Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 第 12 巻Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1851 |
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abortion acre agricultural ammonia amount animal average barley beds bi-phosphate bones bred breed bushels carbonate cent chalk clay considerable contain coprolites covered crop cultivation deep deposits disease district drainage drains dressed corn drill eggs experience farm farmer feet fens flax fœtus fowls grain grass gravel guano hens hills horses improved inches increase Isle of Axholme labour land less lime Lincolnshire loam Magnesia manure matter miles mineral months-old natural nitrogen oats obtained oolite Oxford clay Pearlash peat phosphate phosphate of lime phosphoric acid plants plough portion potash potatoes practice Prize produce proportion quantity ridges river rock salts sand sandy season seed sheep Silicic soda soil soluble sown straw subsoil substance Sulphate sulphuric acid superphosphate superphosphate of lime supply surface Sussex Sussex sheep tion turnips unmanured plot uterus variety wheat whole Witham Wolds yards
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203 ページ - In a few seconds, the free acids unite with the bases contained in the earth, and a neutral salt is formed in a very fine state of division.
444 ページ - The original plan of the book has not been altered, but the volume has attained a larger size, owing to the many additions necessary to do justice to the subject. Nor is this increase surprising when it is remembered that, sixty-five years ago, the excellent and in great measure original 'Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales,' by Conybeare and Phillips, filled 531 pages ; and only the first part of that work was published.
523 ページ - During the whole of our march we experienced that no quantity of clothing could keep us warm whilst we fasted, but on those occasions on which we were enabled to go to bed with full stomachs, we passed the night in a warm and comfortable manner.
399 ページ - It is impossible to speak too highly in praise of the cottage system of Lincolnshire, where land, gardens, cows, and pigs, are so general in the hands of the poor.
xliv ページ - Fannin», in all their departments, are thoroughly and practically treated. By upwards of Fifty of the most eminent Farmers, Land Agents, and Scientific Men of the day. Edited by JOHN C. MORTON, Editor of the
1 ページ - ... mainly guided in the selection of manures ; mineral manures were therefore employed in the majority of cases. Ammonia, on the other hand, being then considered as of less importance, was used in a few instances only, and in these in very insignificant quantities. Rape-cake, as being a well-recognised manure, and calculated to supply — besides some minerals and nitrogen — a certain quantity of carbonaceous substance in which both corn and straw so much abound, was also added to one or two...
510 ページ - ... little obscure, though it is, perhaps, readily enough given, if we use the general language which the custom of medical authorities on this subject allows us. We can, without difficulty, enumerate a number of debilitating causes; and if, with Dr. Alison, we limit " the causes of debility " to those " acting permanently, or habitually for a length of time, although not so powerfully as to produce sudden or violent effects...
31 ページ - ... returned to the land from sources external to the farm itself, viz., by bones, guano, or other means. But, on the other hand, artificial alkaline manures had generally been found to fail in effect. Indeed, taking into careful consideration the tendency of all experience in practical agriculture, as well as the collective results of a most laborious experimental investigation of the subject, both in the field and in the laboratory, it was the authors...
195 ページ - The other trial was made on an 8 -acre piece of red wheat following barley. The wheat had begun to appear very blue and spindling, notwithstanding a good coat of dung given it in the autumn, to make up for cross cropping. The improvement was immediate, and has stood the test of threshing, for the account is as follows. Two acres were threshed, one on each side adjoining the half acre in the middle on which no nitrate of soda was sown. Value Bushels Increase Cost of per Acre Proflt per Acre, in Bushels....
603 ページ - At the opening of this. century it was thought that a successful reaping machine had been invented, and a reward was voted by Parliament, to its author. The machine was employed here and abroad, but from its intricacy fell into disuse.