The Making of the Crofting CommunityDonald, 1976 - 309 pages |
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Page 37
... cattle prices were already causing considerable alarm in Skye . Less cattle than usual were being exported from the island and small tenants on the MacDonald estate and , for that matter , on every other property in the west Highlands ...
... cattle prices were already causing considerable alarm in Skye . Less cattle than usual were being exported from the island and small tenants on the MacDonald estate and , for that matter , on every other property in the west Highlands ...
Page 108
... cattle prices , for though crofters had been deprived of most of the pastures on which the eighteenth century's huge herds of black cattle had been reared , the proceeds from the sale of their cattle still made up the greater part of ...
... cattle prices , for though crofters had been deprived of most of the pastures on which the eighteenth century's huge herds of black cattle had been reared , the proceeds from the sale of their cattle still made up the greater part of ...
Page 119
... cattle , sheep , etc. which it could pasture — was initially established by the factor or by a land surveyor . And from the total township stock which was thus arrived at , a fixed proportion was allocated to each tenant , individual ...
... cattle , sheep , etc. which it could pasture — was initially established by the factor or by a land surveyor . And from the total township stock which was thus arrived at , a fixed proportion was allocated to each tenant , individual ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Beginnings of Crofting 18001820 | 15 |
A Redundant Population 18211844 | 34 |
Copyright | |
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