Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Volume 14Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1853 - Agriculture Vols. for 1933- include the societys Farmers' guide to agricultural research. |
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... spring and late in autumn ; but hungry , greedy of manure , liable to be burnt up in droughty summers , and less favourable for the production of successive crops of hay . Of course , among the vast number of beds of varied thickness ...
... spring and late in autumn ; but hungry , greedy of manure , liable to be burnt up in droughty summers , and less favourable for the production of successive crops of hay . Of course , among the vast number of beds of varied thickness ...
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... springs and rains and melting snows continually rest . Such places are covered by swamps or stunted forests of youthful pines . They can be laid dry and fitted for agricultural labour only by drainage operations , some- times on a large ...
... springs and rains and melting snows continually rest . Such places are covered by swamps or stunted forests of youthful pines . They can be laid dry and fitted for agricultural labour only by drainage operations , some- times on a large ...
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... spring , dressed down , and rape - seed , at the rate of 3 lbs . to the acre , sown broadcast ; but no manure or tillage given , the land being in good condition . The rape consumed on the ground with sheep has a tendency to keep it so ...
... spring , dressed down , and rape - seed , at the rate of 3 lbs . to the acre , sown broadcast ; but no manure or tillage given , the land being in good condition . The rape consumed on the ground with sheep has a tendency to keep it so ...
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... spring . Bones , guano , and rape - dust are the tillages usually purchased for the turnip crop , but the quantity applied Two quarters of bone - dust and is not so large as formerly . 4 cwt . of rape - dust , with turf or soil ashes ...
... spring . Bones , guano , and rape - dust are the tillages usually purchased for the turnip crop , but the quantity applied Two quarters of bone - dust and is not so large as formerly . 4 cwt . of rape - dust , with turf or soil ashes ...
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... spring at the rate of 3 bushels to the acre , which is generally admitted by practical men to be the proper quantity on these soils . Drilling is preferred , because it allows the land to be dressed down and fallowed , to remove any ...
... spring at the rate of 3 bushels to the acre , which is generally admitted by practical men to be the proper quantity on these soils . Drilling is preferred , because it allows the land to be dressed down and fallowed , to remove any ...
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Page 417 - To make two blades of grass grow where but one grew before is the secret of agricultural wealth.
Page 252 - England under the name of the " new disease," by the virulence of which thousands of cattle are carried off annually, and against which all medical aid has up to this period proved insufficient to check its infectious ravages, I have not lost sight of this important question, and the various improvements which longer experience has introduced into this new system; and I consider that I should be failing in my duty if I did not call your Lordship's attention to a report which has been forwarded to...
Page 113 - ... stallions, into the pasture grounds. It is constantly observed that these horses become the sires of a race to which the ambling pace is natural and requires no teaching.
Page 212 - Having brought my subject through the first period of its technical history, the preparation of the fibre, I may perhaps be permitted to say a few words on the state of the flax industry generally in our own and in other countries, from some of which we draw annually large supplies of fibre. In England, in 1851, the Factory Inspectors...
Page 111 - ... is as applicable to faulty and disproportioned as to beautiful and symmetrical form, to diseased and debilitated as to healthy and vigorous constitution, to gentle and tractable as to fiery and indomitable disposition. The size, weight, general appearance, expression of countenance, fleetness, and temper of the horse are all hereditary. Many illustrations might be given of particular families being remarkable, during several generations, for good or bad points, as for well...
Page 536 - Pigs — if we consider that it is the results obtained under the subtle agency of animal life, that we are seeking to measure and express in figures — and if we also bear in mind the various sources of modification to which our actual figures must be submitted, in order to attain their true indications, we think...
Page 225 - I united with animals of another mixed breed, picking out the best I could find on the borders of La Beauce and Touraine, which blended the Tourangelle and native Merino blood of those other two districts.
Page 220 - The lambs thrive, wear a beautiful appearance, and complete the joy of the breeder No sooner are the lambs weaned than their strength, their vigour, and their beauty begin to decay At last the constitution gives way .... he remains stunted for life : " the constitution being thus proved unstable or unadapted to the requirements. How, then, did M.
Page 524 - ... consumed by a given weight of animal, within a given time, and the amount of increase obtained from a given weight of food.