John Boys (agriculturalist)
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John Boys (agriculturalist)
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John Boys (1749–1824) was an English agriculturist. The only son of William Boys and Ann, daughter of William Cooper of Ripple, he was born in November 1749. At Betshanger and afterwards at Each, Kent, he farmed with skill and success, and as a grazier was well known for his breed of South Down sheep. He was one of the commissioners of sewers for East Kent, and did much to promote the drainage of the Finglesham and Eastry Brooks. For the Board of Agriculture, Boys wrote A General View of the Agr
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English agriculturist
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