American Agriculturist, Volume 5Orange Judd Company, Publishers, 1846 - Agriculture |
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... less difficulty than the over or under - ter , is something important , as all accidents from worked one , and of course to him the method of halter casting are obviated and prevented . fastening is of less consequence . A proper method ...
... less difficulty than the over or under - ter , is something important , as all accidents from worked one , and of course to him the method of halter casting are obviated and prevented . fastening is of less consequence . A proper method ...
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... less possessing qualities so much superior to most of his race in France , the terms cannot be regarded as unreasonable . Unforeseen circumstances causing my return in July instead of September , as I had anticipated , alone prevented ...
... less possessing qualities so much superior to most of his race in France , the terms cannot be regarded as unreasonable . Unforeseen circumstances causing my return in July instead of September , as I had anticipated , alone prevented ...
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... less liable to ferment than most other kinds of dung . A. Because the large quantity of urine voided by the cow , carries off a great proportion of that which would otherwise cause it to ferment . Q. How would you collect the liquid ...
... less liable to ferment than most other kinds of dung . A. Because the large quantity of urine voided by the cow , carries off a great proportion of that which would otherwise cause it to ferment . Q. How would you collect the liquid ...
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... less quantity of sulphate of potash will cure and domestic economy . With this view , I would save meat than of common salt or saltpetre . The thank you to insert in the Agriculturist the follow - sulphate of soda I have not tried in ...
... less quantity of sulphate of potash will cure and domestic economy . With this view , I would save meat than of common salt or saltpetre . The thank you to insert in the Agriculturist the follow - sulphate of soda I have not tried in ...
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... less than twelve inches , and in throughout the United States , would thus compare some soils much deeper . It is true , I often expose notes once a year , it would have the effect of greatly a poor subsoil in my practice , but to this ...
... less than twelve inches , and in throughout the United States , would thus compare some soils much deeper . It is true , I often expose notes once a year , it would have the effect of greatly a poor subsoil in my practice , but to this ...
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Page 33 - Than those of age ; thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way ; I love thee, all unlovely as thou seemest, And dreaded as thou art.
Page 230 - Critical Remarks, in which the various methods of pronouncing employed by different authors are investigated and compared with each other. The SECOND PART containing a copious Vocabulary of English words and expressions, with the Pronunciation according to Walker, The whole preceded by a practical and comprehensive System of French Pronunciation. By GABRIEL SURENNE, FASE, French Teacher in Edinburgh ; Corresponding Member of the French Grammatical Society of Paris, &c., &c.
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 109 - When an officer is known or suspected to be guilty of malversation in office, some member of the house of representatives usually brings forward a resolution to accuse the party, or for the appointment of a committee to consider and report upon the charges brought against him.
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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.