Record

Document Reference	Os C 333
Title	Letter from [W.H. Bentinck], 4th Duke of Portland, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, to J.E. Denison; 19 Apr. n.y. [1851]
Date	19 April 1851 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to his 75 acres of strong arable land and lists crops planted; comments that he asked Sam Field about number of horses needed to cultivate land; refers to differences between 'sand' and 'strong' land; refers to crop yields and changes in land system on his Northumberland farms. Dated from Os C 309.
Term	agriculture, fertilizers
	animals, horses
	land, use of
	agriculture, crops
	agricultural improvements

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9903	Field; Samuel (fl 1832-1851); Mr; land bailiff to Duke of Portland	fl 1832-1851
NA1045	Bentinck; William H. Cavendish-Scott- (1768-1854); 4th Duke of Portland; styled Marquess of Titchfield 1768-1809	1768-1854
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873