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Iolo Morganwg and Taliesin ab Iolo manuscripts and papers Agriculture -- Wales, South
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The Agriculture of South Wales,

Miscellaneous observations on: (a) Agricultural Societies; (b) Weights and Measures, being notes compiled by Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), for Chapter XVII of his General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of South Wales. At the foot of p. 1 Iolo Morganwg has written 'Glam. Agl Society, a lazy sleepy Humdrum lubbard, that does nothing at all to any valuable purpose'.

Davies, Walter, 1761-1849

Travel journals and agricultural notes (IAW 144)

Twenty-eight notebooks and bundles, 1796-1815, consisting of travel journals and agricultural notes relating mainly to Iolo Morganwg's work for the Board of Agriculture in Glamorgan and Carmarthenshire in 1796 and his contribution to Gwallter Mechain's General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of South Wales (London, 1815).
Also included are fragments of tours in parts of England (E5/13); a journal of his tour to North Wales in 1799, collecting materials for the Myvyrian Archaiology (E5/18, formerly 'IAW 144'); bundles of loose agricultural notes (E5/26-27); and geological notes relating to Glamorgan (E5/28).