American Agriculturist, Volume 5Orange Judd Company, Publishers, 1846 - Agriculture |
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... lands , on the west coast of Ireland , in the richest land on the farm , and will pay the greatest wildest districts of the county of Kerry ; and al - interest of any when drained and cropped . THE STABLE . 11 As most stalls are both ...
... lands , on the west coast of Ireland , in the richest land on the farm , and will pay the greatest wildest districts of the county of Kerry ; and al - interest of any when drained and cropped . THE STABLE . 11 As most stalls are both ...
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... land more unpromising , at first sight . It is exceedingly hilly , with narrow The sheep here are of the Cotswold blood prin- vales through which gurgle little streams . These cipally , and are a superior flock . The Messrs . vales were ...
... land more unpromising , at first sight . It is exceedingly hilly , with narrow The sheep here are of the Cotswold blood prin- vales through which gurgle little streams . These cipally , and are a superior flock . The Messrs . vales were ...
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... land was could have remained unconvinced that young boys originally light and thin in some places , but mostly could not only remember , but understand , the prin poor thin clay . By thorough draining , deep ciples of scientific ...
... land was could have remained unconvinced that young boys originally light and thin in some places , but mostly could not only remember , but understand , the prin poor thin clay . By thorough draining , deep ciples of scientific ...
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IMPROVING LAND . 21 mix one part wood ashes with four parts of com- where at least two tons of good hay should be an- mon salt , and pack the hams down in this mixture , nually cut to the acre ; and then produce as much and let them lie ...
IMPROVING LAND . 21 mix one part wood ashes with four parts of com- where at least two tons of good hay should be an- mon salt , and pack the hams down in this mixture , nually cut to the acre ; and then produce as much and let them lie ...
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... land that scarcely yields is my farm , 1st of January , 1845 , at $ 8,550 . There enough to pay for fencing . is in cultivation on this farm of poor pine land , or sandy soil , 267 acres . One more word as to manure . I am no chemist or ...
... land that scarcely yields is my farm , 1st of January , 1845 , at $ 8,550 . There enough to pay for fencing . is in cultivation on this farm of poor pine land , or sandy soil , 267 acres . One more word as to manure . I am no chemist or ...
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Page 122 - The temple and the village were deeply bosomed in a thick grove of laurels and cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest water, issuing from every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth and the temperature of the air...
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Page 345 - ... the passage becomes clogged and the burrow more or less filled with the coarse and fibrous fragments of wood, to get rid of which the grubs are often obliged to open new holes through the bark. The seat of their operations is known by the oozing of the sap and the dropping of the sawdust from the holes. The bark around the part attacked begins to swell, and in a few years the trunks and limbs will become disfigured and weakened by large porous tumors, caused by the efforts of the trees to repair...
Page 122 - ... circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest water, issuing from every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth, and the temperature of the air; the senses were gratified with harmonious sounds and aromatic odors; and the peaceful grove was consecrated to health and joy, to luxury and love.
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Page 373 - Brighton and all the watering-places on the south coast was literally covered with them, to the great surprise and even alarm of the inhabitants, who were ignorant that their little visitors were emigrants from the neighbouring hop-grounds, where in their larva state each had slain his thousands and tens of thousands of the Aphis, which under the name of the Fly so frequently blasts the hopes of the hop-grower.