The farmer's encyclopædia, and dictionary of rural affairs: embracing all the most recent discoveries in agricultural chemistry : adapted to the comprehension of unscientific readersLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1319 ページ |
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... present , agricul- ture has been an improving art ; and there is no reason to doubt but that it will go on advancing as long as mankind continues to increase . I shall , in the present article , limit my- self to a brief historical ...
... present , agricul- ture has been an improving art ; and there is no reason to doubt but that it will go on advancing as long as mankind continues to increase . I shall , in the present article , limit my- self to a brief historical ...
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... present farmers of England . We are superior to them in our implements , and consequently in the facility of performing the operations of tillage ; we perhaps have superior va- rieties of corn , but we most excel them in our rotation of ...
... present farmers of England . We are superior to them in our implements , and consequently in the facility of performing the operations of tillage ; we perhaps have superior va- rieties of corn , but we most excel them in our rotation of ...
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... present time , a different class of men have engaged in the cultivation of the soil . The accumulation of wealth from the vast increase and improvement of our manufactures and commerce , the diffusion of better information , and the ...
... present time , a different class of men have engaged in the cultivation of the soil . The accumulation of wealth from the vast increase and improvement of our manufactures and commerce , the diffusion of better information , and the ...
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... present used by farming men to distinguish the parts of the cart harness . Thus the womb withy has degenerated into wambtye or wantye ; withen trees into whipping or whipple trees ; besides which we have the tail withes , and some ...
... present used by farming men to distinguish the parts of the cart harness . Thus the womb withy has degenerated into wambtye or wantye ; withen trees into whipping or whipple trees ; besides which we have the tail withes , and some ...
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... present currency . It continued an article of comparative luxury till nearly the 17th century commenced ; for in the house- hold books of several noble families it is mentioned that manchets , and other loaves of wheat flour , were ...
... present currency . It continued an article of comparative luxury till nearly the 17th century commenced ; for in the house- hold books of several noble families it is mentioned that manchets , and other loaves of wheat flour , were ...
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158 ページ - ... shall be guilty of felony ; and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for life, *or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding four years : and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit,) in addition to such imprisonment...
37 ページ - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, Till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land...
36 ページ - And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
104 ページ - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
42 ページ - The consequence was, that they who had always disdained the Roman language, began to cultivate its beauties. The Roman apparel was seen without prejudice, and the toga became a fashionable part of dress. By degrees the charms of vice gained admission to their hearts: baths...
83 ページ - Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits, camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
256 ページ - Gallon is determined by the act to be such measure as shall contain ten pounds avoirdupois of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, and the barometer at 30 inches, and such measure is declared to be the
36 ページ - And on all hills that shall be. digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns : but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
277 ページ - Thus he changes from the walk to the trot, and from the trot to the gallop, according to his inclination. In each of...
98 ページ - If any notable quantity of sulphate of lime (gypsum) existed in the soil, a white precipitate will gradually form in the fluid, and the weight of it will indicate the proportion. Phosphate of lime, if any exist, may be separated from the soil after the process for gypsum. Muriatic"' acid must be digested upon the soil, in quantity more than sufficient to saturate the soluble earths ; the solution must be evaporated, and water poured upon the solid matter. This fluid will dissolve the compounds of...