8%) from the 2010 census count of 323,444. [9]
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The New Jersey Museum of Agriculture was an American agriculture museum, located in North Brunswick, New Jersey, and focused on the evolution of agriculture in New Jersey. The museum's exhibits included farm tools and machinery, household implements, scientific instruments, trade tools, farm vehicles, early electrical appliances and a general ...
New Jersey is the only state in the nation where the farmer constituents of the Department of Agriculture set policy and actively manage the department and select its secretary. The State Board of Agriculture, an eight-member body created by statute in 1887, serves as the policy-making and general head of the department.
The Sourlands is a region in the central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey that includes portions of Hunterdon County, Mercer County, and Somerset County. It is centered on Sourland Mountain and comprises parts of Lambertville, East Amwell, West Amwell, Hillsborough, Hopewell Boro, Hopewell Township, and Montgomery Township.