Pigs, Goats and Poultry 1580-1660
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Historical rabbit holes, for those who are inclined.
These slender booklets from Historical Management Associates are the work of an organization dedicated to historical re-enactment in the UK. They are written with a stickler’s attention to historical precision and a conviction that nothing is too arcane to investigate. Some of the books are simple transcriptions of period manuscripts; others represent significant original research, as in Cattle Farming and Grazing Management, which is 52 pages long but cites 36 sources, many of them published in the 17th century.
From the text:
"Swineherds were employed in the Champion country [open field areas] to prevent the destruction of the corn."
And:
"Goats were not generally kept in England except 'in some wild and barren places, where Cattle of better profit can hardly be maintained'...It can be inferred that goats are very rare in England. There is more circumstantial evidence for there use in Wales..."
Staplebound pamphlet. 24 pages.
