The Making of the Crofting CommunityDonald, 1976 - 309 pages |
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Page 123
... families of whom 3,091 were the families of small agricultural tenants . Of the latter , as already men- tioned , six held small farms ; 56 or 1.7 per cent of the total population held sub- stantial crofts ; 256 or eight per cent of the ...
... families of whom 3,091 were the families of small agricultural tenants . Of the latter , as already men- tioned , six held small farms ; 56 or 1.7 per cent of the total population held sub- stantial crofts ; 256 or eight per cent of the ...
Page 125
... families of deceased crofters . Having nowhere else to go , they joined the landless population originally created by the Duke's clearances in the 1850s . And by 1904 there were over 200 cottars and squatters in the island . ( 161 ) In ...
... families of deceased crofters . Having nowhere else to go , they joined the landless population originally created by the Duke's clearances in the 1850s . And by 1904 there were over 200 cottars and squatters in the island . ( 161 ) In ...
Page 126
... families : They kept a stock of from two to seven cows each family ... Now they have only about the fourth part of that place , and there are twenty - two families paying rent in it . There are thirty families in addition to these ...
... families : They kept a stock of from two to seven cows each family ... Now they have only about the fourth part of that place , and there are twenty - two families paying rent in it . There are thirty families in addition to these ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Beginnings of Crofting 18001820 | 15 |
A Redundant Population 18211844 | 34 |
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