£120
Agriculture & Husbandry. The manuscript account notebooks of George Bayliss, of Eastbury Manor Farm, Berkshire, dated 1899-1911, comprising 8 day books, mixed dates between 1899-04; 4 wage books, mixed dates between 1902-04 & 1909; 1 grocery book, dated 1902-07; and 1 egg book, dated 1903-11, all of which are partially-inscribed to varying degrees, original limp wrappers, some wear, 12mo, with a manuscript letter, dated Ramsbury, Wiltshire, 11th January 1900, 1pp, addressed to Bayliss, presumably from Sir Francis Burdett's agent, viz. that landowner's fondness of hunting and a new clause in the lease to allow the foxhounds to hunt over Eastbury Manor Farm, (15)
In 1866 George Bayliss started his farming career as a humble tenant on 225 acres, later buying Eastbury Manor and becoming England's largest ploughland farmer, famous for developing a six-year arable rotation system using artificial fertilisers.
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