AGRICULTURAL CALAMITY of 1785. BURGUNDY & BRUSSELS "Ruling o - Lot 156

AGRICULTURAL CALAMITY of 1785. BURGUNDY & BRUSSELS "Ruling of the Council of State of the King, concerning the scarcity of fodder, & the means of providing for the conservation of livestock". 17 May 1785. "His Majesty (LOUIS XVI), always sensitive to the needs of his subjects, & particularly attentive to those of his Farmers, has taken care of all the means to alleviate this temporary calamity, and to obviate the unfortunate consequences which could result from it to the prejudice of Agriculture: in this view, it has resolved to suspend for some time the execution of the ordinances which defend the course & vain grazing in the woods of its Domains; to renew the regulations which tend to diminish the consumption harmful to the reproduction of the species; to announce rewards & incentives to encourage the keeping of more cattle, & to make more pupils; finally to grant all kinds of help which it will recognize as necessary,...». & Order of AMELOT DE CHAILLOU, Intendant in the provinces of Burgundy, Bresse & Dombes, Bugey, Valromey & Gex. Vignette & Lettrine. Printed in DIJON, by Jean-Baptiste CAPEL, Printer of Mgr. l'Evêque, Commandement & Intendance. 1785. Cupboard (60 x 45) State B